[archited]

Surely there must be pressure on owners to dump this property quickly.

 

[TAS]

Anyone with the city here have any update on this one?

Does Open Sky still own it? Last rumour was it wasn't for sale and maybe they were looking at 6-storey option?

How long can this huge hole in the ground stay?

 

[SMayo]

Noticed the signs advertising the "upcoming" building were gone. They were there a couple of weeks ago.

 

[retiredfire]

Saw the guy taking them down/off on Saturday

 

[NicolBolas]

Saw the guy taking them down/off on Saturday

I'm going to put up a pit of despair sign.

 

[thommyjo]

I'm going to put up a pit of despair sign.

At what point does Beljan benefit from picking this up and building a bunch of residential with their nearby properties?

 

[archited]

^ I guess when the price is right. But I agree, a third in the vein of Autograph's most recents along with the previous efforts by Beljan would really cement this area as a "happenin' place". I suspect there will be some news soon,

 

[SMayo]

Is the lot to the north a different owner? Realistically they can't do anything with that lot until the pit is either built up or filled in.
If it is a different owner I'm surprised they haven't been speaking out about it being a huge burden to them.

 

[IanO]

Is the lot to the north a different owner? Realistically they can't do anything with that lot until the pit is either built up or filled in.
If it is a different owner I'm surprised they haven't been speaking out about it being a huge burden to them.

It used to be Nearctic, but is now for sale.

 

[Avenuer]

Shout out to @Jesseforyeg for the post on these vacant lots!:
https://www.facebook.com/reel/764145682658833/

ooo boy, that Watson guy is a bit of a nut. Take everything he posts with a massive grain of iodized salt.

 

[Gus Haynes]

I breathed a deep sigh of relief when he lost his council race, but his social media grift is not going away anytime soon.

 

[David A]

ooo boy, that Watson guy is a bit of a nut. Take everything he posts with a massive grain of iodized salt.

I don't know anything about him, so I really can't say whether he is a nut or not. However, the point he is making here seems quite sensible.

There are a lot of long vacant lots downtown now and they are a problem. It would be better in my opinion to focus on dealing with this rather than attacking the messenger.

 

[devobersver]

I don't know anything about him, so I really can't say whether he is a nut or not. However, the point he is making here seems quite sensible.

There are a lot of long vacant lots downtown now and they are a problem. It would be better in my opinion to focus on dealing with this rather than attacking the messenger.

Personally I find he has a tendency of just stiring the pot of things he disagrees with under the veil of "just asking questions". All his content is built on the premise of having his position and almost avoiding investigating why things may be done that way or limitations to Edmonton's responsibilities or powers.

 

[Avenuer]

Personally I find he has a tendency of just stiring the pot of things he disagrees with under the veil of "just asking questions". All his content is built on the premise of having his position and almost avoiding investigating why things may be done that way or limitations to Edmonton's responsibilities or powers.

Aka Ragebaiting

 

[SMayo]

It's pretty easy to point fingers at city council and say that this is their fault but it's also pretty disingenuous. I think the problem with his content now is that its from a perspective of "If I wouldn't have lost we wouldn't have these problems", which is the easiest position in the world to take because he will never have to back it up.