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IanO said:
Good points Ken, but I distinctly recall options on the table to accelerate housing projects with a per door subsidy for the first 500-1000 units, but phase two of the park went forward instead.

It was a lack of prioritization and needing to get momentum going.
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Because why spur development when you can spur further park space that just adds to City maintenance liabilities? ;)
 
Ya I agree with IanO on this. Ken makes some good points but it's all conjecture. I had some dealings directly with the folks in charge of the Quarters CRL and they didn't have any grounding in market fundamentals to inform how projects were prioritized or how it would affect the CRL. In an area the City knew land ownership was extremely fragmented, difficult to develop and lack of demand for said development due to social disorder and no lack of other opportunities or redevelopment plans around Edmonton. The City now is $100m liability on the this CRL and to the public's eye not a lot of show for it.
 
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Something this tall would look even better around the arena district ! Too bad something like this isn’t likely to happen there! 🤷🏻‍♂️
 
MetroEd said:
Something this tall would look even better around the arena district ! Too bad something like this isn’t likely to happen there! 🤷🏻‍♂️
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If only The Edmontonian got built for that reason. However, the parking lots behind Roger's Place are a prime area for some towers of that size.
 
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We are heading in to year 7 of the 10 year deadline set by council for the Alldritt Tower. If it expires, does the current 'park' just stay as is; or is the land returned to the city?

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The vote Wednesday starts the clock for Alldritt Group. It has 10 years to finish geotechnical studies, detailed design and secured a valid development permit. If it misses the deadline, the company loses the rights granted by this rezoning and nothing can be built except a park.


edmontonjournal.com

Council votes 7-5 in favour of the 80-storey Alldritt Tower

A new 80-storey tower approved Wednesday for The Quarters could set a record for height in Western Canada.
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I don't know if they will get it together in the next few years or not, but given it has been 7 years already and it would be a real stretch for this company, I suspect not.

Also, if it were up to me, I would be inclined not to give an extension - 10 years is ample time and I think it just drags things out if extended. If it hasn't happened by then, I doubt it will.
 
archited said:
Alldritt has mostly completed detailed design (headed by Dub, Architect) and also completed geotechnical research. Will they pick up the pieces from the COVID setback? -- we'll see. I still think they will come through.
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I remain skeptical.
They haven't built ANYTHING other than SFH in years, and even these are not going out of the door as quickly as one would hope.
 
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archited said:
Alldritt has mostly completed detailed design (headed by Dub, Architect) and also completed geotechnical research. Will they pick up the pieces from the COVID setback? -- we'll see. I still think they will come through.
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Archited, do you mean to say the Architect and sub-consultants have completed "detailed design" pre-design (schematic phase) and have almost completed detailed design development but have not yet started the actual construction (contract) documents? Do you happen to know who the civil and structural sub-consultants are and whether the Client has engaged a contractor for pre-con services for the design work completed to date?
 
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