Recent content by Albertasaurus

The one peoposal i was really hoping would not go ahead. I was still holding out hope that Arlington would miss the development cycle on this particular project and go back to the drawing board with something a lot better a few years down the road. Since that now appears not to be, my hope is...

It is. Part of the reason for that is the pension funds that own developers like Quadreal are incredibly risk adverse, and wait on the sidelines until the boom cycle is wrapping up, and so by the time their applications are in, demand is already drying up. This cycle appears set to repeat...

I think they may require a land use amendment to achieve the desired FAR (correct me if I'm wrong) which automatically would open the door to some level of engagement. I don't expect there will be any concerns but there might be a slight chance of some Sasso/Vetro residents being upset at...

I fully support the concerns of businesses along Stephen Ave. The two blocks west of City Hall are already a mess between the Olympic Plaza/Arts Commons construction and the Glenbow redevelopment. Tearing up Stephen Ave itself on top of all that is going to make being outside in what is...

I'm guessing (pure speculation on my part) that this project, at least in its current form, is dead. The original DP is something like 8 years old, and Cidex seems to have repositioned itself to do residential conversions and smaller projects. I'd wager we see a redesign at some point to...

Based on their estimated completion timeline, they'll need to move quickly. There's still no DP in but I would guess they'll try to secure partial DP's ASAP and break ground as soon as they get their shoring and excavation permits if they seriously want to stick to that timeline, assuming of...

OK that makes more sense, although still a lot of money. I believe Jaipur Bridge was a separate project not included in this cost.

The official height for this one is still unknown (Surrealplaces is using 248m as an educated guess). It's also not clear to me whether the tallest is a fact, or if it's a misinterpretation of Truman's announcement of "two of the tallest...". We will have to wait until the formal DP...

Yup, fair enough. And 69 is still a really impressive height!

So...height listed @ 69 and 62 storeys. They seriously couldn't add one freaking floor to the taller tower just so we could hit 70? Mostly kidding. Overall a very nice pair of towers. This will be an amazing change to the skyline and will nicely block Sasso and Vetro from many angles...

Rumours point to two towers, but not likely twins.

I don't want to sound like Rick Bell, but how the hell did this thing cost $47 million?

I'd actually get excited about this if it were owned by one of our more forward thinking, aggressive developers. Unfortunately one reason Eau Claire area is so slow to develop is most of the big parking lots are owned by very risk-adverse pension funds. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't want my...

Anyone know if there is a scheduled press conference for the announcement?

The Germain in East Village, Westley near Eau Claire and the new residential conversion that just finished up are others.