» Monthly Archives: April 2007
Captain of Consulting
April 27, 2007 Planning Resource A PAINFULLY SLOW PLANNING PROCESS AND WIDE DISTRUST OF ITS PRACTITIONERS EMERGE FROM A SURVEY THAT SHOWS SOCIETY IS LARGELY OPPOSED TO NEW DEVELOPMENT, NICK KEABLE TELLS VIVIEN WILSON "Whichever way you look at it, the UK is a pretty nimby society," says Saint Consulting Group managing director ...
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Challenges Faced by Land Developers — And How to Overcome Them
April 23, 2007 Real Estate Business Whatever it is that real estate developers propose to build these days, they will run up against some citizens who say, ‘no.’ How developers prepare for and react to citizen objectors can determine whether their projects ever get built. Understanding the citizens' motivation is a key to ...
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Managing the Power of NIMBYism
April 18, 2007 Ottawa Business Journal For developers and municipal governments, "NIMBYism" is a force to be reckoned with. When "not-in-my-backyard" emotions are unleashed in a given community, prospective developers can find their projects downgraded, postponed, or even derailed. Recent proposals to expand the Carp Road Landfill is arguably a case in point. ...
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New Rallying Cry: Not In Our Backyard
April 16, 2007 Women's Wear Daily As open space dwindles, shopping center developers are being forced to seek locations in mature communities with existing malls. That reality creates new challenges because land costs are higher in these locales, obtaining required permits and environmental approvals is more complicated, as well as often being difficult ...
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Survey Finds Opposition for Some Development Still Strong
Spring 2007 Land Development Even though Americans remain strongly opposed to real estate development projects in their communities, support for new housing grew in the past year, according to results from a survey conducted by the The Saint Consulting Group. Survey Finds Opposition for Some Development Still Strong
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Understand Community, Developers Told
April 10, 2007 Daily Commercial News and Construction Record NATIONAL SURVEY SHOWS CANADIANS ANTI-DEVELOPMENT Developers need to be made aware of the political climate in perspective communities to avoid opposition from "Not in my backyard" (NIMBY) organizations, according to a national survey by the Saint Consulting Group. Over 70 per cent of Canadians are ...
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Canadians’ Attitudes Toward Local Planning Issues
April 5, 2007 National Post OTTAWA -- Many Canadians love to go to casinos but most don’t want one moving in near them. Yet, while many dread going to a hospital, it’s a development most would welcome in their community. Those are among the findings of a survey of Canadian attitudes towards real estate ...
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NIMBYism Alive and Well
April 4, 2007 Novae Res Urbis
People hate casinos, landfills, power plants and big-box stores, but welcome single-family homes, hospitals and even office towers in their backyards, according to the first national survey of Canadian attitudes toward real estate developments.
The survey by Saint Consulting Group, which recently opened its first Canadian office in Toronto, also found ...
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SURVEY RESULTS WARN RETAIL DEVELOPERS OF TOUGH TIMES AHEAD
Canada’s largest cities most opposed to development
TORONTO, APRIL 2, 2007 - Retailers beware! New research findings point to major contradictions that could result in significant opposition to retail developments, especially in Canada’s largest cities.
“Canadians like the big-box retail shopping experience. That’s the good news,” explains Patrick Fox, President of the Saint Consulting Group. “Yet, 58% ...
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WIND POWER WINS PUBLIC SUPPORT
Wind power developments are least likely to be opposed by Canadians — Nuclear power opposed by most
TORONTO, APRIL 2, 2007 - According to the premiere Canadian edition of the Saint Index, wind power is the alternative energy source most likely to gain public support for future development, with only 16% opposed to this type of ...
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