Start getting used to those SW addresses, more and more is being built up thataway.
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chrisvazquez7
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So Amazon is going to have two distribution centres within 10 km of each other?
cmd uw
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Looks like it's in Remington's Discovery Park. Good to see. I think we'll see the lands between the airport explode with warehousing in the coming years.
Description: To construct exterior alterations to the existing Industrial, Light Use building and to the Site (canopy (4013.41m2) facing 102 Ave. SW,; new Access to 135 St. SW; relocation of vehicular parking to the rear of the Site on 13410 102 Ave. SW; revisions to approved landscaping plan)
Permit date: July 14, 2020
Type: Development Permit
Subtype: Major Development Permit
Category: N/A
Class: Class B
Status: Approved
Address: 13410 - 102 AVENUE SW
Neighbourhood: EDMONTON SOUTH CENTRAL
Zoning: ILES,ILES,ILES,ILES
Description: To construct a parking lot, Accessory to the existing Industrial, Light Use (parking lot expansion onto 13206 102 Ave. SW and 9715 135 St. SW and 13106 102 Ave SW, including landscaping - Amazon Distribution Centre)
Permit date: July 14, 2020
Type: Development Permit
Subtype: Major Development Permit
Category: N/A
Class: Class A
Status: Approved
Address: 9715 - 135 STREET SW
Neighbourhood: EDMONTON SOUTH CENTRAL
Zoning: ILES,ILES,ILES,ILES
I thought they were going into ONE Properties' Border Business Park, but I guess that has changed?
Still are as far as I know. The signage is up on the other building already. Probably just an addition for rush deliveries with proximity to the airport and all.
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KyleBlanchett
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Ledcor is construction managers of another Amazon warehouse in Acheson. Very fast track project.
Taproot Edmonton Tech Roundup: September 1, 2020
The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. Doug Schweitzer, MLA for Calgary-Elbow, has been appointed Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation (formerly Economic Development, Trade and Tourism). Premier Jason Kenney made the announcement during last week's provincial cabinet...
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The report is paywalled, but in case anyone here already has a subscription:
Edmonton’s secretive Amazon HQ2 bid laid groundwork for attracting other tech companies, documents reveal - The Logic
Playbook for Amazon bid offered host of incentives, highlighted affordability
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kcantor
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^
it was reprinted in the journal this morning which may be easier to get to:
https://epaper.edmontonjournal.com/...PUHRb3jLoN30qKCwbRsr3jIteZRYlrYqOUmYDtHIVOrrw
not sure when or if it will appear on their site.
it was reprinted in the journal this morning which may be easier to get to:
https://epaper.edmontonjournal.com/...PUHRb3jLoN30qKCwbRsr3jIteZRYlrYqOUmYDtHIVOrrw
not sure when or if it will appear on their site.
kcantor
Senior Member
kudos to the foip request that at least made this much information public.
i have said for years now (and it turns out that it was echoed by brad ferguson at the time) that our chances of winning this sales pitch might not be high (even though i can think of lots of other reasons it could have been from canadian immigration policy to a lack of natural disaster potential and a stable electrical grid etc.) but that should be secondary.
while i understand the need to keep detailed financial information confidential, edmonton's best pitch people are edmontonians and we all should have had everything in this package but the detailed financials so incorporate in our pitches whether in detailed proposals or simply in casual conversation. we all paid for it and should all be able to use it as the more successful we are doing that individually the better it is for edmonton.
2 Amazon centres open in Edmonton area, creating hundreds of jobs | Globalnews.ca
Amazon's first fulfillment centre and second delivery station in the Edmonton area opened in August, which the company says has created more than 600 full-time jobs in Alberta.
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archited
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^^^^That's not accounting for the 6,000 jobs lost to closed retail outlets.
cmd uw
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Is that Amazon's fault, partially perhaps, but not fully. Many of these retailers didn't know how to 'pivot' and for the most part they had a.) Too many locations b.) We're late getting a decent online sales platform c.) Focused too much on expansion and rolling out X number of stores over general performance. Many factors behind this trend. But I can tell you this, the demand for these types of distribution centres is going to go up over the coming decades.
archited
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^^^^ The retail and hospitality malaise is global in nature but most specifically felt in North America -- 1st onslaught to small scale developments was the advent of so-called big-box stores, particularly the Walmarts and Sam's Clubs of the world. Now they in turn are getting knee-capped by the online mega giants led by Amazon. If you are fine with staring at "for lease" signs in ground floor made-for-tenant spaces and the crumbling nature of main streets from the same perspective then hooray for Amazon. Most (not all) sellers through Amazon have a huge distaste for this mega-monopoly but find themselves with few other alternatives if they wish to remain viable.
cmd uw
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I guess my perspective is that retail is changing, much like it has in the past. Conform or be cast out. I can tell you that many of our tenants in our buildings aren't concerned about Amazon. Fine-grain retail will always be around.