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    Eau Claire Place II | 68m | 17s | Pacific Reach

    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.
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    Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

    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.
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    Eau Claire Place II | 68m | 17s | Pacific Reach

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

    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...
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    Statscan numbers

    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...
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    The Morrison | 119m | 35s | Western Securities | Hindle Architects

    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...
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    Stampede Station | 277.3m | 71s | Truman | NORR

    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...
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    Stampede Station | 277.3m | 71s | Truman | NORR

    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...
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    Hampton Inn by Hilton | 56.08m | 17s | Triple One | NORR

    Nice to see a mid-block highrise...a sign we are becoming a proper big city.
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    Stampede Station | 277.3m | 71s | Truman | NORR

    Just out of curiosity - why are people thinking 20 floors could be chopped off the top? That won't help alleviate any concerns residents of Sasso and Vetro would have about height, since 50 storey buildings are still going to leave them in shadow, and if anything might result in wider bulkier...
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    Stampede Station | 277.3m | 71s | Truman | NORR

    Fair. But I'm tired of them being just good enough to miss out on all the good draft picks while still missing the playoffs.
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    JEMM 16th Ave | 25m | 6s | Jemm Properties | NORR

    Well, between this project, Harmony and Munro further east, and hopefully the Shoppers site a few blocks to the west at 4th, there will be a good thousand or so more people living along 16th in 2 or 3 years which ought to really help make the street feel more urban and vibrant.
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    Stampede Station | 277.3m | 71s | Truman | NORR

    I'll agree with that 100% once the Flames stop sucking and we get a proper stadium befitting a city of our size
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    Stampede Station | 277.3m | 71s | Truman | NORR

    I get what you're saying - I think an overly tall building can throw an otherwise attractive skyline off balance. But I also think that the renders are exaggerating the buildings' heights a little bit - the taller building is only 100' taller than Brookfield, and the smaller one is slightly...
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    Stampede Station | 277.3m | 71s | Truman | NORR

    Can I ask where you found those numbers? I just checked and the elevation drawings show 277.3 and 245.55, in line with what Surreal posted a few days back? Unless I'm reading them wrong, which is certainly possible...
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    Calgary International Airport

    Problem is, low ticket prices are about all Flair has going for them. Take that away and why not just take WJ or AC, and at least you can count on a reasonable degree of reliability. Porter at least differentiates themself with a unique product- narrow body jets with only 2 seats a side, free...
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    The Morrison | 119m | 35s | Western Securities | Hindle Architects

    Yup that's the one. I was just too lazy to add in the additional addresses.
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    The Morrison | 119m | 35s | Western Securities | Hindle Architects

    Most of the reports I've seen recently are calling the rental market "balanced" after a few years of really tight supply. Regardless, keep in mind that there won't be much supply coming onstream in the downtown/Beltline market for a couple years, since most of the projects currently underway...
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    The Morrison | 119m | 35s | Western Securities | Hindle Architects

    Agreed, I'm a fan too - it's a simple but attractive building. The base of the building is brick and the tower portion is metal panels, although they are using red-brown and bronze-gold colours which should make for a nice change from what we usually see.
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    The Morrison | 119m | 35s | Western Securities | Hindle Architects

    A "Tuesday surprise"...new DP submitted, this one for a 35-ish storey 390-foot tower called "The Morrison" at 1400 ST SW. Developer is Western Securities, architect is Hindle.

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