trtcttc
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Especially since one side of the development faces Bow Trail, which would've been ideal for a couple apartment buildings, then step down into townhomes closer to the golf course.
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CT (Chinese_T)
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Reminder of the original concept...
I would have been happy with the less dense part (in red).
trtcttc
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Was this private land? Or city land? Seems like there should've been rules on minimum density. I know the city impose that for new communities (why there's so many apartments and ZLL homes), not sure why it wasn't here.
Mountain Man
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I think it was seniors housing before, so private.
IceCreamMan
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'Disappointment' is a terrific word to describe this project. These look like ski lodges along a BC mountain, completely out of place. That location was absolutely prime.... what a missed opportunity for something more elevated/elegant in design, presence and density.
MichaelS
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It was owned by Silvera for Seniors, who zoned it to match the massing concept that SP posted. When the parcel was put up for sale, it was the dark days of our condo market (2017ish I think), so likely not many takers on it. Brookfield bought it, with the Crown Park concept in mind, because at the time the idea of trying to sell that many condos seemed impossible.
haltcatchfire
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This is like in Sim City when you accidentally drop the wrong zoning type in the wrong place and don’t delete it before it develops.
FriendlyDrunks
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Eventually this will just be redeveloped again, how long that takes though...
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I wouldn't hold my breath. Shaganappi, just across Bow Trail and even closer to the train station, still has a ton of its original 1950s houses.
Albertasaurus
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Not for a really loooooong time. These units aren't cheap, and any potential developer would need to buy out the individual owners at a no doubt exorbitant price (their website has the cheapest units in the '700s). I suspect we will all be long gone before this gets redeveloped...
Unfortunately, this development is a poster child of the piss-poor job Calgary has done at proper planning around its LRT stations. My only hope is that they will do something a lot less shitty in their future phase in the SE corner (see their plan below from their website) but I'm not optimistic.
Nice. I didn't know about the future phase.