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What a missed opportunity to provide hundreds of housing units within walking distance to LRT! We aren't going to solve the housing crisis by building a few dozen rowhouse 4-plexes in Altadore and Mt Pleasant at $800,000 a unit. This Council is incredibly frustrating sometimes. :mad:
 
Albertasaurus said:
What a missed opportunity to provide hundreds of housing units within walking distance to LRT! We aren't going to solve the housing crisis by building a few dozen rowhouse 4-plexes in Altadore and Mt Pleasant at $800,000 a unit. This Council is incredibly frustrating sometimes. :mad:
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Eh - the design and orientation of this project was really poor. They really did nothing to design in any of that “walking”, it was a pure car-oriented building with massive parking and no pedestrian thoughtful designs anywhere within or around it.

The parcel could do a lot better than what was proposed to make actual walking more likely and enjoyable. Close enough on a map to transit isn’t the same thing as designed to be actually walkable.
 
Surrealplaces said:
Any idea what the reasoning was for the rejection?
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From a CTV news story (you've heard it before, for every development): "more traffic jams, safety concerns, daily disruptions and worries about the environment." The environmental thing is a bit rich considering it is a grass field.
 
CBBarnett said:
Eh - the design and orientation of this project was really poor. They really did nothing to design in any of that “walking”, it was a pure car-oriented building with massive parking and no pedestrian thoughtful designs anywhere within or around it.

The parcel could do a lot better than what was proposed to make actual walking more likely and enjoyable. Close enough on a map to transit isn’t the same thing as designed to be actually walkable.
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Yes but Council approves land use, not design. If Council did have concerns around walkability, etc they could have approved the land use but directed that the DP go to Planning Commission for review.
 
/\Nice! If you check out the DP drawings for the Sony site, it turns out that their increase in density is due to them planning a second tower of similar size to the first (which seems to still be moving ahead with more or less its original design). They appear to have a land use amendment application on the site to transfer density from the Riviera Apartments on 9 St SW to this site to allow for the second tower. So eventually 2, ~25 storey towers there which will bring some nice density to the area.
 
MichaelS said:
The City has done an update to its development map.
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It seems to be missing dates for the public comment periods. On the old map, for example, Central Taps Marda Loop said the city would be accepting comments until August 1st. I can't find that in the new details page. Same with the Sentinel (Aug 1), Viscount Bennett site (Aug 8), etc.

One thing it does still have is meeting dates. It still says, for example, that there is a public hearing for Blues by Batistella on Sep 10.
 
Not sure if this has been discussed yet but the City of Calgary's Development Map now has a 3D feature. It is awesome.

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