1875
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sayonara old friend
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General Construction Updates
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dirtymood
New Member
She’s been completely levelled 
The Familia
Senior Member
Can’t wait to soak in the dust from all the gravel for the next 5-10 years! Nothing says river side oasis quite like an abandoned lot! I’m being cynical but I’m still mad about this entire Eau Clare/green line boondoggle. Such a disaster of planning.
Golfing guy
Active Member
How about the city turns the property into a greenspace until it’s needed for the Greenline?
Urban_Views
New Member
Grass would be a win with the paving of Cowboys Park.
Mountain Man
Senior Member
Just got a notice from my community opposing an expansion to the Edworthy North parking lots. The city are planning to expand the lot by the new Shaganappi Pump Station and pave the small lot at the end of 37th street. Never a fan of new parking lots, but Edworthy is super popular and does kind of need it. DMap
FCC1982
Active Member
I think paving the lot would be an improvement - I wouldn’t oppose.
If it's already a dirt or gravel lot, might as well pave it.
Mountain Man
Senior Member
Parking can be a free for all in the summer too, paining lines would only be a benefit. Just not looking forward to more construction, noise and dust this summer, seems to be never ending over there lol. At some point in the not to distant future they are going to start building stuff across Bowness Rd from me, that area is super under utilized currently.
trtcttc
Senior Member
Isn't most of it owned by a developer, Harvard Developments? They're out of SK I think and haven't built much other than detached residential and strip malls. Wish it had been owned by a Truman or Anthem that can build something of scale.
FCC1982
Active Member
Anyone know what the work currently happening in the south parking lot of North Hill Mall is related to ?
They appeared to be replacing underground pipe. Is it simply utilities upgrade/maintenance or is in preparation for some kind of redevelopment ?
They appeared to be replacing underground pipe. Is it simply utilities upgrade/maintenance or is in preparation for some kind of redevelopment ?
trtcttc
Senior Member
Believe it's related to the remediation of the plume associated with the old Sears gas station. Unclear if any redevelopment can take place while this is a thing,
Discovered in 1984, cleanup of gas contamination at mall could take another 15 years
Bankrupt Sears Canada and energy giant Suncor have been ordered to clean up hydrocarbon pollution seeping from a former gas station into a residential neighbourhood…
calgaryherald.com
The last proposal for this site was a Sears/Concord 50-50 residential project. Sears is obviously not around anymore so not sure if the sale actually happened or it was resold by one of Sears creditors.
Development plans for Calgary North Hill Sears location
CALGARY - Sears Canada Inc. announced Monday it has entered into a binding agreement with Concord Pacific Group of Companies to pursue the development of the 12-acre Sears site at the North Hill Shopping Centre in Calgary. Closing under the agreement is conditional upon satisfaction of...
calgaryherald.com
At the rate things are going with North Hill, I wonder if it's a place to do a mix of market and affordable housing? Use some money from affordable housing grants, some money from the city, and some money from a developer, and if we're lucky some money from the province. There's also Suncor who is supposed to be on the hook for part of this.
It's a strange area - you have the dead-ish mall and the sketchy train station (or at least the green space near the train station is sketchy), but then behind the train station you have $$$$ Briar Hill.
The area has a weird feel for sure. The far western portion of the mall is really busy, with the food court seemingly busy all day long. Travel west down the mall, and it gets deader by the foot. I think if they were able to get rid of Sears and build say 4 decent sized buildings (2 x 12 floors, and 2 x 18 floors) The rest of the mall would take off. I mean it would be a fantastic place to live. Right beside SAIT, an LRT station a grocery store and a Home Depot.