Forget it not be a high rise for a sec, it's just outright ugly and does not belong on 17th. The street front design is just atrocious for a high street.

I love the tower, but I hate the corporate type of podium. It seems so sterile.

White or dark black instead of grey would've made all the difference for these towers

Not happening anymore.Office tower has been demolished, so I'd expect a new proposal at this point

Update. I had the numbers switched. 274 units in total. https://preconstruction.info/property/%20lincoln-tower

Don't quote me on this but I came across an ad with this one and I believe it said 247 units.

Whenever I see that blank brick wall along 17th Ave and the LRT station, I think what an opportunity wasted. Aside from potential retail, they could've gone a step further and added a few storeys of affordable housing units on top, something I'm sure all three levels of government would have...

https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/international-student-visas-increase-alberta-enrolment-cap Another Liberal policy that has completely blind-sighted the ground reality in Alberta.

There are. There's a college near the Timmies on 32nd and Barlow NE filled with Int. students acquiring Business Admin diplomas. I still think all post-secondaries need to cut back intake into programs that don't meet the skills requirements required in our country. SAIT should be shifting more...

The labour shortage was the biggest crap sold to us to fuel the immigration crisis. What a lot of employers want is to fill manual labour jobs with cheap labour. I've seen this firsthand in construction. Hiring temporary labour from Mexico and paying them cash or near minimum wage. What all this...

Still, some international student restrictions would help slow down overall migration into Calgary. Living in the NE, I've seen a dramatic rise in the international student population here and it has contributed partly to rents skyrocketing. A 1 bedroom basement is now going for $1200 bucks in...

Vancouver was making prettier buildings 5 years ago and Calgary is now fetching probably the same rental $/sq ft. that Vancouver was 5 years ago. And I'm assuming developers building today would've acquired land in Calgary dirt cheap during the economic downturn in the 2010s. Nothing but greed...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/international-students-provinces-volume-1.7085915 Now why on earth would they not include Alberta in this, even though it's the fastest-growing province with the fastest-growing housing crisis right now? Sure international students don't take up a large number in...

I believe it's appropriate to discuss political policies such as immigration in the context of housing, infrastructure, and related topics on this forum, as long as the discussion remains objective. However, some points from the original comments by Yourboy007 seemed more suited for a platform...

I'd like to see a massive cutback too. But the fact the opposition leader, Pierre Pollievre, keeps beating around the bush around immigration numbers tells me he's going to be reluctant to make massive cuts. I think it's completely devastating to see the damage done by our current leaders. We've...

I still think they should connect the new denser suburbs in NE to the LRT line. Northbound Metis Trail and Deerfoot are a mess during peak times. Either way, I think we can all agree that an Airport line should be the number one priority if we had a choice.

See the problem is, that the Canadian economy has been so jacked up by mass immigration, that a significant cutback would result in a contraction in the economy across the board, including financial losses for post-secondary institutions. And if a future PM like Pierre does significantly cut...

While I typically refrain from discussing social or political issues on these forums, your mention of this topic prompts me, as a South Asian Canadian born to immigrant parents in the 90s, to share my perspective. I largely agree with many of your points. What concerns me, however, is the hope...

Yeah, I kind of agree, we're gonna hit 2 million in approx. 20 years or so, excluding the metro. We've already sprawled out quite a bit so it's either we keep sprawling out or squeezing more people into the existing city limits. Even with a balance between sprawl and inner-city growth, we'll...

Man! East Village has been such a letdown. The core, heart, of the community, is still a sea of parking lots. I wish CMLC would introduce some incentives to get the rest built out sooner before completely diverting their attention South of the train tracks, to Victoria Park. I know the homeless...