Projects like this increase vibrancy by increasing the number of people living in the neighborhood. On the retail side this one is probably a wash, since a well functioning heritage retail space is lost. But all those new tenants will walk to shops all around the neighborhood, helping out with...

They do weed the medians a few times a summer but the poppies get outcompeted pretty fast.

I wish this were on the parking lot across the street, but it’s not. I’m in favour of adding people and investment to the area in the hope that the surrounding lots get some development momentum too, like we’ve seen at 5th St SW and 14th St SW on the same avenue.

If I bought this lot, I would apply for 3-5m less than whatever JEMM can get approved across from Safeway. Presumably you can find 8 votes on council for that.

I would bet that the real issue at the moment is that these ENGOs would love some funding to do various environmental studies and they are annoyed that Liricon isn't talking to them / funding them, so they are going to the press to complain. Some organisations will oppose the train if it goes to...

I think it's pretty fanciful to imagine the developer intentionally burned down the existing building, if that's what you mean. But the site wasn't particularly well boarded up, and it was well known that homeless people were camping out inside, so negligence/ignorance on the part of the...

My three theories: 1) More councilors can be made happy by vague promises in both directions than making a firm commitment to a second phase. 2) The Eau Claire to Crescent Heights section will probably need to be cut to keep the phase 1 cost within budget given inflation, which will make the...

This building can be yours for $6.9M - apparently they have given up on finding a commercial tenant for the second floor and are now marketing it as “5 undeveloped residential units”.

Bauer BG30 on site now

That’s not a downside for many people, that is the investment thesis. Toronto and Vancouver have appreciated a lot and are considered overvalued. Calgary has not appreciated so there is more upside for capital gain, as incomes have increased relative to prices.

The Terrigno's are appealing this one, board report is here Among other reasons, Terrigno says the appeal is on account of the City "accepting late written submissions of alleged members of the local community" A nice quote from CPC: "With 18 relaxations across 7 major rule categories, the...

That's a nice lot - seems like the riverfront is getting more interest than the "interior" of east village with EV606 and this spot getting some attention.

It's an awkward site - one frontage is the Ctrain tracks and the other is an alley. I guess they are orienting it southeast so the facade looks towards the Ctrain station with downtown behind - the top two floors will have some nice views. The location in the "what's a 10 minute walk" away sense...

Hope this will be a nice route for cycling - I usually go out to Chestermere on the canal path but there are no great options to loop back to the city - 17th ave south is kind of sketchy until you get to 52nd st and can switch to 16th ave south, going up to Conrich and back on McKnight is also...

We went out to Drumheller a few times in 2020 and 2021 kind of pretending it was Arizona - if you squint, it will do - but personally I am booked to go to Scottsdale for spring break next year, sorry Drumheller.

It does look like a giant suburban rowhouse building, maybe mixed with the scale and uniformity of a Victorian workhouse. I am less fussed about that than the urban form, seems like a missed opportunity to have some retail and/or ground floor unit entrances.

I would be absolutely livid as a Suncor shareholder if they went ahead with a new build office tower in a city with 33% vacancy. CEO just got turfed for too many employee deaths on his watch, seems like there are bigger problems to solve than needing a fancier head office.

There will not be a serious, organized recall, but Davison appears to have abandoned the sunny bland centrist image and is going full speed into the Pierre Poilievre lane.

Minto owns that lot. Maybe storage for Era construction stuff?

The Brightline train from Orlando to Miami seems like a somewhat similar situation but with a much more skilled group of promoters. I'd love to know what the keys were to making that privately-led project happen, I am not very familiar with it.