THE RISE AND SPRAWL

Density and complexity

A substantial amount of downtown land is owned by individuals who are not members of the real estate or development community. Rather, they tend to be in other businesses and professions and being unfamiliar with actual real estate conditions, they do not behave according to the dictates of the market.’ - ‘Downtown Winnipeg: A Conceptual Redevelopment Plan, Problems of Redevelopment.’ Prepared for the Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg by Murray V. Jones and Associates, Limited. Toronto. November, 1968 Case in Point #34,604