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I would love to see this one go ahead. Would be great to get some construction happening in that part of EV, it badly needs some positive momentum.

If you remember, Cantiro tapped into the office conversion fund (in this case, to fund demolition of the buildings that were on site) in exchange for affordable housing as part of the project. They also have a BP application in. All of this is to say that they've already sunk a lot of money...

Interesting! If they are applying for BP then this is almost certainly going ahead. Wondering if CF sees this as a way to get a few hundred new residents near Chinook Centre, since they own the mall I believe.

That's more like the Springbank that I remember. If people are that opposed to living in a proper urban environment, I can't understand why they don't just sell their multi-million-dollar homes and buy an acreage in Sharp Hill or Bearspaw?

Agreed. Also, this is still a large project, as it will have 234 units. It's just that rather than a tower on a podium, it's a midrise that covers most of the site. It's probably just as dense as La Caille's tower across the street in terms of FAR, it's just in a different built form.

There is some incredible density going up in Springbank Hill and West Springs. What is so remarkable about it to me is that for the longest time this part of the city hated seeing even row houses going up in their community, and now they're seeing among the densest greenfield development anywhere.

I have been wondering the same thing. I am not aware of any plans whatsoever, but I agree the site would be ripe for redevelopment. It always seems busy so I am wondering if it's a victim of its own success (ie no perceived need to update the store), and once Kit and the other residential...

Certainly doesn't qualify as "high end" but more urban format retail in Beltline would be nice...would love a Costco.

I believe so, but not sure which of those are being offered in this case. Pretty sure they need to do one or more of those in order to be allowed the zero parking.

Rezoning for housing is a bit of an "X factor" that could influence the race in Ward 7. Anecdotally, some of my older friends in the area (who typically lean progressive) are pissed about it, and want Gondek (and the other pro-rezoning people) gone. Some of those people might support Wong even...

That would be Heather McRae, whose husband is Stephen Carter is running the overall Calgary party campaign I believe. I'm in W7 too and there are a few others who are campaigning but haven't registered yet. Myke Atkinson and Dave Barrett both have a fair amount of signs around.

Unfortunately, nothing at this time on the Chinook site itself. I wonder if CF are waiting to see how things shake out with The Bay before contemplating any redevelopment plans? I'd love to see some redevelopment happen with some residential towers on site and hopefully replacing all the...

So has anyone seen any opinion polling? I haven't seen anything as of yet as far as preferred Mayor goes, and we're less than 2 months out. We get spoiled at Federal election time with multiple polls every day.

First highrise outside the ring road, I believe!

Hopefully the developer hasn't run out of money...

Getting close to grade level...other than Lincoln, this is the closest thing we have to a skyscraper u/c right now...

Yellowstone is going so slow. They've fallen behind Francesco's in construction progress even after having started construction much sooner.

I like this one - one of the more creative 6-storey builds we have seen...

But so is Ottawa based on these numbers. Incredible that considering how far fast growing communities like Kanata, Barrhaven and Orleans are from central Ottawa, the vast bulk of their construction is apartments.

Starts will almost certainly cool off going forward, in part because the level of starts was so incredibly high. The real question, is how much they will cool off by. What I also find interesting is that Calgary and Edmonton are the only ones out of the 6 big metros that seem to have much in...