No, that is a separate contractor who is working on one of the tenant fit outs.

Renderings mean nothing as the signage is just a placeholder. But I do believe there is a cafe coming. When, not sure.

I've said this before, many seem to blame WEM for 'sucking retail out of the downtown', but I would say that Kingsway is by far the main culprit given its proximity to the the downtown. If Kingsway didn't exist you can bet that our downtown retail would be stronger then it is. This is why I...

104 Street has decent amount of activity on weekdays and even Saturdays given the number of food and beverage establishments along this corridor. But I would agree it's missing other retail uses such as general retail stores, boutiques. That's been a struggle compared to Whyte or 124 Street.

I'm hoping that they can attract some decent retail tenants to help activate that portion of 104 Street.

Correct, the same owner planned to build this on the site located at the NE corner of 124 Street and 107 Avenue but pushed pause right around Covid. This proposal looks like it will be transplanted to Marda Loop. Cool building, it won't be cheap to build though. Need mucho rents (+$40/SF and up)...

1000%....this all falls SQUARELY on Regency.

Yup. I remember that. Cool sh*t....

Office uses. At one time they were looking at building out some space with a communal kitchen, shared meetings rooms, etc. and leasing it to small office users. This approach seemed to work well in Substation 600 on 124 Street, which I'm involved in. The site across the street is still for sale...

I'm a proponent for incentives *if* they are used properly - e.g. a means to encourage more private sector investment in a specific area that the City wants to enhance/redevelop or achieve a specific city-building goal. The municipality has to identify a need that ultimately provides a benefit...

Not a JV. Solely Autograph.

You'd have a point if you couldn't generate a decent amount of revenue from parking given the cost to construct, which isn't the case. Parking revenue can play a big role from a NOI perspective.

It won't be anything like that but what they are doing is opening up the main floor to retail uses which will help activate the streetscape and repositioning the adjacent house to a commercial use. It'll help establish a nice little commercial node along 99 Street.

Because parking generates a fair amount of revenue and value, and it's still in high demand and likely will be for a long, long time.

I really want this one to get moving. If there's lessons to be learned here it shows that even with some decent experience developing real estate, doesn't mean you can do it on your own. Having the right team matters. I'm sure Covid didn't help, but that was the case for everyone else too.

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Well, by December 20 I expect them to be done with the parkade excavation with formwork close to starting.

Dah f*ck you just say...really..."You sure about that?"

The Farmers Market couldn't afford the rates...ain't gunna happen.

Too many other things on the go...but then again, I'm not in the loop anymore over there ;-)