Is there updated public information about this? The report I cite says only, "Buyer to demolish buildings. Provide interim access to interim park space within 1 year." I assume "park space" could mean as little as some grassy area, and wouldn't be a large factor in deciding the timing of...

They can do whatever they want, within bylaws. They don't have to build anything. The city didn't *contract* them to build a building, which they would have had to pay for. And the city can't sell some land and force you to develop it on your own dime. The conditions, re. 10 years etc, seem to...

The lights line up with the vertical lines of the frame. The middle sections on all the floors are wider. I can see how that would irk the "mildly infuriating" crowd, but it seems like a design decision and I don't mind it. Definitely it helps, for me, that they line up vertically.

Is there something "They" don't want us to see up there? UFOs? Reptilian rituals? http://www.mcnishsteel.com/earth-cam.html stopped recording images last week http://icedistrictproperties.com/ice-district/live-feeds/ cams are now either pointed away, or with Edmonton Tower blocking it, or so...

I've adjusted it a bit to try to make it look more realistic.

I'll take that bet. It's the rate of building height increase that matters, not the floor height. Floor height alone would only matter if the time per floor was the same. I have a false memory of reading something like JW's schedule was 6 days per floor, and Stantec's was 8, or something like...

They were neck and neck for awhile. Isn't JW currently at a transition layer? JW can regain the lead if the following are true: - The only delays are due to transition layers. - Stantec's transition layer will take significantly more time than JW's (by several weeks). - The rate of height...

For example, today I received a bunch of notifications from "SkyriseEdmonton" with links like https://edmonton.skyrisecities.com/threads/edmonton-stantec-tower-251m-66s-one-properties-stantec.23658/page-26#post-1226880 I get a 404, and have to add "forum/" before "threads/" to get the links to...

That's true. The front page story says they've been acquiring the lands for half a century, so it's not a quick grab-and-dash whatever happens. However I think all developers oversell in renderings, with spaces looking massive and tons of tiny people enjoying the development. Alldritt never...

I'll eat a chocolate-covered hat if Aldritt builds a 200+ m tower there in the next 10 years. They have a proposal and an approval but I've yet to see any statement of intention to actually build a 280 m building. As far as I know, the statement still stands: "Whether we build up to 80 storeys...

It looks to me like it's just past half the height of Bell Tower. Its final height will be less than double Bell's, so I think it's reaching over 25% of its final height. When I try to picture the future skyline I usually imagine another Bell Tower on top of the nearby towers.

"But there’s significant risk, says a public report released Thursday on the possible land sale." From the report: "Public Access Easement Area and Public Access Easement Fee ● The City to pay the Buyer a Public Access Easement Fee to secure easement rights over the public amenity space." Why...

They're still calling it "The 80-storey, 280-metre tall" building, with no confirmation at all that I'm aware of, of any commitment or even intention to actually build to that maximum height. I fear someone will be duped into making a decision, and say "The benefits of having an 80-story...

Then it's not likely that the city will give good deals and concessions to the developers, in exchange for promises that the latter may back out of later? If there's effectively a minimum height at which the building is worth it, I suppose they'd want to take advantage of river valley views and...

I'm skeptical about everything regarding this project. First is that 280m is the maximum possible height that the tower can be, and the potential developers are quoted earlier in this thread saying "Whether we build up to 80 storeys or smaller, we don’t know yet." Maybe 12? Why would the...

That seems to be their plan, whether the permits show it or not. StantecTower-brochure.pdf shows "Stantec Tower" as the lower section, slated for 2018, and the top section labelled "Residential" slated for 2019.