Bridgeland Mixed Use | 22m | 6s | Westrich Pacific | S2
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outoftheice
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Nooooooooo!!!!!
- Signed someone that still has a guilty pleasure of stopping for pizza by the slice and a slurpee at that strip mall and Petro Can.
In all seriousness, this will be a great boost into moving that part of Bridgeland away from being a car sewer and will help make 1st St NE more of a continuous main street between Edmonton Trail and the main grouping of mixed use buildings to the east. I like the tower and the western facade, the southern facade looks a little bland to me, especially the street interaction but still obviously much better than a Petro Can.
- Signed someone that still has a guilty pleasure of stopping for pizza by the slice and a slurpee at that strip mall and Petro Can.
In all seriousness, this will be a great boost into moving that part of Bridgeland away from being a car sewer and will help make 1st St NE more of a continuous main street between Edmonton Trail and the main grouping of mixed use buildings to the east. I like the tower and the western facade, the southern facade looks a little bland to me, especially the street interaction but still obviously much better than a Petro Can.
badc0ffee
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And Joycee's Carribean Foods!! (I'm only assuming it's still open, haven't been in a while)
DiscoStu
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Last I saw, Joycee's was permanently closed.
Not the prettiest design, but that whole block has been an area for sketchy behaviour for a while now (it was a destination for a lot of people from the DIC to get their booze)... so happy to see this up for development.
Not the prettiest design, but that whole block has been an area for sketchy behaviour for a while now (it was a destination for a lot of people from the DIC to get their booze)... so happy to see this up for development.
My thoughts too. Basic design that gets the job done and a good density boost to Bridgeland without upsetting the apple cart so to speak.
Patrick.1980
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A huge improvement over the crummy strip mall and the gas station.
Alex_YYC
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Lots of retail bays on a busy corner, it’ll fit in perfectly.
Mountain Man
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Looks promising! curious what the materials are.
If I were a betting man I would bet they won’t be high end materials, but I’m still happy just to have this project replacing a gas station and an aging strip mall.
cameronhowe
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What would be the timeline of a project like this? Would they not have to let the gas station sit empty for a while due to seepage or something?
zagox
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Mostly this gets my hopes up that the Hillhurst Baptist Church site owned by the same developer will actually get going now that they have an approved DP
Alex_YYC
Senior Member
I was wondering about that also. I recall the gas station has only been around a few decades. Maybe the contamination isn’t too bad and they’ll be removing it when they excavate?
Mountain Man
Senior Member
The soil under the gas station would be contaminated and would have to be entirely removed and treated somewhere. That would probably happen when they start excavating.
adamyyc
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Bigger issue is if groundwater is contaminated and risk of VOCs in an underground parking structure.
JoeUrban
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Looks like sometime between 1984 and 1988, was houses before.