Edmonton Construction 11 (November 2011) - Page 419

kcantor · #**8361** Posted **Jul 19, 2013, 11:59 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hallsy's Toupee

At least you're no longer double-quoting every 4th word or phrase like you used to

"well" he replies, "who ""really" "gives a "flying fig"" anyway?"

Shodan · #**8362** Posted **Jul 20, 2013, 11:52 AM**

Proposed industrial area has neighbours concerned
Strathcona county residents fear ugly, disruptive development

Gordon Kent
Edmonton Journal

Saturday, July 20, 2013

A proposed 1,230-hectare industrial area in Strathcona County has one neighbour concerned his family's horse farm could eventually border on "Nisku to the north."

A concept plan for the district west of Highway 21 and north of Township Road 534 could go to county council for approval this year, but Thomas Spratlin isn't happy with the scheme put forward by landowner Marcel Van Hecke. For about 20 years, he has owned three hectares beside the North Saskatchewan River valley that's in Edmonton on the other side of Range Road 232 from the area...

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s4.audios · #**8363** Posted **Jul 20, 2013, 4:32 PM**

Damn that Encore tower is 🞵🞵🞵🞵, now real anxious to see the floor plans. Those prices just make no sense with such top class amenities as well. From what I seen in the market, that 1 bedroom $199k starting must be like under 500sqf and third floor.

hilman · #**8364** Posted **Jul 20, 2013, 5:22 PM**

I read that the one bedroom's start at 520 square feet.

Coldrsx · #**8365** Posted **Jul 20, 2013, 7:12 PM**

How to do infill

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/homes/my+...ll+sports+smart+urban/8671964/story.html

s4.audios · #**8366** Posted **Jul 20, 2013, 7:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by hilman

I read that the one bedroom's start at 520 square feet.

Oh right lol skipped too much when I read it. That is so cheap, doesn't make sense. If there is a 650sqf one bedroom that would come to $250k starting. Say you'd want at least 20th floor it would still be under $300k; strange.

Anyway, if it is true, may be a great investment; opening day sales will see a massive line up for this one.

mcc16 · #**8367** Posted **Jul 21, 2013, 12:14 AM**

"Starting at" which means only the units on the first residential floors facing the alley are prob at this price... Looks slightly changed from first image we saw of it...but changed for the better. Nice to have a res tower so close to the CBD

240glt · #**8368** Posted **Jul 21, 2013, 5:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by Coldrsx

How to do infill

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/homes/my+...ll+sports+smart+urban/8671964/story.html

It looks nice enough for sure.

But what about the infill for the 99% ? Can that be designed aesthetically and functionally at a price point that most people could afford ?

240glt · #**8369** Posted **Jul 21, 2013, 5:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by cdnklc

not sure if a plan where you have to walk through a bathroom to get in or out of either bedroom in unit 2 is really the most elegant or practical solution to make the spaces liveable...

i'm also not sure that the "let's not put the entries on the same face so it doesn't look like a duplex" is particularly successful. instead of creating a good looking duplex, it seems to just create a duplex unsuccessfully trying to look like it isn't.

i don't know what the lot siting restrictions were but it would seem to me that a large front verandah for unit 2 that would provide outside recreation space without resorting to a shared back yard would have been a nice addition as well.

while it might be "approvable", i think this one still falls short of what it could/should be.

The 33x100 lot is a bit of a challenge for duplexes. Given that this lot used to have a run down 600 s.f. abandoned bungalow on it, that several years ago was a "problem" property, this infill development is a huge improvement and the look of it a pleasant change from the more traditional infill that we regularly see.

Maybe you can put your money where your mouth is.. I know a 50x120 right close by that could be split in 2 that can be had for $160,000... just no baby blue vinyl please

MalcolmTucker · #**8370** Posted **Jul 21, 2013, 5:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by s4.audios

Oh right lol skipped too much when I read it. That is so cheap, doesn't make sense. If there is a 650sqf one bedroom that would come to $250k starting. Say you'd want at least 20th floor it would still be under $300k; strange.

Anyway, if it is true, may be a great investment; opening day sales will see a massive line up for this one.

No parking stall perhaps?

Coldrsx · #**8371** Posted **Jul 22, 2013, 1:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by 240glt

It looks nice enough for sure.

But what about the infill for the 99% ? Can that be designed aesthetically and functionally at a price point that most people could afford ?

That house could be scaled back a little to be a very good model.

Shodan · #**8372** Posted **Jul 22, 2013, 12:28 PM**

City faces staggering cost to protect against flooding
Old sewers in many neighbourhoods are putting homes at risk, but just fixing the critical areas will cost at least $150 million. to fix everything? Billions

Elise Stolte
Edmonton Journal

Monday, July 22, 2013

Kathy Brower knew they were in for it when the manhole cover blew.

It had been pouring rain for several hours. The cover shot off sideways and water gushed like a fountain more than a metre in the air. Before her son could move his car, water from the storm sewer was already up to his window. It crept up their front lawn, up the front stoop, inches from the front door of their Millbourne-area home, near 91st Street and Whitemud Drive.

"It was scary, actually. I didn't think it was ever going to end. It just kept rising," said Carmen Zawierucha, Brower's neighbour across the street, where the water rose just as high. Her husband stood in the cold water for hours holding the sump pump hose out

of the water, a futile attempt to keep the water out of their basement. It took until July 12, exactly one year to the day since that flood, for the last contractor to pack up and drive off...

