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Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

Urban4Lyfe said:
Anyone know who owns the land on the north west corner of 12th and and 11th street SW? It's a complete disaster of a site right now, the fence has been pushed down, garbage everywhere just an absolute eyesore along a very busy pedestrian corridor.
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That's the Connaught Mixed-use site, owned by Cressey Developments. It's not even listed on their website, so probably another Harvard/Matco case of sitting on the land forever.

Their only other development in Calgary is Avenue, which was supposed to be a two-tower development but just ended up being one, which you can clearly see due to the construction wall on the obviously-unfinished podium. They didn't even remove the sales centre, just left it sitting there, abandoned with broken glass and graffiti tags all over it.

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Mountain Man said:
Corrugated is great if used with other materials, as the entire cladding system, it usually looks like crap.
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Calgary seems to have a lot more metal exterior new buildings, I've never seen them in Toronto. This one, Courtyard 33, Monty 44, and probably more. Is this just the cheapest material a developer can use, or something functionally related? Seems odd in these relatively high priced neighbourhoods with high visibility, they'd cheap out on the exterior.
 
trtcttc said:
Calgary seems to have a lot more metal exterior new buildings, I've never seen them in Toronto. This one, Courtyard 33, Monty 44, and probably more. Is this just the cheapest material a developer can use, or something functionally related? Seems odd in these relatively high priced neighbourhoods with high visibility, they'd cheap out on the exterior.
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AFAIK those two projects are the only ones that are using or planning to use corrugated metal. The metal they used at Courtyard 33 is not as cheap as the standard corrugated metal used for roofs, was about 50% more (and up to double the price) than the ubiquitous Hardie plank/easy trim exterior you see everywhere these days.
 
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DougB said:
Did anybody call into this? Expecting it to be re-zoned to residential
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Bit of a mix but I didn't take any screenshots unfortunately... The basic plan is the road will connect through to 24st with another set of lights, two pieces zoned for buildings similar to the Deville towers (~13 stories) with some mid rise in the middle towards the top facing Quarry Rise North (existing office zoning not to change) and townhome style product bordering Les Jardins to the south. Bike path on the south end of the project to continue through as well, but there will be no connection to the pathway east of 18th street.

Depending on market conditions they may still try to do a hotel as well.
 
Not really sure where the best thread is to post this as it's kind of a public realm/street thing but also a proposal for the urban environment. Either way, 17th Ave BIA is looking for feedback on the idea of possibly closing 17th Ave to vehicles during the summer.

 
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