Edmonton Construction Part 14 (October 2023) - Page 37

Black Star · #**721** Posted **Sep 7, 2024, 1:08 AM**

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Originally Posted by Rocket252

Quite a difference from my visit to Vancouver over the weekend where they are building 50-60 story condo Towers along MetroTown and Brentwood Transit Centers. Amazing construction there.

Two different worlds.

Edmonton will always be small potato's. Strange they always come up with the lamest rebuttals, well, we have lots of land blah blah. NOT in the core lol.

Black Star · #**722** Posted **Sep 7, 2024, 1:48 AM**

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Originally Posted by Coldrsx

Very Impressive......always good to see this kind of (Upward) progress even in the Suburbs

Even when people think wooden 6 stories in the core are cool

Rocket252 · #**723** Posted **Sep 7, 2024, 12:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by Black Star

Edmonton will always be small potato's. Strange they always come up with the lamest rebuttals, well, we have lots of land blah blah. NOT in the core lol.

I would agree with you.

YegFan · #**724** Posted **Sep 7, 2024, 7:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by Rocket252

Quite a difference from my visit to Vancouver over the weekend where they are building 50-60 story condo Towers along MetroTown and Brentwood Transit Centers. Amazing construction there.

Two different worlds.

^metro economies are quite different. Edmonton has grown quite a bit, but mostly industrial. Very little growth of employment in the core. Until Microsoft, Amazon, etc...those kinds of employers choose Edmonton downtown to locate, you will always end up with what we have.

Coldrsx · #**725** Posted **Sep 9, 2024, 2:20 AM**

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Coldrsx · #**726** Posted **Sep 9, 2024, 3:47 PM**

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Coldrsx · #**727** Posted **Sep 9, 2024, 5:00 PM**

Approved without debate! This will be a great addition to the area and good scale.

GenWhy? · #**728** Posted **Sep 9, 2024, 9:18 PM**

Townhomes along 105 st and along 81 ave it looks like?

Coldrsx · #**729** Posted **Sep 9, 2024, 10:31 PM**

Live-work I hope and would make more sense.

Xelebes · #**730** Posted **Sep 10, 2024, 12:49 AM**

That's the old church site behind Chianti's?

CMD UW · #**731** Posted **Sep 10, 2024, 12:59 AM**

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Originally Posted by Rocket252

Quite a difference from my visit to Vancouver over the weekend where they are building 50-60 story condo Towers along MetroTown and Brentwood Transit Centers. Amazing construction there.

Two different worlds.

Well, land economics are different when you factor in limited land for development due to physical constraints like oceans, mountains along with a slew of policies that limit development such as Agricultural Land Reserves. So yeah, the only place you can develop is up.

DKaz · #**732** Posted **Sep 10, 2024, 5:39 PM**

The real war should be against detached home properties. They wouldn't need as many super tall high rises if they had more medium density everywhere. Low density is the biggest impediment to Metro Vancouver's liveability goals.

Through all its criticisms, Blatchford is a gift to Edmonton and I commend CoE for sticking to their guns on their vision for the site. Fitting 16 house sized homes plus 16 secondary suites where 8-12 detached homes would normally fit.

s211 · #**733** Posted **Sep 10, 2024, 9:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by DKaz

The real war should be against detached home properties. They wouldn't need as many super tall high rises if they had more medium density everywhere. Low density is the biggest impediment to Metro Vancouver's liveability goals.

Through all its criticisms, Blatchford is a gift to Edmonton and I commend CoE for sticking to their guns on their vision for the site. Fitting 16 house sized homes plus 16 secondary suites where 8-12 detached homes would normally fit.

War?

That escalated rapidly.

Harrison · #**734** Posted **Sep 11, 2024, 3:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by Xelebes

That's the old church site behind Chianti's?

Indeed it is. This, plus Cidex's South Scona project kitty corner will make these few blocks south of Whyte feel WAY better once developed.

CMD UW · #**735** Posted **Sep 11, 2024, 4:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by Harrison

Indeed it is. This, plus Cidex's South Scona project kitty corner will make these few blocks south of Whyte feel WAY better once developed.

Suuuuure will.

Coldrsx · #**736** Posted **Sep 11, 2024, 4:29 PM**

All it needs is a Subway and Starbucks to really scream 'we've made it!'

Ducey · #**737** Posted **Sep 11, 2024, 7:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by DKaz

Through all its criticisms, Blatchford is a gift to Edmonton and I commend CoE for sticking to their guns on their vision for the site. Fitting 16 house sized homes plus 16 secondary suites where 8-12 detached homes would normally fit.

A testament to how social engineering doesnt work.

Sohi is today complaining the the budget is maxed out for the foreseeable future and the new City council will be just trying to keep the lights on.

Meanwhile Blatchford is housing maybe 150 people at an expense of $631 M for the site and another $291 M for the LRT to go there.

Add that to the composting and recycling programs that are hugely expensive and result in most things going in the landfill, and we have a lot of people paying a lot of money in taxes so a few people can mistakenly believe they are changing the world.

Rocket252 · #**738** Posted **Sep 11, 2024, 11:04 PM**

^ waste of time and money - this project started when - 2016?

Edmonton_Ian · #**739** Posted **Sep 11, 2024, 11:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by Ducey

A testament to how social engineering doesnt work.

Sohi is today complaining the the budget is maxed out for the foreseeable future and the new City council will be just trying to keep the lights on.

Meanwhile Blatchford is housing maybe 150 people at an expense of $631 M for the site and another $291 M for the LRT to go there.

Add that to the composting and recycling programs that are hugely expensive and result in most things going in the landfill, and we have a lot of people paying a lot of money in taxes so a few people can mistakenly believe they are changing the world.

Great concepts but expensive ones that drive up the cost of the area so that it's just an enclave for a few dozen families at this point. Biggest boondoggle in Edmonton history if you ask me is both Blatchford and the North LRT to nowhere...

Airboy · #**740** Posted **Sep 12, 2024, 3:31 PM**

Spawl is still more damaging to budgets IHO. Services have to go out to those newer areas but you sill have to maintain or upgrade existing in the older parts.

Blatchford is not the expense sink people believe. The LRTs are all funded by 3 levels of Gov.

Lets stop building out and redevelop older underused areas.

But thats just my opinion.