Regina Construction II

[SkydivePilot]

Originally Posted by Spongebob

Heard from a source that a Hooters is coming to Regina. Anybody else heard anything on this?

Gawd, let's hope so!!!!!!!!

[one_brick_at_a_time]

Hooter's is awful. It's food is over priced with small portions, the atmosphere is tacky and the whole women in tight shirts and booty shorts is just degrading. What a fabulous novelty this will be for Regina...NOT! Does anyone remember the rumour of Red Lobster building a new restaurant as well as Olive Garden building on the old Superstore pad site...I wonder if anything exciting will happen there. It is kind of a lack-lustre development. Here's hoping for something more architecturally pleasing.

[jigglysquishy]

Hooter's wings are the best wings from any major chain restaraunt.

[skphc08]

Originally Posted by one_brick_at_a_time

Hooter's is awful. It's food is over priced with small portions, the atmosphere is tacky and the whole women in tight shirts and booty shorts is just degrading. What a fabulous novelty this will be for Regina...NOT! Does anyone remember the rumour of Red Lobster building a new restaurant as well as Olive Garden building on the old Superstore pad site...I wonder if anything exciting will happen there. It is kind of a lack-lustre development. Here's hoping for something more architecturally pleasing.

I went to Red Lobster about a month ago and the waitress did say something about a reno or new store. She didn't seem to know much though.

Wasn't there also supposed to be a Sheraton Four Points on Superstore pad site???

[babo]

Scheduled to open 2011 September 1, now opens 2011 September 8.

[BrannyMuffin]

Regina Urban Ecology has a good post about the 13th Ave Safeway.

http://reginaurbanecology.wordpress.com/2011/08/31/more-on-safeway/#more-4474

I would encourage you to click on the links. They are quite in-depth and offer some interesting suggestions.

[GregCB]

The crew is in the home-stretch laying down the paving stones on the plaza. I was through there last night and one thing I'm not clear on is why the stones are being laid east of the Scarth & 12th intersection. The plaza proper runs between Lorne and Scarth. At Lorne and 12th, there's a transition area with curbs and pavement leading into the plaza. A similar arrangement would've worked well at Scarth and 12th too, I think. Instead, it looks like they're going to run the paving stones up to the alley between Scarth and Hamilton.

[Nathan]

Originally Posted by GregCB

The crew is in the home-stretch laying down the paving stones on the plaza. I was through there last night and one thing I'm not clear on is why the stones are being laid east of the Scarth & 12th intersection. The plaza proper runs between Lorne and Scarth. At Lorne and 12th, there's a transition area with curbs and pavement leading into the plaza. A similar arrangement would've worked well at Scarth and 12th too, I think. Instead, it looks like they're going to run the paving stones up to the alley between Scarth and Hamilton.

They are probably leading it through the intersection a little more because the Scarth Street Pedestrian mall is there... and then also that stretch of start is often closed for the farmers' market (I think they are planning for growth so that the farmers' market is eventually in the new Plaza space as well as along Scarth).

[Nathan]

Originally Posted by SkydivePilot

Well, back in '85, there was a Downtown Master Plan called 'Rennaisance Regina', which included a redevelopment of the CBD and the CP Rail yards. Maybe that's what you remembered.

I don't think that's what I was remembering (I think what I'm thinking of is quite a bit older), although if anyone has a copy of the Rennaisance plan as well, I would love to check it out.

[TechnicalRecession]

Originally Posted by GregCB

The crew is in the home-stretch laying down the paving stones on the plaza. I was through there last night and one thing I'm not clear on is why the stones are being laid east of the Scarth & 12th intersection. The plaza proper runs between Lorne and Scarth. At Lorne and 12th, there's a transition area with curbs and pavement leading into the plaza. A similar arrangement would've worked well at Scarth and 12th too, I think. Instead, it looks like they're going to run the paving stones up to the alley between Scarth and Hamilton.

You are correct the paving stones will go past the Scarth and 12th intersection but not all the way to the alley, I'd estimate about a third of the way between the intersection and alley.

[TechnicalRecession]

Originally Posted by BrannyMuffin

Regina Urban Ecology has a good post about the 13th Ave Safeway.

http://reginaurbanecology.wordpress.com/2011/08/31/more-on-safeway/#more-4474

I would encourage you to click on the links. They are quite in-depth and offer some interesting suggestions.

There is some good points in here, I particularly agree about the glass windows and how that helps incorporate the street level activity both inside and outside of the current building, and if the new design takes that away it would be too bad..

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by TechnicalRecession

You are correct the paving stones will go past the Scarth and 12th intersection but not all the way to the alley, I'd estimate about a third of the way between the intersection and alley.

They also go south on Scarth almost up to the entrance of the Canada Life Building. I think they have another 2 weeks of work left at the pace they work. They still have to finish the sidewalk area in front of the twins as well.

[Stormer]

This shows the extent of the Plaza:


Regina.ca

[Draftsman]

Does anyone know if Harvard Developments has taken their Tower 3 Webcam offline or are they having technical issues? I have not been able to access it this week.

[thefourthtower]

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[VANRIDERFAN]

Originally Posted by thefourthtower

The third tower may be 19 floors , i have heard as soon as there done this tower another one is going up ,also the refinery may undergo a major expansion again could there be another 2 billion in the works.

Maybe then our gas price will go down (lol that will never happen )

On another note I sent an email to city hall regarding the planned work on Ring Road (Pasqua to Pinkie).Yesterday one of the city engineers called me back. Although work was to start in May, it will not start until October (mainly prep work) due to the amount of work the contractors have already in the hopper. There is a plan for a bike/walking path along Courtney that will join the Wascana paths with the North End.

I have to commend the city for the personal phone call.

[TechnicalRecession]

Originally Posted by thefourthtower

The third tower may be 19 floors , i have heard as soon as there done this tower another one is going up ,also the refinery may undergo a major expansion again could there be another 2 billion in the works.

Sorry, are you saying tower 3 is being dropped by 1 floor (I thought it was going to be 20). As for that other tower, I have heard that Harvard wants the same Ledcor team working on tower 3 to move down the street after tower 3 is done and build the 2nd FCC tower as FCC's lease is up in a couple of years and they want all they head office staff back in one building. That timing makes sense as the FCC tower would likely take a couple of years to be built.

[Chaps]

Originally Posted by TechnicalRecession

Sorry, are you saying tower 3 is being dropped by 1 floor (I thought it was going to be 20). As for that other tower, I have heard that Harvard wants the same Ledcor team working on tower 3 to move down the street after tower 3 is done and build the 2nd FCC tower as FCC's lease is up in a couple of years and they want all they head office staff back in one building. That timing makes sense as the FCC tower would likely take a couple of years to be built.

What do we know about the new FCC tower? Is this thing real or rumour? Specs?

[thefourthtower]

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[Draftsman]

Originally Posted by thefourthtower

The third tower may be 19 floors , i have heard as soon as there done this tower another one is going up ,also the refinery may undergo a major expansion again could there be another 2 billion in the works.

I don't believe that they have 'dropped' a floor from Tower 3. It was always planned to be this way. According to the renderings from Harvard Developments it clearly shows that the western half of the building (that with the blue curtain wall to match Towers I and II) is to be the same height as those towers but the rest of the tower (the eastern half) is a floor lower.