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Looks like there will be some reading for all of us to geek out on...

Pre-planning has definitely not taken place. AECOM was evaluating alignments and that's about it. If the City decides to move forward we probably have a minimum of 18 months of design and costing work before we know what this will look like and before the City can go to market again with a RFP...

Go home Triovest, you're drunk. The City of Calgary should purchase that entire block and take it out of the private sector's hands. It is a national historic district, restored with taxpayers dollars, the only block downtown with any sort of vitality and life to it and we are literally the only...

Biggest problem with all of this is that the City of Calgary is still on the hook for all cost over-runs and the UCP just handed them a map with a new alignment drawn on it and the most basic of costings included. Councillors have a fiduciary responsibility to both the corporation and taxpayers...

Speaking of Roger's Place. I've been to events there and the bathroom lines are horrendous so this seems a bit concerning....

https://www.calgarymlc.ca/articles/arts-commons-transformation-expansion-groundbreaking

https://livewirecalgary.com/2024/12/07/digging-into-the-glenmore-landing-development-objections/

I wonder if these new East Village projects will be zero parking buildings like the N3 building that was built on that street? I assume they will be wood frame above the ground floor given that they're 6 stories. Hopefully they actually get built. Having CMLC announce land sales with zero actual...

https://www-cbc-ca.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7391158?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17323974207474&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbc.ca%2Fnews%2Fcanada%2Fcalgary%2Falberta-passenger-rail-plan-1.7391158

It's a bit odd they only seem to be vertically building a portion of the apartment piece, isn't it? Pretty sure the designs showing the apartment building being much wider and covering more of the site than what is currently appearing in the photos?

They really did a nice job with the Vic Park station. It changes the whole vibe of that intersection. Get a few new mixed used buildings at the east end of 17th and it will naturally start drawing people off the train and into the heart of 17th Ave

Disappointed we lost the sports courts at the southeast plaza. I thought those were supposed to be part of the community amenities. Now we just get grass instead by the looks of it. Also, agreed that the flat roof profile takes away from the design. The bait and switches begin....

Let's also not forget there are already 3 high rise apartment towers that are 1 minute down the road to the west and they sit on higher ground than Glenmore Landing. So not sure why people can argue high rises shouldn't go here

With Bhatti's departure and the end to the Green Line Board, the project governance is back to where it was in 2020 when the Jim Gray group first arrived on the scene demanding governance that was independent of council. So we are now full circle...

This is from the DP application. The red dashed line shows the building envelope on top of the existing Olympic Plaza design. This building really is going to take away a giant chunk of the park, definitely more than I was expecting. It makes me very curious to see what the Olympic Plaza design...

The BIA and Green Line advocates are trying to get the City to ditch the Centre St lane reversals and bring in rush hour bus only lanes. Sounds like the idea will at least be studied but studies seems to be where Council tries to look like they're making changes without actually making changes...

I believe Matco also owns the Inglewood Brewery lands which they have sat on for ages as well.

Sounds like some of the downtown stakeholders are getting a bit worried the UCP will hand them a Green Line plan that resembles something they've already tried to stop back when they had a seat at the engagement table and pushed for tunnels. Also the costing math Smith references reminds me of...

Had they also used brick for the dark gray and white portions it probably would have had a cool Chinatown vibe to it. This just looks underwhelming.