someMidTowner
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New building coming to Centennial's Progress Campus!
Expansion of existing A Block Building on the campus. The proposed 6 storey (17 m) institutional building will connect to the existing 3 storey building. The proposed addition consists of a total of 12,338 sq.m of gross floor area and will be comprised of a mixture of student classrooms and administrative offices. A total of 31 bicycle parking spaces are proposed. No new vehicular parking is proposed.
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And these institutions are funded by the government and an endless supply of your tax dollars. The private housing market can only build what the consumer is willing to pay for. Government can do whatever they want and absorb cost increases and overuns.It's amazing how universities and colleges in this province are so ambitious with their building designs, especially when compared to residential developers who will design the cheapest form of garbage just to make a quick buck.
I guess the difference is that universities and colleges are basically all competing against one another to attract as many international students as they can, because they are the group in specific that brings in the big $$ for these institutions. Compared to residential developers where the complete opposite scenario is happening and they know that people are desperate for housing and are actively exploiting that fact.
Do you think the funding these institutions get from governments fully cover nearly the amount necessary to fund their operational/capital costs? I guess universities and colleges charge skyhigh tuition fees, book fees, residence fees, etc for the sheer fun of it.And these institutions are funded by the government and an endless supply of your tax dollars. The private housing market can only build what the consumer is willing to pay for. Government can do whatever they want and absorb cost increases and overuns.
And these institutions are funded by the government and an endless supply of your tax dollars.
@interchange42 No pictures, but I passed through the progress campus and realized there was a crane up - I am expecting it is for this project, but I could be wrong
It's amazing how universities and colleges in this province are so ambitious with their building designs, especially when compared to residential developers who will design the cheapest form of garbage just to make a quick buck.
I guess the difference is that universities and colleges are basically all competing against one another to attract as many international students as they can, because they are the group in specific that brings in the big $$ for these institutions. Compared to residential developers where the complete opposite scenario is happening and they know that people are desperate for housing and are actively exploiting that fact.