News   Apr 03, 2020
Pastel Morning
 6.6K     1 
News   Apr 02, 2020
A Message to Our Readers
 8.2K     5 
News   Apr 02, 2020
Soon to be Gone
 4.8K     0 

Rumours & Speculation

What will the Allies and Morrison Project be?

  • BMO Centre Hotel

    Votes: 5 11.4%

  • North Hill Mall

    Votes: 2 4.5%

  • West District

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Midtown Station

    Votes: 3 6.8%

  • A highrise downtown/beltline

    Votes: 12 27.3%

  • A masterplan in the inner suburbs

    Votes: 2 4.5%

  • Westbrook Station

    Votes: 2 4.5%

  • Eau Claire

    Votes: 5 11.4%

  • Something Else

    Votes: 9 20.5%

  • Institutional/University

    Votes: 4 9.1%
  • Total voters
    44
CT_

CT_

Active Member
Member Bio
Joined
Jan 7, 2019
Messages
800
Reaction score
10,226
Location
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Not sure if this is the right section to post this in (it could go into general discussions), but I've noticed over the years we've had a lot of rumours for proposals just floating around in different threads. It would be nice to consolidate them into a single thread we could look back at to see what we got right and wrong.

To start, where/what do we all think this Allies & Morrison project will be?
 
A new building seems to make sense, but in other ways, it makes me wonder why someone would choose a firm like Allies and Morrison if just doing a tower? It's a firm you'd pick if you wanted something special for maybe an institutional type project. New campus for AUA?
Maybe something involving the Bay building?
Grand Central station?
 
I didn't choose downtown tower because any number of firms can do that easier and for less money, unless someone wanted to another fancy mixed use Telus Sky type deal, but I don't see that happening right now. There's no demand for office space, and limited demand on high end residential. I would guess something for the Educational campuses (UofC, MRU, AUA or SAIT).
 
Surrealplaces said:
A new building seems to make sense, but in other ways, it makes me wonder why someone would choose a firm like Allies and Morrison if just doing a tower? It's a firm you'd pick if you wanted something special for maybe an institutional type project. New campus for AUA?
Maybe something involving the Bay building?
Grand Central station?
Click to expand...
Thats why I think it is the bmo parking lot. A&M does a lot of mixed-use multi-tower projects. I am guessing the McKinley Burkart proposal we saw a few months ago was the one that lost out to A&M's proposal.
 
Remington Lands & Confluence Station (what Grand Central really should be called) would be my vote. BMO Parking lot is also pretty likely. Would be a nice surprise to see some action on the Brewery Lands in anticipation of the Green Line stop there.

Westbrook and Midtown would be great spots but I feel they don't have the prestige and history behind them for A&M to have much to dig into.
 
badc0ffee said:
What is "BMO parking lot"? Like parking near the BMO centre, or the empty lot west of the BMO building downtown, or?
Click to expand...
IMG_3896.jpeg
I remember this lot being labeled as “Hotel Site” at some point. Not sure if this is the BMO hotel site guys are talking about.
 
You must log in or register to post here.

Back
Top