Recent content by Calgcouver

It is, but it doesn't actually have a whole lot of retail there that you would use consistently if you lived by. I live near here now and I end up having to walk into Montgomery, Kensington or up to Market Mall or UD for most things. It is kind of like a Britannia, but with way less options...

Ok Skyrise, looks like the retail spaces are being pre-leased: 5 small CRUs between 442-521sf are what CBRE has listed. Question 1: What retailers would you want to see in here, considering it's location? Question 2: What retailers do you actually think will end up leasing here? I think...

Am I correct in understanding that this temporary sod area is only for the River Run Townhomes site? If so, an estimated cost of $750k for the project is pretty wild if they are just grading and adding loam/sod to City specs. like 2.5-3X what I would guess for the same scope (permitted that is...

The hardie panel and easy trim section that is white turned out a lot better than most. If they use brise soleils and an exterior window jamb extension I think it would really improve that portion. But it’s pretty good as is considering the materials

Miss the old apartment building, but this turned out nice. This with more retail on the ground floor is ideal infill

Having lived in places with very limited street parking it can be a challenge. What would be your ideal solution of curb side parking demand management, as I agree it’s probably not sustainable to make it a DP issue. I wouldn’t mind paid street parking, but those with residents passes are good...

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 on this. Nice though

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.