Now this is a much better 6-storey design!

even the subway/LRT station would be relatively easy to develop in that the infrastructure for a new platform apparently already exists, including stair shafts and elevator ways -- and here is an article that better pinpoints the location below 97th street between the former Remand Centre and...

An afterthought -- as part of the sale deal of the Remand site to Qualico the City could condition the build-out of an LRT station as a part and parcel of the sale. This would benefit Qualico in that their urban village would now have "internal access" to a station that connects to the entire...

Maybe the City of Edmonton could trade the Century Tower in a deal with the Province that sees the Province pass over to the City the former Museum site (as is) and the former Remand site, post-demolition. The City could then revive a purchase deal with Beljan to develop the Museum (maybe a...

This is how I could best answer your questions @husky. The courthouse falls into a Provincial jurisdiction and Edmonton has a pretty substantial one that is nonetheless busting at the seams -- realistically, and what has been talked about primarily, is the budgeting and building of a Family...

I could see a functional split something like this where the Existing Structure handles Criminal Law cases (unfortunately common enough these days to warrant a special Architectural circumstance) along with Appellate Law cases, Immigration and Nationality Law cases, Commercial Suits, and Legal...

I don't think so @Glenco but maybe I am wrong. If a group like GEC Architects got a hold of a project like this I could see them putting a new skin on the Century Tower and gutting the interior to the effect of creating a more modern aspect for judges, administrators and public perception...

A lot cheaper to retrofit the Century Building for offices for court functions than building new -- by a lot of $$$, Provincial Government or otherwise -- and the new family court would be built on undeveloped land. The building that can't be saved or repurposed is Chancery Hall.

When I was a student at UofA oh so many years ago -- I lived in a walk-up on 119street a block north of Jasper Ave. --- a brand new (at the time) studio apartment -- it was horrible and embarrassing and I moved out as fast as I could. Building to the lowest denominator is not good for the City...

Chancery Hall has been "remade" a number of times over the years -- I think it might well be in its end-of-life throes (never was that well designed in the first place) and probably would face the demolition wrecking ball rather than a very, very expensive makeover to convert it to residential...

In development it is always important to be innovative! -- lest you get tagged with the moniker "greedy".

Not so much -- I am involved with a number of potential Edmonton developers and California developers giving Edmonton a strong look-see with their attached projects (in the advanced planning stages). The forward looking will benefit in the next year. You will see a number of high-rises...

^ maybe for rear-view-oriented developers or those who want to justify their swing to cheap, poorly designed edifices. The high-rise market is just beginning to warm up in Edmonton -- there will certainly be some who are left behind.

Actually the matching funds to the Calgary Grant have already been promised without specificity to an attached project so sorry your sorry doesn't hold water. And the economic impetus would be TREMENDOUS and not easily ignored, Oil Prices aside. An upcoming Civic Election would ensure that...

Actually MacU posted it a few weeks ago when referencing their joint MOU with OEG -- I think the renderings were just items on hand to illustrate a point. What is interesting to me, and not stated specifically in the MOU, is what this might entail for the land north of MacU -- 105th Avenue to...

I think that is an old rendering that has simply resurfaced.

Looks like the site sidewalks are inside the construction fence so not accessible by the public.

Old news (oxymoron that that is)

The beauty of this has several aspects -- 1. the integration of the north part of Capital Boulevard into a student activity centre, 2. a new focus on 109th Street as a University corridor between NorQuest and MacU. (maybe and just "maybe" seeing the eventual expansion of Norquest across 109th...

Development Permit (and Property re-zone) by late 2025 or early 2026; Construction documents and Bid Documents by late 2026 -- all this while fundraising is in place including Government Grants. Construction start in 2027 continuing through '27, '28, and '29 with occupancy in the fall of '29...