I'd love to see this go through. The first rental tower in the East Village is a huge deal. If it's successful, hopefully other rental developers will take note! I'm looking at you, BCIMC!
A construction start this fall seems quite aggressive especially during the current economic climate, but if oil continues its short-lived recovery, who knows. Let the good times roll baby!
The great thing about rentals is that you don't need pre-sales, and with a targeted completion date of 2017, Calgary would undoubtedly have recovered from this economic issue by then and likely be back growing like crazy, so it's probably smart to be cautiously optimistic.