More condos on way for overdeveloped downtown
Kelsey Atkinson, Centretown News
More than 400 condo units are under construction downtown, including the site at Bank and Gladstone. Archive 1997-2016
More than 400 condo units currently under construction in Somerset Ward will create a condominium bubble with which the city will be unable to keep up, according to Coun. Diane Holmes.Kelsey Atkinson, Centretown NewsMore than 400 condo units are under construction downtown, including the site at Bank and Gladstone.
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