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Thread for this new proposal. More updates to the thread will come out once the DP is released.
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I had very high expectations for this development and I'm feeling they mostly delivered. The brick was a very obvious move and I'm so thrilled they're doing it (just hope the alu panels on the rest aren't too low quality. Obviously all brick would be great but fine whatever I guess brick is expensive).

I'm really hoping that that area including the little parking lot on the north east corner of the library gets a really solid landscaping treatment. That could be such an incredible little Plaza in there the potential is insane.
 
I like the height, but I don't know how I feel about the same colour, which is orange/black brick on both sides of the street. One building could be white and black brick, I feel. Also, is there not a single retail bay?
 
CallmeCatbread said:
I had very high expectations for this development and I'm feeling they mostly delivered. The brick was a very obvious move and I'm so thrilled they're doing it (just hope the alu panels on the rest aren't too low quality. Obviously all brick would be great but fine whatever I guess brick is expensive).

I'm really hoping that that area including the little parking lot on the north east corner of the library gets a really solid landscaping treatment. That could be such an incredible little Plaza in there the potential is insane.
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Might be a good spot to move the basketball court as it's permanent location.
 
www.calgarymlc.ca

Development Update | East Village | Calgary Municipal Land Corporation

New sales add to growing pipeline of East Village development, new construction expected to initiate in 2025.
www.calgarymlc.ca www.calgarymlc.ca

Joborule said:
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The site of the temporary Bounce Games Park has also been conditionally sold to another developer partner, and we anticipate having more details in early 2025.

About these from that same release:
Local developer Bankside Properties, in partnership with Sumus Property Group, has purchased two parcels located just east of the Central Library, with the intention of building two residential buildings. The two buildings are anticipated to mirror one another in design, standing six storeys tall and offering approximately 80 rental units per building with one-bedroom, one-bedroom-plus-den and two-bedroom configurations. Ground floor residential units will be designed to facilitate conversion to commercial use in future. Bankside and Sumus' investment in East Village represents an approximate private investment value of $60M, and will welcome more than 150 new homes to the neighourhood. The development permits for the two buildings will be submitted before the end of 2024, and Bankside anticipates breaking ground on both buildings in Q4 2025.
 
Interesting that the residential ground units can be converted to retail in the future. This is a smart move as retail in that location won't survive at the moment, not until EV is almost fully built out.
 
Oh both buildings underway by the end of the year? That's bold... well for the EV it is. Very cool!
 
Joborule said:
Might be a good spot to move the basketball court as it's permanent location.
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Oh yeah totally I didn't think of that.

Will they do it (or anything)? I'm skeptical. Odds are that dinky little parking lot will remain a parking lot forever and the "Plaza" will just be blank concrete.

But maybe I should be more optimistic.
 
gsunnyg said:
I like the height, but I don't know how I feel about the same colour, which is orange/black brick on both sides of the street. One building could be white and black brick, I feel. Also, is there not a single retail bay?
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I'm disappointed about the lack of street level retail as well, seems a great place for a small restaurant or cafe. I can say for certain that I would not want to live on a ground floor unit in this area, way too many sketchy people looking for a place to do drugs (if they even care, lots of open use these days).
 
CallmeCatbread said:
Oh yeah totally I didn't think of that.

Will they do it (or anything)? I'm skeptical. Odds are that dinky little parking lot will remain a parking lot forever and the "Plaza" will just be blank concrete.

But maybe I should be more optimistic.
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It's in a conditional sale agreement right now, announced at the same time as the land sale for these two parcels. "...we anticipate having more details in early 2025."
 
The Familia said:
Interesting that the residential ground units can be converted to retail in the future. This is a smart move as retail in that location won't survive at the moment, not until EV is almost fully built out.
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I want to see much more of this with low-rise architecture. At-grade units that are designed to become tiny CRUs upon the owner's discretion. Or turn back into homes if the business isn't successful.
It's the traditional way of building, and it's how the old buildings on and near Stephen Ave have rarely been empty across a whole century.

Squished little podiums with articulated units on the face isn't just aesthetically nice, it should be a sign that there is something anthropologically nice behind the face of the building. Space that can be repurposed easily, as it's small enough to exchange ownership without much fuss, but big enough that it can support many different uses.
 
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