1405 - 4th Street

Developer: GWL Realty Advisors
Architect: Arcadis
  
Address: 4th street SW, Calgary
Category: Residential (Market-Rate Rental), Commercial (Retail)
Status: ConstructionCrane(s): 0
Height: 253 ft / 77.00 mStoreys: 24 storeys
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1405 - 4th Street | 77m | 24s | GWL | Arcadis

Not that I agree with the "gentrification" sentiment, but people are clearly not pining for the big box Amaranth Foods or Sony Store with parking that used to be there. I think they see this development as a contrast to the cheap apartments across 4th, and worried about it having a domino effect of increasing rents and redevelopment of other properties. That, and it's a buzzword they might not understand fully.

Where might we see actual gentrification in the city? It already happened in Sunnyside/Hillhurst and Inglewood. I think it's underway in Bowness. It could happen in the future in "Forest Lawn" (by that I mean not only FL itself, but also neighbouring communities like Radisson Heights and Southview).
 
badc0ffee said:
Not that I agree with the "gentrification" sentiment, but people are clearly not pining for the big box Amaranth Foods or Sony Store with parking that used to be there. I think they see this development as a contrast to the cheap apartments across 4th, and worried about it having a domino effect of increasing rents and redevelopment of other properties. That, and it's a buzzword they might not understand fully.

Where might we see actual gentrification in the city? It already happened in Sunnyside/Hillhurst and Inglewood. I think it's underway in Bowness. It could happen in the future in "Forest Lawn" (by that I mean not only FL itself, but also neighbouring communities like Radisson Heights and Southview).
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Bowness and Montgomery are probably the clearest examples. Both were lower income, working class neighbourhoods and are now full of expensive infills and condos.
 
badc0ffee said:
Not that I agree with the "gentrification" sentiment, but people are clearly not pining for the big box Amaranth Foods or Sony Store with parking that used to be there. I think they see this development as a contrast to the cheap apartments across 4th, and worried about it having a domino effect of increasing rents and redevelopment of other properties. That, and it's a buzzword they might not understand fully.

Where might we see actual gentrification in the city? It already happened in Sunnyside/Hillhurst and Inglewood. I think it's underway in Bowness. It could happen in the future in "Forest Lawn" (by that I mean not only FL itself, but also neighbouring communities like Radisson Heights and Southview).
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The first tower in this development is incremental supply, so it is not taking affordable units off the market. I think the proposed second tower would demolish the small walk-up[ building the west.
 
This tower is too ugly to pass for gentrification. So much going on with the exterior and yet has zero flair.
 
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