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s4.audios · #**8373** Posted **Jul 22, 2013, 12:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by MalcolmTucker

No parking stall perhaps?

That would totally make sense. Makes me wonder what the market for something like that is in Edmonton? Are there (newer) condos already like this here?

I'm buying into 6th and Tenth condo in Calgary and Brad Lamb is doing the same thing there. It is $30k extra for parking stalls and only offered to floors 16 and above.

I could see this working well in big cities like Toronto. But even in Calgary, being in Alberta, I thought people are still a lot more car dependent. I was skeptical this man is doing good on sales; but surprisingly they say practically all their no parking stall suites are sold.

Shodan · #**8374** Posted **Jul 22, 2013, 12:31 PM**

Light up the bridge campaign glowing with early success

Nick Lees
Edmonton Journal

Monday, July 22, 2013

Should the High Level Bridge be lit in Edmonton Oilers colours when our hockey team scores? Perhaps the planned 60,000 LED lights should be choreographed to music the ESO is playing in Hawrelak Park? Or what about lighting the bridge green and gold for a UofA homecoming or a major university sports event? "The opportunities will be limitless when our Light Up the Bridge campaign is complete and the lights are functioning," says Dave Mowat, the CEO of ATB Financial, who is spearheading the $3-million project.

"Should we choreograph the lights to the French national anthem on Bastille Day and make sure it is seen there? I think the images might go viral...

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Shodan · #**8375** Posted **Jul 22, 2013, 12:33 PM**

Tour highlights growth of community gardens
People of all ages take part in trek by bike

Cailynn Klingbeil
Edmonton Journal

Monday, July 22, 2013

CREDIT: Bruce Edwards, Edmonton Journal
A group of about 30 people take part in a garden bike tour Sunday that included visits to five community gardens.

Sandra Ngo helps gardeners of varying ages and abilities get their hands dirty.

"I had one girl this summer who pulled her first weed, another who planted her first plant," said Ngo, garden co-ordinator at the Sustain SU community garden...

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SHOFEAR · #**8376** Posted **Jul 22, 2013, 1:43 PM**

I hope Encore residents like paying $500 a month on condo fees.... All those amenities sound cool....

Albicaulis · #**8377** Posted **Jul 22, 2013, 2:04 PM**

^
That's what residents at Glenora Gates on 104th and 121st are paying (at least it was when I looked at a unit last year), which doesn't include heating.

Hopefully Encore residents will enjoy their pricey ammenities.

Coldrsx · #**8378** Posted **Jul 22, 2013, 2:14 PM**

July 22, 1963: Bold plan would divide downtown Edmonton into eight separate districts girded by freeway system

BY EDMONTON JOURNAL, EDMONTON JOURNAL JULY 22, 2013 8:04 AM

Proposed plan for downtown

City council was handed a sweeping plan that had the potential to change the face of downtown Edmonton over the next 20 years.

The plan, made public after months of study by city planners and private consultants, would divide downtown into eight separate districts, with a multimillion-dollar freeway system skirting the area on all four sides.

A $100-million rapid transit system would run underground along 102nd Avenue, then fan out from downtown to the suburbs in six different directions, while elevated sidewalks would relieve pedestrian congestion downtown.

The eight distinct districts would include a government centre, a wholesale distribution district, a civic centre, institutional housing and a motel and special-purpose office district. Planners aimed to pack stores, theatres, restaurants, arcades and plazas into an area bounded by 100th and 104th avenues and 100th and 105th streets.

It was estimated that by 1980, a total of 12,000 people per hour would flow along downtown sidewalks, three or four times the 1963 rate.

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240glt · #**8379** Posted **Jul 22, 2013, 2:17 PM**

Dodged a bullet on that one

Coldrsx · #**8380** Posted **Jul 22, 2013, 2:22 PM**

(http://www.dubarchitects.ca/images/stb_1.jpg)

This project consists of a 10 storey mixed-use building. The design is characterized by its slim slab proportions, especially when viewed along 104 Avenue.

The building will incorporate an insulated triple glazed system and provide the open floorplates with generous natural lighting. East and west ends of the building feature generous balconies that complement the balconies of the adjacent loft buildings to the south.
The first three storeys anticipate a retail user. These floors are subtly proud of the building face, with a high level of transparency to the street.

(http://www.dubarchitects.ca/images/bt_3.jpg)

(http://www.dubarchitects.ca/images/bt_2.jpg)

(http://www.dubarchitects.ca/images/bt_1.jpg)

This project is proposed for Bellamy Hill in downtown Edmonton, and consists of 75 residential units.

The tower of the building is twisted and stepped to create a varied profile and to take advantage of the river views to the east. Units are clustered into 3-storey volumes, which give the tower an identifiable scale – similar to a house.

Individual units are designed around a three-seasons balcony that can be closed off from the exterior to extend usability during the spring and fall months.
South facing units are glazed to utilize passive solar heating with operable screens to control overheating. North facing stairs and corridors are glazed to take advantage of natural light, but are not heated and act as a thermal buffer between the outdoors and the heated individual units. Visibility of interior doors and corridors from the street will animate the building from the exterior.
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