Rumours & Speculation

[CT_]

Not sure if this is the right section to post this in (it could go into general discussions), but I've noticed over the years we've had a lot of rumours for proposals just floating around in different threads. It would be nice to consolidate them into a single thread we could look back at to see what we got right and wrong.

To start, where/what do we all think this Allies & Morrison project will be?

 

[Surrealplaces]

Great idea for a thread CT.

I chose downtown tower mainly because it seems the most likely. I’d love it to be Westbrook of Eau Claire but somebody needs to buy the land first.

 

[blue12]

Midtown Station or BMO Centre hotel is what I'd want to see the most, but I agree that downtown/Beltline tower is the most realistic.

 

[Surrealplaces]

A new building seems to make sense, but in other ways, it makes me wonder why someone would choose a firm like Allies and Morrison if just doing a tower? It's a firm you'd pick if you wanted something special for maybe an institutional type project. New campus for AUA?
Maybe something involving the Bay building?
Grand Central station?

 

[BKha]

I didn't choose downtown tower because any number of firms can do that easier and for less money, unless someone wanted to another fancy mixed use Telus Sky type deal, but I don't see that happening right now. There's no demand for office space, and limited demand on high end residential. I would guess something for the Educational campuses (UofC, MRU, AUA or SAIT).

 

[Zoom]

I voted 'other'. A lot of people voted BMO hotel, but we have the Stampede hotel, and the Truman Marriotts already. I hope it's something to do with the Bay building, that would be very awesome.

 

[CallmeCatbread]

A new building seems to make sense, but in other ways, it makes me wonder why someone would choose a firm like Allies and Morrison if just doing a tower? It's a firm you'd pick if you wanted something special for maybe an institutional type project. New campus for AUA?
Maybe something involving the Bay building?
Grand Central station?

Thats why I think it is the bmo parking lot. A&M does a lot of mixed-use multi-tower projects. I am guessing the McKinley Burkart proposal we saw a few months ago was the one that lost out to A&M's proposal.

 

[Surrealplaces]

Thats why I think it is the bmo parking lot. A&M does a lot of mixed-use multi-tower projects. I am guessing the McKinley Burkart proposal we saw a few months ago was the one that lost out to A&M's proposal.

Could be. That would be nice.

 

[JesseLikesCities]

My vote was wishful thinking, for a total Midtown build out!