Edmonton council rejects first tower since 2009

Edmonton’s city council turned down its first tower in eight years Wednesday as it sent a 28-storey proposal for Grandin back to the drawing board.
“We do need to establish some boundaries,” said Mayor Don Iveson, before the tower re-zoning failed 8-3. “If we were to approve this, we would really be saying there are no rules, no limits.”
The Westrich Pacific proposal would have seen a thin tower rising almost straight up from the street on just two single-family lot