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They announced Analog as one of the first retail tenants. At first I thought U/D retail might slowly get worse compared to the early ones on the West side, but since it's now closer and closer to campus, the retail demand will likely remain pretty strong.

This was during one of the recent windy days, and the crane was operating. It did feel a bit concerning for the kids playing outside, or pedestrians in general, in case any construction material wasn't fully secured.

The idea is interesting, but I also find that if we want to build walkable, urban communities, part of it is using land for the amenities that make urban life possible. In this hypothetical UD 2.0 scenario and we moved the field house to Shouldice because this land is "too valuable",doesn't that...

The fieldhouse component as is, is 462,730 sq ft spread across 2 floors, and most of that is on floor 1. The footprint will likely be almost 400,000 sqft. The Seton YMCA is 330,000 and Rocky Ridge is 284,000. Southland Leisure Centre is about 227,000. Adding an ice rink and pool would probably...

The difference is the Event Centre has a multi-billion dollar sports franchise and one of the big 4 sports leagues behind it. This is a municipal facility for amateur and recreation sports.

The arena and pools were initially part of phase something but I doubt will ever get built. The pool, arenas, and existing athletic park are not being moved as part of the fieldhouse building, so that's why I think the pool is getting redeveloped and potentially expanded. The fieldhouse is...

Train and that area has a lot of open space and McDonalds generally draw those people to it. There's just no reason for them to congregate in residential areas, I think most prefer to be left alone. For where I live, there's the occasional garage break in or vandalism, but you don't see them...

Some people do like to live far out, but those people are usually the ones that want big lots and giant houses. And then there's people that sacrifice living space and want a premium condo near amenities (like the new Kenton building or UD). Living in an apartment at the very edge of the city is...

There's two arguments they are making. The first one is that pools and leisure centres built in the 1980s, the leisure centre is more efficient to operate. And then the Quarry Park example, which is even more efficient than both of them by being newer. It's very possible that larger facilities...

Alberta looking at Northern route (shorter shipping distance, cheaper construction, deeper port=bigger ships) but with the main hurdles being tanker ban and indigenous opposition. I think we'll get a pipeline, but will have to compromise to the Southern route. A northern pipeline will be a...

Yes rewarding bad historical performance is a bad idea. Even if the outcomes are the rules, these flimsy rules that nobody seems to even precisely know is bad policy. There should be benchmarks such as DP/BP timelines, construction speed, cost, zoning, etc. that is standardized as a total factor...

We're all on an urban development forum so generally pro development. But I think there's a lot of narratives that go on with these arguments. Is it really true being New York is better than Houston or Phoenix? Or are they just different cities for different people that want different things...

You're right. I don't mind having a track in a new stadium, but would still prefer an indoor field house that's more focused as a recreation and competition facility, which we do really need.

Truman is donating the land for the West District YMCA, because it helps bring up the value of their surrounding residential. Imagine if WVT, instead of that ugly, useless podium, it's a rec centre. City builds and operates, Cidex gifts them the space, raises the value of all the residential...