Mountain Man
Senior Member
That would require thinking, and that's not what the City does.
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Alex_YYC
Senior Member
A few more pics of the Mission street bridge. It has a much nicer feel in person than the previous setup.
Mountain Man
Senior Member
That turned out pretty good!
kora
Active Member
The lights on the bridge are a nice touch
Alex_YYC
Senior Member
New Lululemon location.
Alex_YYC
Senior Member
One another construction related note. A new entrance to something opening onto 17th.
AJX
Active Member
Great they’re adding a 17th Ave entrance, but ultimately it would be nice to see a whole new development and that useless parking lot gone altogether.
ShotArch
New Member
This sucks, it's such a unique building, the eve's/roof always remind me of a cruise ship when I was growing up
haltcatchfire
Senior Member
That entire parking lot should be a patio for beer drinking not for sitting cars.
Totally! I mean, it's what 6 parking spots? The space could be used for so much better. A patio in that spot would be great.
1875
Senior Member
Whoever owns it either has no money, no imagination or both
DiscoStu
Senior Member
Chances are it's probably a decent revenue stream for the owner as-is, so there's not much motivation to change anything.
darwink
Senior Member
That building has a lot of parking compared to what you’d expect from the street presence. It also has parking in the now non alley alley, and underground parking.
The rentable area of the building has sort of locked in stagnation (rent pressure due to address but poor street presence). The 7-11 space which I’d guess was vacated due to rent pressure then sat empty for almost a decade. And only replaced by a dry cleaner ( the last resort tenant type if they’re doing anything with chemicals on site). The corner restaurant space with almost no ‘parking lot exposure’ is a very large space that they’ve had trouble with since the Vietnamese restaurant closed, must be close to 20 years ago now?(now planned to be a day care?).
From what can see, the main floor might be fully leased for the first time in a generation. Likely a sign ownership shifted in some way (especially with the street access changes), like an inheritance at minimum. Could look for hints in a few hours when property records is open for business. Like a new mortgage.
Mountain Man
Senior Member
This CBC article mentions the intent to stay open. The source it the architect, but Strategic are not the most trustworthy developer, so that could change.I think we are going to need a source on this one, the stakes are too high!
Parker: U of C's School of Architecture Planning and Landscape eager for completion of new downtown home
SAPL dean John Brown is bringing in more than 800 students to the downtown campus in January, writes business columnist David Parker.
calgaryherald.com
Not sure which thread to put this in, but this seems as good as any. An update on the UofC's downtown architectural campus.
From the article.
observing the progress of massive renovations to the office tower that will welcome more than 800 students to classes there on Jan. 12, 2026.