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Apparently the old Greyhound Station in West Village is going to be converted into Calgary Transit offices and a municipal works depot. Interesting use of the land. Better than an empty, hulking building next to a CTrain station, much worse than what the potential is for that location if they just tore down the bus depot and sold the land.

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Former Greyhound Bus Station future use

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outoftheice said:
Apparently the old Greyhound Station in West Village is going to be converted into Calgary Transit offices and a municipal works depot. Interesting use of the land. Better than an empty, hulking building next to a CTrain station, much worse than what the potential is for that location if they just tore down the bus depot and sold the land.

www.calgary.ca

Former Greyhound Bus Station future use

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This is fine. Did we really think this area was at all close to being reinvented? We're decades away from something more happening with this area, at least the building will be used. I'm curious about the Chevy dealer, they're months away from moving to the west ring road, I assume that lot will sit empty. Renfrew Chrysler is also pretty rundown, it must be only a matter of time before they're out of there.

To my original point, the city likely won't look here until East Village and Victoria Park are well on their way to completion. I give that 20 years.
 
Also, came across this...

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420 Highland Park Low Emissions Residential Development

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The City is looks to have given some help to this and other projects. I had no idea they were doing this...

Energy Efficiency Measures​

Building Envelope:
  • Exterior Wall: 2x6" double stud wall @ 24” O.C. w/ dense pack cellulose insulation, fibrecement cladding
  • Slab on Grade: 4" Concrete Slab + 5" EPS u/slab
  • Ceiling: 2x4" Truss w/ 24" Loose Fill Insulation
Mechanical Systems:
  • Ventilation: Electric Resistance HRV
  • Heating/Cooling: Air Source Heat Pump
  • Hot Water: Heat Pump Electric

Renewable Energy Systems​

  • 15kW solar PV system

Other Sustainability Measures​

  • All 6 parking stalls in garages roughed in for Level 2 EV charging
  • 25% of site area designed with permeable materials to reduce water runoff

Here's the actually program website. Interesting incentives.

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Green Buildings Priority Stream Program

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Program incentives​

Eligible projects will have access to:
  1. Dedicated City staff providing general project support throughout all development review and approval stages.
  2. Accelerated permit reviews, including:
    • development permits (and associated land use amendments where applicable)
    • development site servicing plans
    • erosion sediment controls
    • building permits
  3. Preliminary building code compliance review at the development permit stage.
  4. Project promotion on www.calgary.ca.
  5. Overall corporate support from the senior leadership level.
 
Will the old Greyhound building be used by Calgary Transit as a replacement site for the Victoria Park bus barns? Or just CT offices?
On Google maps it looks a bit smaller than the current bus barns site but there is the city owned GM dealership next door opening up so ...?
 
John Wick said:
Will the old Greyhound building be used by Calgary Transit as a replacement site for the Victoria Park bus barns? Or just CT offices?
On Google maps it looks a bit smaller than the current bus barns site but there is the city owned GM dealership next door opening up so ...?
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This won't replace victoria park bus barns. I think it is going to be Calgary Transits base downtown, if my reading of the website is correct.
 
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Mountain Man said:
I thought the plan was to move and replace the bus barns in the long term....
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I don't think there has been money to do that. Not sure if CT has even asked for money. You would have to think bus storage in a central location is quite nice. Whatever comes next I don't see them having the opportunity for such central storage and maintenance. I don't want to see CT getting too comfortable on the west side of downtown.
 
The motivation of moving out of Vic Park is redevelopment. Unfortunately, replacement barns will cost way more than the land value, so a subsidy will be needed, or it makes sense to wait until the end of the barn's life redevelop them
 
badc0ffee said:
I'd rather see bus barns by the old Greyhound than by Vic Park. The site is choked by highways, and contaminated anyway, unlike Vic Park.
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Really you could build a covered structure over the Chevy dealer land and give yourself a place to store buses. Throw some solar on the roof and build an indoor washbay and maintenance area and you have freed up the bus barns. Doesn't have to be crazy expensive either as it should be temporary, 20 years? The lifespan of a solar panel haha.
 
Mountain Man said:
I'd rather they moved to an industrial area and left downtown alone entirely. The bus barns would be a great site to redevelop!
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Well- you have to look at the logistics. Downtown is the very centre of the city- and the busiest area. Calgary Transit needs a presence in Downtown; and, Victoria Park’s central location also makes it easier for Calgary Transit’s buses to reach any of the four quadrants of the city in a reasonable amount of time. The move of the bus barn to an industrial area could complicate that. Ideally- they’d pick a site close to Downtown- and like you said- Highfield may be a contender. But there’s still more to consider.
 
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