Recent content by Stephen Ave

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It’s too bad these look similar to the already built Dominion towers, but I won’t complain. They still look awesome.

That would be my guess too. I think Calgary will be around 50% in Edmonton around 35%, with 15% for the rest of the province. It’s possible we could see Calgary grow by more than 100,000 in one year that would be unbelievable.

Not the most marvellous dessign I’ve ever seen, but this is a big win for that area and for that intersection.

Total sadness. I imagine road would’ve been designed that way probably 100 or more years ago. Nobody back than ever dreamed Calgary would be pushing 2 million people, and they would need to plan things.

It’s to see a decent sized building going up in that area. Hopefully we’ll see a few more of these along Kensington Road.

When it comes to normal, the normal for Calgary is at the weather can be anything at any time lol. I grew up in Southeastern Ontario, and when I first moved here, I couldn’t decide if the winters were warmer or colder. Some days the winters would seem so much warmer, with above freezing...

The placement of the materials and colours is awkward, but I’ll take it. It’s a good fit for the area and a good density boost.

I had no idea we had solar farms that large in the city.

Outside of Europe or NA then, what is the global standard that this should be? Don't mention curtain wall, because that's happening, the economics don't make sense. It doesn't leave too many other options.

I stand corrected on Southbank, as I don't know the history of who was behind it, and if the people behind it had Inglewood's interests then that's great, all the power to them. I disagree with the notion that Avli's design is due to a REIT who doesn't care about Inglewood, that's more what mu...

I prefer Avli myself, even though Southbank turned out very well. It's a personal choice based on Avli being more unique, which in many ways lends itself better to Inglewood. Southbank is very solid, but also quite conservative.

It's the other way around. South Block is owned by Opus, and the Avli project is partly owned by the original long time owners of the land, which iirc was a auto repair place. The people who owned the Avli land wanted to build something interesting for Inglewood. That said, Avli might be owned...

Blue line to Redstone isn't a priority for me unless there's a spur to the airport. It needs to be done someday, but I'd rather see money go to the Green line or to improve existing stations and sections, focusing on better TOD infrastructure etc..

I’d rather we spent the 100 million and did the tunnel, even if it meant holding off the north leg a bit longer. 20 years from now people will be asking why we didn’t tunnel it to 16th. It’ll be so much more expensive and so much more of a hassle to do it 25 years from now.