Willow Tree Tower, Halifax

Can't stand these idiot who think developing a city is a negative As they FaceTime with their Relatives IN ALBERTA TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING Develop our City, and give more jobs to our people !

This city needs densification if it is to develop in a meaningful fashion. There is precious little difference between 20 and 29 stories when it comes right down to it. Why is this city so afraid of height. It is cheaper to provide services to a building such as this than to promote urban sprawl. On top of that it will also provide greater tax revenue to pay for city services. We live in The 13th largest city in Canada, not a small sleepy town in the country. Cities have high rises!

I believe that 29 storeys is appropriate for this site and would go a long way to support densification required on the peninsula. You can't deny prjeccts like this this and complain about urban sprawl at the same time.

The city wants to increase density and have more people living on the peninsula yet they allow projects like this to be blocked. This tower at 29 stories will cast a narrow shadows on adjacent properties. If it is redesigned to be 20 stories, the developer will likely go with a wider dealing for the building, this casting a wider shadow on adjacent properties, including the commons. If this development does not go through then the property will remain underutilized as an old, ugly and relatively undesirable office building. This loss of opportunity to build quality residential housing in a prime part of the Halifax peninsular will only serve to increase pressure for suburban development, which will end up costing the city more money to service.

Halifax and more importantly the province needs projects like this. This type of project employs hundreds of trades persons who live all over the province. The economic benefits are felt province wide.

I support the proposal of APL Properties Limited for the 29-storey Willow Tree Tower at the corner of Quinpool and Robie Streets. (case#18966)

I support the proposal for APL's 29 storey Willow Tree project. Many cities throughout North America understand the need for density to ensure they create a vibrant/substantial place to live. Without sufficient density the retail and commercial sectors will struggle and the energy that makes cities interesting cannot be created.

Beautiful design of the new building - lots of features to create a landmark building while addressing the concerns of the community and city planning. Halifax needs density and this is the perfect location to build up. Please let Halifax grow and evolve. Change can be good!

Please do not allow the few NIMBYs to be the only voices considered in decisions such as this. Succumbing to their demands, not only has an effect on this specific project but takes us a few steps back in the progress we have finally begun seeing in this city, after decades stuck in the past.

I can see beautiful down town from my balcony and this would be another great addition to the skyline view of Halifax from the mainland.

This project will be a shining light of progress for Halifax, if it is allowed to proceed forward.

This city is stuck in the past

This project is paramount to keep the growth on the Quinpool corner area growing into the future and modernizing the city core with more modern and efficient buildings.

If Halifax is going to grow, upwards is the correct direction, not outwards. Projects like this are ideal, both in scale and placement and to have a vocal minority of the population derail the process is a shame.

I support the Willow Tree Tower project - we need these types of developments in our city. We are running out of space on the peninsula and need height in the core. We are making the same mistake that San Francisco made with its height restrictions. We will create a tabletop effect and it will create an atrocious skyline. Luckily they have learned from their mistake - it's 2017 and we are making the same mistake another city made 40 years ago. GET WITH THE TIMES - Height restrictions LIMIT cities, they do not promote growth/development.

Illegitimate HRM, where 86% of the growth is occurring outside of the core in sprawling unserviced mcmansion suburbs that will costs us all Billions of dollars in under/unfunded infrastructure liabilities over the next 25 years. Yet here we have a 29 story building that provides 100 times the property taxes per acre of any suburb, with 0 costs as far as infrastructure is concerned, on bus routes, within walking distance of retail and recreation... And it gets voted down. NIMBY reactions I can understand, because no matter where in Halifax a 29 story building is proposed there will be an outcry and no shortage of ridiculous illogical emotional uneducated arguments presented against it. Developments such as this 29 story proposal, are exactly what Halifax needs. Transit oriented development, and a densified core. There are many ways to create density, sure, but high rises are a very efficient use of space and the best way to pedestrianize this city. We need more people on the peninsula, rental stock is dreadful. It's a tight market, under 3%. No it won't lower your property values. No it won't increase crime. No it won't increase traffic. Yes it will create retail opportunities in the neighborhood. Yes it will add more pedestrians to the area. Yes it will create more customers for local businesses. Yes it will help to increase transit service in the area indirectly. Yes it will help subsidize the thousands of acres of mcmansion sprawl that surrounds us. Yes we must do more to improve the housing situation in the city. Why does illegitimate HRM have no housing powers in its charter? Has the province done a good job on that file so far? Lol. How about transport, how is that in this city? ... There are so many deficiencies in an amalgamated governance construct like illegitimate HRM, created by provincial fiat. A result of back room side deals, envelopes with cash, pay offs and buy offs. Here we are and people are complaining that

I think the Willow Tree Development would add to the character and quality of this neighborhood. Our city should support this development for increased density, aesthetic value and job creating opportunities. The building will be something that HRM can be proud of and add beauty to the skyline surrounding the commons!

I fully support the 29 storey Willow Tree project and encourage HRM to move forward with projects that will make this town a city.

This is the perfect location for a taller building. In addition, the whole idea of greater height being somehow a negative thing is just wrong.

The Willow Tree Development should be approved promptly at 29 storeys. We need greater population density on the peninsula.