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I would be surprised if we see a sales centre here in Calgary. I bet it'll be similar to what we saw with the others. whether they can sell them though is another story. A couple of years back everything was selling like crazy, but it's a different market for investor condos today.

Okay that makes sense, I figured it must've something like that. After selling the land back to the city for much cheaper, any guesses on whether the price would be sold to developers for cheaper? For me personally, I would like to see Westbrook be low rises 6 floor with 2 maybe three high...

Was the previous issue at Westbrook related to the cost of the land? I'm curious as we do see concrete builds in other parts of the city, I would have thought concrete would work there, but I have no idea what the land costs were compared to say Bridgeland or U/D, etc..

I wonder also about the number of TFWs and the affect on graduates finding jibs. Back in other times, it was more common to hire graduates in my line of work. These days I see a lot more people applying from abroad and getting on as a TFW, as the company can use the excuse that the TFWs have...

I need to research the candidates more. Right now I'm leaning to Thiessen. Mainly because I'm not leaning to anyone else. I need to hear more from Farkas. I know he's mellowed out since he was on council, but need to know where he stands on things like the Green Line, bike lanes, inner city...

Exactly. Those criticizing the bike lanes are unsurprisingly people who don't use them or live anywhere near downtown or even in Calgary. Then there's our local drunk, Rick Bell who never bothers to do any research at all, and is all about his own anecdotal evidence. There are bike counters at...

The last couple of games for the Stamps had good attendance. The Riders games usually do well thanks to a boatload of Rider fans. The labour day game was well attendance as well. Not many Edmonton fans, mostly all Stamps fans. I have to admit, I'm concerned for the long term future of the CFL...

It's two buildings, but they only listed the tallest of the two.

Oh okay, I was looking at the Teck building yesterday at night and it looked like people had moved into it already. I didn't look very closely, probably workers doing a bit of OT.

https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/bell-danielle-smith-government-very-serious-about-a-bike-lane-crackdown This will probably put people in an ornery mood. another dumb article from the village idiot, but it's a good reminder of why people need to get out and vote next election.

Also the Loft, Taylor Building, and 708 11th. I forgot that we had a running list in another thread....which I need to update.

Completed ---- Sierra Place Cornerstone Teck Place Eau Claire I Element Hotel Cube U/C ---- Hannover Barron Eau Claire II Place 800 Dominion PetroFina There's probably some missing from the list.

For some reason I thought they were going for 16 floors at that site. 12 is a good number though, it shouldn't overshadow the park in the summer.

I think most Euro destinations can be reach from Halifax via Max 8, but maybe they are looking at some further out destinations? Also maybe something from Toronto or maybe Edmonton to London Gatwick? I'd love to see a couple more Asian destinations.

I'm wondering about Manila, mainly because there is a good sized Philippine population in western Canada, not just that but The Philippines is become a more popular tourist destination these days.. It seems like a destination that might do well if they can swing it.

That's why I think we need to get a better housing solution going. I'm not talking about housing the people who are too far gone, but housing those who aren't severely addicted and can be helped.

To me both Myke Atkinson and Heather McRae seem to have alot of the same values. I hope we don't see another vote split for ward 7.

Those 7 Dreamliners..... Let the speculation begin!

For sure. I mean there always were homeless people there, but I agree, the visit the other night felt more like something from Vancouver.

It feels a lot like we're heading to forced rehab as a quasi type jail system. I'm not necessarily for it or against it at this stage. We'll know how things work once that happens. Either way, as a society we need to spend some money to fix the issue. Unfortunately too many suburban tax payers...