Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

[Surrealplaces]

I'm not thrilled with the Sentinel design, but I've been very happy with the additional of Fifth and Enzo. Both have added good retail and street frontage, and managed to add residents at the same time. Time will tell with Francesco's, but already it looks like a win, losing a parking lot fronting the avenue, and replacing with street frontage retail, all while adding another 220 units at the same time.

 

[Tarsus]

The Fifth has totally changed that intersection, yeah, the materials may not be the greatest, but the retail it’s been a bit of a game changer. So far, Enzo looks great. As for Sentinel, we can’t win them all.

 

[outoftheice]

The article makes it sound like Arlington materialized out of thin air. Where did they get initial capital from to start buying up all these random lots in the first place?

 

[potatopizzafan]

The article makes it sound like Arlington materialized out of thin air. Where did they get initial capital from to start buying up all these random lots in the first place?

From his LinkedIn

"Frank is a “serial entrepreneur” who has been investing and developing Real Estate since he was 25 years old and built and sold two of his former companies to public entities by age 35."

Sounds like he might have acces to a Scrooge Mcduck style swimming pool

 

[Surrealplaces]

This may have been posted before, but I'll post it and then create a database/map entry for it. A 6 story proposal for Centre street and 30th ave N. 89 units.

DMAP

 

[1875]

thats an improvement on anything up there

 

[badc0ffee]

This may have been posted before, but I'll post it and then create a database/map entry for it. A 6 story proposal for Centre street and 30th ave N. 89 units.

I like it. Where did you find the renders?

 

[Surrealplaces]

I like it. Where did you find the renders?

I was perusing the area looking for any new DPs, and saw it. It had the renders in the pdf file.

 

[1875]

misson bridge complete

 

[Surrealplaces]

Finally! but worth the wait. It looks like two pedestrians can actually pass each other without having to take a deep breath and squeeze to the side.

 

[CT (Chinese_T)]

The Italian Cultural Centre LOC has been revised (From 26 storeys to 12 storeys) and is going to CPC on Thursday. These changes are in response to the Crescent Heights Community Association's pushback.

The new scheme proposes a 12-storey slab building on the North site, and a 6-storey midrise on the South site. There is another unrelated LOC to the north currently proposing a 26-storey tower.

The CA is still opposed, even with the massive reduction in height. They want additional height reductions (Lower than 10 storeys) and a removal of CRUs, as they apparently do not fit into the "existing context" of the area.

Some images from the agenda:

CA Response:

 

[Roaring Flames]

Can we please get rid of community associations? Why do we allow these associations government money to interfere with developments?? They aren't even voted in by neighborhood members, so why do we recognized them and allow them to interfere?

 

[badc0ffee]

The Italian Cultural Centre LOC has been revised (From 26 storeys to 12 storeys) and is going to CPC on Thursday. These changes are in response to the Crescent Heights Community Association's pushback.

This is LOC2024-0221. (It's written out in the CA response, but I didn't notice it at first).

The CA is still opposed, even with the massive reduction in height. They want additional height reductions (Lower than 10 storeys) and a removal of CRUs, as they apparently do not fit into the "existing context" of the area.

I guess I can kind of see that, in that 1 Ave NE is very different/narrower west of 4 St NE, and like Marsh Rd NE, it dead ends into a hill after 2 blocks. But, it's also very urbanized, being 90% apartments and parking lots for that stretch. I don't think the people living there will be put out by commercial units.

 

[Surrealplaces]

The Italian Cultural Centre LOC has been revised (From 26 storeys to 12 storeys) and is going to CPC on Thursday. These changes are in response to the Crescent Heights Community Association's pushback.

The new scheme proposes a 12-storey slab building on the North site, and a 6-storey midrise on the South site. There is another unrelated LOC to the north currently proposing a 26-storey tower.

The CA is still opposed, even with the massive reduction in height. They want additional height reductions (Lower than 10 storeys) and a removal of CRUs, as they apparently do not fit into the "existing context" of the area.

Hopefully this can simply go through as is. The developer dropped from 26 floors to 12, that should be good enough. We already have a 13 story tower next to it.

 

[Albertasaurus]

I suspect that the developer and consultant team knew all along that 26 storeys would be a tough sell. I'd bet that they had a shorter proposal in their back pockets from the beginning, so that they could show how they are "working with the community". I think 12 storeys is fine for the site - the site on 4th St where O2 is proposing their other 26 storey tower is a more appropriate one to attempt to push the boundaries for acceptable height in the community.

That said, I share the frustrations with CAs. Unfortunately they're so entrenched in Calgary that I fear they will always have outsized influence in development matters and be looked at by many Councillors as the "de facto" voice of communities even though they're not.