Edmonton Construction 11 (November 2011)

[240glt]

My sister has stayed there several times over the past few weeks as she is working on a medical related documentary here in Edmonton... she really liked it there. She'll be dissapointed as she'll be up from Calgary at least every other week for several months, and finding cheap decent central accomodation for her & her crew will be difficult

[tony0911]

Originally Posted by 240glt

^^ Wow those people sound like they really have it rough

We'll see how some of the projects coming up fare... I suspect that if they can pull them off they will do okay, but I just don't see that pent up demand that you claim is there.. not in this city.

God forbid everybody doesn't want to drive a dually diesel and live in a cheap 🞵🞵🞵🞵 hole house in the burbs or somewhere like Parkdale !! God forbid people like granite and glass and want to live in a nice building with a nice location. No wonder the young talented youth leave to move to cities with far more vibrant cores.

[240glt]

^ Apparently crusty old redneck curmudgeons like you are the ones who are looking to buy into modern fancy high rises ? Thank god I am not in that market!

[Coldrsx]

^huh?

The designs, layouts, variety and price ranges for new modern high-rises in this city is brutal.

I cannot imagine coming here from Van/Tor and looking to replace a condo from a 20-30 storey newer condo there.

[etown]

Is something planned where the GO Hostel is located?
Or is it just going out of business?

[s211]

Originally Posted by Coldrsx

^huh?

The designs, layouts, variety and price ranges for new modern high-rises in this city is brutal.

I cannot imagine coming here from Van/Tor and looking to replace a condo from a 20-30 storey newer condo there.

The unfortunate, but totally expected result of local architects used by local developers that seem to think that projects like the Venetian are Edmonton's pinnacle of achievement.

[rapid_business]

Originally Posted by Coldrsx

Dub's glass mixed use has an approved DP

10345-107st/10621-104ave


(http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x164/coldrsx/new%20misc/107stawesome.jpg)

Notes of interest:

-podium requirement for 107st side waived
-setback abutting 104ave reduced from 5m to 1.5m

Let's hope for shovels soon on this one.

U/G Parking entrance? Number of stalls?

[Jasper and one o nin]

@ Go Hostel: Procura owns that, right?

[Coldrsx]

^yup...

^^ will be from the 7th st lofts. Not sure how many stalls.

[CMD UW]

The zoning doesn't require any stalls, but it'll be interesting to see how many they provide.

[rapid_business]

Right, because it is UW zoned, correct? Free-market deciding parking provisions. They way it should be!

[Black Star]

Originally Posted by Coldrsx

Dub's glass mixed use has an approved DP

10345-107st/10621-104ave


(http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x164/coldrsx/new%20misc/107stawesome.jpg)

Notes of interest:

-podium requirement for 107st side waived
-setback abutting 104ave reduced from 5m to 1.5m

Let's hope for shovels soon on this one.

Love this...it needs 10 more stories.

[christopherj]

Originally Posted by 240glt

Or perhaps it's a case of unrealistic expectations. I would like a house in Strathcona, but it can't be a run down old bungalow and I only want to pay $200k. That sounds pretty unrealistic, doesn't it ?

Of course it does. But I find it hard to find something not run down that it "close" to the core for $400k. I'm not looking for 2000 square feet either. There are lots of homes that could be nice if fixed up - but I don't have the time/ability to do that - I'd just like a modern town home I can move into without any additional work.

[CMD UW]

chris, I know what you mean. There is a lack of 'moderately-priced' 'new' housing available in our downtown and mature communities. You can either choose a new apartment condo or single family house with little available in between such as modern townhomes or semi-detached housing priced between $450,000-650,000.

[Atlguy33]

Hey everyone, check out the Edmonton entry on Wikipedia! I just went there randomly to see if anything's changed lately and it looks like someone has gone in and hacked it and is calling Edmonton the "City of Pigs", saying it's top industry is pig farming, etc... check it out, we should report it.

[Atlguy33]

^My apologies if someone has already found and reported this.

[feepa]

looks like it was already fixed?

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edmonton&diff=487422014&oldid=487407960

[Airboy]

Noticed Construction fencing going up around the strip mall North of Westmount Mall and East of Meadowcroft Highrise. Could this be demo for the new apartment block mention some months back. between 114th and 115th ave and Groat Rd.

[brenGT2]

Originally Posted by Airboy

Noticed Construction fencing going up around the strip mall North of Westmount Mall and East of Meadowcroft Highrise. Could this be demo for the new apartment block mention some months back. between 114th and 115th ave and Groat Rd.

I believe that it's actually going to be taken down to make way for a new, large Rexall drugs establishment. The pharmacy that was in that building was our local pharmacy, and after talking with the pharmacist there, he said his franchise was bought by Rexall along with the rest of the building to build a new larger one.

That'll be interesting to watch, as I can see part of it from my living room window.

[Airboy]

Originally Posted by brenGT2

I believe that it's actually going to be taken down to make way for a new, large Rexall drugs establishment. The pharmacy that was in that building was our local pharmacy, and after talking with the pharmacist there, he said his franchise was bought by Rexall along with the rest of the building to build a new larger one.

That'll be interesting to watch, as I can see part of it from my living room window.

So I take it the neighbourhood won the battle against the new apartment tower.