Colinfill
Active Member
Hahaha that's very 2012, but I guess it makes sense given they renamed Encana Place to the Edison
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General Construction Updates
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Da_Master
Active Member
Does anyone know what the deal is with this one? Picture was taken yesterday.
UrbanWarrior
Senior Member
OMG YAYYYY!
Mountain Man
Senior Member
Not sad to see that one go, any idea what's going in?
haltcatchfire
Senior Member
There's no permits on that property that I can see. Weird, but I've seen it boarded up for a while. Demo? Reno? Anyone?
DougB
Senior Member
That building used to have a really sketchy adult video store....hope the construction workers have lots of PPE, not solely due to COVID
MichaelS
Senior Member
It is being demoed, just because it is in such horrible shape. Attainable Homes Calgary owns it (as well as the parking lot to the south across 6th Avenue) and got both parcels upzoned in 2012. Attainable Homes used to have their offices in that building, but moved across 9th Street into the brick office building to the east over a year ago.
I think the building has simply become a liability now, given how poor of shape it was in. I could see water marks on some of the higher exterior walls, even when we hadn't had precipitation for days, which made me assume there had been some pipes bursting at one point. A higher up at Attainable Homes told me it is simply being torn down, no plans for the parcel as of yet.
Given the size of the parcel, I don't think you could fit a tower on site (FAR wise). I would love to see something of the scale of Lido or Pixel built here, but don't think ground floor retail would be necessary (or very successful, given the streets it would front).
I think the building has simply become a liability now, given how poor of shape it was in. I could see water marks on some of the higher exterior walls, even when we hadn't had precipitation for days, which made me assume there had been some pipes bursting at one point. A higher up at Attainable Homes told me it is simply being torn down, no plans for the parcel as of yet.
Given the size of the parcel, I don't think you could fit a tower on site (FAR wise). I would love to see something of the scale of Lido or Pixel built here, but don't think ground floor retail would be necessary (or very successful, given the streets it would front).
MissingMiddle
Active Member
Shame about the degradation, I actually really appreciate the brick work. Given the right designer, it would be an interesting palette for an extensive adaptive reuse.
We don't need anymore neglected buildings so this is probably the best course of action.
We don't need anymore neglected buildings so this is probably the best course of action.
YYCALGARY
New Member
If attainable home owns the site, I could see them leveraging it for some attainable condos in the future. It would be a great first step to getting their homes into the core.
YYCALGARY
New Member
On another note, here‘s a photo of this recently completed RoundSquare development in Bridgeland. It’s a few weeks old, but thought I would share something for one of my first posts on this site. I can’t believe how long it took me to make the plunge into these waters, considering the state of the alternative forum...
Photo Credit - Me, 2021
Photo Credit - Me, 2021
Welcome aboard @YYCALGARY
UrbanWarrior
Senior Member
Wee have a thread for General Block (the RNDSQR project), lots of pics in there! Feel free to use it.
YYCALGARY
New Member
Thank-you! <3
Silence&Motion
Senior Member
I actually like the Attainable Homes Building. I'm not sure what the exact history of the building is, but it looks like it's from that era when architects were adopting modern aesthetics, but still designing their buildings to fit into the existing pre-war streetscape. Far superior to the car-centric abominations further down the block. Wish we could demo those.
1875
Senior Member
was a furniture store in the 70s