Guessing you're right, the land expropriation economics and desired route worked out that it was easiest to acquire both the Union Tractor and Osman Auction parcels to build out Davies station + use the whole site to build/pour the guideways, and rather than subdivide the parcels afterward to...

^ I agree, if for nothing else than this:

I am surprised Cadomin hasn't become a lot more popular with hikers, mountain bikers and other back country enthusiasts. Such a beautiful area! The town itself is pretty cute as well. I think the rough trunk roads and challenging winter access really puts people off, though.

This article was posted in the Metro Line thread but has lots of good info regarding VL. I get the VLW Director is being extra careful with his statements with no guarantees, but it sounds like their actual timelines are: 2026: all track laid 2027: wrapping up outstanding construction items...

An Edson bypass would be awesome, easily the biggest slog in the whole drive. Mostly though, the Province just needs to stay on-top of paving and maintenance. They have improved some segments thankfully but there are still numerous stretches of abhorrent pavement condition. Couple years back I...

Kind of puzzling to include the 105 & Whyte scramble (easily the most logical spot for one in the whole city), but if it's all or nothing I'll take the latter here. Now get rid of all the scrambles downtown, which are all entirely redundant.

I can give a fair amount of grace given the amount of snow that has fallen but definitely some bizarro choices as far as priorities. Think my no 1 issue of late is when the City plows a windrow onto a left turn lane with a protect and detect signal, which then doesn't allow the turn signal to...

^ for real. The developer's Altairus project has reached occupancy and is now leasing, so ideally construction on this project will move much more expeditiously

We’re already a primary target in any conflict involving Canada due to our substantial oil and gas mid/downstream infrastructure (refinery row, Fort Sask, Redwater).

I think y'all are both right! Dang!

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pavone-developments_development-spotlight-introducing-a-ugcPost-7408944071722893312-XdzN?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAACE1NXcBjwZ1RdOuewcrgNVkwPI8vI4q3gw Introducing a residential townhouse development rising at 10075 98 Avenue NW in...

Great stuff @TAS !!

Happy holidays all 🎅

Based on Q3 2025 numbers, this conversion alone would reduce the downtown office vacancy from 18.2% to 17.7%. Someone previously pointed out that the north facade of this building is a blank wall since it was built on the property line, which makes me curious how they are planning to make this...

Josan Properties announced they have acquired the Intact Building, assumedly from ProCura. Wonder if we'll see ProCura sell more of their properties...

There are some nice elements here and while I understand the target market is student housing, the tiny windows and lack of balconies makes this look like they re-used plans from a continuing care hospital campus

Yup the walkways have been pretty sadly treacherous. Guessing the flipside of the issue is they don't want to/can't use machinery to scrape the sidewalks bare for fear of damaging the concrete and/or voiding contractor warranty on it. Hopefully next time it warms up a bit the City dispatches a...

Not a finance guy at all, but could it be possible they're leveraging private capital to buy out enough units to take control of a building, convert to rentals, then refinance it via favorable (high LTV, long amortization) CMHC lending to take out equity while generating steady cash flow? These...

The City already has a (free) street parking permit program for numerous neighbourhoods, usually due to event parking or proximity to post secondaries, so all the City has to do is expand it to more neighbourhoods that are identified as having issues with excessive street parking, and eventually...