thecivilengineer
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Quick way to finish construction, complicated design though.
Hampton Inn by Hilton | 56.08m | 17s | Triple One | NORR
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O-tac
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This one is growing on me. We haven't had a lot of infill like this in the core. It feels more big city to have a hotel in a location like this rather than the standard wide open empty parking lot.
MichaelS
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Parker: Hampton Inn by Hilton set to open as Calgary newest hotel downtown
Calgary's newest downtown hotel will be ready to welcome guests next spring, writes business columnist David Parker.
calgaryherald.com
Alex_YYC
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O-tac
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This is a pleasant surprise. Hopefully the cladding isn’t stucco or EIFS or something.
CBBarnett
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Great little hotel infill on what might be the bleakest looking public realms in the city. I love the canyon effect and relative location is super central, but wow is this a hostile place to walk around for future hotel guests.
All that road capacity for 10 hours of peak traffic a week, most of the time it is actually just as empty as this photo makes it look.
Alex_YYC
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Not a lot of change. I thought maybe it was stalked out but there has been some work. They must be waiting on the exterior material.
Roaring Flames
Senior Member
Maybe it was planned to come from the states and they decided to change suppliers?
Garceyues
New Member
I'm worried about the impact of tariffs, or even the threat of tariffs and the economic uncertainty that creates, on the financial viability of starting or completing builds.
Beltline_B
Senior Member
Construction costs will take a hit if we tariff them. Part of me wants to tariff even from the US, but part of me worries that costs are gonna spiral for certain things.
Mountain Man
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If our dollar tanks after tariffs as expected, sourcing materials from the US will become extremely expensive, this could cause major disruptions. Wonder if there European alternatives if there aren't Canadian...
CalgaryTiger
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Euro>Americano
Roaring Flames
Senior Member
The one advantage we have in construction material tariffs is softwood lumber. The cost of wood builds should go up significantly in the States
Tarsus
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I preferred this building when it had the yellow. Looked like it was made from yellow Lego blocks.
Albertasaurus
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I'm concerned about that too, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who has noticed the lack of new proposals in the last month or so since Trump has ramped up his tariff rhetoric. I would imagine developers are taking a "wait and see" attitude with regard to both the overall economy and material costs, and banks might be more conservative with financing new development until they get a better sense of how this will all play out.
I hope common sense ultimately prevails, but right now I'm not optimistic with the state of things in Washington.