Edmonton Construction 9 (2008-08) - Page 147

Coldrsx · #**2921** Posted **Jan 27, 2009, 4:00 PM**

while no where near perfect, it is decent considering the main level treatment and the area.

240glt · #**2922** Posted **Jan 27, 2009, 8:04 PM**

EDC Feb 3 agenda: http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/PermitsLicences/Feb3Agenda.pdf

Look what's shown up again:

Corner One - Development Permit Application
BCM Developments - Max Raimondi
10148 - 95 Street NW
Site Legally Described as:
Lot 49, Block 2, Plan 8923158

Coldrsx · #**2923** Posted **Jan 27, 2009, 8:15 PM**

^It would be nice to see that project in tandem with 'Valleyview' once the cycle returns for some critical mass there.

240glt · #**2924** Posted **Jan 27, 2009, 9:51 PM**

Check this out from the coolnet... I hope this looks really neat.

The purpose of this proposal is to change four 'ATB Financial' roof top (one per side) fluorescent signs on ATB Place 9888 Jasper Avenue to LED system. Remove existing backs of letters and change existing electrical system for LED electrical system.

basilbrush · #**2925** Posted **Jan 28, 2009, 4:05 AM**

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Originally Posted by 240glt

Here is the Artisan condo that went to EDC on the 20th. This is proposed for 111th ave and 91 st, just to the west of the Esks office by Commonwealth stadium.

I don't mind the patio parking for this one. The area has some unique parking issues and i think what is proposed here makes it look a bit more inviting to new potential customers. I'd love to see some new retail and eateries in the area and this may be the best way to kick that kind of development off.
Not a big fan of the white colour scheme. Looks good in the rendering, but in real world applications the brightness just wears off in a few years.

Coldrsx · #**2926** Posted **Jan 28, 2009, 6:05 PM**

some pictures i took of van's Shangri-la... how amazing would that be on the urbia lot.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=4053613#post4053613

GoMod · #**2927** Posted **Jan 28, 2009, 6:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by 240glt

Here is the Artisan condo that went to EDC on the 20th. This is proposed for 111th ave and 91 st, just to the west of the Esks office by Commonwealth stadium.

Height is ok. i can't see anything that size (trees) growing on the roof unless something is done about the height. The asphalt courtyard is unfortunate and the 'attempt' to mask it as someone suggested is patheticly under planted. They should continue the building mass along the street instead.

240glt · #**2928** Posted **Jan 28, 2009, 7:23 PM**

^ Given the constraints of the property I would bet that the surface parking area is overtop of a level of u/g parking.

Not in defence of the front parking area but I do see why it is done like that as the lot is in the middle of a block and there is no street parking on 112th at that site. Parking at the rear may hinder retail or service development on the main floor.

GoMod · #**2929** Posted **Jan 28, 2009, 7:37 PM**

Sad how the vehicle dictates everthing we do...

Coldrsx · #**2930** Posted **Jan 28, 2009, 7:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by GoMod

Sad how the vehicle dictates everthing we do...

unfortunate...

*my word for the week

CMD UW · #**2931** Posted **Jan 28, 2009, 7:47 PM**

LRT's Bay Station renamed Bay/Enterprise Square

By Gordon Kent, edmontonjournal.comJanuary 28, 2009 12:05 PM

EDMONTON — LRT passengers, stay alert — Bay Station has been renamed Bay/Enterprise Square.

Council’s executive committee approved the change Wednesday after the University of Alberta lost an application to call the station Enterprise Square to help direct transit riders to its downtown campus in the former Bay building.

“It was kind of a popular opinion that the Bay in some form stay in the name of the LRT station,” said naming committee chair Donna Zimmer.

The station was given its original name when it opened in 1981 to mark the store location and honour the Hudson Bay Co., says a city report.

But Mayor Stephen Mandel said names should change to make it easier to get around.

“If you went to a great number of Edmontonians who just moved here in the past 12 years, they wouldn’t know the Bay ever was there.”

The university will pay about $25,000 to erect new signs in and around the station, at Jasper Avenue and 103rd Street, and put in new recorded announcements on LRT trains, the report says.

The U of A is also working with groups to create plaques or other recognition in the station for the Hudson Bay Co.’s historical importance in Edmonton’s development.

