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Haha. Remarkably expensive and often a grey area for maintenance, operation and safety.
The most important thing about all of this is that this will ensure the HO is here long term. Calgary and Vancouver have been circling for decades trying to get the Bank to move. The ever increasing CWB executive’s living in Cal, Van and TO was a threat to eventually moving the HO. As much as it pains me to say, there remains a massive problem of not being able to recruit high end executives to E-town. I know ATB has the same problem. Think NHL free agents not wanting to sign in Edmonton but on a corporate scale.
Huhhhh?? Did you read my post at all?Too negative an outlook. Yes we would want to have retained those head offices but you are ignoring a big group of newer generation Edmonton companies here and growing fast. Very happy CWB is recommitting to a HQ building in Edmonton.
Likewise, the Shaw story for historical reference:^^^^ Here in a nutshell is the Oxford story -- https://www.theglobeandmail.com/rep...of-familys-real-estate-company/article762945/
Agreed, While I like this better than the last couple of renders of their proposed residential tower, it's a far cry from what was in the original. Nice to have an all glass office building but this is pretty short and stumpy and doesn't look right in that location. Just flew over Doha a couple of days ago so seeing this bums me out a bit.Does this show how rough the market is right now? That we're only building 16 story office buildings in the core of our downtown amongst 25-66floor towers? I wouldn't mind this elsewhere, but these feels sort of lame. I think 25flrs minimum is needed to "fit" this area. 16 will be one of our shortest modern office towers, right next to the tallest tower in western canada.
I'm sure this is motivated by the market/money, but it makes me nervous. I would have rather seen a 16flr tower in phase 2 as part of the "step down" to the northern neighbourhoods. Mixed feelings overall.
...this city has quite the documented long and unfortunate history of corporations leaving the city and public spats between councilors and corporation (see Jan Riemer and Shaw).
It was in the Globe article I posted in post 1,652 and will share the link again here:What happened between Mayor Reimer and Shaw if you don't mind elaborating.
I see Shaw just gifted Calgary's Glenbow Museum $35 million for an artist's program and to provide free admission to the museum forever.