Trellis Affordable Housing Bowness | 18m | 5s | LOLA
- Thread starter MichaelS
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DP2024-07137 pending appeal...
Mountain Man
Senior Member
Figured the community would appeal the hell out of this one. Hopefully SDAB approves it.
haltcatchfire
Senior Member
Appeal? Is it too nice for the area? 
I'll take one or two in Sunnyside.
I'll take one or two in Sunnyside.
The appeal probably has something to do with the building replacing a playground, and I'm not clear if the plan for the replacement playground has been finalized.
Mountain Man
Senior Member
I'm sure it's the usual stuff, height, shadows, traffic as well as the playground...
Urb
Active Member
This and the Hindle affordable project in the West End have better architecture than 90% of the market buildings in Calgary. Well done.
haltcatchfire
Senior Member
Oh I know, but there's no humour in "where will the children play?".
Around the corner.
niteryder
Active Member
In August, construction fencing was erected around the site, but was otherwise left untouched (including the playground equipment). Fast forward to now, construction has started:
Some other multifamily projects in eyeshot of the Trellis site:
Some other multifamily projects in eyeshot of the Trellis site:
Patrick.1980
Active Member
Bowness is really coming on these days. It’s nice little community.
CBBarnett
Senior Member
It's a really solid area with good fundamentals - great park access, flat, rivers, easy access to the core and the NW employment hubs.
Bowness' main limitation like most of Calgary - that's slowly changing - is that it's such low density that it can't support a vibrant, walkable retail scene. It's got decent bones to work with, such as the existing main street, but just needs to triple the local population.
JTron
Active Member
Was in Bowness a couple of times this summer. It reminds me of Marda Loop 15 years ago. All the tools are there, it only needs a bit more time.
outoftheice
Active Member
Bowness has had a strong NIMBY pretense for years as well. That main street commercial strip should have been 4-6 story mixed-use but the community has fiercely fought anything over 2 stories.