konradiical
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do you think they are starting to build it now? or do they still need to wait for permits?
Yellowstone | 67.36m | 20s | Amble Ventures | NORR
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It was approved back in 2018, quite a while back. Is there a time limit to a DP once it's approved? I recall it being three years, but can't remember if that's only for DP's that haven't been approved.
haltcatchfire
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Three years but pretty sure you can get an extension.
I've seen some permits get extensions. Hopefully that's the case here, and they are looking to go ahead.
Albertasaurus
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They have an extension to summer 2025
cameronhowe
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They demoed the building that was on this site last week. I keep meaning to snap a photo of the site, will try and get one the next time I go by it.
Roaring Flames
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R.I.P. cheap old apartments
With the apartments gone, I pray it doesn’t sit as an empty lot. If they applied for a BP there’s hope that it’ll get built. Fingers crossed.
Albertasaurus
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That's my fear with just about any demolition these days. So few of the proposals seem to be moving forward right now.
Albertasaurus
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A Revised Plans application was submitted for this one with some fairly minor changes. So this appears to be gearing up to move ahead.
Cowtown
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It would be nice to see another high-rise. We’re kinda hitting a dry spell.
Albertasaurus
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Boy are we ever! I was in TO in the spring and it was just depressing seeing all the construction cranes vs. the smattering of cranes (mostly for 6 storey wood frame) here. Then again, I suppose the city we are most often compared to, Denver, is also not exactly a hot bed of skyscraper construction these days.
There is a fair amount of stuff in the planning stages from what I know and hear, but even little midrises like Sovereign aren't getting going. What's the problem here - interest rates? Lack of trades? Construction costs?
konradiical
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To be fair we have a lot of highrises for a city of our size. Im sure more will creep up soon, wont be dry for this long
I'd like to see a few more highrises in the Beltline, but tbh, I enjoying all of the 6 storey builds and rowhomes going up in inner city areas. Toronto's mass amount of apartment towers create a lot of density, but I don't find their overall new housing builds very diversified. It's apartment towers or nothing. Kind of the same thing with Vancouver and Montreal. I like apartment towers as much as the next guy, but I like Calgary's diversity of housing builds right now. My only gripe is that so many of the new 6 storey builds are at the far edges of the city rather than a parking lot in the core, but it could be worse.
maestro
Senior Member
For tall high rises and skyscrapers. Is it for all high rises? Compared to Canadian cities. Every Canadian cities punches above their weight compared to US urban centers