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Damn, I saw the Oxford tower thread and thought maybe there was a new mixed use design.

If Suncor was to build a supertall in the middle of downtown I'd be okay with that. I'm not holding my breath though. They don't strike...

Don't get me wrong, I'm not expecting Suncor to pull the trigger on a new office tower, but it's not out of the realm of possibilities...

It's entirely possible that if a company want s large contiguous space and nothing is available that works for them that a new office...

I've seen a couple of shows on that company and on the surface it appears to be a great concept that should be replicated in every...

I know it's probably not economical quite yet, or possibly never, but it would be really cool if some of these older towers were...

They discuss the idea of government intervention, and I think it's a good idea. I'm not one that believes the government needs to fix...

Here's an interesting write up from the UofC on office space conversions. It talks about the issues that have been discussed, as well as...

I'm not sure the building owners would look at the building in terms of a 10 year period, maybe 20 years, but I see where you're coming...

Sounds awesome to me too. I don't know if those numbers are feasible or not, but can't hurt to throw around some ideas.

I too would be interested to know what current owners are thinking. A couple of years back I had looked into the possibilities for...

One thing is for certain: we won't see a new office tower any time soon. Some of the office space will be absorbed over time, and some...

I am pretty sure CBB was referring to the vast inventory of new office towers we already have with millions of square feet of empty...

I wasn't exaggerating. We will be losing office space over the long term (residential conversions), and still having high vacancies...

I would have taken the original comment as an exaggerated point, but now I'm beginning to wonder. If we didn't have so much free office...