A third tower would be worse than the parking lot and the parking lot is a wasted usage of open space. It would be far too cramped.

Giant rec centres or schools are par for the course everywhere. The advantages are fewer but larger facilities can house more specialized options and amenities than multiple smaller venues for the same costs. The disadvantages are accessibility. They're not within walking distance for the...

A structure similar to a commercial tower with a concrete core is arguably a lot more expensive and the column free spaces aren't needed for residential. There's a matter if the existing foundation is built to support two point skyscrapers. A transfer slab between the residential structure and...

It's the same square footage as the 18 units with 90 total bedrooms. Now, it's 90 units. 500 sq ft per unit feels too much. I'm envisioning 250 to 300 square foot studios

I wonder if this is still pre-fab concrete panel construction? I don't remember a basement. I could be remember incorrectly too.

How tiny are these units to go from 90 bedrooms in 18 units to 90 units? Shared living areas? The balcony would be bigger than one of units.

The building's structure would interfere with a glassy look so they'll probably settle on a dynamic light show. White stone and Tiffany blue lentils would also be tasteful but boring conventional

More important is the urban form of a building and within the context of the broader neighbourhood and the broader neighbourhood's provisions itself. However, aesthetics do matter in attracting dollars from outside of the neighbourhood and outside of Calgary. Critical mass hasn't been...

Rezoning is not a development project. It could advance to become a development project but, until it does, there is nothing to be cancelled here. It will be valid 50 years from now. The only thing is the unit sizes may be too large in 50 years.

My point has been that they are not building anything and that they are banking on the existing office towers which they purchased for a bargain for their growth. An actual developer building anything on the FCC site during the next 25 years won't be building office. The investor residential...

No clue. Declining overall vacancy and positive absorption (the decline doesn't all have to come from positive absorption) will raise these deflated values.

A proposal is an idea; a concept. Shouldn't get too real about any renderings that are newly posted on the application info centre. Intent to build is pre-selling, pre-leasing or, the obvious, breaking ground.

Boom was the wrong choice of word. The purchase prices are so heavily devalued For FCC and BVS that a modest recovery with vacancies dropping to the mid to high teens would positively affect valuation. Armoyan is the majority stakeholder in Slate which is teetering on insolvency so he needs a...

I just can't see them building a 65 storey tower. This is just a flip betting on an office boom. They could buy several more major office towers for the cost to build a 65 storey tower.

I can't get passed vendors working for clients and not the other way around. There is just cause for large institutional clients to be a little skittish. A client such as Calgary presents opportunities for vendors that wouldn't exist for a MLSE funded development.

I've been thinking about this. A conventional concrete residential tower would require so many modifications to the parking structure that I can't see it being worth saving. A concrete core and steel structure (column free spaces) would require fewer modifications but, would be structurally...

Why bother having them play away during Monster Jam? They aren't much of a football team. They may preform better on the track

Are two levels of underground parking really enough for what is planned? If I recall correctly, it's two towers with around 1000 units An empty office building costs money. A weed lot costs less. (and there is that high rise contractor signage up)

The facades gives 1 Bedford a run for its money. This isn't preservation. Just put the designated properties out of their misery. Over 20 FSI is excessive residential coverage. The more lots replaced with 20 FSI, the more that excessive density will come into focus. The number of bike parking...

Note the ITC sign if it hasn't been mentioned already.