Transportation general manager Bob Boutilier said the signs and train announcements should be in place by the fall.

In February, the naming committee will hear a request from the Jubilee Auditorium to rename the nearby Health Sciences station Health Sciences/Jubilee.

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© Copyright (c) The Edmonton Journal

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Travel/Station+renamed+Enterprise+Square/1227332/story.html

CMD UW · #**2932** Posted **Jan 28, 2009, 7:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by GoMod

Height is ok. i can't see anything that size (trees) growing on the roof unless something is done about the height. The asphalt courtyard is unfortunate and the 'attempt' to mask it as someone suggested is patheticly under planted. They should continue the building mass along the street instead.

Agreed!

dancinb · #**2933** Posted **Jan 28, 2009, 8:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by CMD UW

LRT's Bay Station renamed Bay/Enterprise Square

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“If you went to a great number of Edmontonians who just moved here in the past 12 years, they wouldn’t know the Bay ever was there.”

...

© Copyright (c) The Edmonton Journal

For someone who grew up in the city, I don't remember there ever being a Bay there. I'm 30.

The biggest reason I know that it's "The Bay Building" is because of the name of that LRT station. I'm reminded every time I go past that station (as a passenger on the train or as a pedestrian on the street) of the history of that building. Glad they kept the word "Bay" in the name!

Kevin_foster · #**2934** Posted **Jan 28, 2009, 8:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by GoMod

Sad how the vehicle dictates everthing we do...

I third that.

Kevin_foster · #**2935** Posted **Jan 28, 2009, 9:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by Coldrsx

some pictures i took of van's Shangri-la... how amazing would that be on the urbia lot.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=4053613#post4053613

Welcome back. Shangri-La looks awesome. Is that the Melville? How does it look? The top of it doesn't seem as bad as originally rendered... before it looked like a bad 1990s hair wave.

WhipperSnapper · #**2936** Posted **Jan 28, 2009, 9:15 PM**

I have expect to see palm trees. Real sun belt look to it.

Coldrsx · #**2937** Posted **Jan 28, 2009, 9:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by Kevin_foster

Welcome back. Shangri-La looks awesome. Is that the Melville? How does it look? The top of it doesn't seem as bad as originally rendered... before it looked like a bad 1990s hair wave.

Melville was very impressive as well... the podium and retail is hot hot heat.

Coldrsx · #**2938** Posted **Jan 28, 2009, 10:02 PM**

interesting... for didn't Total make reference a while back about a potential office here should they be a player?

EDMONTON — The French oil giant Total SA is launching a $617 million bid to acquire struggling UTS Energy, a firm whose main asset is a 20-per-cent stake in the proposed Fort Hills oilsands mine near Fort McMurray and an upgrader project near Fort Saskatchewan.

Petro-Canada, the majority owner of the project, decided last year to defer a decision because of soaring construction costs.

British Columbia-based mining firm Teck Cominico, which is also facing its own financial challenges, owns the other 20 per cent stake.

Total’s subsidiary, Total E&P Canada, aims to acquire all outstanding UTS shares for $1.30 each, a 57 per cent premium over Tuesday’s market price.

UTS is reviewing the unsolicited approach and in a statement advised shareholders to “take no action at this time.”

Total’s interest should improve the chances for Fort Hills.

If the mine gets the green light over the next year, production of 160,000 barrels a day of bitumen in phase one could start in 2013.

Total said in a release that acquiring the UTS stake will strengthen its portfolio in the Athabasca region, comprised of the Joslyn and Northern Lights leases that are both near Fort Hills.

Joslyn would be a surface mine project.

Engineering studies for Total’s upgrader project near Fort Saskatchewan are proceeding as planned, said the company.

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© Copyright (c) The Edmonton Journal

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Business/giant+Total+bids+acquire+Energy/1227255/story.html

240glt · #**2939** Posted **Jan 28, 2009, 10:23 PM**

^ there were rumours to that effect. Total is a pretty bullish company, Would be nice to see the oilsands player set up office here, especially since the vast majority of the engineering & operations as well as expertise come from Edmonton.

Coldrsx · #**2940** Posted **Jan 28, 2009, 10:27 PM**

^most of the engineering is Calgary... operations split IMO... manu and fab here.