David A said:
It isn't necessarily pragmatic, if because of the layout and all the concrete, it takes more resources and money to transform it than it would to tear it down and build something new that would work better for whatever it would be used for. I believe ultimately something better can and should be built here and keeping what is there will be sub-optimal.
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Tearing down or build up, if the tower's skeletons are intact, it boils down to which process will be cheaper. That is call "pragmatism". Why rear down to spend more money and build up IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

This space has myriads of potential.
 
kcantor said:
it might not be a perfect analogy but it’s certainly not terrible.

cars aren’t - or shouldn’t be - disposable items buildings aren’t - or shouldn’t be - either.

as for allowing them to be demolished simply because they’re not old, if we allow for their east demolition they never have the opportunity to become old.

it’s disingenuous to say the remand centre is no tegler building but in many respects it’s just as well suited to repurposing than the tegler was. and, for perspective, not only have we lost the tegler building to this approach, we’ve also lost the building that replaced the tegler building.
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I'm all for repurposing old buildings, not the remand center though.
Terrible memories for many people, including staff
multiple contractors have got together to do budget pricing just to bring M&E up to current code and its not feasible.
then we talk about the energy model, tiny windows, etc

This one is one you tear down
 
Clearshades said:
Why tear it down? Turn it into a storage centre, so we can focus on other empty parcels. The city and province can be the proprietor COLLECTING MONEY TO OFFSET EXPENSES. THIS IS PISSING ME OFF!
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It has no practical use. It was designed to prison standards with extreme reinforced walls throughout - a fortress and renovating it is impractical and not financially viable for any business. It will be a bitch to demolish but it needs to go and the site turned over for other uses - such as one of the structures for a new high speed rail line to Southern Alberta.
 
^^

There is a lack of imagination/vision, not a lack of practical uses.

Just like the Annex.

And I’m afraid one day just like the old RAM… :(
 
Infrastructure did list this one as "In preparation for sale" in November 2022. Site is a little small and in an awkward spot. I think they build the new court house elsewhere IMO. I could see them offering this property to the City.
 
A 7'x10' storage space is over 200 .00 per month. A basement suite for living at roughly 750-950sqft fetches 1100.00 per month. 200x10= 2000.00.
Those cells are perfect size for storage. No water require, minimal heat required, my normal electricity require. Put that into perspective.
 
It’s being demolished and it’s underway. Once it’s gone let’s see what the Province plans for the site, if anything or holding it for future use. I doubt they will sell it but may gift it to the City.
 
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