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[NWUrbanism]

UCPG put out an update today: Info session

The biggest change I'm seeing is they are doing a land swap with the University, trading Area 1 in the below image for the remaining portions of Area 3 that the University was previously holding onto. This means the main street won't extend any further than the currently under construction Autumn. They mention that Area 1 aligns with campus expansion plans; hopefully something that also involves that giant parking lot to the north!

Areas 2, 3, and 4 are being changed to not be so focused on office buildings, but switched to mixed use development instead. Area 5 will be interesting as it will have homes built on a slope. Should make for some unique buildings with great views.

 

[CBBarnett]

UCPG put out an update today: Info session

The biggest change I'm seeing is they are doing a land swap with the University, trading Area 1 in the below image for the remaining portions of Area 3 that the University was previously holding onto. This means the main street won't extend any further than the currently under construction Autumn. They mention that Area 1 aligns with campus expansion plans; hopefully something that also involves that giant parking lot to the north!

Areas 2, 3, and 4 are being changed to not be so focused on office buildings, but switched to mixed use development instead. Area 5 will be interesting as it will have homes built on a slope. Should make for some unique buildings with great views.

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This is the kind of rational, efficient urban concept plan really highlights just how bizarrely inefficient and unthoughtful our major provincial facilities are at site design at integration with the communities around them. Children's Hospital (and to a lesser extent U of C) is so strange because they are relatively new, obviously intentionally care about having nice amenities and walking areas immediately around them, but totally forget that idea and fall apart in a sea of trashy, poorly organized surface parking and terrible crosswalk and sidewalk connections to anything nearby. Bizarre stuff - the first 15m of the building must be excellent, but we seemingly want the 15 to 100m stretch to the nearby parcels as disorganized and trashy as possible.

It's like the defining design objectives of the province when building a hospital or major facility is to maximize the walking time to any adjacent property (1) and make future expansion bizarre with curvy non-standard parcels (2).

 

[CT (Chinese_T)]

A bit unfortunate, as I really hoped the connection between University Ave and Collegiate Blvd would be redone.

On a happier note, I noticed they also want to change all of Area 5 to MU-1 which is a pleasant surprise!

 

[Shaka]

They've ripped up most of the existing University Blvd that goes between the Children's Hospital and Foothills and graded the lots around there. Must be getting close to starting construction on some of these.