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Hmmm I think they will struggle with attendance at that price. For roughly 10 bucks more you can go to the Calgary Zoo. Telus Spark is $26 for adults.

The important thing is to see those international numbers continue to increase. It shows Westjet's international expansion out of Calgary is working, and we might see even more international destinations (or at a minimum, frequency increases) if the numbers keep going up.

Well, when I compare Edmonton to what I would call "peer cities" in the US (which, considering the very generous definition of their metro areas, I consider places like Columbus, Indianapolis, Kansas City, etc) I feel like Edmonton absolutely thumps those cities. I have travelled to nearly all...

I know we like to slag on Edmonton but for a ~1.5 million metro I think they punch well above their weight. In the Canadian context, they are sort of left in the shadow of Calgary and Ottawa, both of which have a pretty big global profile/recognition for their size. Edmonton reminds me of...

So 8 units per building...are they stacked units or just 4 primary units + 4 secondary suites per building?

Yeah, must admit I'm not particularly optimistic either. It sucks being a sports fan in Calgary these days :(

I just hope the Stamps have a better season than the Flames did...

Yup, that's the one in the picture. The base doesn't look to be changing much while the added floors will have balconies. I'll be honest, it looks a little weird from the render but will be great to eat into our office oversupply while also getting even more residential into Beltline.

We are about to see the most ambitious residential conversion yet; DP just came in. It's a 9 storey building in Beltline on the block with the Atco buildings, next to the Alberta Ballet, and they are proposing to convert to residential and add 12 more floors of residential above. As you can...

I like it! Here's hoping it actually gets built.

I think we all agree it's much better than the parking lot its going to replace

/\My thoughts as well. A bit too much going on there.

I must admit, the treatment of the first couple of floors is decent. Still not a fan of the rest of it though, but it is still a big win to replace vacant office space with residences...

I believe you are correct, which is a shame. However, based on the renderings it looks OK and ought to be a much better outcome than Cornerstone, as long as they don't use siding.

Damn :(