Recent content by Albertasaurus

I absolutely love that idea from Victoria! I think whatever does happen to the Bay building, it will need to have a variety of uses/tenants, and residential over retail would fit the bill nicely.

I wish I could be excited about this project but all I see it as is a missed opportunity. We lose some cool, smaller character retail buildings and all we get in return is a bland multi building that looks like it belongs in Skyview Ranch. We're not even getting rid of a parking lot FFS.

I'm fine with those, not spectacular but we've certainly seen far worse.

Not to be a wet blanket but it could also be that the developer is no longer pursuing the project. It seems like a really long time for a project to be moving through the DP process. In checking their website this developer usually does very small scale stuff. Perhaps they can't make the...

This is exactly the kind of development I want to see a lot more of along our various "main streets".

Yup. DP2025-04674.

Looking at the site plan, I'm betting blocks 9, 10 and 11 - the ones right on 16th - will be 6 storey wood frame.

So, the first DP is in, this one for "Lot 3". Architect is "Pact" and developer is "Alpha Built" out of Edmonton, who have done/are doing a few decent buildings here in Calgary including the 6 storey Kingslanding building and some of the midrises in Shawnee Park. I'm just not a fan of these...

I'm assuming "normal retail" refers to stuff that meets day-to-day needs as opposed to high-end drinking and dining? I think it speaks to the broader issue of gentrification leading to a loss of budget-friendly local businesses and seeing them replaced by chains that can afford the higher...

It's like they deliberately removed everything interesting, cool or creative from the previous version. What a letdown.

I can't believe how quickly this one is going.

It'll be interesting to see what 20th Ave looks like in a few years. I can't think of any other street in the inner city areas that is seeing as much new development.

To be fair this just indicates the building plan based on the land use they applied for. Assuming their Land Use application is successful, Development Permits (DPs) will need to be applied for. Without seeing those DPs, all we know is the heights being applied for, and. Considering the...

I was thinking the exact same thing. Once the pension funds start contemplating development, time to sell. The pension funds and their developer spinoffs have predicably awful timing.

Wowsers. The first image really gives an idea of its impact on the skyline. This complex might just give us a better north-south skyline than an east-west one. That ought to safely make us a very distant second to TO when it comes to impressive skyline from pretty much any angle.