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Old Posted Feb 16, 2012, 5:19 PM
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A few of us ended up having drinks at the hat with 2 architects who are working on the arena and grant mac DC2.

...very exciting
Centre for the arts building?

Also, please tell me someone is buying Square 104 rental apartments and disassembling it in the cover of night, slowly putting it away in an underground bunker in a box that says "never again".
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Old Posted Feb 16, 2012, 5:24 PM
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Market forces will make that happen. Likely not for awhile though. Post-arena, that land will be much more valuable than its current use.
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Old Posted Feb 16, 2012, 5:25 PM
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Centre for the arts building?

Also, please tell me someone is buying Square 104 rental apartments and disassembling it in the cover of night, slowly putting it away in an underground bunker in a box that says "never again".
Nope. Edmonton has too much underutilized land to even think about replacing current productive uses, especially ones less than 10 years old. The parcel Square 104 is on sold for around $30 million in I think it was 2006. I wasn't around then - did that include the buildings or just the land?
     
     
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Old Posted Feb 16, 2012, 5:28 PM
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'Centre for the arts building?'

That is part of the DC2 'one campus plan' but not specifically what they spoke about.
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Old Posted Feb 16, 2012, 5:33 PM
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The problem is, now that the Minister has granted the title of "University" to the name Grant MacEwan, section 121(3) of the Post Secondary Learning Act applies.
this section states:
the following do not apply to any use or development of real property owned by or
leased to the board of a university:
(a) an enactment that requires, in the use or development of
land, compliance with any building code or similar bylaw,
land use bylaw, statutory plan as defined in Part 17 of the
Municipal Government Act or any similar resolution or
regulation;
(b) an enactment that requires, in the use or development of
land, approval or permission to be given by any municipal
or other authority before that use or development is
commenced.
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Old Posted Feb 16, 2012, 5:33 PM
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'Centre for the arts building?'

That is part of the DC2 'one campus plan' but not specifically what they spoke about.
Got it.

I'd sure love to see GMU build up the western portion of their campus, specifically if it's to spruce up the 'oliver shopping district' with some nice modern buildings. IIRC, the arts building will be in front of, or just adjacent to, the residence building.
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Old Posted Feb 16, 2012, 5:50 PM
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The Oliver Shopping Centre could be redeveloped into something very cool to capitalize on the Grant Mac student body. A giant car-centric suburban-style development adjacent to an urban university campus in downtown is uhhh...not good
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The Oliver Shopping Centre could be redeveloped into something very cool to capitalize on the Grant Mac student body. A giant car-centric suburban-style development adjacent to an urban university campus in downtown is uhhh...not good
It looks like the Back o' the Mac portion of the North Edge will be the area that has the most potential to service the students better than Oliver Square ever will.
     
     
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The Oliver Shopping Centre could be redeveloped into something very cool to capitalize on the Grant Mac student body. A giant car-centric suburban-style development adjacent to an urban university campus in downtown is uhhh...not good
It's a good thing the former crosstown site isn't being turned into more of the same...

Oh wait. It is.
     
     
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That development is pretty mcuh dead in the water; hopefully something a bit more progressive will take its place.
     
     
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Awesome rendering and that doesnt even include a hotel/condo and potential office on the arena lands...


...and yes that is James Cheng's shangri la in vancouver posing as a ~45-50 story hotel/condo for the project and the others are just manipulated chunks of its glazing.
     
     
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...and yes that is James Cheng's shangri la in vancouver posing as a ~45-50 story hotel/condo for the project and the others are just manipulated chunks of its glazing.
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Note that that Jordan Eberle-esque gap between manuII and ultima would be plugged wonderfully if the melcor? park at jasper and 102nd were to be developed on. If thats taken care of =
     
     
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Damn that looks hot. . . still waiting for this announcement
     
     
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Old Posted Feb 16, 2012, 8:34 PM
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Yeah, there was supposed to be some exciting announcement this week, no?

LRT going under the China Town gate? I hope that's not just it
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Old Posted Feb 16, 2012, 9:56 PM
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Old Posted Feb 16, 2012, 10:12 PM
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That development is pretty mcuh dead in the water; hopefully something a bit more progressive will take its place.
No I've seen what replaced it, and it went backwards 1000%. The development is now a prettier looking Oliver Square.

edit: Unless that too has changed in the last month.
     
     
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Old Posted Feb 16, 2012, 10:24 PM
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