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"Highly competitive northeast quadrant likely to take centre stage" ... ha! This is a dumb take - NE Calgary is lost to the UCP, as shown by Sawhney's bailout, and Janet Brown's quadrant by quadrant poll results. It's obvious that the outer suburbs in the NW, SW, and SE are where the election...

Personal scooters are not speed governed like the shared ones, I assume that is a factor too.

Another cool drone shot from JEMM!

These buildings seem nicer and better located than the ones in the earlier rounds

These buildings seem nicer and better located than the ones in the earlier rounds

338 Canada has Calgary NE rated as "Leaning NDP gain" and Calgary NW rated as "Toss Up". I think this is a case of Sawhney - correctly, in my view - deciding that she was going to lose for sure in NE and didn't want to play that game. Then, UCP decided that she could make the difference and win...

I can see the merits of your argument, but I am still reluctant to suggest that the city should try to out-think developers. If everyone is fine with Victoria Park being filled with 20-storey towers, it's just very strange to suggest that the city should impose a 6-storey height limit, because...

Downtown is going to be a crummy place to live and walk around until 4, 5, 6, and 9 avenues are converted back from semi-freeways into urban streets. Unfortunately, there is no political constituency to do that right now. Suburban car commuters vastly outnumber downtown residents. I see the...

$1M to pay for the +15 connection seems like an entirely reasonable subsidy to get a residential tower going in this area. Presumably the +15 connection will be open to the public so it is reasonable to consider it public infrastructure with a public benefit.

Jan 2023 was 9% below Jan 2020 - still a bit below their target to get back to 18 million pax/year

Fivethirtyeight model says 69% as of today

From JEMM: “The warm weather we recieved through December and January has helped progress at the site stay on track, and we are now beginning preparations to pour the slab on grade in the next couple of weeks. Once this step is complete we will be able to start setting up scaffolding for the...

I feel like I could lead a happy life just eating at the food court at Chinook, but I might need a cardiologist close by too if I pursued that plan for too long…

737 Max service from Toronto and Halifax to Europe is gone after all WestJet cancels direct flights between 3 Canadian cities and Europe for summer 2023 Company says reasons include staffing issues, inflation

Comments are Open until Feb 16 on the land use application.

CPC voted 6-2 in favour of approving the land use. I listened to the debate and they were super skeptical of administration’s position. Now the battle goes to council but I would bet on this passing based on the CPC debate. Also bodes well for the Terrigno project on the Osteria site.

It's interesting to me that average rent price in Vancouver is only 37% more than Calgary in this chart, but the average purchase price is 2.3X higher. I would have thought Vancouver rents were at least double Calgary.

The author and those quoted in the article seem to be surprised/annoyed about two facts of real estate: 1) Larger properties cost more than smaller ones 2) Places that have a lot of amenities and conveniences cost more than places with fewer amenities and conveniences Therefore, to spend a...

Pro - May create some community support for development by requiring developers to pay into a fund for off-site improvements. Brings in cash to the city for “giving” something of value to the developer. Con - Acts as an additional tax on dense, inner-city developments that we say we want to...

The solution is no parking - that’s JEMM’s entire strategic plan. Buy land next to transit and get approval for more density and no parking. Rent apartments to people who don’t drive. Only speedbump they’ve hit is the city shaking them down for $1 million to go higher than the 26m height limit...