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General Construction Updates

Elizabeth Square is seeing some of their tenants move in. There's a baby store, a jeweler and soon to be a sandwich shop opening. Unfortunately there are also multiple windows on one of the buildings that have been damaged. There was minimal hail in the neighbourhood during the storm on Monday night. The re-do of 18th street appears close to done as all the cobblestone is in while the sidewalks remain completely ripped up.

I think Leonard Development Group's next project may be the two buildings next to Le Comptoir. Walking by this morning, the fronts have been completely dug up to the foundation and LDG's signs are on the houses (which is similar to what they did for Henry Block). If so, that is awesome. More from them please!

Kind of hard to differentiate the main streets construction work from the development work right now, there's so much construction going on. Entire blocks ripped up with no equipment on site. Buildings like Prairie Block which have a bit of action then go dormant for weeks, etc.
 
shermanator said:
Elizabeth Square is seeing some of their tenants move in. There's a baby store, a jeweler and soon to be a sandwich shop opening. Unfortunately there are also multiple windows on one of the buildings that have been damaged. There was minimal hail in the neighbourhood during the storm on Monday night. The re-do of 18th street appears close to done as all the cobblestone is in while the sidewalks remain completely ripped up.

I think Leonard Development Group's next project may be the two buildings next to Le Comptoir. Walking by this morning, the fronts have been completely dug up to the foundation and LDG's signs are on the houses (which is similar to what they did for Henry Block). If so, that is awesome. More from them please!

Kind of hard to differentiate the main streets construction work from the development work right now, there's so much construction going on. Entire blocks ripped up with no equipment on site. Buildings like Prairie Block which have a bit of action then go dormant for weeks, etc.
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That would be awesome! I noticed the front yards dug up but assumed it was related to Main Streets and that the City was going to put retaining walls in. Another LDG project would be a way better outcome!
 
ByeByeBaby said:
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Speaking of which, here's a construction update on the Mission bridge and retaining wall work from a different than usual vantage point.
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What is the finalized design they are working to on the bridge? I don't believe i've seen it. It needs way more room for ped's and cyclists.
 
Calgcouver said:
What is the finalized design they are working to on the bridge? I don't believe i've seen it. It needs way more room for ped's and cyclists.
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I think it will still be 3 lanes but I believe it will be redesigned to be a more efficient use of space (i.e., I think the west lane will be narrowed as it will no longer share space with a bike lane) and wider multi-use paths will be created on both sides of the bridge. I imagine the multi-use paths will continue to have barriers as well. There isn’t much to go off of on the project webpage.

www.calgary.ca

Mission Bridge Rehabilitation

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adamyyc said:
I think it will still be 3 lanes but I believe it will be redesigned to be a more efficient use of space (i.e., I think the west lane will be narrowed as it will no longer share space with a bike lane) and wider multi-use paths will be created on both sides of the bridge. I imagine the multi-use paths will continue to have barriers as well. There isn’t much to go off of on the project webpage.

www.calgary.ca

Mission Bridge Rehabilitation

www.calgary.ca www.calgary.ca
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Looks the same to me from that one image. That's too bad, they did engagement and the feedback seemed to really favour much more space for pedestrians and cyclists, but mobility engineers can't help themselves but focus on auto throughput over everything else.
 
I noticed a 5-6 storey building has been built immediately SE of the ring road / 17th ave SE intersection. Does anyone know what it is?
 
Tarsus said:
I noticed a 5-6 storey building has been built immediately SE of the ring road / 17th ave SE intersection. Does anyone know what it is?
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Probably this development. East Hills Crossing. 6 storeys - 98 units.I remember it being proposed a while back.

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adamyyc said:
I think it will still be 3 lanes but I believe it will be redesigned to be a more efficient use of space (i.e., I think the west lane will be narrowed as it will no longer share space with a bike lane) and wider multi-use paths will be created on both sides of the bridge. I imagine the multi-use paths will continue to have barriers as well. There isn’t much to go off of on the project webpage.

www.calgary.ca

Mission Bridge Rehabilitation

www.calgary.ca www.calgary.ca
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I wish they were turning the area below the retaining wall into an urban beach. If there’s anywhere more perfect in the inner city for it, I don’t know it. The water is deep enough to swim in right there, noise concerns are mitigated by the retaining wall and Elbow Island, and the natural environment is already altered/destroyed. They could have built steps from the edge of the beach into the river like at RiverWalk Plaza. In my mind it stretches from Mission Bridge to about 100 meters past 5 Street. It’s also south facing so would be usable half the year, and the Elbow is warm enough to swim in 3 - 4 months of the year.

Anyway, I dream…. I dream.
 
UrbanWarrior said:
I wish they were turning the area below the retaining wall into an urban beach. If there’s anywhere more perfect in the inner city for it, I don’t know it. The water is deep enough to swim in right there, noise concerns are mitigated by the retaining wall and Elbow Island, and the natural environment is already altered/destroyed.
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Agreed. That would be the perfect spot for an urban beach. The hairpin turn just after Stanley Park is the current urban beach area, but it gets crowded, and would be nice to have another one.
 
It’s also not even a beach, I’m talking about a sand beach, replenished every 3 or so years. It’s a pretty big investment, but a massive public benefit.
 
While I'm not in economics, but I don't see how $10 million is a lot in the grand scheme for the city for a project they say will generate 2-6 mil a year in spending. In 3 years it would pay itself back, that seems fast. I dont see how the city would have a big issue spending the money.
 
konradiical said:
While I'm not in economics, but I don't see how $10 million is a lot in the grand scheme for the city for a project they say will generate 2-6 mil a year in spending. In 3 years it would pay itself back, that seems fast. I dont see how the city would have a big issue spending the money.
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So it doesn't generate $2-6 million in government revenue so the picture is a bit jaundiced.

That doesn't mean it is a bad project. It in fact is a great project.

I think the cost estimate is a bit low too, probably at least 1.5x

Anyways, I think it is surprising the project hasn't got traction from the municipal government.
 
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