They have done that twice already so I wouldn’t expect anything different here.

Yes to all of the above.

It would be great if we could leverage this somehow to get more jobs and investment in the Edmonton region.

I took some shots when I was out for a ride in the area about a year ago. I was surprised how much space there is (I guess it is an entire city block) and the sort of "blank canvas" opportunity that is there in that prime location. I was also taken aback by what a wasted opportunity it was with...

Some painting going on today. Beige to light grey. Woo hoo. Hopefully there is much more going on inside.

^that’s my guess.

Entrance to the Brewhouse from the lobby of Connect Center. Posts for what I am guessing will be a patio. Also some art work.

A few more from earlier today.

More equipment on site moving a lot of dirt around today.

Bad teams with a loser culture find ways to lose. Inside the five twice in the last half of the fourth quarter and end up minus 7 in points. On the bright side it was a beauty afternoon.

The construction crew was hard at work yesterday on the big pit on 103 Ave. I asked one of the guys when they were going to be done and he said the were “hoping” for mid October. Here’s hoping they hit that. In other news a crew was applying vinyl window covering to the second floor over the...

^ Can I get a "hallelujah"!!! We are currently in an "all hands on deck" situation and need all stakeholders to help resolve the current mess downtown. Maybe now we will finally see some improvement.

This thing rose from the dead once, back in the mid 1990s. I think it may have been in a bit better shape back then but the west side was a similar ghost town at the time after Eatons went bankrupt. Going by memory here but I seem to remember a pretty high vacancy rate back then and a stroll...

^ The big open pit on 103 Ave and the scaffolding surrounding Stantec Tower are both a major blights on the district and plaza. The district/plaza has taken a couple steps forward recently with the opening of some of the spaces in the Connect Center (especially Ice District Authentics) and will...

While certainly not a de Havilland sized announcement, this was announced on Tuesday and seems to be some decent news for us. Only 10 new jobs and $500k initial investment but this could grow into something much bigger and help to establish a medical tech cluster here. Vibrome

^^ I think that was Danielle Smith's plan back when she was leader of the Wildrose. Both ATB and AIMCO head offices moved to CGY if my memory serves me correctly. Plus other moves to effectively neuter Edmonton - overturning Council's decision to close the CC airport is something I remember her...

Regarding that big open pit on 103 Ave and 103 St, the good news is that they are finally working on it as others noted above and a crew was on site there yesterday when I walked by. The bad news is they greatly expanded the footprint of this bad boy as there is now fencing further west of the...

While not directly related to these lots, I would love to see the Women Building Futures expansion on 107 St and the Norquest/Covenant Health (I think) project on 108/102 both proceed. They both looked like well designed projects (especially WBF), would fill up another two parking lots in the...

^ Agree @thommyjo . But in addition to the whole streetscape aspect of the project, I hope we can get some really good tenants filling up the commercial spaces along this stretch. The current mix of "tenants", especially form 101-99 Street, will add nothing to the attractiveness and vibrancy of...

Some ...........interesting takes by Mr. Huculak in this article. National Post article