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scyeg
Active Member
Updated, sure, but from what I've seen in that building, it was really lacking in maintenance. Maybe with so few tenants, they just became complacent.
bodsbods9090
Senior Member
Where is WSP moving to?
archited
Senior Member
^ Rumor has them moving to an office building in the core on or adjacent to 101st street, a more central location to be sure. Maybe (and I mean just maybe) they will be a new tenant in the Connect Centre as it comes back to life. WSP on 109th street will be renamed and converted to residential as noted above.
Gronk!
Senior Member
The more residents living in the downtown area, the merrier! However, WSP does have the Central Social Hall that is transformed into a nightclub on weekend nights so I wonder if that will be an issue with residential conversion?
yeggator
Active Member
The building where Greta Bar is across the street seems to be doing fine.
Kosy123
Senior Member
It's great to see office to residential conversions without Calgary levels of financial subsidies tbh.
IanO
Superstar
Rice Howard Way Place I believe.
Airboy
Senior Member
I was going to say Stantec Tower. (The joke in our industry). Assimilation especially with the amount of people I know over there that used to work at Stantec. .
wormwood
Active Member
EDC Feedback from December 2, 2025 meeting:
While the Committee supports this development in principle with respect to scale and typology, there are a number of items that require significant review and refinement:
● Refine and better define the form and function of the roof garden area, establishing distinct access/walkway routes; open active use (e.g., courts) areas; and more intimate shaded passive gathering areas.
● Consider a revision to the overall exterior facade design, including further review and editing of the combination of materials selection, colours, and window selection. The project has too many elements and ideas on the exterior design, and is very “busy.” The design palette would benefit from better reflecting the historic character of the community.
● Review the competing geometries and datums on different elevations. For example, on the commercial facing elevations, the north elevation windows are different sizes with differing casement styles and different joints to align with different window alignments found on the rest of the building. Recommend simplifying or being more consistent across the exterior design.
● Consider reorienting or relocating the north stairwell to allow for an expanded commercial frontage on the north elevation.
● Consider relocating the parkade “doghouse” as it currently interferes with the proposed window placement, and runs parallel with the on-site pedestrian sidewalk and barrier-free parking.
● Reconsider replacing the horizontal brick banding with an alternate material and use the brick material at street level to better ‘ground’ the building and to provide a more durable material at ground level.
● Reconsider the shared amenity space, the size of the gym and party room are small and the practicality and useability of those spaces would be limited. Ideally larger rooms would be provided. Alternatively, more mindfully consider the needs of the building community.
● Encourage the inclusion of balconies which adds to overall quality of life for residents.
● Refine the commercial frontage along 109 Avenue and 107 Street to include site furniture (e.g., seat walls/benches, waste/recycle receptacles, bicycle racks, etc.) and features (e.g. decorative surfacing, pedestrian scaled lighting, planters, etc.) that promote animation, activity, and gathering within the public realm. The use of Parkland Pillar Birch in storefront areas along 109 Avenue should be reconsidered as this will screen store frontages.
Note: the use of these trees along the parking lot edge may be a concern with respect to CPTED. The proposed sod strips and planting of Kelsey Dogwood along 107 Street frontage should be reconsidered with respect to establishing an active public realm and potential hardiness and maintenance issues.
● Consider the addition of landscape islands separating the service lane from the parking stalls and the removal of the proposed median island landscaping and strips of blue oat grass plantings, which will be impacted by vehicle/pedestrian movement and winter maintenance (e.g., snow removal/storage).
● Daycare use requires fenced outdoor space for children as per Provincial Regulation. Request the proponent review the requirement and confirm; as adding one now would significantly change the site plan as proposed.
For the Motion: K. Dieterman, M. Tindall, N. Pryce, K. Oxley, J. Monfries, D. Brown, S. Gibson, G. Freer, C. Dorward CARRIED
ADob
Active Member
"Consider a revision to the overall exterior facade design, including further review and editing of the combination of materials selection, colours, and window selection. The project has too many elements and ideas on the exterior design, and is very “busy.” The design palette would benefit from better reflecting the historic character of the community."
Alas, this is true for most recent builds: patchwork quilts, occasionally with blue piping.
Alas, this is true for most recent builds: patchwork quilts, occasionally with blue piping.
David A
Senior Member
Well the nearby area is mostly residential, so this does make some sense. Although, with the nightclub and it being at the intersection of two busy roads, residents would have to have a tolerance for some noise.
Also actually a very good selection of restaurants, fast food places, coffee shops and a grocery store nearby, so that is a plus for residential.
archited
Senior Member
My darling is a little bit Rock and Roll and I am a little bit Country so we wouldn't mind the night club thing very much if at all.
johnnyboy
Active Member
Don't forget the overuse of LED lighting.
itom987
Senior Member
They should do a better job of hiding the parking lot.