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Agreed, it looks very grey and sterile. The only thing that breaks up the greyness is the trees - which won't look like they do in the renderings for decades (especially if they're planting new ones).

I will give the Stephen Avenue reno credit for increasing the number and comfort of seating spaces (by the looks of it) but agree the rest doesn't look great.

They also recently finished Nude in Beltline I believe.

Correct, that building will be converted to residential

I heard yesterday that it's 5th wettest July on record.

Other than Toronto, outside of hockey, it really is a struggle for Canadian cities to keep their pro sports franchises when the US has dozens of cities willing to spend obscene amounts of taxpayer dollars for pro sports facilities.

That's going back a long ways! I don't even remember what Lausanne and Montreax would have looked like, other than that they were really tall...

New DP for a cool little multi project just submitted for 1730 and 1732 12 AV SW in Sunalta. Surprisingly they pack 41 units into this project, all studios and 1 bedroom! Architect is MC+A. I'm a big fan of these smaller floorplate 6-storey projects. Note, they are proposing no parking so it...

I agree that Riverwest and Brava/Encore/Ovation have all aged very well.

I don't hate Sasso, Vetro and Nuera. They came very early on in our early '00s condo boom and look the part. I honestly can't think of many "standout" buildings from that time period - Emerald Stone, all of Pointe of View's towers and even Bosa's early efforts like Liberte and Marquis all look...

I've also heard horror stories about the fees going through the roof if any structural issues or expensive repairs are required on a condo building. Some of the older downtown condos charge fees that are nearly as high as the mortgage would be. From an investment perspective, I hear that...

Yeah those are some seriously high prices, especially without even a balcony. The 2 bed plan looks decent with lots of natural light but those studio and 1 bed plans are tiny.

The townhouses did get recommended approval by Planning Commission. But it now goes to Council, I believe in September, and it's an election year, so I don't have much hope it'll pass at Council.

Holy crap, and I mean crap. However, better than a parking lot, and at least it'll bring people into the neighborhood.

Very informative, thank you! The 3 biggest cities really do leave us in the dust, so to speak. I'm actually surprised that we have more people in dense neighborhoods than Ottawa, and really surprised that Hamilton didn't punch higher. Also surprising that Calgary's density vs Edmonton is...

I'd agree with that. I also find that older cities being less car centric tend to feel more vibrant. Vancouver unquestionably feels bigger than Calgary, in part obviously because it is, bit also because it's older and denser. But conversely, Toronto and Montreal feel just as much bigger than...

Alberta also seems to boom when the rest of Canada is struggling, and conversely struggle when everywhere else is booming. Considering the country's economic challenges with tariffs etc, and the two big condo markets in a downturn, I could see some GTA/Lower mainland developers trying their...

I think Ottawa has lots of new highrises going up, although their skyline is a lot more dispersed than ours, with a much smaller downtown and some big highrise clusters in the west end and Dows Lake areas, where a lot of the taller new projects are happening. And none anywhere near as tall as...

Legends Tower in Oklahoma City is an example of a proposed building that will look ridiculously out of place in a skyline (arguably OKC's Devon tower already does that). In terms of sheer number of tall buildings, Calgary is comparable to LA, Houston, Dallas and Atlanta - I think it's safe to...

Nice to see a mid-block highrise...a sign we are becoming a proper big city.