Recent content by IanBray

I would love to see some of the car service shops around this part of 17th Ave such as Economy Glass be converted to a brewery or restaurant combo

Did you take this photo with your flip phone??

City inspections are limited to electrical, plumbing and HVAC. They do not check the installers qualifications and only red seal tradesmen/women should be installing those. Furthermore, the City does NO inspection of windows, roofing or building envelope. Those three are the primary cause of...

Yeah it's a complete disgrace and many folks who do not have knowledge of construction of interior details do not see it unfortunately. they are paying close to $1M for complete dog-shit. The same worker doing the concrete is doing the window installation, and the electrical and the flooring and...

NEVER buy one of the new infills going up in Marda Loop. They are all being built by fly-by-night cowboy builders from a certain part of the world. Garbage construction at a luxury price.

The secret ingredient is using high quality cladding materials and keeping it simple.

That is what is said every time a garbage material is installed instead of the higher quality material shown in the rendering lol.

Arlington always dissapoint in the end. They could have had a 10/10 building if they just bloody used the same cladding shown on the renderings. This cladding exists and was used on Mission Landing which elevates the design so much. Instead the used cheap vertical cladding garbage.

Now that this part of 17th Ave (and 1st Street) is getting some density, I would love to see Mill Street Brewery or another re-open!

Fully agree too. Prime spot for a brewery or restaurant or both. Would do very well here.

This one has started.

Great little 6 storey midrise infill planned for 14 ST SW in Bankview. This will replace two derelict bungalows. Will have commercial space for a cafe etc. at ground level. Calgary needs a lot more of this type of infills! Design is by FAAS. https://dmap.calgary.ca/?p=DP2025-07376

My only concern with the development is the materials. If they use high quality materials, with good form, like Enzo, this could be a huge success. If they use garbage panels like The Fifth, this could be an utter failure due to the size of the development.

Almost all of them have had 'For Lease' banners up on them for years. No one wants to lease 1980s Class C office space whether its downtown, Beltline or 17th Ave.

I would love to see office to residential conversions along 17th Ave. So many empty and struggling office buildings that would be great conversion candidates for condos or boutique hotels. Some candidates below.