Edmonton must change rules to allow needed redevelopment of mature neighbourhoods: planner

The city needs to allow a wider variety of housing in mature areas so the population and amenities in these communities don’t stagnate, an Edmonton urban planner said Wednesday.
Too many neighbourhoods contain almost exclusively traditional single-family houses when they should also offer skinny homes, places where several generations can live together, and condos for empty-nesters, said Simon O’Byrne, Stantec’s vice-president of community development.
He suggested city officia