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Glad to see Two House found a new home in SUNALTA - there are so few of these types of places in the neighbourhood.

My gut feeling says the ground floor office space in M2 is relatively temporary, as is the use of the former East Village Experience Centre. I think before long there will be a restaurant in M2 but it's understandable why that hasn't happened amidst a pandemic.

That's exactly what's happening. Harvest is on the upper floors as well, and taking over the remaining ground floor space.

I like it. Solid form and inviting commercial space at grade. Guessing that tree planting wasn't possible due to underground utilities, so hopefully the planters get the actual care and attention they'll need.

People living across the street may not have loved that when they're trying to go to sleep....

Everything Royop has done before is very suburban....... Something like Myriad seems like a big leap for them.

The Master Plan for East Victoria Park, that was completed over the last several years, proposes much of what you're suggesting including a plaza adjacent to the arena, as well as a long linear (east-west) park along the rail line, and improved public space along the Elbow river.

Interesting to see the name change - obviously a reflection in the change of scope (from just the University District and to more).

Beakernight has operated from here before!

Heard that this one should move forward before the end of the year.

28% of the housing stock in Calgary is rental. This is very low relative to the national average (31%), Montreal (64%), Toronto (45%) and Edmonton (35%). I'd say this baseline coupled with changing dynamics (i.e. more people, particularly younger populations being comfortable with renting long...

Podium is passable. Tower is not.

I also imagine that the West Campus Dev. Trust is being pretty selective about *which* coffee shop they opt to go with. Remember that they are the curators of all of the retail in the UD and probably want a well known local brand (i.e. If it's not Analog it will be something similar).

They also change the turning radius of vehicles, which helps to slow the speed at which they can take a corner. Want to make a community safer and more pedestrian friendly? This is a low cost intervention to do so. We eeed more of this design approach throughout the city.

Story here (though notably, not much more in the way of details): https://curiocity.com/calgary/food-drink/three-awesome-new-retailers-are-coming-to-calgarys-university-district/ Plus a neat flyover video in the story too.

Yeah, the building presently there has exactly the type of street oriented retail one would hope for. Small retail bays, clear glazing, and a mix of interesting, local businesses.

Looks as if the existing building is up for lease - which would suggest that this project is not moving forward in the short term.

FYI - there are now a number of large planters along the edge of the building, and work is going on in the other retail bay.

Calgary does TOD very poorly, instead opting for an approach more akin to Transit-Adjacent Development (TAD). Hopefully we see better results through the Green Line than what has materialized on either the Red or Blue.