Macleod - Heritage | 20m | 6s | Deveraux | Gibbs Gage

[MichaelS]

A new apartment complex by Deveraux at the SW corner of Macleod / Heritage. 3 buildings, 501 apartments:

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Heritage-Macleod Apartments | Deveraux Group

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[UrbanWarrior]

Oh that’s awesome. Hate the amount of roadway involved in it, but still great density near a station.

 

[CalgaryTiger]

Wow, very interesting. I thought no one would ever do anything with this. Making the corner of Heritage and Macleod look like a suburban neighbourhood boulevard is not the worst. I also see there's a tribute to the old water park, the website mentions an outdoor pool!

 

[Tothewest]

Man it's a shame that bottle depot couldn't be purchased and horton road rerouted closer to the tracks until the pedestrian bridge, would make for a far better footprint. Good TOD project though!

 

[DougB]

So many failed proposals for that site over the years

 

[Surrealplaces]

It's kind of a weird lot. It's too bad the city couldn't swap this with the park and ride lot. Have the development right beside the station and the park and ride on the awkward lot.

The positive is if this gets built and the city ever decides to develop the park and ride lot, it'll be quite a dense area.

 

[KrisYYC]

Hopefully this gets built, Horton road really needs more development like this. I hope the 3rd and 4th tower at the London site get built too. Maybe it'll spur some redevelopment of the many other seemingly abandoned lots along that road.

 

[Beltline_B]

The design and colours look like every other 4-6 story apartment in the city.
Normally, I wouldn’t get excited for such a boring project, but I’m excited to see anything go up on that location.

 

[O-tac]

This and the similar projects near Chinook will hopefully begin to transform Macleod to a less hideous state.

 

[Red Star]

In 1962 it looks like there was an industrial/commercial building constructed on the site:

In 1984 a Waterpark was built:

In 1995 a carwash was built to the south:

By 2001 the Waterpark was decommissioned:

By 2005 the warehouse was torn down:

And a prime piece of land, right beside a C-train station laid fallow for the next 19 years....

 

[Albertasaurus]

Pretty generic, but as others have mentioned it'd be a win to just get something happening on that site.

 

[Unknown User]

Bonzai Waterslide Ad

I only ever recall driving by and seeing the top of the slides, were they really as dangerous as I've heard? Also I seem to recall hearing that warehouse just north was an all ages night club at some point?

 

[badc0ffee]

I remember seeing the slides from the C-train, and assuming I could visit one day. Never happened, though.

 

[ctraindude]

I don’t really recall hearing (or experiencing) them being dangerous - at least not any more than other waterslides. I think it’s just hard to make money on water parks in our climate.

I’m not sure about the night club, but I know it was indoor mini golf for quite a while.

 

[O-tac]

The dad of one of my classmates in elementary owned the indoor minigolf place. I think we even went for a field trip once.

Went to the waterslides many times. They were fun.