07-09-2017 00:25 via edmontonjournal.com

Council gets an earful over permitting delays and infill restrictions

City council members got an earful Wednesday as developers outlined just how difficult it is to build the brownstones and apartments it says it wants in mature areas. 
Extra charges, restrictions and long delays mean some row house projects even on main roads can’t be built, said developer Mick Graham, president of the Infill Development Association of Edmonton. Even building skinny homes is more difficult, he said. Two homes in the suburbs can be built and sold before a home in a mat
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