Solo on 4th | 16.76m | 5s | Indevelopments | Indevelopments
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UrbanWarrior
Senior Member
I'd love that on Fourth just with glassy/vibrant looking ground level retail.
MoDA
New Member
Not sure who the current architect is, but this is an early concept MoDA did for this same site a few years back. We're sad that this one didn't get to progress any further! I guess given the current economy and surplus of commercial space drove the developer to consider residential.
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cameronhowe
Active Member
This is the concept I was hoping was still planned for the site but saw the new concept last week, sad that this concept isn't going ahead as this would have been so great for the area and really engaging and modern.
LloydBraun
Active Member
Was the developer ‘indevelopments’? Given their first crack, hard to believe. Land must of switched hands.
I remember that design. Was love at first sight.
luk_o
Active Member
Seeing that is very depressing. I think I need a lunch beer now.
Urb
Active Member
Thanks for rubbing it in guys
As a resident of this area, I am very sad your design didn't come to fruition.
AccUnit
Active Member
Nooo, man that initial plan looks so good. Pretty key parcel for the neighbourhood, they've really got to nail it.
Cowtown
Senior Member
That Moda design is very cool. Too bad they couldn't have kept the design, but changed it to residential.
Spring2008
Active Member
This one could be passable if they redesigned for larger windows on the north and south sides. There’s fencing around site and now excavator so may start soon. I’m assuming these are rentals?
It’s not an excuse I use often but it will be a big upgrade to the peking dragon resto/surface parking that sits there now, looks terrible on a Main Street. I can’t stand retail with large surface parking area fronting major inner-city streets.
It’s not an excuse I use often but it will be a big upgrade to the peking dragon resto/surface parking that sits there now, looks terrible on a Main Street. I can’t stand retail with large surface parking area fronting major inner-city streets.
Urb
Active Member
I disagree - this is one of Calgary's prime main streets. The developer is going cheap with the materials and is completely ignoring the context of the neighbourhood. A superior proposal of similar size to this and much better quality was just rejected by the Subdivision and Appeals Board for these very reasons. I hope the file manager pushes back on this before it gets to that point. They have really done a 180 since the original concept.
Someone brought up a good point a while back. Everything about this project is the same as the Kensington by Bucci. The same scale, and the same massing, but the two projects are so much different because of materials and few slight differences in design.
kora
Active Member
Demo underway. Site is rubble.
Lots of growing momentum in the inner city as many projects starting up. Good to see.
Lots of growing momentum in the inner city as many projects starting up. Good to see.
gsunnyg
Senior Member
Really wish they just left this site alone and someone came in with a nice street pedestrian friendly podium and a 20-30 storey tower setback helping extend the skyline southwards, sort of like an artery towards downtown (somewhat like Yonge street).
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