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  1. Surrealplaces

    7th Avenue Mixed Use | 310m | 74s | GWL | NORR

    A DP has been submitted for a mixed use proposal on 7th ave where FCC II has been planned. 74 floors, and 310m. 380 residential units and 275 hotel suites. No rendering yet, only a link to the DP DP2026-01147 Not much info yet. Stay tuned.
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    Skijordue 2026

    A few screencaps off some Instagram videos.
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    Calgary | Kensington Yards | 130m | 38s | Bankside | Allies and Morrison

    Here we go, the much vaunted Allies and Morrison rumour. :) The proposal is for the old Grace Hospital parcel. This is mainly conceptual at the moment, as no DP has been submitted yet, but the concept is pretty detailed. . So here it is,14 buildings with the tallest one at 38 storeys. More...
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    Calgary Tourism Thread

    I figured we might as well have a thread to discuss Calgary Tourism. Lots of stuff happening around tourism, with a record year of 8.7 Million tourists visiting Calgary and 4 new downtown hotels coming our way.
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    Where have you traveled?

    I saw this on the Edmonton forum and thought I'd create one here. Canada (all provinces and territories except Nunavut) US (all 48 contiguous states except Iowa. somehow never managed to hit that state) Mexico (resort places and a couple of road trips through Mexico) UK Ireland France Spain...
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    Calgary | UofC Architecture School | 60m | 14s | U of C

    https://calgaryherald.com/business/local-business/parker-nova-building-sapl-students-january-university-calgary Not sure which thread to put this in, but this seems as good as any. An update on the UofC's downtown architectural campus. From the article. observing the progress of massive...
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    Calgary | Block 11B | 18m | 5s | Luxuria | Gravity Architecture

    Might as well start a thread for this one. Project will be updated as info comes in.
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    Calgary's Downtown Population

    I was posting some stuff in the SSP Canada section and thought I'd post it here too. Some population stats regarding our downtown always makes for interesting discussion. It could easily be in the stascan thread, but wanted to make the discussion more open to downtown Calgary's growth and...
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    Calgary | Block 28 | 21m | 6s | Truman | Metafor

    thread
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    Calgary's Residential Highrise Boom 2000 - 2025 and Beyond

    Inspired by a memory brought back by @DiscoStu I thought I'd create a thread to look back at Calgary's 25 year high rise residential boom. After years of not much in the way of high rise apartment towers, the boom started in the west part of Eau Claire with The Pointe on the Bow, Liberte...
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    Calgary | Library Square | 21m | 6s | Bankside | LOLA

    Thread for this new proposal. More updates to the thread will come out once the DP is released.
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    Travel Discussion Thread

    I thought I'd start a general travel thread....mainly for selfish reasons as I have a topic I wanted to pose to the group. I was going to post in the watercooler thread, but I'm thinking a travel thread might be nice to have anyways. A number of us like to travel, and with a boatload of non-stop...
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    Calgary | Britannia Building Conversion | 32m | 9s | Primacorp | NORR

    Thread for this conversion.
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    Calgary | Element Hotel Calgary Downtown | 48m | 12s | PBA Land Development | NORR

    Not a new hotel or design that we haven't seen before. This is for the conversion of the Canadian Centre at 833 - 4th ave SW into a 226 room hotel. Seeing as the conversion is underway, we might as well get a thread going.
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    Calgary | The Loft | 44m | 11s | Institutional Mortgage Capital

    Starting a thread for this as it may also be under construction. According to Alberta Projects, a BP has been issued.
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    Calgary | One 01 | 98m | 26s | Cairo Development | NORR

    26 floors, with 264 units. I don't know if anyone has been around this building lately, but this may already be underway, as according to Alberta Projects, a BP was issued in April.
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    Calgary | 1921 24th Ave | 10m | 3s | FAAS Architecture

    This looks like an infill project, but because it's over 25 units I've created a thread for it. The timing for the thread is because it looks to be starting construction.
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    Smokey evening on Nose Hill

    Pics from a smoky evening on Nose Hill, one of Calgary’s most underrated gems IMO.

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