DiscoStu
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Time to shift things over to the other University then.
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maestro
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All that's left in phase 1 are the office blocks and the high rise blocks. Office blocks make sense they will take longer. The high rise blocks may hinge on cost of concrete and steel construction vs wood and steel. Or it's something as simple as Gracorp owning them all with future phases in mind.
A few pics from U/D on one of the rare cloudy evenings this month.
Beltline_B
Senior Member
Interesting. No plans for family housing, I wonder if there are plans for general student housing, or will the university turn it over to be developed like the rest of U/D?
darwink
Senior Member
The grad student residence (Crowsnest) fulfills most of that roll now.
Alex_YYC
Senior Member
Streetscape in front of Argyle looks good. A few mature trees are all that’s missing.
CBBarnett
Senior Member
Whenever anyone thinks 17th Avenue SW sidewalks are "good enough" for the pedestrian traffic, show them this picture.
While not always achievable in narrower right-of-ways, this is the width that a successfully designed pedestrian-centric urban sidewalk should have. I just think how different things would be if we recognized that in all our projects, public and private. Imagine if this was the scale of sidewalks Marda Loop main street was getting instead of a compromised vision, where to save a hand-full of parking stalls we lose 2m of the potential patio and sidewalk zone.
Tothewest
Active Member
You're not comparing 17th ave and Marda Loop, to University District, are you? Because obviously, that would be wildly unfair in countless ways
A few random pics from around University District.
The more I visit the district, the more I like it. Despite the area being so new and all the ongoing construction, it already has a nice green feel to it with lots of trees and shrubs and this is only going to get better over the next few years. As always, university Avenue is busy with people visiting all the retail spots, and that’s another thing that’s only going to get better over the coming years.
Imagine if Quarry Park, which will have a greenline station was developed like this.
The more I visit the district, the more I like it. Despite the area being so new and all the ongoing construction, it already has a nice green feel to it with lots of trees and shrubs and this is only going to get better over the next few years. As always, university Avenue is busy with people visiting all the retail spots, and that’s another thing that’s only going to get better over the coming years.
Imagine if Quarry Park, which will have a greenline station was developed like this.
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Dārayavauš
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Great pics! UD is really coming along.
I imagine Quarry Park could resemble this sort of with future developments.
UrbanWarrior
Senior Member
Honestly incredible. Blatchford could nevaaa 
MichaelS
Senior Member
The DP for the Discover Self Storage building in University District (north of the Children's Hospital) has been submitted. I debated creating a thread for it, as it is a bigger new building in University District, but it is also a self storage facility. I will leave it to someone else if we want a dedicated thread. Overall though, looks pretty decent for a self storage faciltiy.
It would be mediocre for a regular building, but it's the best design I've seen for a storage building.
Urban Outdoorsman
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Are those CRU's at the base?