Edmonton Construction 11 (November 2011)

[SHOFEAR]

Originally Posted by Coldrsx

So awesome

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/touch/story.html?id=9157180

While the restaurant and patio will obvoiusly be a fantastic addition....I'm most looking forward to adding a whole bunch of traffic to the park and potentially pushing the urban youth that loiter around out of the area.

[Daveography]

This does indeed appear to be a shoring rig at KR. Does that make this officially under construction?

[Kevin_foster]

Yep that's a shoring rig. So I guess we could say it's official... RIGHT GUYS

This is one beautiful looking building

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/1914/68130314.jpg

[Coldrsx]

Yup, awesome!

Waits for news report of '2nd office tower in 20 years'....

[240glt]

^^ It won't look quite like that now that it's all office, but it should still be a very nice addition.

[Daveography]

This was the more up-to-date render:

[TimB09]

Originally Posted by 240glt

^^ It won't look quite like that now that it's all office, but it should still be a very nice addition.

No new renderings released to the public yet?

[240glt]

^ The one RTA posted is more up to date

I think with the hotel, they were looking at around 250k of office floor space. They've essentially doubled that. Looks like the floorplates got bigger too.

So far all I hear that is in ink is 40K for KPMG, but at this early stage I wouldn't worry too much about it.

[Coldrsx]

^hearing a few more in that range as well are being worked on...

[Coldrsx]

CALGARY - Calgary and Edmonton are outperforming the rest of the country when it comes to the rate of return on commercial real estate investment for the year ending September 30.


The REALpac/IPD Canada Annual Property Index said Calgary’s annual return was 15.4 per cent while in Edmonton it was 14.1 per cent. The national average, for six major markets surveyed, was 12.7 per cent.

http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Ca...al+real+estate+return/9165505/story.html

[EdmTrekker]

The big surprise is that the Herald included any reference to Edmonton. The details are well known in real estate circles. Glad to see that the folks at the Herald are growing up.

[Cage]

Originally Posted by 240glt

So far all I hear that is in ink is 40K for KPMG, but at this early stage I wouldn't worry too much about it.

Good to hear that KPMG is getting rid of the McAudit office and going to better/proper office space.

[EdmTrekker]

Originally Posted by Cage

Good to hear that KPMG is getting rid of the McAudit office and going to better/proper office space.

Too funny and I often thought that.

[Hallsy's Toupee]

I look forward to seeing the current KPMG space in Commerce Place filled by retail as the good Lord intended. Is there enough room there for a bigger Holt Renfrew? Or a Saks?

[Black Star]

I heard Targets looking to expand lol. Can u Imagine the Horror!!!

[Kevin_foster]

Talking about kpmg... 102nd street is the best example of why street level is so important. It's a canyon of nothingness.

[Edmontonium]

Noticed that Edmonton's diagram is way out of date..

[Coldrsx]

Duncan Fraser from the City presented the CRL/Catalyst projects information to DECL last night. We were fortunate to have Councillor McKeen in attendance and he is very keen on pushing these projects forward.

[Coldrsx]

Evolving Infill is a project being done by the City, in collaboration with citizens and stakeholders, to advance residential infill. It is both a conversation and project designed to embrace and harness change.

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Over the next 30 years we expect over 500,000 new residents to call Edmonton home. Supporting new housing in established neighbourhoods is a key element of finding homes for a growing population.

Infill is one of a number of strategies to support growth and change in our city.

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This plan will be revisited on an ongoing basis over the coming years to evaluate our progress and make sure that we are still on track.

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[Coldrsx]

Hope to see some of you tonight!


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