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Website and marketing is now live for this one:
www.marcandmada.com

Marc & Mada Block

Marc & Mada Block is a nearly 2-acre property nestled between two of Calgary’s main streets at the heart of the communities of Marda Loop.
www.marcandmada.com www.marcandmada.com

Truman Homes, partnering with Calgary Co-Op, on their site in Marda Loop. Going big! Lots of information available online, very good engagement package by Civicworks.
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Lots more renderings and information on the website.
 
"Should this proposal go forward, society will fall within weeks. Hordes of criminals, drug addicts, and teens with unfamiliar clothing will overtake the neighbourhood.

When I bought my house in 1975 for $50, I was promised I'd be the last person to ever move here. This is yet another example of our socialist mayor telling me that I can't tell other people what to do."

That parking lot is an essential part of Marda Loop's cultural fabric. I got married in that parking lot. My son was born in that parking lot. I was hoping to die in that parking lot one day."
 
I saw other renders floating around that had a step similar to SHED in the SE corner (where the restaurant is now), it was sold as public amenity... Looks like that's gone and there's another tower. Last I saw there was only one in the NE corner... Is this good, what I saw before was better.
 
Woosh said:
"Should this proposal go forward, society will fall within weeks. Hordes of criminals, drug addicts, and teens with unfamiliar clothing will overtake the neighbourhood.

When I bought my house in 1975 for $50, I was promised I'd be the last person to ever move here. This is yet another example of our socialist mayor telling me that I can't tell other people what to do."

That parking lot is an essential part of Marda Loop's cultural fabric. I got married in that parking lot. My son was born in that parking lot. I was hoping to die in that parking lot one day."
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Nobody is going to mention any of that. They're going to talk about shadows, parking, traffic, loss of small businesses, inadequacy of transit. Mark my words.

Also, houses were expensive here in the late 70s. Like $300k (1979 dollars) for a nicer new build, only for it to be worth $200k 10 years later (1989 dollars).
 
MichaelS said:
Website and marketing is now live for this one:
www.marcandmada.com

Marc & Mada Block

Marc & Mada Block is a nearly 2-acre property nestled between two of Calgary’s main streets at the heart of the communities of Marda Loop.
www.marcandmada.com www.marcandmada.com

Truman Homes, partnering with Calgary Co-Op, on their site in Marda Loop. Going big! Lots of information available online, very good engagement package by Civicworks.
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Lots more renderings and information on the website.
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Still no land use and DP, so we're still a year+ for this one. Enjoy your Nho Saigon while you can.
 
I wish they could've made the street level little less sterile/generic in terms of material choices, but overall feels decent. It's nice that they angled the tower, as it adds some dynamism to a somewhat ho-hum design.

I imagine the height of this thing will get some community pushback...which I kind of get, as it will definitely kill a bit of that human-scale feel of the area.
 
badc0ffee said:
Nobody is going to mention any of that. They're going to talk about shadows, parking, traffic, loss of small businesses, inadequacy of transit. Mark my words.

Also, houses were expensive here in the late 70s. Like $300k (1979 dollars) for a nicer new build, only for it to be worth $200k 10 years later (1989 dollars).
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Apologies that my facetiousness wasn't accurate enough for your liking.

Are you being sarcastic too? Calgary houses did not cost 300k in the 1970s. More like 30k.
 
No, those are real numbers from a house I lived in. Realtors can get this information for you when they pull the title. IIRC it sold for $300 in 1979 (boom time), $177 in 1989, and $589 in 2009.
 
I think what I’m disappointed with is that in the renderings that were previously accidentally released, it seemed like there was going to be pedestrian alleys internal to the site, with commercial spaces within those alleys.

This effectively proposes a podium with near 100% lot coverage, save the corner plazas, which really are there to provide entrances benefitting Co-Op and possibly to meet sight triangle setbacks.

The outdoor amenity space is nice for the residents, but it provides no benefit to the community, whereas the alleys would have provided more street level vibrancy, particularly in the winter, when that amenity space will go largely unused.

The rest of the development is fairly good, and I’m excited to have more grocery options, but the presence of Co-Op and its warehouse means compromises elsewhere.
 
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