General Construction Updates

[The Familia]

It's such a disappointing building use-wise up to this point. Until a restaurant actually takes up the ground floor and spills onto the river walk, this building is very sterile, cold, and devoid of life. The bike shop helps in the summer, but does nothing for the winter. Are there actually any residents living in the building? Are the offices occupied? It just seems so lifeless. This building should have been a replica of Bridgeland. An Una pizza, Village Ice Cream, and some other type of sit down restaurant should have fronted the entire River Walk. Throwing in a few canopies over the entrances and plating a few trees around the building would have helped.

 

[haltcatchfire]

How many times do I have spin around 360 degrees to see the innovation?

 

[1875]

fwiw the lot bt 30th and 31st street sw on the south side of 17th ave is underway. lane is blocked off, hole in the ground and equipment onsite.

 

[UrbanWarrior]

SAIT demolition…

 

[Mountain Man]

Aw man, should have gone to the Gateway for a nostalgia pint before they demolished it.

 

[YYCguy]

Why are they doing demolition before a new building was constructed? Have they moved all the functions of the existing building to other spaces on a temporary (or permanent?) basis?

 

[haltcatchfire]

Why are they doing demolition before a new building was constructed? Have they moved all the functions of the existing building to other spaces on a temporary (or permanent?) basis?

Difficult to build a building with a building already built there.

 

[Mountain Man]

SAIT only has so much space, they needed to remove the existing building in order to build a new one.

 

[MichaelS]

fwiw the lot bt 30th and 31st street sw on the south side of 17th ave is underway. lane is blocked off, hole in the ground and equipment onsite.

Is that this one?

Calgary | Halcyon Corner | 11m | 3s | Sharon Wang Architect

A 3 storey medical clinic and retail building is proposed at the SW corner of 17th Avenue and 31st Street SW (kittycorner to RNDSQR's Beacon). The DP has been approved (just being advertised now): https://developmentmap.calgary.ca/?find=DP2020-1250 Colliers has some marketing up for leasing...

skyrisecities.com

 

[darwink]

SAIT only has so much space, they needed to remove the existing building in order to build a new one.

I don’t believe the new one is funded.

 

[Surrealplaces]

Is that this one?

Calgary | Halcyon Corner | 11m | 3s | Sharon Wang Architect

A 3 storey medical clinic and retail building is proposed at the SW corner of 17th Avenue and 31st Street SW (kittycorner to RNDSQR's Beacon). The DP has been approved (just being advertised now): https://developmentmap.calgary.ca/?find=DP2020-1250 Colliers has some marketing up for leasing...

skyrisecities.com

Might also be this one. It's not showing up on the DMAP, but according to Google Streetview, there was a driller onsite July 2023

Oct 2020 the parcel was advertised as land assembly redevelopment

 

[YYCguy]

SAIT only has so much space, they needed to remove the existing building in order to build a new one.

Thanks Mountain Man. I didn’t know the new building is being constructed on the same site.

And thanks haltcatchfire for your snarky reply.

 

[1875]

Might also be this one. It's not showing up on the DMAP, but according to Google Streetview, there was a driller onsite July 2023
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Oct 2020 the parcel was advertised as land assembly redevelopment

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ya, the first picture

 

[MissingMiddle]

Is the design for the new SAIT building public yet?

 

[AtlanticAvenue]

Why are they doing demolition before a new building was constructed? Have they moved all the functions of the existing building to other spaces on a temporary (or permanent?) basis?

They moved the fitness facilities to a semi permanent tent structure on the Northeast corner of the campus, and the basketball/ hard floor teams have been playing between the tent and U of C.

Is the design for the new SAIT building public yet?

They approved the design program for the new building on October 3rd so I doubt they settled on anything yet, I don't think there's anything public yet, but I didn't look overly hard.

Link is here