The new arena will not be inside the Stampede grounds. The arena is north of the Saddledome and technically outside of the paid area. People can enter the grounds and pay for parking if they wish, but the arena itself is not inside the grounds. Payment is not required to visit any of the three...

I read the modular part, so will this be built the same way the Alt Hotel in EV was built? I actually really like the Alt Hotel. Your point about colour is dead on. If this was all black with slightly bigger windows and maybe a slightly different massing I think it would have been a slam dunk.

I wish these architects would stop trying to butter up their projects. Just be honest. “Hey, we have a limited budget and don’t really give a shit about how affordable housing looks. This is the best we got.”

I agree. I think the original building (when it was new) was far superior, but it was looking old, worn, and tired. I don’t mind this conversion so far. I’d rank it second behind Cube, but far better than the Eau Clare buildings and that vinyl siding abomination I will not name.

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Hmm I’d take a Ritz Carlton, Shangri-La, or Fairmont as a hotel brand.

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I really like the renovations that SEC is proposing. Having a roof top restaurant will only help make downtown more vibrant and activate that part of downtown. As for my nemesis Eau Claire….what can I say. Are they even adding a splash park or has that been removed?

That’s disappointing and somewhat embarrassing. How is that not accounted for? What impression does it leave on visitors? Flyover block looks like a piece of shit. The only good thing is the grill will somewhat hide the terrible metal siding. Quality really is becoming a foreign concept.

Quite possibly the best executed project in the downtown core. Solid design, excellent materials, ground floor is pedestrian focused, sidewalk trees that are actually alive, and fantastic restaurant use in the corner. 10/10 would repeat again!

Meah, it’s definitely better than before, and should look even better when it’s fully complete. However, I’m a little disappointed in the execution of the facade. I don’t like the mix-mash of windows and mesh that circle the top floor (I don’t think those appeared in the renderings). I also find...

If only they used white panels instead of grey, and used a better quality product, this wouldn’t be half bad. Not hating the grills so far.

That plaza is going to be such a happening spot right next a massive abandoned gravel parking lot for the next decade….

I’m in Evanston, but my house is a corner lot on the ridge facing SW so I get battered by sun and wind all day every day….

Hmmm my grass looks like dead straw because I’m not allowed to water it, yet somehow this new sod that was just installed is greener than a rain forest…..

Instead we got a nasty brown cinder block.

Man, that picture of Stephen Ave. really shows how bad the pavers/concrete has deteriorated. It really is in desperate need of a full renovation. It's so patched up and non-uniform. Really hope they renovate it to look more European.

I despise that little apartment….rip er’ down!

Still hoping for Concorde 2 to start up and fill in that empty lot.