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yeah, everyone should have alternative options to a car in order to get around. In this climate, the ideals of Transit Oriented...

TOD conversations seem to get bogged down in a scarcity mindset - there's endless debates on which ones are the priorities, which ones...

Hope the brick is more brown than grey, the BMO being charcoal could make the streetscape a bit monotonous if the brick is too similar...

Back when this building was new it was cutting edge …

If we can build modular housing to look like the examples from Sweden, I think it would go over well.

The 15 avenue cycle track isn’t even open yet, is it? Bell’s complaint about that is (unsurprisingly) baseless. And if the 11 street...

There is no surplus ROW on 85th. There would need to be a reduction in traffic lanes to accommodate an expansion of the C-Train up...

I am increasingly skeptical of shadowing concerns for most redevelopment, such as 12 v. 8 v. 6 stories on Riley Park. Mostly this is...

Given how popular and widespread the 6-storey format has become, I'd advocate for all TODs to aim for that. Even at 6 stories, there...

The problem was that Matco was dead set on concrete mid rise out of preference and it was too expensive to build compared to the...

DP is in, I’d guess they are excavating in May or June next year

I technically live in south calgary, but very close to bankview, and the diversity of housing in the area is probably the best in the...

Matco had the land and couldn’t make the numbers work for concrete. I literally did the numbers and submitted an RFP to build it out...

Honestly, University District proves that you can make a successful high density node without tall buildings. There are a few concrete...