Recent content by maestro

I never noticed the alterations until you mentioned it. It looks better than the original which is pretty wild considering past and ongoing conversions,.

However, this is the lowest quality of boring high density housing. These buildings will fill up and deliver on population density stats because vacancies are so low than building an attractive urban districts to meet growth. IMHO, That's a low standard of success for housing. And we should be...

Community associations still have a greater understanding than developers under pressure to maximize investor contributions. The gaining traction across Canada to eliminate community engagement or even entire planning departments to expedite residential development scares me knowing what...

Yeah, losing your view to this ultra rich complex will only increase your value.

It depends when Vesta started selling privately. The outside investor pool has evaporated since this was first proposed. Outside investors are the ones to overpay for the prime location. This is also a prime spot for rental housing subsidized through a federal housing program. The mortgages...

yeah, everyone should have alternative options to a car in order to get around. In this climate, the ideals of Transit Oriented development has morphed into islands of high rises in suburbia to house the million newcomers coming to Canada every year. It's a vertical residential subdivision that...

$700 million over 35 years is a laughable matter. The naming rights alone are $17 million a year for the next 35 years. Ownership is a scam when the asset has no value without the team. Making sense of the deal shouldn't be the point. It's about having the Flames in Calgary. Most top class...

GWL is the developer. They don't own this and the owner holds the strings on whether to go forward. Everyone is trying to cash in on the very low interest housing programs. Those approved will get built. Those that aren't, will mainly land in purgatory. The huge funds that entered five to ten...

Just leave the tower alone. Enlarging is the worst idea. It's a major alteration creating a facsimile than preservation of this landmark. A nicer inspired KFC bucket could be built without blowing the bank with all sorts of modern attractions.

Stampede Station is planned with an observation deck. Think about what that could mean for Truman's future height plans.

Less is more should be the rule of thumb. The one thing replaced here, the windows, aren't bad however, they aren't as good as the originals with the seated eye level mullion. New Yorkers make good coin. A studio apartment is still entry level for most people whereas a studio in Toronto or...

Spent money to make a dated office block look worse but, the paint is tying the spandrel penthouse mess in with the rest of the structure. 3/10 vs zero.

If the existing parkade is being kept for tenants of the conversion than where will the 1000 proposed units having their parking? Are they underpinning new levels or is the area outside the existing parking garage footprint large enough to supported the necessary parking without have to dig down...

That's about as glass is half full as you're going to get. It's not terrible. It's just surrounded by other half is glass full developments when they were built. The difference is this is new. New never lasts.

Colours are about right. The Empire had design. This one is debatable.