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Bring on the 9th! I'm curious how all the construction these last five years will play out in terms of population growth in inner city communities. It will be a stretch, but the Beltline could end up pretty close to 30000

Great Gulf bought the site a few years ago and were planning a multi-tower redevelopment. Does this mean they sold it?

Thanks for updating! Is there anyway we can pin this to the start of the thread for easy reference?

It looks like it. I know that the metal cladding covers most of the early sandstone and brick exterior. I really hope that its salvageable and can be used in a future re-development

Retail on 11th should be a no brainer. I don't buy the argument that the inclusion of retail should simply match what the current retail market demands. It's the same mindset that led to the horrible design of the District complex 15 years ago. It's also been shown time and time again that well...

Mid rise in that location is fine but there should be retail in 11th

It looked like there was a pile driver on the site when I went by a few days ago

My favorite part of this whole sham is John Bean acting surprised at the conditions placed on the permits. It's as though he didn't know well in advance that it was part and parcel of the permitting process in this day and age. So either he is an idiot, he is peddling bullshit, or both. If they...

The sense of entitlement of Flames' ownership is pathetic. A private sports team trying to come across as hard done by because the City isn't fronting more money to help cover the bottom line of a project that they will take nearly all the benefit from

I'm sure it's some tactic to help cover cost escalations. I can't imagine the Flames would back out at this stage.

The only identity Victoria Park has at the moment is that it is an egress point for DT and the Beltine. They can brand all they want but the fact remains that the walk from downtown or the western part of the Beltline through Victoria Park is probably the worst public realm experience in the...

The other factor is that Calgary has a ton of well paid, young professionals to soak up demand for higher end rentals in the core. Maybe not to the extent of where we were at in the 2000s, but we still remain a major center for service industry jobs right up there with Montreal and Vancouver and...

Still early, but this poll has the UCP behind in 25 of 26 Calgary ridings: https://338canada.com/alberta/calgary.htm

That would be a really great day trip in the summer. Could turn out to be a good tourist draw

That would be the perfect spot for a design like that.

I'm sure Edmonton's day will come. It took awhile for Calgary to start getting some serious VC activity. Hopefully it happens as having two cities with a strong tech sector can only be a good thing for the province as a whole.

Nice to see some major density being proposed for the centre of the Beltline

The design will matter alot less if we get some nice developments on the surrounding lots and the cmlc does a good job with the public realm in the area. But right now I can't help but envision this being stuck on an island surrounded by surface parking which doesn't help things

It's definitely a valid concern but there are ways to draft the provision to avoid that problem But if the municipality doesn't have the power to act then it becomes the provinces' problem. You are still stuck on the issue being compensation for some reason. It's not. If Council could fire Chu...

Of course allegations matter. There are a number of reasons why the Crown might not seek to prosecute the matter past or present. First and foremost is the difficult burden of proving the allegations beyond a reasonable doubt. That does not mean that allegations do not create "cause" to remove...