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By Robert Frank<\/b><\/p>\n

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\nDeath, taxes\u2014and densification:<\/b><\/i><\/div>\n
\nWith the population of most major metropoli inexorably increasing, <\/b><\/i>George Dark says that you can\u2019t fight demography. <\/b><\/i><\/div>\n
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\u201cCanada\u2019s cities need to stop asking what they are going to do about it and start asking how to best manage the growth as it comes along,\u201d declared the urban strategist, who has provided strategic direction for many of Ottawa\u2019s major urbanization projects. <\/p>\n

The longstanding model of bringing people from the suburbs into the city has run its course. <\/p>\n

\u201cOC Transpo was long the model of how to do it,\u201d Dark said. \u201cNow a lot of light rail transit money will be invested more centrally, between Blair and Tunney\u2019s Pasture. That has forced the city to wrap its mind around how to intensify around the stations in that corridor. <\/p>\n

\u201cWill it increase the complexity of the city?\u201d he asked rhetorically. \u201cDefinitely. But the city needs to get on with the many things that are needed to make it successful, because parks and infrastructure take a long time to implement.\u201d <\/p>\n

Dark contrasted Toronto, which resisted grappling with how to deal with growth that happened anyway and found itself in gridlock.<\/p>\n

\u201cStreetcars and subways were jammed, parks and amenities were full to overflowing and once-redundant schools slated for closure are now full of children,\u201d he reported. \u201cToronto would have done better to focus on how to respond, rather than to interminably question whether the inevitable would happen.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s tough in any city to reconcile existing and prospective residents\u2019 needs,\u201d Dark recognized. \u201cThese become complex discussions, weighing existing values against increased population density. But so many people want to move downtown that you have to foster the dialogue, to build bridges between them.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cIn that sense, Ottawa doesn\u2019t have any unique issues that aren\u2019t being experienced elsewhere,\u201d he concluded.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\nNote: This report appeared on page 18 of the Fall 2013 issue of Canadian Real Estate Magazine.<\/i><\/div>\n
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