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Agreed with all of that - however you stated that the "entire world is on a decarbonization path" which is clearly not the case according to IEA data and projections. Combating energy ignorance and misinformation is one of the most important things we need to do as a society.

The IEA would beg to differ on this one. Although you are right that market sentiment indicates that a a majority of investors have believed in the decarbonization fantasy over the past 5-7 years or so, that is starting to change as people wake up to reality.

I was a little skeptical of whether the market would be able to absorb all of the new multi-res rental coming on-line at once (WVT, Eleven, BLVD, Upten, Oliver etc.), but these projects are hitting the jackpot with lease-ups exceeding the highest of expectations. I do think we will see a lull...

Booooooooooo.

Bit of a misleading headline there - does this journo just not understand per capita stats or is he deliberately misrepresenting the situation to create a better story? 🤔 Pedestrian fatalities have actually been decreasing in Canada for decades. We are almost half the rate of the US, and...

The nice thing about LB and other 70s neighbourhoods is that the street network is not completely curvilinear - unllike the next wave of 'hoods when the city fully embraced road hierarchy (Sundance, Woodbine, Douglasdale etc.). Acadia and Bonaventure are continuous neighbourhood scale...

The NDP raised corporate income tax (in what was probably one of their most ideologically motivated and worst decisions as a government), while the UCP reversed that increase and more. Corporate tax rates obviously have a direct and significant impact on capital budgeting decisions, both inside...

Matthews Southwest...haven't heard that name since the Bow.

Interesting sponsorship - junkies shooting up on your train, brought to you by TD Bank!

The hypocrisy of some of these climate initiatives. 🤣 Also, architects and engineers are extremely risk averse and will often recommend starting from a clean slate to avoid the challenges of dealing with existing buildings, and public sector clients often accept these recommendations without...

Everyone knows about the CBE building and the planetarium, but I'd like to highlight some lesser-known examples or brualist architecture. The Bank of Canada Building / 404 Sixth is one of my favourite office buildings in town. The problem with most brutalist buildings is that they generally...

What a brutal idea for a thread! Brutalism isn't defined by precast or cast in place concrete - it can be both. In most northern climates you will find precast cladding on brutalist buildings. It's more about expression of structure, mass, and materials. That doesn't mean every building from a...

I like that the seats face each other like the old school C-Trains. Is it true that these are actually made of wood?

Okay, last post on this topic... but the original Mackimmie block was a beautiful international style design before a very unfortunate recladding in the 70s. 😢 vs.

You bet - look at the similarity in design language between the photos below. Brutalism is all about material expression. Agreed that SFU is a well executed example of brutalism whereas the U of C buildings are unfortunately not (although there are some nice brutalist interior spaces, the...

The original portion of Mac Hall (which is the nicest example of brutalism but has unfortunately been mutilated by additions and renovations), education tower and block, science B, social science tower, science theaters, math sciences, the original portions of ENGG, the old university theater...

If you aren't invested in Canadian energy stocks right now - you crazy! The free cashflow yield these companies are generating is insane. The valuations simply do not make sense.

Not sure if Grosvenor ended up selling that site or not, but I think that building is slated for demo given all of the water damage issues they had.

I imagine you're not a Buckcherry fan then.

Interesting articles, thank for posting these. I actually think the boom in purpose-built rental housing is about to subside in Calgary, as it was primarily based on low interest rates over the past decade (combined with a sluggish economy). As both of those are no longer constant, we are...