Recent content by Calgcouver

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 revenue. Density was high, so land price was based on FAR achievable with the expectation towers would be built. Realistic scenario for redevelopment is 3FAR so...

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

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 when they owned it. Was going to do all five and six storey buildings with commercial at grade, if that deal happened two buildings would be done by now. The owner...

How long are you willing to wait? The reason Truman is building wood-frame across the street is because the construction costs and the revenue psf make sense. Concrete towers are more expensive and need to be sold for more $psf. Consider what is immediately surrounding the Westbrook site. Is a...

This would work well on the metro ford site or another lot on the south side of 9 ave

Only cause it’s on 8St cause there is an existing plan, they should be done by project

Public realm improvements not happening at time of redevelopment is baffling to me.

I was surprised by the lack of density/intensity selected and the site design i saw for this site, especially considering the location. 24 units for folks with developmental disabilities with high support needs in a 2-storey complex. When i saw the Site Plan, it had the two stories buildings...

I think that is a fair perspective. Don't want an even more prominent Barron Building issue with this one.

I love what TL Housing did with the Bay building in Victoria: Blow out the centre and building new around a centre courtyard to reduce the floorplate size to residential. Leave retail at-grade obviously. They appear to have very similar footprints: So using this idea/model here is what I...

Why are they changing materials for no reason so many times on the side of the building? Ugly detail that’s expensive and a pain to execute for no reason.

Trent was an excellent guy, truly a tragedy and shame.

The buildings are not bad at all, the site design and surroundings are a literal moonscape of asphalt/concrete though, it's a shame.

Really hope this parking lot gets developed

Save the money on painting the buildings and put all the money saved into soil cells for mature street trees and better landscaping and a good at-grade experience, from my perspective.