[CalgaryTiger]

Has there been a more obvious rinse and repeat?

There is an exact replica of this going into 27 Ave and 14 St SW.
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[Mountain Man]

While I preferred the last version, I didn't think it had much of a chance of being built. There was significant community opposition towards it.

There is significant community opposition to every project in Marda Loop, yet they almost always move ahead.

 

[darwink]

Pretty cool. Looking forward to seeing how it looks in real life!

 

[badc0ffee]

I noticed something similar happen in Glendale. 5 properties fronting 17 Ave SW, close to 45 St station: https://developmentmap.calgary.ca/?find=LOC2022-0117

A redesignation was approved, from M-C1, 14m building height, to H-GO, 12m building height.

(Incidentally, I did not see that one on the project map, or in a thread).

 

[haltcatchfire]

Has there been a more obvious rinse and repeat?

There is an exact replica of this going into 27 Ave and 14 St SW.
DMAP
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This is the way now. No one wants to pay for design and construction drawings anymore. So they just reuse on equivalent lot sizes. I even saw a DP app in Hillhurst where they hand crossed out the address of the previous application and penned in the new one.
Drive through West Hillhurst and Parkdale, then head to Altadore/South Calgary and you can find half a dozen sames x half a dozen designs.

 

[darwink]

This is a good thing. Massively repeatable driving the cost down. If successful a building company *ahem* could even maintain a materials list to provide rapidly repeatable quotes much like the stories of the Vancouver ‘special’ from decades ago.

 

[JTron]

In relation to the discussion that has occurred earlier in other threads, the invention of H-GO seems to be impacting developer's choices on whether they build apartment buildings with expensive parkades, or simply go with an H-GO product that is still pretty dense, but cheaper and easier to construct, this one has now been changed to a typical H-GO type product:

DMAP

While the initial design wasn't a looker, this change has gone from a potential 75 units to only 30 units.
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Well, that's disappointing. I know the other building wasn't a looker, but I preferred it to this.

 

[badc0ffee]

The "new" DP (DP2023-07467) was approved.