Recent content by Calgcouver

Ugh, thinking about it, they will probably leave those portions white on the black vertical metal siding sections - as they have already attached the railing and it would be a nightmare to mask off the railing and glass insert to colour match the exterior trim. Bummer and looks like a mistake...

They still do janky curb lines on brand new development in areas under the public realm setbacks table. Lo and behold...

They will fuck this up terribly. if the downtown team is worth what they are paid they would be publicly presenting streetscape master plans by now. but I am sure it will be maintained back to the existing outdated standard. It will be all asphalt and curb fixes as existing and no changes or...

The city seems to want to do everything in base land use districts usually without doing a DC. If they created density bonusing guidelines and attached them to DCs they could do that but they don’t seem to want to.

It likely depends on if they have a partner in tow that can make a concrete rental project make sense like Harrison Street in UD. This site has the same revenue assumptions, has a lot of upside. Could see the low rise go condo though

Damn this project was killing it until these stupid trims around the slider doors. Anyone know why they didnt require trim on the sliders with cantilevered balconies above but needed them them for the Juliet balconies? I assume it is just to give the Juliet balcony something to attach to that...

Nice work on this one Sarina! Kind of the first foray into something closer to Greenfield development (although it is kind of infill) on a larger site. A step in terms of financing and equity requirements i would imagine - but a solid model for growth they have built coming from smaller project...

Totally crazy proposition - could Co-op and Shopper's use red brick instead of bright red ACM panel instead for there facade on the retail? Would look way less shitty

Leonard is crushing it - only thing i'd say is to not do everything monotone white and black. Bring in some warmth and colour for variation. They use Hardie products and Plygem windows, so would suggest Cobblestone, Aged Pewter and/or Rich Espresso in the Statement Collection for James Hardie...

Fuck this development, support Luke's Drug Mart. Don't care about the challenging-to-lease second floor medical office space. The architect did a good job with the prompt though I do think it looks good just don't care for the uses in it for this neighbourhood unless it has smaller CRU's facing...

My assumption is that all of the remaining lots in EV will go rental - as the proximity to the DIC and Centre of Hope are too much downside risk currently to getting the revenues you would need to make a for-sale project work at the marketed land costs. Especially with a flat/downward market...

Hope so, it will be better for the street tree growth having a permeable surface material.

Would love to see the AI prompts. "Please give me a cyclist using the bike lane, but make sure everyone is very good at business and wears a tailored suit. thx <3" I do hope the sidewalk is actually pavers and not concrete but that is unlikely.

Why is this parcel never included, was it an old CBC building? If it is i never understand why the Province doesn't sell land in important locations for either market or below market housing.

At this point just give Truman the Westbrook TOD site for like $3.5M an acre and let them develop it all in 4 years. Not the best development it is inoffensive and what makes sense considering the condition of the mall and the area.