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Garceyues said:
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Sixth downtown Calgary conversion completed with opening of Dominion Civic Apartments - LiveWire Calgary

Calgary marked a major milestone in the redevelopment of the west end of downtown with the grand opening of the Dominion Civic Apartments on Oct. 22, with the fifth finished office-to-residential conversion project and the sixth overall. Although residents didn’t have to wait for the official...
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"Although residents didn’t have to wait for the official day to fill its 132 suites, with developer Alston Properties saying that it had already reached 50 per cent occupancy."

50% occupancy already is unreal, it hasn't even been two months yet. Clearly the demand for affordable rental units in the downtown is strong.
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From a proximity to stuff perspective it really is an unbeatable location. Free fare zone LRT + anywhere NW like Kensington, SAIT or U of C is only 15 minutes away by transit. Plus all the local retail/restaurants and everything the Beltline can offer only a couple blocks away down 8th. Finally, it's only 3 blocks from the best parts of the river pathway system. High urban living isn't everyone's favourite and that's fine, but it's good that we are getting an increasingly solid cluster directly at the LRT hubs like this. Will always be a popular location.

Given where we are at in an urban evolution perspective, Calgary's discussion has mostly focused on providing that first level of urban life - e.g. add a few daily need shops within walking distance. This is an example of that next era of urban evolution, where people have the option to live with near instant access to everything, literally steps from your apartment. 1.5 minute cities v. 15 minutes cities kind of thing. Great to see.
 
CBBarnett said:
From a proximity to stuff perspective it really is an unbeatable location. Free fare zone LRT + anywhere NW like Kensington, SAIT or U of C is only 15 minutes away by transit. Plus all the local retail/restaurants and everything the Beltline can offer only a couple blocks away down 8th. Finally, it's only 3 blocks from the best parts of the river pathway system. High urban living isn't everyone's favourite and that's fine, but it's good that we are getting an increasingly solid cluster directly at the LRT hubs like this. Will always be a popular location.

Given where we are at in an urban evolution perspective, Calgary's discussion has mostly focused on providing that first level of urban life - e.g. add a few daily need shops within walking distance. This is an example of that next era of urban evolution, where people have the option to live with near instant access to everything, literally steps from your apartment. 1.5 minute cities v. 15 minutes cities kind of thing. Great to see.
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Being near the LRT and the commercial centre would obviously improve this over beltline but I will say that there are some areas in beltline where you can be just a couple minutes walk away from most things you need. My old place had a 99 walk score for example and they just built a bike lane next to it.
 
CBBarnett said:
From a proximity to stuff perspective it really is an unbeatable location. Free fare zone LRT + anywhere NW like Kensington, SAIT or U of C is only 15 minutes away by transit. Plus all the local retail/restaurants and everything the Beltline can offer only a couple blocks away down 8th. Finally, it's only 3 blocks from the best parts of the river pathway system. High urban living isn't everyone's favourite and that's fine, but it's good that we are getting an increasingly solid cluster directly at the LRT hubs like this. Will always be a popular location.

Given where we are at in an urban evolution perspective, Calgary's discussion has mostly focused on providing that first level of urban life - e.g. add a few daily need shops within walking distance. This is an example of that next era of urban evolution, where people have the option to live with near instant access to everything, literally steps from your apartment. 1.5 minute cities v. 15 minutes cities kind of thing. Great to see.
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Put up with the 2 years of construction and now you've got a brand new street at your front door with bike lanes, trees, and wide sidewalks to take you all those places
 
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Rusteez42 said:
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Not a huge building and the rents are affordable... I applaud Alston on this gym. I lived briefly in First & Park in Eau Claire and the gym wasn't half of this. This would be massive selling feature for me.
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I would echo your sentiment - I feel that developers tend to drastically underestimate just how attractive a solid gym can be. Many apartment or hotel gyms seem to be an afterthought, with a few treadmills, machines, and dumbbells at best. A larger more well equipped gym is a big sell in terms of lifestyle and convenience. You would expect that a newer building like First & Park to have a good gym given the prices and the fact that it’s a “luxury” building.
 
Really great project, office conversions seem to be more successful in Calgary than almost any other market in North America. Downtown Calgary can easily absorb 2-3x its current population. The single thing which will improve the vibrancy of downtown Calgary will be how many people can live there. Urban design, landscaping, retail, restaurants are all helpful but they do not impact downtown vibrancy as much as just building more residential units.
 
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