MissingMiddle
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Cool to see new development; sad to see that basketball court go. People have been actively using it every single time I've gone by.
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Urban Development and Proposals Discussion
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Calgcouver
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Ya that basketball court is very well-used, I would hope to see it recaptured and improved upon in the Jeffries Park upgrade on the Ramsay side of the tracks. Maybe relocate somewhere here:
FCC1982
Active Member
Holy hyperbole Batman,
“Kids under house arrest until they’re 18” - please.
I grew up in a North American suburb (in Calgary) and didn’t own a car until I finished university. Got around by walking, bike, bus & LRT and never felt like I was in danger from the automobile.
The Familia
Active Member
The new Inglewood bridge is pretty bland and boring. Much prefer the original design.
Alex_YYC
Senior Member
The old design has more character, but I like how wide this bridge is and that there’s enough space for two pedestrians to pass each other at the same time.
Morshed
Active Member
This explains why the city would approve more developments on the edges of the city rather than encourage urban density...and of course turn downtown into affordable housing projects.
Gondek received donations from 51 businesses, including more than a dozen real-estate development companies
Gondek received donations from 51 businesses, including more than a dozen real-estate development companies
Supposedly it has received approval from the regional board. https://www.reminetwork.com/articles/the-omni-project-receives-development-approval/
MichaelS
Senior Member
Oooff... expensive campaign for Jan Damery that did not translate to much success.
MichaelS
Senior Member
Yes, a portion of the ASP got approval back in 2019 after a very extensive hearing where the City was very opposed to it. The City kind of won in some ways, freezing the vast majority of the ASP, however the board seemed to throw a bone to Genesis/The County by allowing the core commercial development to proceed (from a policy perspective). That portion would still need approval of its Conceptual Scheme and land use, and I am not sure if that process has to go through the regional board as well, or just the County Council. Given what happened with Ascension, I feel like it does. That said, it will be difficult to say no now that the interchange is funded, but we will see how Gondek/The City reacts, given their veto power.
That would be two major commercial develompents, just across the jurisdiction line between The County and The City. The lower taxes seem to be a pretty big draw, which also seems to be reflected in Qualico's conceptual scheme for the balance of the Crestmont lands that fall within the County, as opposed to the City side. I haven't seen the outline plan for what they propose on the City side, but based on the description, there is not a lot of commercial land use in it, leaving that more to the County portion of the plan.
I won't really comment too much on what Canderel and Tsuut'ina have planned with Taza, but it is pretty clear that any plans Calgary City Council has to try and build-up the non-residential tax base are facing some very serious headwinds and competition.
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Urban Outdoorsman
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Global News: Optimism for Calgary’s construction industry as permit applications boom.
globalnews.ca
Optimism for Calgary’s construction industry as permit applications boom - Calgary | Globalnews.ca
'Despite the pandemic, we’ve exceeded our 10-year median for construction value and permit applications by over 25 per cent.'
globalnews.ca
Mountain Man
Senior Member
Haha, the construction industry is currently going nuts! in every sector other than commercial, we are pretty much in a full boom now.
darwink
Senior Member
Needed a lot more money to turn the base spending into something. And the Gondek campaign did a good job of keeping the lid on it. Kent Hehr helped them do that.
Alex_YYC
Senior Member
Her timing was unfortunate. If had waited until the next election it would probably have been much different.
CalgaryTiger
Senior Member
In the article.... what's the, "$68-million active seniors building on Macleod Trail"?
Cyric
Active Member
With Stratigic Group finishing up their restructuring hopefully this means that thye will be in a place to restart the Baron Building conversion this spring.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calg...rotection-receivership-riaz-mamdani-1.6370269
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calg...rotection-receivership-riaz-mamdani-1.6370269