Good add. I meant shoddy on the part of the consultants or designers. Whoever fabricated it just made what was ordered.

It's shoddy work all around. If the building structure required this kind of frame to hold up the sign, it should have been designed to conceal or incorporate the frame into the overall design, not look like shit that was meant to be behind a wall.

Calgary has nearly 30% vacancy rate. It's wild that anyone is considering building new, unless that inventory is just so shitty that companies are desperately fleeing to quality.

As with all things, nothing is black and white. Different people/companies respond to different things. Some will respond to incentives, some to disincentives/punishments, some to shame and embarrassment. For too long the city used none of these and only used the "education" (aka: do nothing)...

Anyone paying attention to the totally detached sprawl up in Marquis to the NE? Proof that no matter what the city says, they will approve sprawl development that will come with ungodly costs to service without adequate taxation.

I don't see Zellers lasting 6 months. Doesn't really differentiate from established affordable apparel and housewares competitors like Walmart, Superstore, Winners/Homesense, Giant Tiger, and even Simons. The store even somehow looks more dismal than Walmart. What gap are they filling in the...

Edmonton builds 10,000 multi-family units. None of them have more than 2 bedrooms.

Are local investors not seeing the condopocalypse taking place in Toronto where units designed for AirBNB like these aren't selling at all? All these buildings have the exact same nonexistent market of single people who only flop in their closet homes for sleep. Each floor could have half as...

Rare development at Northgate Mall: the elevated parking structure on the SE side of the property was torn down a few weeks back and it's now fenced off and the parking lot fully removed. Anyone have any knowledge of what is planned here? Mall expansion? Stripmall CRUs? Residential?

Based on the store description it seems like Zellers isn't any different than Winners/Homesense. Discount clothing and housewares.

Someone please get us pictures of the inside. I assume this building is being gutted to the framework?

Culina must hold a record for opening and closing concepts around the city.

This reminds me of the Banksy event a couple years ago that was an absolute shitshow and I believe it ended up getting cancelled.

That's an interesting location. Good patio potential, but it's a bit of an island and it's facing a rather hostile intersection that is desperate for a little love.

A more saturated colour option would have been nice, but in a way it does pair well with Century Place, at least in the photo.