The Morrison | 119m | 35s | Western Securities | Hindle Architects

[CalgaryTiger]

Interesting they are putting the tower (The Morrison) that far back from 1st, guessing it's meant to allow more sunlight on the street?

It is to do with the historic building to the north. Didn't want the tower to be out of place.

 

[potatopizzafan]

Digging the colour scheme. Reminds me of Hive in kensington which im a big fan of. The white/grey/black is getting boring

 

[1875]

I like this a lot actually. Nice balconies for all unit, a different colour palette from the charcoal and white and looks to be brick.

Only bummer is I had heard Western Securities had a parcel down 1 St SW and was under the impression it was this lot:
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Does anyone know who owns this lot?

def would be underwhelmed with this for 17th ave

14th ave no problem

 

[badc0ffee]

Does anyone know who owns this lot?

As recently as 2020 it was PBA Group. Not sure about now.

 

[Mountain Man]

It's pretty ugly looking, the cladding will make or break...

 

[manshakesfistatcloud]

Me jumping out of my Hot Tub Time Machine set to 1984. “I like this building. I like it a lot.”

 

[YYCALGARY]

Me jumping out of my Hot Tub Time Machine set to 1984. “I like this building. I like it a lot.”

I really like the simplicity of it tbh. Not everything needs to be eye-candy. Also, simple is better for affordability and long term maintenance fees.

 

[FCC1982]

Totally a surprise - had no idea about this one till I saw a new thread

 

[DiscoStu]

I really like the simplicity of it tbh. Not everything needs to be eye-candy.

In 20 years most of the try-hard "eye candy" condos will look dated as shit. Actually a lot of them already do. I have no idea how this one will turn out... but personally I prefer an understated design, that's executed well, over anything too trendy.

 

[Alex_YYC]

Great to see a DP and a design. Rumors of a proposal for this parcel had been discussed for a while now.
Overall it’s decent, or as DiscoStu said, understated, which is fine by me.

 

[Cowtown]

I like the simplicity too. Nothing too boring, but will blend in. It’ll be a nice density boost to that area.

 

[TooBizzy]

It's crazy so many projects are popping up when the rental market is quite dire and oversupply will make it even worse. The developers must have great confidence in the long term outlook of Calgary

When Toronto is slumping behind their construction targets hardcore, all those people have to go somewhere. Cost of living is still ridiculous across the board in most of the country. Even through these next couple years of immigration overcorrection, I think we'll see our growth keep steady.
2 million by 2030 is possible!

 

[Dkeirle]

It's crazy so many projects are popping up when the rental market is quite dire and oversupply will make it even worse. The developers must have great confidence in the long term outlook of Calgary

Even though we won’t see the same kind of growth we saw in the last two years, Calgary will see strong growth for a while.
With low international immigration to Canada combined with Trump‘s tariffs, we might see a lot of interprovincial migration.

 

[Albertasaurus]

Alberta also seems to boom when the rest of Canada is struggling, and conversely struggle when everywhere else is booming. Considering the country's economic challenges with tariffs etc, and the two big condo markets in a downturn, I could see some GTA/Lower mainland developers trying their luck in Alberta. Vesta might be a leading indicator of that.

 

[Alex_YYC]

Alberta also seems to boom when the rest of Canada is struggling, and conversely struggle when everywhere else is booming. Considering the country's economic challenges with tariffs etc, and the two big condo markets in a downturn, I could see some GTA/Lower mainland developers trying their luck in Alberta. Vesta might be a leading indicator of that.

For the most part Alberta used to struggle when everyone was booming, but it seems to be less so as time goes on. Looking at Calgary in particular, it’s been on strong growth mode for about 20 of the past 25 years.