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Yet another sign that TOD may finally be starting to happen in Calgary, at least in earnest. DP recently submitted for a site in between Chinook Centre and the LRT station. Nothing spectacular by any means, but I do think it's cool that they are doing mid block multi on a smaller site.
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Thats awesome. Not nice esthetically by any means, but really great to see nonetheless.
 
Awesome to see. Sure hope they're not expecting massive rents or anything cause idk who would want to live there if it's not legitametely affordable
 
Weird little site, but it's kind of a weird area to begin with so probably should be expected. Like the other one recently announced, while it won't necessarily be a premium building, it's also won't be hard to find someone who thinks living here is a convenient spot.

I wonder if Chinook Centre itself is dusting off any plans for expansions and residential in the coming years. They were last kicking the tires in the mid 2010s, but nothing came of it. Would love to see them get into the game if this Chinook Station mini-TOD boom actually gets rolling :)
 
Neat little project, nice to see the continued push of residential towards Chinook.

Sort of surprised there hasn't been more high rise action there, but I suppose there's been a lot of other competing areas.

Two things that would really accelerate development here IMO would be a proper grocery store for the area, and a commuter rail stop.

Something like the superstore block in East Village on the near empty block with the Scotia two blocks south of here would be ideal.

And while I don't think there should be too many commuter rail stations within city limits, having one at Chinook would really help sell the TOD.

Near direct freeway access, proximity to shopping, amenities, the reservoir and its parks, all make it a great place to throw up some high rises with mountain views.

But knowing you could also just hop on a train direct to Banff from your home neighborhood would really make it a slam dunk!
 
InfrastructureEnthusiast said:
a commuter rail stop.
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I assume taking a train from High River and Okotoks to Chinook would be something people would do to avoid the parking too.

If you lived here to get to Banff I thought someone you would take the red line to Victoria park and walk or red line to 2nd Street and then the Green Line to Grand Central. But a direct train to Grand Central from here has its advantages too, you would capture anyone who is on the Red Line coming from the south and would want to go Grand Central without walking a few blocks or transferring to the Green Line downtown.

So this area could be its own rail hub. I think the city had set aside land for a station around 58th Ave but that feels disconnected. Looks like there's room to have a pull out for a commuter rail stop just north of 61 Ave.
 
CallmeCatbread said:
Awesome to see. Sure hope they're not expecting massive rents or anything cause idk who would want to live there if it's not legitametely affordable
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Would be a great place to live with decent rents, but if they’re going to be as high as the other new builds, not so much.
 
InfrastructureEnthusiast said:
Neat little project, nice to see the continued push of residential towards Chinook.

Sort of surprised there hasn't been more high rise action there, but I suppose there's been a lot of other competing areas.

Two things that would really accelerate development here IMO would be a proper grocery store for the area, and a commuter rail stop.

Something like the superstore block in East Village on the near empty block with the Scotia two blocks south of here would be ideal.

And while I don't think there should be too many commuter rail stations within city limits, having one at Chinook would really help sell the TOD.

Near direct freeway access, proximity to shopping, amenities, the reservoir and its parks, all make it a great place to throw up some high rises with mountain views.

But knowing you could also just hop on a train direct to Banff from your home neighborhood would really make it a slam dunk!
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There is a Community Natural Foods and Wholesale Club within walking distance. They aren't exactly a Safeway, but can get the job done for a lot of items.

I feel like a grocery store being in the neighborhood is becoming less relevant. I get about half of my groceries delivered now and my brother's are more like 80%. We can hit 2 Safeway, 2 Co-Op and a FreshCo in a 5 minute drive. Wal-Mart and Superstore are 10 minute drives.

The Scotia spot would be ideal for a grocery store though. There is a proposal for a couple of buildings on the parking lot around the Scotiabank, with the bank site being listed as phase 2. I would assume that Scotia has that spot tied up in a lease for a while.....perhaps 5 to 15 years. Now, the developer could easily buy out Scotia if they are looking at building a 50 000 Sq ft grocery store with a few hundred residential units above.
 
This would be a good addition to the Chinook area. It’s 1000 times better than what’s there now and I see this as cheap housing stock 20 years from now when Chinook is being built out as highly dense node.
 
CalgaryTiger said:
a train from High River and Okotoks to Chinook
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Come to think of it...

Anderson is a much more natural transfer station between regional rail and LRT. The LRT station is better designed for there to be a pullout track and platform added on the east side of the freight track, and there's actually room for it (unlike Chinook). Plus the TOD immediately around Anderson is currently city owned versus piecemeal private owners.

Maybe Chinook is still better because it is a more popular destination for people from Okotoks and High River but they can just take the LRT there if that (or CBD) is their destination versus Grand Central.
 
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