policyenthusiast
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It's almost always worth it to use the WEM entrance beside The Brick and just walk. That turn to get in/out of the T&T lot is a deathtrap.
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Gronk!
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It's almost always worth it to use the Winners/HomeSense entrance and just walk.
buildings
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according to ACE Canada's facebook page, new track has been spotted for the new Galaxyland roller coaster. https://www.facebook.com/americancoasterenthusiastscanada
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thommyjo
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Any chance you can share a screenshot for the non FB users please?
policyenthusiast
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Airboy
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Was at WEM yesterday, SO need to update her wardrobe. . =But I did notice a lot of steel going up in the south side parkade, Shoring up the upper decks. Reenforcing the older concrete.
Offworld
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I've always wondered about the upper deck to the west of Simons. I've walked along there and felt the deck quite measurably wave up and down as cars drive by.
archited
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^ It's to cause some excitement for the coaster ride inside.
bodsbods9090
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Ok, maybe it's been answered before...
But why have residential towers never been built at West Ed? I've always wondered that and I think it is/was a missed opportunity.
Maybe someone with industry knowledge can fill me in.
But why have residential towers never been built at West Ed? I've always wondered that and I think it is/was a missed opportunity.
Maybe someone with industry knowledge can fill me in.
policyenthusiast
Senior Member
Like in the mall?
bodsbods9090
Senior Member
In or around the mall itself.
SarcasticMarmot
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Until a few years ago the idea of living next to a mall didn't appeal to people, and developers had plenty of cheap land so why bother? Building residential on mall parking lots has only recently become a trendy idea. And even then, I think the only mall in Edmonton to have done it is the Abbottsfield mall. Everything else is just proposals.
policyenthusiast
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Development in the west end is largely happening in the Stony Plain Road PGA, and most people don't want to live next to the mall. It's far from being the Eiffel Tower. There are a lot of mid-rise buildings in Terra Losa and nearby, but can you imagine how awful your commute would be leaving a parking garage next to WEM?
Airboy
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There was a plan Quite a while back to build a hotel or residential tower in the south parking lot area near Phase 1 and 2. Out Back of Land End
archited
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I may be repeating myself somewhat but here are some factors pro and con:
- with VLW completing I suspect there will be a dip in parking demand (not a great dip but a dip that is scale measurable); if so there would be a strong rationale for redevelopment of at least one (maybe two) parking areas presenting themselves for redevelopment.
- apartment living adjacent to WEM could have an appeal for myriad workers who have employment in the mall and it could be designed in 555 fashion that would allow for great interior green spaces (apartment common areas).
- new development could also provide incentive for having parking underground and automated; one result would be the mall having a more approachable exterior architecture.
- a disincentive to development is the fact that the mall as an asset is tied up in support of American malls that 555 owns so financing could be a challenge.
- with VLW completing I suspect there will be a dip in parking demand (not a great dip but a dip that is scale measurable); if so there would be a strong rationale for redevelopment of at least one (maybe two) parking areas presenting themselves for redevelopment.
- apartment living adjacent to WEM could have an appeal for myriad workers who have employment in the mall and it could be designed in 555 fashion that would allow for great interior green spaces (apartment common areas).
- new development could also provide incentive for having parking underground and automated; one result would be the mall having a more approachable exterior architecture.
- a disincentive to development is the fact that the mall as an asset is tied up in support of American malls that 555 owns so financing could be a challenge.