Nothing tall yet but they have done a few concrete midrises, near Westbrook, at West District and the nearly-complete Frontier. So they have done concrete construction, even if it hasn't been the sort of heights they are doing now.

In everything but height, I prefer the new design. The previous one just had way too much going on for my liking. First and foremost, though, I am looking forward to seeing more parking lots and underutilized sites being replaced by some decent density. And 32 floors is still decent height...

If they are applying for their BP based on the approved DP, then no they won't be doing a design change.

This all looks very positive. The building permit fee for a project this size is hundreds of thousands of dollars so based on the fact that the existing businesses have closed, and this application for a BP, this looks to be happening. We went very quickly from "why isn't anything getting...

Agreed, between this and Harmony One it should make that stretch of 16th east of Edmonton Trail a lot less Detroit-ish looking.

Good to hear. I was hoping this would be the case since this one's been approved for ages. Any intel you can share?

At least it won't stand out as much

Looks like some serious value engineering happened when compared to the rendering.

They have built some large condo/apartment projects, including towers, in Langley BC. That said, this will be by far their most urban project.

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Yikes, that looks pretty bad. Good news is if you look at the developer's website, there's been no updates for this project in 2 years, so hopefully it either never goes ahead, or undergoes a serious redesign before it does.

I recall hearing that with the completion of the BMO Centre and the increased number of conventions and trade shows that entails, that Calgary is now short around 5000 hotel rooms in the downtown area. That leaves room for several large hotels.

Vacancy rates are still very high in Calgary, I would not expect any large office towers moving ahead any time soon.

I have heard from reputable sources that Truman's current plans for Stampede Station would be more than 46 floors.

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Sony Block DP got approved at Calgary Planning Commission yesterday.

I like brick most of the time, but it just seems weird to me to only use brick on one small strip of one facade. I fear it will look out of place and ruin any design unity/symmetry.

That is crazy expensive pricing. I wonder if they are marketing it as executive rentals.

Looking good. So happy to see a unique but still tasteful and elegant colour palette rather than the usual greys, browns and beiges.

Remember when Carlisle was synonymous with crap? This looks so much better than what they usually do