The Case of Some Buildings That Couldn’t Be Bought and Torn Down

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holdout_(real_estate)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Macefield#House

 https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/09/Del-Mar-Hotel-Vancouver

https://placesthatmatter.ca/location/del-mar-inn

https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2016/08/22/kingston-hotel-richards-street/

https://changingcitybook.wordpress.com/2016/05/28/telus-the-residential-tower/

https://www.canadianarchitect.com/complexity-contradiction-telus/

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kingston+Hotel/@49.2807768,-123.1167149,191m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m17!1m7!3m6!1s0x548673c783a3a10f:0x522d4ed6632343b2!2sTelus+Garden+Residences!8m2!3d49.2805764!4d-123.117455!16s%2Fg%2F11byyjzmzf!3m8!1s0x5486717ee5828b11:0xa4521fe2a862c268!5m2!4m1!1i2!8m2!3d49.2807309!4d-123.1173501!16s%2Fg%2F1thpwjhl!5m1!1e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDMxMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

https://vancouver.ca/files/cov/development-permit-board-minutes-feb-20-12.pdf

https://www.canadianarchitect.com/complexity-contradiction-telus/

https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/telus-garden-residential-tower/14081

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/telus-garden-office-tower-boasts-street-overlapping-protruding-box-architectural-features

Of course at least half a dozen floors were cut from the project.

https://vancouverstreetblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/with-news-that-all-428-units-have-sold.html

https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2022/08/01/the-two-holdout-houses-that-forced-rockefeller-center-to-be-built-around-them/