White: Developer's density grab gone wild? (Calgary)

It is a well-known strategy for developers to try and grab as much density as they can get when applying for rezoning a site they want to build on. The developer knows they may not get all the density asked for, but this gives them the ability to reduce the density if/when the community complains the proposed density is too much and still get more density than the site should probably have. This strategy always puts the community in a defensive position, forcing them to lobby against the development and being labelled NIMBYs. 

  

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