John Wick
New Member
Damn! Bluestone on 12th looks like ass. Like others have said, it's great to see a Beltline parking lot disappear but I really hope they take another pass at the aesthetics on this one.
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Urban Development and Proposals Discussion
- Thread starter Surrealplaces
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It looks like they're drawing inspiration from awkward office conversions. A new vernacular has emerged.
zzkwilliamcanada
Active Member
are they gonna develop greenstone pinkstone purplestone and blackstone as well?
Albertasaurus
Senior Member
They are sort of running out of primary colours...and some of the other available colors don't exactly roll off the tongue.
Albertasaurus
Senior Member
It's just been submitted so hopefully there's an opportunity for the file manager and Urban Design Review Panel to coax them into some aesthetic improvements.
Agree that it's not exactly a looker, but I still think it's a huge win to replace surface parking with a couple hundred or so residents (it's 195 units). That said, it's a far cry from Truman's u/c towers; this is one of those cases when I'm thankful it's not taller.
I agree with others Bluestone is rather banal, but it's good filler. It won't be seen among the forest of other highrises, and at the end of the day, it's another 150-200 people in the Beltline fronting onto a cycle track.
1875
Senior Member
glad to see these projects were getting recently are under 30 floors. gets to a fully built out beltline faster.
CBBarnett
Senior Member
Agreed. Totally boring box with 150-200 people in it, with a reasonable ground floor in the heart of a pedestrian, high-density neighbourhood. Vibrant major cities around the world are built off of stuff like this.
Looking back on the old aerial photos, this parking lot is an oldy - dates to the early 1980s. Would be good to heal such an old, vibrancy-sapping scar with something productive (if incredibly boring looking).
Spring2008
Active Member
Need to work on that color pallette haha.
Looks like another significant office conversion/upgrade for the block just to the north on 11th ave.
https://www.jrmercantile.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/JRM-708-11-Ave-Brochure-V4.pdf
Would be a good place to have an apartment, you're kind of central to everything. The existing building is decent as far as office buildings go, but I'm good with the conversion as long as they keep the mural.
CalgaryTiger
Senior Member
Uh oh, more people living by Noble...
Albertasaurus
Senior Member
Loving the look of that conversion!
Mountain Man
Senior Member
Filling in the corner on the main floor is a win!
maestro
Senior Member
The corner is filled in with a white mesh. This design will look either tired or dated or both faster than the 1980s design it's replacing. I wish they attempted to preserve more of the original than a full refresh to a trendy black mullion pattern. There's so many older office towers up for sale with each one advertising the conversion potential and, the 1980s, is dated.
Mountain Man
Senior Member
Agree about the mesh part, my brain read glass. Disappointed about that.