The shortest month of the year still managed to pack a punch when it comes to Calgary's development scene. To recap, we round up SkyriseCalgary's most popular stories, project Databases and Forum threads of February 2018.

Our Top Ten News Stories

1. Battistella's INK Tops Out in East Village

INK construction, image by Forum contributor Surrealplaces

Another month, another topping out. Following the structural completion of Verve and the Beltline's residential-hotel project in January, Battistella Developments' INK reached its own apex last month. News about an upcoming rental tower by RioCan and Boardwalk at Brentwood Village also proved popular.

2. RioCan and Boardwalk Bring Rental Tower to Brentwood Village

3. Certus Project on South Calgary Spider Site Revised and Approved

4. Downtown's Ramada Hotel an Overlooked Relic of Modernism 

5. Tower Floors Begin Forming at The Hat

6. Downtown Hudson's Bay Building the Prototypical Department Store

7. The Transformation of the Alberta Boot Site

8. Saks Fifth Avenue Arrives at CF Chinook Centre

9. From Rendering to Rise: Ezra on Riley Park

10. Rocky Ridge Now Home to World's Biggest YMCA

Our Top Ten Database Files

1. West Village Towers

West Village Towers, image via NORR Architects

Below-grade work at the West Village Towers signals the project's impending rise, exciting our readers. Meanwhile, the fast-moving pace of development at the 500 Block site, with the preexisting three-storey building now demolished, brought views to the project's Database file.

2. 500 Block

3. Telus Sky

4. The Royal

5. Underwood Tower

6. Brookfield Place

7. 12th Avenue

8. Verve

9. Arris - 5th and Third

10. INK

Our Top Ten Forum Threads

1. Highcliffe Riverfront

Crosstown, image via Anthem Properties

Great Gulf's plans to erect a two-tower residential project at 4th Avenue SE and MacLeod Trail SE sees movement. Anthem Properties' Crosstown development was endowed with fresh renderings.

2. Crosstown

3. Arris - 5th and Third

4. Brentwood Commons

5. Telus Sky

6. New Central Library

7. The Hat @ Elbow River

8. General Urban Development Discussion

9. General Construction Discussion

10. 500 Block

We will be back at the beginning of April for a recap of March's top news stories, Database files and Forum threads!