Unfortunately, nowadays, it seems like Calgary is one of the few cities left in Canada missing the mark on good urban design. We have some great development success stories. Redevelopment of Bridgeland and EV are great examples. However, after years of following our City development and...

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/calgary-and-edmonton/article-calgary-rental-market-sees-a-rush-of-new-product/

1.6% vacancy rate??Ouch. Looks like housing affordability is gonna become an Alberta problem as well. I still haven't understood why we're lagging behind in the number of new projects taking off? There should be at least double the number of towers and midrises being built right now based off...

Is that retail along the Lrt station? If so, I’m on board. This needs to happen!

The scale is great.These damn NIMBYist now have crowd funding setup? It's about time Calgary drops all designated Land Use like Minneapolis. The Nimbyist won't be able to keep up the fight.

Oh no! Was really hoping for a different colour. Not liking the number of twins in our skyline.

And with that mindset, we'll achieve a mega skyline. Win Win!

Really happy to see such strong growth in our Core. I'm a bit surprised for sure. On the other hand, a little disappointed in our overall CMA growth, even accounting for the recession, and the fact Calgarians still seem to be leaving existing suburbs and moving into newer suburbs. Not a great...

Worked with Cemrock before, they really push their workers. Plus it's a very typical design. This will top off very quickly.

I hope the land around the station has two towers or midrises flanking both sides of the plaza with ground-level retail facing the plaza. That's how our TOD's need to start being made.

Cities' cumulative population goal is eventually 50% growth in existing communities and 50% in greenfield development, but I doubt they even care about this target anymore.

At the rate at which our home prices are going up, it won't be long before the condo and rental market picks up, as buyers won't have much choice left, like Vancouver and Toronto. Then I could see multiple 40+ storey towers being stuck up casually, maybe even a 250m+. Not an ideal situation but...

Now we need a number for all the greenfield homes under construction and then compare how much of our population growth is still on the fringes. Still banking on 85-90%.

The only issue with renting in Canada is you're left at the mercy of your landlord. Economics aside, renting isn't as lucrative as it is in many European nations where the laws are highly favorable for tenants. For me, the FOMO is because I don't want to get stuck in a renters market similar to...

https://financialpost.com/real-estate/mortgages/calgary-housing-market-heats-up-as-homebuyers-from-ontario-b-c-help-fuel-it Starting to get some anxiety over this. I still need to buy my first home and so does my brother. The last thing I wanna do is have to buy a $1 000 000 worn-down detached...

I'm fine with that as well, then the only issue I see is whether we're making enough midrises. To match the number of units provided by a single 30 storey highrise, we'd have to build 4-5 midrises. I don't see that happening either. Just an overall disappointing number of midrises and highrises...

Really disappointed with the lack of proposals taking off in this low-interest-rate environment where Alberta's economy has completely turned around. Sure rising costs of materials and labor are present but so is record-high demand. My former construction company that works out from Calgary and...

That doesn't make sense. Why would someone stick up a fully operating crane from a formwork company for only 4 stories? These are typical floors so its economical just to continue going up with concrete at this point.

I think if something is perceived ugly by the majority, regardless of its architectural or historical significance, it should be torn down or redeveloped. If we did a city-wide survey, I'm betting all savings that an overwhelming majority of Calgarians would vote for redevelopment rather than...

At the end of the day, it's a Transit Oriented development and it's a very poor one. A good TOD develops around a station and incorporates it whenever possible. Having highrises across a massive roadway isn't gonna do much to bring vibrancy in-around the station itself. In addition, I agree with...