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agreed on the setbacks, when you have more dense housing that is meant to interact with the street it doesn't make sense to push away. Save the space for more functional backyards and patios so people can get both street life and privacy. What people forget about rezoning is that not all parcels...

Amen on the zoning front. What has been demonstrated is that developers build within existing zoning framework. Look at the proliferation of infills, zoning was changed to allow for them and they were built and sold in huge quantity. What is holding back the innercity and mature communities from...

this hotel is coming together nicely. Like the mix of brick and glass.

This would be game changing, I would love to hop on a train and take the family to banff for the day or weekend. That drive, although beautiful, can get so busy it really takes the joy out of it not to mention the parking situation. Plus I imagine the service would run through Cochrane and...

man this project looks great. Bridgeland has really turned into a cool spot. Hopefully something good comes of the old Steps site.

I think these are great questions to ask. In going through the new communities i believe they are doing more the make the communities more sustainable however I take issue with two continuing trends. 1. Lack of innercity zoning density. I recently started to look closer at Calgary's innercity...

that riverwalk proposal is great. There is certainly a need for this type of housing and I like the look a lot.

Hey guys, I work for a large multifamily owner. We need to consider what each type of ownership group wants. 1. Large asset holders (typically backed by institutional money): When these guys enter a market either through buying existing product or developing new it's simply because in their...

Evening all, figured I'd post some pics. Not really related to any ongoing developments but hey why not. Cheers.

I'm with yeah bud. Calgary is a place where my family and I have had best opportunities, I truly love it here. But the lack of innercity vibrancy hurts. Part of the challenge is structural, we have no major downtown university campus like Toronto, Montreal or Winnipeg. Missing that injection of...

You know beerfest is that weekend.... heck of an event....

Boys I'm out. In fm that day, boo. Highly recommend trolley, get a reso though. Browns is cool but it's a chain. What about the Bank on Stephen? it's one for the architecture nerds. Anyway, enjoy!

Oh man I'm across the street from this site. Ive been wondering what they are going to do there .Bigger than I expected. Looks like a solid addition.

Oh man that's cool. I hope they have tenants lined up though, 10th and kensington rd. Have seen fuller days. Looks like a good spot for a tech start up or design firm.

I think they did really good job on this tower. Follow through on decent materials, good plaza interaction with the train station and nice garden/stair area. All that being said I do miss ornamentation and the use of brick and stone for exterior materials. I know that time has passed but I just...

Sounds like fun. Have a bunch of travel coming up but if I can make it I will.

The space between the two towers should be pretty cool being that it fronts onto the park. Hopefully they get something interesting in there. With this and the Bentall tower 1st St. is dealing. Hopefully something good gets going on the NW corner of 17th ave 1st St. as well.

Yeah I agree with your split. There are a couple things I find frustrating about "group 2". First, they have no specifics on the "risks" of which they are worried, the NEB and Feds have already done the actual homework yet they are somehow above it and not convinced. Second, they are the biggest...

Excited to see this project coming to fruition. Calgary has some amazing health care assets and this will take things to the next level. However while under construction I highly recommend avoiding Foothills at all costs, the parking is absolutely brutal right now.

I know when Contemporary Calgary was looking to take over the space they mentioned some issues with asbestos which the city recognized they had to fix if they moved in or now. Could be the city re-mediating but who knows.