[ION]

Following up on my last digression -- this might be the best place for me to post my Happy New Year All.
Hopefully the New Year is filled with lots of forward positive thinking for all who dwell here. The future is going to come at us in fast and furious fits and starts -- way more rapid-fire than we have experienced in the past.

Personally, this is the year that marks my return to Edmonton -- accompanying me will be some outsized plans with some outsized personalities. We will be working with Boston Dynamics to create a world class robotically-driven manufacturing facility that puts our products on the street to enliven, enrich, excite, and enthrall. We will be partnering with a couple of local developers to create what I think will be world-class-attention-grabbing projects. Edmonton will be our crucible, our head office, our planning centre, and our innovation laboratory. We plan to make main streets hum-m-m-m-m-m. Some of our employees are contributors on this forum.
The video here is meant to show that anything is possible and that our imaginations should be exercised and stretched to the greatest extent conceivable.

I've been obsessed with this video since it came out. Those robots dance way the heck better than I ever could! Mashed potato, on, friendos!

 

[adky_]

The time for the parking lot is almost up... anyone know what Westrich is planning to do with this site?

 

[Platinum107]

The time for the parking lot is almost up... anyone know what Westrich is planning to do with this site?

A robot fighting arena!

 

[archited]

I imagine they are in the final throes of negotiations with the City and are trying to take full advantage of the Tax Holiday offered by the City.

 

[IanO]

I'd bet that this is on ice for awhile.

 

[adky_]

Maybe we can put our hopes on the Shift in the meantime

 

[Edmcowboy11]

Shift is being pushed back to focus on Whyte/104st/A&N along with another Oliver project.

I suspect Edgar will pair it with the new park and start in 2-3 years.

Well admittedly, I'd love to see the Whyte ave development move forward so I'd be ok for now with that decision.

 

[IanO]

'too many people in one venue/block'

 

[Stevey_G]

'too many people in one venue/block'

Yet my hometown of Stony Plain, and the limited resources that their RCMP detachment has, can handle Farmers Days.

What a bunch of killjoys.

 

[IanO]

Basically.

That said, at the time Oil City had a poor track record at other venues...

 

[Avenuer]

This project is still going through the rezoning process - there was some contamination concerns that I believe have been addressed which has added time to the process.

 

[IanO]

Would you clarify it as 'active'?

Last I checked they were slowing this guy down.

 

[Avenuer]

Would you clarify it as 'active'?

Last I checked they were slowing this guy down.

Active to the extent that the rezoning is no long 'on hold' and they may get to Council yet this year if they can make it in before the election period.

 

[Clearshades]

Another words... preliminary issues.

 

[DutchBoy]

Consultation open https://engaged.edmonton.ca/tower106

To be honest (maybe this is just NIMBYism), I'm a bit annoyed at how our core is shaping out to be with more and more super tall skinny buildings. Someone made a point that it's naturally emerged from how North American cities sell and handle lots, but I would much prefer to see row housing like in the big European cities.