CalgaryTiger
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Is that small two story on 12th boarded up?
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UrbanWarrior
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Yeah, fire damage several months ago.
cameronhowe
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Such a shame, I love that little building. Would make for a great restaurant and/or cocktail bar.
Mountain Man
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Isn't the plan to renovate that building still?
cameronhowe
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By the looks of it, they're letting it fall into a state of disrepair until it gets leveled so they can develop it into something else, but that's just my suspicion.
crisp
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"Nav Sidhu was the purchaser of Lacey Court. He says his plans to turn the building into a daycare have run into a series of roadblocks and unforeseen delays.
He blames the city for holdups in the rezoning and development application process. He says there were unreasonable demands for parking spaces and for hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of sewer upgrades under 12th Avenue.
He says the COVID-19 pandemic also slowed things down."
Mountain Man
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UrbanWarrior
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CT (Chinese_T)
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I've found a similar building designed by NORR in Chicago, called "The Saint Grand." This might be a decent indication of what the final materials could look like.
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Silence&Motion
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My first thought seeing this picture was "where in Calgary is this?" until I noticed the John Hancock Center in the background. It's a testament to how much development has been happening here that we can look like Chicago from some angles.
maestro
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The DP has many more mullions, different panels widths and, a darker tint for spandrel glass. I recall it stating these are subject to change so I wouldn't count the Chicago facade completely out. NORR is a multi-national, multi-office firm. They also attached their name to grey spandrel, window wall dreck in Canada.
