The metro region is going to need more multi-unit housing, not only in Edmonton but also in the surrounding municipalities, to accommodate expected population growth, a panel discussion on land development heard on June 15.

“The real opportunity is innovation and recognizing that, as much as it is quite controversial, the traditional 50-foot lot is probably dead in the region.”

I do find it sad when walking around the older neighborhoods and between all the interesting looking houses and gardens there’s this growing number of bauhaus style houses squashed into lots that used to have single homes. Sure, I get that there is a need for more homes, there absolutely is, but seeing the future is going to be more density and less individual personality is saddening.