Munanyo
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Also here's hoping this spurs some development around the area and helps kickstart Ice District 2.0 residential to finally get going.
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Avenuer
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With this change the tower would be 37 floos and 120 metres tall. For reference, EPCOR Tower is 150 metres tall at the tip of the spires (top of mechanical roof is around 140 metres).
bodsbods9090
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archited
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Just as I had predicted -- news release this fall for the new 37 storey tower (incidentally the base was already structurally designed for the additional height) with a construction start next year probably between late spring and mid-summer. Qualico is underscoring their own momentum with this project -- if it leases up quickly then there will be additional construction news to follow. This is now Edmonton's premier build -- congratulations Qualico (hopefully other developers will take note and stop building "cookie-cutter" projects thinking that they are doing right by the City and its people).
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archited
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Another thought -- this should also juice their retail and hospitality offerings in the "Switch" -- the complex is now underscoring a strong forward movement to build a City within a City.
Tropical
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I stopped reading at "just as I had predicted".
I will start with "I'm really happy to see this".
Canadian 001
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IF this starts, It will be the tallest building built since the Encore Tower back in 2020,
This being CONFIRMED as the new height after months of speculation is Interesting,
This could be a Pivotal moment in the Project,
As it could either start work and wow us all or get cancelled and disappoint all of Skyrise Edmonton
bodsbods9090
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What's making you say IF? Qualico has a decent track record, no?
CplKlinger
Senior Member
What are the odds that the application will get approved? Does it need to go to a public hearing?
Dubas
Active Member
The stationlands pedway access will be done right on time for this new tower as well. Will make it much more attractive to professionals working downtown, and hopefully makes our pedway system feel much safer
Agard
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Hate to sound like I'm complaining since this is great news and I'm very happy, but I really feel that they should have used the same white cladding they have on the front of the Switch instead of the grey they have chosen
Edmontonian
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It's kind of hard to tell but in the second image it looks like they will be using that white in the same sort of way they have on Tower 1 on the opposite side of the building, if you take a really close look you can see the strip of white at the end in the render. Perhaps its too much grey however we can expect high quality materials here which makes everything look so much better.
archited
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A better reference might be the CN Tower which is 110.9 Meters -- so 9+ meters taller than CN.
archited
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Also remember the above-ground Switch park which will enhance the surrounds for CN and the RAM as well as make the Retail/Hospitality offerings by Qualico developed in a more desirable setting.
kcantor
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I predicted this in 1998 when we bought it from CN and have the newspaper clippings to prove it!
I’m also really happy to see this and really happy with Qualico’s ongoing commitment and patience to doing it right.