Mountain Man
Senior Member
U of C built the one building downtown but always had plans for a full on campus. They should take the Nexen building, the refurbished park between it and the current building will have a sort of campus feel! lol.
The one on 6th Ave across from the court house? I see no BP on the My Property map, are you sure?
I don't know the school and its population super well (I've never studied there) but I think it has a lot of diploma or certificate programs. To me that speaks to people needing short term rentals, which the free-market doesn't serve very well.It would be great to see more post secondary action downtown. I never considered the idea of student housing for BVC, but that might work....might also be something that can be done with provincial or federal money as well![]()
Consistently SAIT has/had trouble filing its housing (due to high turnover due to short program length), and advertises to UCalgary and MRU students to try to fill up. For at least the last 20 years (most like much longer) student housing has been self funded.Can Bow Valley College get some funding from the province and just convert an old office tower nearby or build student housing already? I mean every report and news story mentions a downtown post-secondary campus. We already have one, lets fund its expansion.
UofC also took over the old central library for their School of ArchitectureU of C built the one building downtown but always had plans for a full on campus. They should take the Nexen building, the refurbished park between it and the current building will have a sort of campus feel! lol.
On what grounds would they deny the approval? It's not the City's role to be denying an application to somehow protect the office market. The fact that there is a tenant pursuing a build-to-suit indicates that the type of office space they are seeking is not available currently (despite the glut of class B and C vacancy).I think the city should deny approval of the office portion and force them to focus on the residential and hotel towers. Also, they should be pushed to the 7th Ave side to retain 8th Ave (minus maybe the Thai building as a punch through to the courtyard. Plus keep the facades on 7th.
This "any growth is good growth" approach to city planning has cause so much damage over the past century.Also, why on earth would they deny an application for a major capital investment that will result in an increased property tax base? The City is still incredibly reliant on commercial property taxes and this project would mean tens of millions in property tax revenue per annum.
I hope they did some renos there, that building was in pretty rough shape when the library moved out!UofC also took over the old central library for their School of Architecture
I would argue they could deny approval on the grounds that this project would destroy legally protected heritage buildings that exist within a national historic district. (Buildings that were restored using taxpayer dollars from the City of Calgary I might add).On what grounds would they deny the approval? It's not the City's role to be denying an application to somehow protect the office market. The fact that there is a tenant pursuing a build-to-suit indicates that the type of office space they are seeking is not available currently (despite the glut of class B and C vacancy).
Also, why on earth would they deny an application for a major capital investment that will result in an increased property tax base? The City is still incredibly reliant on commercial property taxes and this project would mean tens of millions in property tax revenue per annum.
They could reject the entire development over those concerns, sure.I would argue they could deny approval on the grounds that this project would destroy legally protected heritage buildings that exist within a national historic district. (Buildings that were restored using taxpayer dollars from the City of Calgary I might add).
This blog does a great job at describing how the City of Calgary played a role in the revival of Stephen Ave and designating the buildings as historic resources in the first place...
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Stephen Avenue, Calgary's National Historic District — Heritage Calgary
A development permit has been submitted for 8th Avenue and 7th Avenue which could affect 17 heritage sites, including 7 designated sites.www.heritagecalgary.ca