General Construction Updates

[Urb]

I toured this project recently - it's really coming together. They are roughly 75% leased up now and will have a brewery and several other local independent restaurateurs in the Market Shed space. They also have some cool spaces for live music, etc. The Beltline really needs this.

 

[Silence&Motion]

It looks good. There is so much empty street level space within a couple of blocks (either direction) of here. However, this looks like it will be a destination if it has the right draw. All depends on what hospitality/retail tenants they can lease to.

Agreed. This one block is really at a tipping point. It used to be a textbook example of how desolate the Beltline can be. Piece by piece, things have been changing. A lot of renovations on the south side of the block. Now this renovation on the north side. Most dramatically, I think, is how the bike lanes and the extended patios have reduced 12 Ave from 4 to 2 lanes.

 

[1875]

nice to see retail being added in the beltline after several years of losing businesses and agree that stretch of 12th ave is much improved being reduced to 2 lanes. ive never noticed that less lanes have impeded traffic flow there, rather its made the street front much less hostile.

fingers crossed this is a success.

 

[1875]

Loving the wider sidewalk along 5th!View attachment 332942

that wouldnt be a bad place to have a railing along the sidewalk.

 

[GoVertical]

Not really a construction update, but it seems that little building along 4th Avenue and near 5th Street is now a hotel: https://www.avenuecalgary.com/city-life/inside-the-westley-hotel-in-downtown-calgary/

 

[Silence&Motion]

I don't think there's a thread for U of C's business school expansion (Mathison Hall). Here it is:

 

[Silence&Motion]

Or maybe this is the most recent rendering? Can't tell. But I definitely like the darker cladding better.

 

[Mountain Man]

I like the dark theme better.

 

[Myles86]

There's also this official account which posts updates for Mathison Hall regularly

 

[GoVertical]

Big ampersand at the Ampersand!

 

[Mountain Man]

The Ampersand sounds like a boutique hotel that's trying too hard lol.

 

[GoVertical]

Tearing out more concrete along the river at Eau Claire Plaza:

 

[The Familia]

At the rate they are moving this will be done after the Green Line is complete.

 

[Surrealplaces]

 

[1875]

i think we discussed this project a year ago when the hearings were occuring

royal ave just off 8th st