What do you think of this project?

  • I like it a lot

    Votes: 76 79.2%

  • I like it

    Votes: 14 14.6%

  • I neither like nor dislike it

    Votes: 6 6.3%

  • I dislike it

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I dislike it a lot

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    96
Are they fully going for both the midrise and the second tower? If so, that's another 700-ish units being dropped in this area soon, on top of what Lotus, Lilac Park, BLVD and the 106 St projects are bringing.

We went from "very little movement" on residential units downtown to the possibility of thousands over the next few years, amazing to see.
 
Kosy123 said:
Are they fully going for both the midrise and the second tower? If so, that's another 700-ish units being dropped in this area soon, on top of what Lotus, Lilac Park, BLVD and the 106 St projects are bringing.

We went from "very little movement" on residential units downtown to the possibility of thousands over the next few years, amazing to see.
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I'm counting on my fingers - that's pushing 1800 units if my arithmetic is correct!?
 
MacLac said:
I'm counting on my fingers - that's pushing 1800 units if my arithmetic is correct!?
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Close-ish? Parks in total says its going to have 1000 units once fully completed, so we don't have a proper number for Phase II. Adding in 700 for Parks Phase II plus all the planned and undergoing projects with numbers, we get something like 1266 units around the Warehouse Park alone. We don't have any unit numbers for the revised Shift (or the student housing on the funeral home spot or Massey Ferguson) but if we use the old numbers for it as a rough estimate then that pushes it to 2000 units in the Warehouse district since the old Shift towers had like 730 units planned.

It's hard to keep track on my Excel table when there's nothing concrete so far lol. All I know is if we get all the projects moving here, we essentially get an Ice District Phase II amount of housing here in the next few years.

Recently Opened - as of May 2025Currently under Construction:Planned/Proposed
The Parks - 363 units​
Falcon I - 234 units​
Peak Tower - 250 units​
Switch - 285 Units​
Total: 1132 units​
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Phipps McKinnon Conversion - 100 units
Lotus Park - 136 units
Williams Hall - 90 units
Total: 326 units
Lilac Park - 206 units
Westrich 106 St Site - 170 units
BLVD on 108 - 54 units
Railtown Lofts - 85 units
Stationlands Phase I Tower (with revised DP) - 407 Units
Falcon II - ???
Parks Phase II - ??? (maybe 700+)
McKenney Conversion - 33 units
Highfield Place Conversion - ???
Massey Ferguson Complex - ???
 
Had a tour of the building a few days ago. The social spaces (see photos below) are nice, if not a bit small for a building of this size. The views from the rooftop space are amazing, but can't really be seen too well from inside the social rooms, there is not nearly as much glass as you may think. There are two randomly placed BBQs outside, nothing more. No photos, but the ground floor has a "Dog run" which is essentially a big empty room with a drain that they said can be your dog's bathroom in the winter. I know it was speculated in here awhile ago that the gym placement could be temporary, but after asking it seems it will be permanent. There's some nice equipment in there, but it's an odd space.

Also - salesperson said there's a chance Tower 2 is shorter than 1, but didn't seem too confident in that guess. Just putting it out there.
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Dubas said:
Had a tour of the building a few days ago. The social spaces (see photos below) are nice, if not a bit small for a building of this size. The views from the rooftop space are amazing, but can't really be seen too well from inside the social rooms, there is not nearly as much glass as you may think. There are two randomly placed BBQs outside, nothing more. No photos, but the ground floor has a "Dog run" which is essentially a big empty room with a drain that they said can be your dog's bathroom in the winter. I know it was speculated in here awhile ago that the gym placement could be temporary, but after asking it seems it will be permanent. There's some nice equipment in there, but it's an odd space.

Also - salesperson said there's a chance Tower 2 is shorter than 1, but didn't seem too confident in that guess. Just putting it out there.View attachment 667174View attachment 667175View attachment 667176View attachment 667177
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I wonder if it same sales person who said there would be grass in the park by July?
 
Are the Donair shop and check casher still in operation? One could surmise that the closure of these businesses the quicker the next phase starts
 
PeterNotParker said:
It will be a rental building as well (sadly)
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IMO, it is not a bad thing to have some nicer, newer rental buildings which seems to be a more profitable thing these days, but at some point economics and/or preferences will change.

Some of us have been around long enough to remember all the rental building built in the early 1980's here and then the conversions to condos of a number of them in the early to mid 1990's.
 
David A said:
IMO, it is not a bad thing to have some nicer, newer rental buildings which seems to be a more profitable thing these days, but at some point economics and/or preferences will change.

Some of us have been around long enough to remember all the rental building built in the early 1980's here and then the conversions to condos of a number of them in the early to mid 1990's.
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Basement dweller here. Can someone please explain how purpose-built rental units are designed differently from condos? I've wondered what it would be like to buy a property built as a "rental" (like in The Parks) but instead of renting it out, you just up and make it your primary residence. I mean, if you don't share any living or kitchen space and have in-suite laundry, what's the difference versus a condo at that point?
 
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