Edmonton Construction 12 (December 2013) - Page 481

Black Star · #**9601** Posted **Sep 25, 2015, 8:40 PM**

^ Crazy for anywhere Cept Toronto

Edmonton's construction frenzy can hold its own with many cities.

Coldrsx · #**9602** Posted **Sep 25, 2015, 10:16 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Airboy

first panels of glass are going up right now at MacEwan. one black panel already up and a white one was just being prepped.
No photo but will swing by tomorrow.

Indeed

edm_guy · #**9603** Posted **Sep 25, 2015, 11:05 PM**

Few photos from last weekend

Ultima

Ultima4 by , on Flickr

Ultima5 by , on Flickr

ICE District & COE Tower

ID1 by , on Flickr

ID2 by , on Flickr

ID5 by , on Flickr

JOEY Bell

ID4 by , on Flickr

Black Star · #**9604** Posted **Sep 25, 2015, 11:27 PM**

Nice.

That peek a boo shot of COE between Bell is cool.

edm_guy · #**9605** Posted **Sep 26, 2015, 2:40 AM**

Thanks! Total fluke that I happened to glance left as I was walking by

Daveography · #**9606** Posted **Sep 27, 2015, 3:44 PM**

Great shots, you got some unique angles there!

Boris2k7 · #**9607** Posted **Sep 27, 2015, 7:17 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Black Star

^ Crazy for anywhere Cept Toronto

Edmonton's construction frenzy can hold its own with many cities.

Yup. This crazy transformation that's happening handily beats anything going on in Vancouver or Calgary right now (though you could make the argument that the changes Vancouver went through in the '90s and Calgary went through in the '00s were greater). It's an exciting time to be in this town.

Boris2k7 · #**9608** Posted **Sep 28, 2015, 2:45 AM**

Some updates from today

Hyatt Place U/C by RemotelyBoris, on Flickr

KR U/C by RemotelyBoris, on Flickr

Ultima U/C by RemotelyBoris, on Flickr

Black Star · #**9609** Posted **Sep 28, 2015, 4:27 AM**

The Hyatt in this pic looks old and abandoned!!

EdmTrekker · #**9610** Posted **Sep 28, 2015, 2:24 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Black Star

The Hyatt in this pic looks old and abandoned!!

The windows do need to be completed - it creates a rather derelict impression as is.

Rocket252 · #**9611** Posted **Sep 28, 2015, 2:34 PM**

^ Looks like they stopped completely.

tele75 · #**9612** Posted **Sep 28, 2015, 2:55 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rocket252

^ Looks like they stopped completely.

Was by there on the weekend. There were workers on site. Working.

Daveography · #**9613** Posted **Sep 28, 2015, 7:27 PM**

Smartphone tour....days like today really mess with the exposure on my phone.

Hendrix:

The historical house has been moved into its permanent location now:

MacEwan Centre for Arts and Culture:

Rogers Place from 109 St.:

Changing views:

Norquest Singhmar Centre:

Mayfair Village North:

hilman · #**9614** Posted **Sep 28, 2015, 7:34 PM**

Awesome work Dave, the glass on the MacEwan addition looks superb.

Coldrsx · #**9615** Posted **Sep 28, 2015, 7:38 PM**

Glazing looks great indeed.

I just did a very similar tour.

Coldrsx · #**9616** Posted **Sep 28, 2015, 10:05 PM**

Muttart Lands- Open House

Thursday October 8, 2015
7 - 9pm

Correction. The location for the open house was just changed to:

Santa Maria Goretti Community Centre.
11050 - 90 Street

Shodan · #**9617** Posted **Sep 29, 2015, 12:43 PM**

City looks to create for-profit Edmonton land company

Gordon Kent, Edmonton Journal
Published on: September 28, 2015 | Last Updated: September 28, 2015 6:11 PM MDT

The city should start a for-profit real estate company to spur development on $17.9-million worth of surplus civic land, a new report recommends.

The city-owned firm would likely work to rezone the five undisclosed properties and then sell them, or might bring in private partners to push development along, according to the report released Monday.

The goal of the chief executive and two or three employees would be to make money and help build Edmonton the way the city wants, says the report, based on recommendations from a panel of real-estate experts.

“By virtue of being independent, the (company) would also have the flexibility to direct decisions toward maximizing return, rather than being tied in to politically driven directions for development.”

Councillors asked last January for a business plan and information on how to set up a real estate corporation, which, similar to Epcor, would be run by a board of directors....

http://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-ne...it-edmonton-land-company?__lsa=c83d-ca6a

Coldrsx · #**9618** Posted **Sep 29, 2015, 12:47 PM**

I really like this idea, Calgary did it many years ago and that is in part why their East Village is so far ahead.

SHOFEAR · #**9619** Posted **Sep 29, 2015, 1:17 PM**

Shit no. Not this city. I have zero faith thy can pull something like this off at the moment.

Although, perhaps this groups banging their heads in frustration with the cities development process would educate the city on just how screwed up they are when it comes to development.

s211 · #**9620** Posted **Sep 29, 2015, 2:54 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by SHOFEAR

Shit no. Not this city. I have zero faith thy can pull something like this off at the moment.

Although, perhaps this groups banging their heads in frustration with the cities development process would educate the city on just how screwed up they are when it comes to development.

The lands group in Calgary used to complain that they used to get a rougher ride through approval processes than private land holders.