How high was vacancies in BVS and FCC? They took their leasing sites down after they got bought. Without making improvements, wouldn't it be hard to see leasing increase, considering many other buildings are starting renovations.

I doubt anyone is betting on an office boom, that'd be a pretty terrible strategy considering offices are down significantly all over North America. Calgary had some recovery years from the oil collapse and that's only brought us marginally down to 29% vacancy with essentially no new build...

They definitely should trade Andersson. Love the player but that contract and his production will probably fetch a big return at the deadline especially with another year on his deal. He's 28 now, by the time the flames are competitive again, he'll be 30 and likely have an 8 year 7/8M contract...

It’s a manufacturing facility that makes radioactive material for nuclear medicine and imaging, no patients will actually go there. I was surprised it wasn’t built into the cancer centre, since the increased cancer treatment capacity would’ve required this type of facility. It’s pretty common...

Is Quantum Place an actual developer? Or they specialize in up zone and flips? I remember they had an application at the corner of 10 and Kensington which was nothing more than a zoning flip.

If they do the remediation they kind of need to, otherwise that land is permanently stadium and nothing else? It’s a pretty big parcel

The reason it’s not is privacy related. Alberta health cards don’t have pictures, but in Ontario or other province with pictures, you can’t use your health card as ID due to health information privacy laws.

Wasn't that the proposal for CalgaryNext? The contamination cleanup would cost up to $300M. Otherwise it's a fantastic location, transit accessible and without some of the existing issues that plagued the East Village. I wonder why they can't combine the CalgaryNext proposal with the Fieldhouse...

The signal is in 1080p. You might still see 4K or UHD on the TV because that's the display resolution, but you're watching a 1080p signal. For cable subscribers, there is a Sportsnet 4K channel, but unclear if the signal are actually 4k. They piloted a few games years ago but then never...

Also I know Calgary is sunny, but only had 1 mildly snowy day so far. And last year there was a cold spell end of October, nothing so far this year.

The announcers are personal preference but the stream quality is much better than SN+. They're supporting HDR and even though the stream is 1080p/60fps, same as SN+, it looks much crisper. The delay is also much better than SN+, probably not an issue for cable for their subscription service is...

The performance issues at AIMCo has been well documented though. The 2020 drop was completely apolitical and led to organizations wanting to pull out (AIMCo is the investment arm on behalf of many public pensions). Arguably the previous CEO was investing in the business so they can become a...

And we have two large stadiums and soon to be two premier NHL arenas. But as a province we are only close to the same size as BC, and there just isn't the money to go around for funding two of each thing. Especially one that has pretty limited uses. The GTA has more population than the whole of...

https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/alberta-appoints-ray-gilmour-as-interim-ceo-of-aimco-1.7103430 Assuming he's just the interim CEO while they appoint a new board and search for a full-time CEO. I really hope they don't take AIMCo down the Caisse route, increasing the pension's risk instead of...

For city trees planted in front of residential properties (city owned tree on city land), is it the homeowner's responsibility to water, trim, and take care of it? Our street is road-sidewalk-city grass-private grass, so there's not a clear delineation of city to private land, compared to...

Most provinces have 1 flagship stadium and ours is in Edmonton. I'd rather that money be spent on community amenities (rec centres, sports field, etc.) that will actually improve people's lives.

I noticed the same, is that for the modernization of the existing Arts Commons? The new building that was just approved at Planning is unrelated?

I agree with some of this argument, but it's a bit too simplistic. We do accept some degree of congestion, there is congestion everyday on Deerfoot, on Crowchild, downtown, Glenmore/Crowchild, Glenmore/Deerfoot. It isn't that we're spending billions creating 25 extra lanes so there's zero...

I'm sure this will need provincial funding too. With the warning of a deficit, I doubt the province will want to put up money, even if it's their favourite type of project: roads. They'll also need to widen the section from 6th to 16th since it goes down to 2 lanes. Even free flow, there will be...

It'll depend largely on who staffs his admin. There's a lot of focus on the crazies around Trump, but if you look at the R slate, other than Robinson and Kari Lake, most senate nominees were competent politicians. Having some family in the US, most were reluctant Harris voters. Biden actually...