"We will support the family as a fundamental unit of society." This is such a strange thing for a municipal level party to highlight as one of their core principles. Anyone who's been around fundamentalist Christians knows that that phrase is their way of saying that they oppose gay marriage...

Since there's no commercial space at the bottom, it's probably going to be either the block north of the Alt Hotel or the block north of the Discovery Centre. Nice to see the momentum continuing!

I walked through the south lands today and it looks like some grading work has begun: Also, the Ronald McDonald House expansion is coming along:

I didn't notice this before, but Gracorp plans to make the units fully furnished in this building.

At the time I remember thinking how silly the comparisons to Detroit were; they largely ignored several of the main reasons the city of Detroit deteriorated (white flight being a big one. It was hard to believe that would ever happen in Calgary). They also ignored that the greater Detroit region...

Maybe Aria will be to Gracorp what Hat is to Cidex. Any guesses what they'll call their third project? Aria Autre?

It looks like the plan is to do utilities, surface works, and grading in 2024 to open up blocks 11A/B, 16A/B, 17A/B for development. I assume we might see something being built there in 2025 and beyond. Beyond that the focus seems to shift to the South Lands as the next big phase of development...

Some construction updates here. Included is a map of the various projects, showing that there should be four more projects which begin construction this year. Autumn may have been delayed a bit with all the snow lately (unless the Mar 2024 start date is just a typo). The 22B/C blocks are...

Announcement

I wonder if University District will ever have a Community Association? It's unique to any other neighbor in the city given that it's all Freehold land owned by the University, but I don't think that would stop one from being created. Who knows, maybe in the long run we'll see the community...

Small update, these are being marketed as "Guild". I have a suspicion that the pin on the map on their website isn't the actual precise location of the development, since that block was originally planned for higher density. Plans can change though; we'll see soon enough! Popup on their website: