Regina Construction II

[Chadillaccc]

They really didnt think that one through....

[boborider]

Sadly, they did think it through, the same way they made the decision after the fact, regarding traffic or no traffic. It is thinking without the use of your brain. Requires no effort and they still get paid to go to work every day. This is truly a pathetic effort.

[thefourthtower]

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[Vercingetorix]

Originally Posted by Spongebob

I can understand the trend away from indoor malls. You can see it in Regina with the current malls. They just seem to be dying a slow and painful death. But if this is the wave of the future, then perhaps centralizing shopping downtown at the Cornwall and a continued expansion of the big box stores in the east end and Harbor Landing are in order. If the smaller suburban malls are to die, then maybe the land they are on could be put to better use.

It seems like a trend in many cities. Calgary has kind of bucked the trend, as the 5 largest malls have all expended and upgraded in the last few years. Most recently two of Calgary's downtown malls (the Eaton Centre and TD Square) merged to form 'The Core' and they did a 150 million dollar upgrade on it.

[StealthGirl]

Originally Posted by Dougler306

When i heared of an ice rink going in downtown by vic park i thought it was going to be that whole area where the light structures are(beam looking things) and the benches(so people can sit, tie up skates etc) not this little patch of ice in the middle of it all. Weak

I think this winter will really be a test for them to figure out how to do an ice rink on the plaza. Hopefully it gets enough skating traffic to warrant doing something larger scale next year.

This one looks the same size as the one which has been put on the field next to Hawrylak school the last two winters. It's probably a standard size for them.

[osmo]

Originally Posted by CCF

Sure, there's always going to be outliers. That being said, that's not a project anyone is going to want to copy as it has been called "the worst retail failure ever".

Yes the Xandu/ American Dream Mall is a colossal dud. Something like 2Billion had already been dumped into it and its still not done. Public money has to pumped in (again) to keep the white elephant going.

The Mall as you said, in the North American context is dead. They are relics. Highly sought after retailers see the value in opening up their own stand alone locations versus being tied down to the mercy of a mall and its board.

"Lifestyle" Centers and Highly visible retail are the future that most retail is going towards. Yes Suburban Big Box still has its place, but more and more from a urban context retailers are realizing that going back to the "Street" offers great potential for branding and reaching target markets.

[Bdog]

Originally Posted by osmo

Yes the Xandu/ American Dream Mall is a colossal dud. Something like 2Billion had already been dumped into it and its still not done. Public money has to pumped in (again) to keep the white elephant going.

The Mall as you said, in the North American context is dead. They are relics. Highly sought after retailers see the value in opening up their own stand alone locations versus being tied down to the mercy of a mall and its board.

"Lifestyle" Centers and Highly visible retail are the future that most retail is going towards. Yes Suburban Big Box still has its place, but more and more from a urban context retailers are realizing that going back to the "Street" offers great potential for branding and reaching target markets.

While it's true that almost no new malls have been built for the last 20 years, the mall is nowhere near dead in the North American context. On the contrary, almost every major mall in the country has undergone tens of millions of dollars in renovations over the past 5 to 7 years. Metrotown, Chinook, Polo Park, Eaton Centre, Yorkdale, Square One, etc, etc, etc. Tonnes of new renovation projects have been announced in the past 1 or 2 years as well. Almost every major retailer that comes into a new market (or into the Canadian market) does so in one of the premier malls in the region - only really in Toronto (and to a lesser extent, Montreal and Vancouver) do you regularly see retailers going directly to the street.

So no, we're not going to see many more enclosed malls being built in Canada. But we are going to see further improvements and investments to the the existing premier malls (which feature the premier retailers, and have the highest rents), and the death of the uncompetitive secondary malls (those ones with a Zellers and grocer as the anchors, a few small services and dollar stores, and 50% vacancy rates).

[Draftsman]

I tried to post a few photos that I took today of Tower III under construction. This is the first time I have attempted to post my pics to this site. I use a Mac and I seem to be having trouble attaching my URL's from my FLICKR account. I have tried using the IMG tag but no success.
Can someone please assist me, please? Thanks!

[Dougler306]

Originally Posted by thefourthtower

Cash disparity troubles U of R







By Will Chabun, Leader-PostDecember 9, 2011 6:05 PM


Read more: http://www.leaderpost.com/business/Cash+disparity+troubles/5838822/story.html#ixzz1g5XGSfEW

^ this is is so true and as a university student at the UofR i get really upset seeing this. I do not see why the UofS receives triple the funding, is the govt purposely holding back the Uof R?? Thats my guess. I actually wanted to go to the UofS, but since i live in regina the UofR saves me money but i feel im not getting my moneys worth here

[Draftsman]

Sorry, still having trouble attaching my photos from FLICKR.

[sask1982]

Originally Posted by Draftsman

Sorry, still having trouble attaching my photos from FLICKR.

Why aren't you posting them in the Tower III thread?

[blacktrojan3921]

Originally Posted by Dougler306

^ this is is so true and as a university student at the UofR i get really upset seeing this. I do not see why the UofS receives triple the funding, is the govt purposely holding back the Uof R?? Thats my guess. I actually wanted to go to the UofS, but since i live in regina the UofR saves me money but i feel im not getting my moneys worth here

Norris pretty much explained the reason for the money going more towards U of S, Norris said the U of S has many special responsibilities and costs that come with having high-profile science projects like the Canadian Light Source Synchrotron and the International Vaccine Centre, plus the College of Medicine, which serves the entire province and was put on probation by an accreditation agency a decade ago unless expensive upgrades were authorized.

You'll also have to keep in mind that UofR is only 37 years old as an established university, basically nearly 70 years older. They had time to develop critically important institutions and schools.

[thefourthtower]

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[sask1982]

[QUOTE=thefourthtower;5512246]

Originally Posted by sask1982

Why aren't you posting them in the Tower III thread?[/Qif he wants to post some photos on here let him who cares where they go why must you be a critic enjoy it dont destroy it

I welcome the pics. Honestly i personally don't care where they are posted. It just goes against the whole point of having separate threads. It's called keeping things organized. Why would i look at the tower III thread if there are pics of tower III scattered all over numerous other threads. See where i'm goin with this?

[Draftsman]

I apologize for not knowing that there was a separate thread for Tower III. Thanks for the heads up!

[skthunder77]

Hi everyone,

Has anyone on this forum heard anything definitive or further on the FCC tower "twin" that is rumoured to be going up as soon as crews are done with Tower III?

Last I had heard is that Harvard wants the crew that is currently working on T3 to just "move down the street" and commence on a second FCC tower connected to the first.

Hamilton street would definitively change should that be true.

These are exciting times in Regina.

[HomeInMyShoes]

^I'd love to see that. I'd also love to see them start digging the hole for Rose Street too.

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by skthunder77

Hi everyone,

Has anyone on this forum heard anything definitive or further on the FCC tower "twin" that is rumoured to be going up as soon as crews are done with Tower III?

Last I had heard is that Harvard wants the crew that is currently working on T3 to just "move down the street" and commence on a second FCC tower connected to the first.

Hamilton street would definitively change should that be true.

These are exciting times in Regina.

All of what you say is consistent with what I have heard.

[micheal]

Originally Posted by skthunder77

Hi everyone,

Has anyone on this forum heard anything definitive or further on the FCC tower "twin" that is rumoured to be going up as soon as crews are done with Tower III?

Last I had heard is that Harvard wants the crew that is currently working on T3 to just "move down the street" and commence on a second FCC tower connected to the first.

Hamilton street would definitively change should that be true.

These are exciting times in Regina.

I have a friend that used to work for harvard and he said the 2nd fcc tower is in the works. They have most of it leased and will get built before harvard tower 4. he also told me there will be a tower crane up every year for the next ten years. Im guessing there will be alot of activity happening. Also from what i'm hearing Royalty developments will get going on the tower on rose and 12ave early in the new year.

[Spongebob]

Originally Posted by micheal

I have a friend that used to work for harvard and he said the 2nd fcc tower is in the works. They have most of it leased and will get built before harvard tower 4. he also told me there will be a tower crane up every year for the next ten years. Im guessing there will be alot of activity happening. Also from what i'm hearing Royalty developments will get going on the tower on rose and 12ave early in the new year.

How tall is the 2nd FCC tower supposed to be?