17th and 4th | 164m | 46s | Vesta | Zeidler

[CBBarnett]

Seems like a bunch of people are already up to speed on this!
I happy with the 40 floor tower being at the N.E. corner. I’d be okay with a 15 storey tower on the SW corner, 30’s too high.

Hmm - if it was the south side of 17th I’d be more concerned. NE corner of 17/4th is the best corner for some height on the corridor. There’s no shadow impact to the crucial Saturday patio scene possible regardless of height.

Tall isn’t easy to integrate well, but certainly can. Plenty of Vancouver and Toronto developments have pulled it off. With some good material, active pedestrian retail on the ground floors (and above if they are ambitious), plus a bit of tweaks to the setbacks and you can make it work.

Given the state of the movie theatre business I’m not holding my breath but still think this is the killer location for a VIP style urban theatre complex stretching up multiple floors of the podium like all other big cities have. It’s the perfect anchor that both has some serious draw but plugs the gap between stampede park events and the regular 17th ave nightlife.

 

[Robo]

I’m excited to see something get built on that empty lot, if there is a tall tower, I too hope it’s on the north east corner. The corner facing 17th Ave. and fourth Street would be great for like a six story podium with a mix of retail and some apartments.

 

[Surrealplaces]

How tall was that old tower that was there? About 10 storeys?

It was 11 floors, but office floor heights, so maybe around 14-15 residential floors?

 

[MichaelS]

The land use application for the new project here has been submitted:

DMap

DMap

dmap.calgary.ca

 

[UrbanWarrior]

Some equipment and a random fence on site…

 

[UrbanWarrior]

Trees….

 

[haltcatchfire]

sigh

 

[biospherian]

Well, at least they're not planted

 

[Mountain Man]

How long has the land use sign been there?

 

[badc0ffee]

How long has the land use sign been there?

The new DP application is from last week. (Edit: land use, not DP)

 

[MichaelS]

There is no DP application, just land use application I think.

 

[CalgaryTiger]

I don't go by here but it looks to only be half the lot, I still see a construction fence there... Maybe more to come?

 

[UrbanWarrior]

Yeah there’s a fence. The trees are only in the corner of 4 and 17. I do have a feeling we’ll see movement at least on the first phase.

This would have been better used as a temporary dog park/chill spot similar to the lot of BLVD 3.

 

[Mountain Man]

IF they are just going for land use now, I would expect a year before shovels hit dirt, might as well pretty it up ever so slightly with trees.

 

[Albertasaurus]

This one is a long way from construction start, no DP submitted or even renderings. I fully expect the land use to be approved with no wrinkles, but earliest start of construction for this one is still at least a year out, if not longer.