[CalgaryTiger]

Looks like the conversion is underway to the building on the east side of 1St SE and 9th Ave. Some plywood hoarding and white bins are on the southside of the building. The picture is from some distance.. apologies.

 

[UrbanWarrior]

This one starting up?

 

[Surrealplaces]

I believe so. They've been doing some work on the building for a while, but don't know if it's full steam ahead yet. The scaffold is a good sign though.

 

[maestro]

It's a good looking building. Major modifications would be tragic.

There may not be a need to bail out owners of vacant office buildings with the apartment condo market rejuvenating.

 

[Surrealplaces]

It's a good looking building. Major modifications would be tragic.

There may not be a need to bail out owners of vacant office buildings with the apartment condo market rejuvenating.

This is the only rendering I've seen. Not as major a change as the Cornerstone or Sierra projects, but I'll miss the two tones of glass and spandrel and the vertical mullions.

 

[maestro]

So much better than I was imaging. I'm surprised the developer is going through the huge expanse of replacing the curtain wall and adding balconies. The window panes are small. Replacing the vision glass with more efficient glass should suffice.

 

[GoVertical]

Scaffolding going up at the old Teck place:

 

[DiscoStu]

What's the plan there?

I know it's nothing special, but it kinda sucks how we're losing more and more of these mid-century facades. Especially with what they are being replaced with.

 

[badc0ffee]

What's the plan there?

More discussion here: https://calgary.skyrisecities.com/forum/threads/office-space-conversion.27134/page-17#post-2053142

FWIW I agree it's a shame that we can't keep the mid-century look.

 

[Alex_YYC]

I like those century modern buildings, it’s a shame we can’t leave these buildings the way they are and convert some of the bigger uber-boring buildings like Ampersand, Calgary Place, or 5th and 5th.

 

[AtlanticAvenue]

Im actually impressed with the renders for the conversion, No random rectangles, they're keeping the arches, its keeping a good amount of the mid-century look.

 

[Surrealplaces]

Im actually impressed with the renders for the conversion, No random rectangles, they're keeping the arches, its keeping a good amount of the mid-century look.

Much better than what we saw with Sierra Place or Cornerstone.

 

[The Familia]

Yeah this doesn't look too bad overall, hoping for decent materials. Sierra Place, while disappointing they butchered the original mid-century look, I think is passable. Cornerstone is quite possibly the worst looking and cheaply constructed building I have seen in this city.

 

[haltcatchfire]

It's Cidex though so expect lots of deep purple spandrel.