husky
Active Member
For what it's worth the cracks are evident in at least the 2023 Google Street view imagery
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Gus Haynes
Active Member
Central Edmonton ‘Pit’ high-profile example of stalled construction eyesore
A large construction site in central Edmonton was supposed to be home to a condo tower last year. The site in Wîhkwêntôwin, however, has since become an unfortunate eyesore of a landmark.
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husky
Active Member
Wonder if the surveyors were there to monitor the wall.
SMayo
Active Member
If Edmonton can have fines for not mowing your lawn, they should have massive fines for stagnant pits.
TAS
Senior Member
Went to check out Open Sky Developments website as I have in the past.
It's not active right now.
It's not active right now.
David A
Senior Member
If they can't figure out what to do with it soon, just sell it off and let someone else more willing to develop it go ahead.Central Edmonton ‘Pit’ high-profile example of stalled construction eyesore
A large construction site in central Edmonton was supposed to be home to a condo tower last year. The site in Wîhkwêntôwin, however, has since become an unfortunate eyesore of a landmark.
TAS
Senior Member
It was for sale earlier this year.
IanO
Superstar
It's certainly one of the 'key' sites in that area to get going on.
SMayo
Active Member
over 3 years of the pit being abandoned and almost 4 years since they broke ground, I really wish the city had tools to make it financially punishing to do this to a neighbourhood.
Garceyues
Active Member
Is it a matter of tools or political willpower? All they need to do is pass the appropriate legislation through a council vote, no?
TAS
Senior Member
It's hard to believe, if I remember correctly, that everything was well on it's way with this project with Clarke Builders as contractor and then deep into the excavation Open Sky was feeling bullish? and wanted to increase the number of floors by a few? and then it all went to h e double hockey sticks - unable to come to terms with contractor on extra work. And then new contractor found and apparently things back on track - but not for long before that business relationship fell apart. What a mess from Open Sky - if they still exist.
Gus Haynes
Active Member
A true disasterclass.
David A
Senior Member
Vacs
Active Member
That pit is going to be a hard sell.
The shoring has an expire date even if it’s monitored. It’s more than expired now.
The only way to do this project now is fill the hole and start over. Not cheap so will have to be factored into the sale price of the land
The shoring has an expire date even if it’s monitored. It’s more than expired now.
The only way to do this project now is fill the hole and start over. Not cheap so will have to be factored into the sale price of the land
positive1
Active Member
Out of interest, what is the expiry period for shoring? Is it a 2 year warranty or that sort of thing? I'm just interested to know what standards that's from or would it be part of a Contract?