Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

[UrbanWarrior]

https://oneproperties.com/assets/Properties/9th-Avenue/9th-avenue-retail-brochure-september-2020.pdf

I don't see anything in there that is new information.

Regardless, I hope the 2021 go-ahead is for real. Stranger things have happened (Place 10)...

 

[UrbanRED]

https://oneproperties.com/assets/Properties/9th-Avenue/9th-avenue-retail-brochure-september-2020.pdf

Thanks!

 

[Urban Outdoorsman]

The brochure is dated from September this year and cites a 2021 start. Hopefully that means they're pretty serious

 

[haltcatchfire]

I’d be skeptical. Sales brochures always have a near start date that keeps getting revised.

 

[MichaelS]

They (One Properties) haven't submitted a DP yet. That will be at least a 4-6 month process. Hopefully one gets submitted by February, otherwise I would be skeptical of a ground breaking in 2021.

 

[JonnyCanuck]

There is a DP application for 4111 1 St NE submitted by Formed Alliance Architecture. It is calling for a mixed use development including 167 residential units. I found the name of the developer is HXCC Calgary Development Corp which is just a registered legal name. Anyone know who is really behind this project?

 

[Surrealplaces]

From the architect on the application: http://www.fmarch.ca/hilltop-commercial/
I doubt this is what has been submitted though, if they are requested a floor limit increase.

The more the merrier. Nice to see more proposals for Banff Trail TOD. Once the ball gets rolling there will be more.

 

[YourBoy007]

Well it's Dec 31st and still no renders for the new NHL arena.

 

[Duck Lightning]

Well it's Dec 31st and still no renders for the new NHL arena.

Renders aren't expected until early 2021

 

[YourBoy007]

Renders aren't expected until early 2021

I just did some more digging and there's two different time estimates. I was reading off the one published in June. She must have been given an optimistic timeline from the architects.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-arena-design-team-1.5578053

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-arena-design-team-1.5625042#:~:text=The%20team%20that%20will%20build,Calgary%20Hitmen%20and%20Calgary%20Roughnecks.

 

[Surrealplaces]

An old concept drawing for West Village from back in the 60’s

www.facebook.com/rick.thompson.3532

 

[gsunnyg]

^wow dodged a bullet on that one

 

[1875]

$30mil went a little further back then

 

[CBBarnett]

^wow dodged a bullet on that one

Hey if that's a bullet, sign me up. Non-ideal 1970s urban towers-in-the-park > dilapidated car dealerships, parking lots and highway junctions. Current Status:

 

[gsunnyg]

Hey if that's a bullet, sign me up. Non-ideal 1970s urban towers-in-the-park > dilapidated car dealerships, parking lots and highway junctions. Current Status:

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With that design, I'll take the car dealerships for another 2 decades in hopes that one day the site may become a potential for a vibrant neighborhood that incorporates good urban design. Until then, I'd like to see Victoria park build-up, East Village completed and our downtown core turned around. Had West Village gone with that atrocious design, it would have become an area even more costly fix not to mention an opportunity lost for generations to come.