[Chinese_T]

Peoplefirst will be converting Place 800 into 204 Units. No renderings at the moment.

For reference, 4th Street Lofts will have 270 units and Cornerstone has 112.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10587356/downtown-calgary-development-incentive-program-success/

 

[Mountain Man]

Hope they don't butcher the facade with cheap cladding!

 

[Cyric]

Hope they don't butcher the facade with cheap cladding!

Bad news, they have released the following render:

 

[artvandelay]

OMG that is horrendous.

 

[CalgaryTiger]

People first, design last. To continue the puns... It is ruin'd.

 

[Albertasaurus]

I don't get it. Wouldn't it be cheaper to leave the facade as is and just replace windows etc than to spend a bunch of money converting it into something uglier?

 

[ByeByeBaby]

 

[Thrillhou]

I'm probably in the minority here but I don't hate it. It's sure better than the current form of beige box.

To me it looks like they're trying to tie the design of the +15 in to the building. Side note, is this the first residential conversion with a +15 connection? It's a pretty key piece of the network in that corner of downtown.

 

[artvandelay]

It's sure better than the current form of beige box.

For a building like this - it's better to not make it stand out.

 

[Mountain Man]

Well, it's not the worst looking conversion at least...

 

[Duck Lightning]

Could be much worse TBH. At least it turns a boring old building interesting to look at from afar

 

[badc0ffee]

All these conversions are making those ugly towers near 55 Ave SW east of Macleod look good.

 

[potatopizzafan]

 

[haltcatchfire]

I'm pumped! Finally someone is using random rectangles! Too subtle though.

 

[zagox]

I'm probably in the minority here but I don't hate it. It's sure better than the current form of beige box.

To me it looks like they're trying to tie the design of the +15 in to the building. Side note, is this the first residential conversion with a +15 connection? It's a pretty key piece of the network in that corner of downtown.

Eau Claire Place II is currently undergoing residential conversion and has a +15 connection. But it's at the "end of the line" rather than the middle of the network.