i guess i was reacting to how quickly things get built here. maybe 10 years was a bit optimistic?

^our downtown badly needs these builds to help fill it out. hopefully we'll see a lot of these go up in the next 10 years.

ya as much as i'd like to see them all built soon and that's the cool part, i have to agree with the more bland, "good enough for Edmonton" look to them.

^cool. i hope all 5 of those towers get built in the near future! :rolleyes:

^ya agreed! our buildings are starting to suffer from sameness. it's what happens when you use the same guys over and over to design these buildings i suppose? :rolleyes:

^ya pretty ridiculous considering that's all we seem to be building these days!

this is SO true ! a lot of "sameness" in our local architecture in my opinion ! i'd like to see, especially in our high rise designs, a little better look to some of these. you get sameness when you constantly use the same people to design these towers.

so it was gonna be this but it isn't anymore? i haven't been paying enough attention to this since the construction stopped.

i know we need more rental units in this city but it's a shame they aren't for sale!

ah good, i was going to ask if there was anymore news with this.

funny i used to live at the apartment at Hy's in the late 80's-early 90's ! ;)

^this is gonna look so sweet on this corner when completed !

i keep waiting to hear that they have dummied down the height though i hope not. i like the idea of more tall condos in the core but these are butt ugly though.

rise me lovely ! :p

^cool. mighty tall for the neighbourhood!

^i'm old enough to remember when The Mac was boarded up. that generation didn't care if this hotel burned to the ground or not ! i'm glad it was renovated years ago so my wife and I could enjoy a room there on our honeymoon. i don't feel that having a high rise next to this historic hotel is a...

music to my ears....55 stories!

^man i wish i was there right now !! :(

the more the merrier! will make the downtown area look more built up at that spot.

^sweet ! how far down into the granite did they have to put the pilings?