Edmonton Construction 13 (November 2015) - Page 172

Daveography · #**3421** Posted **Jul 8, 2016, 2:31 PM**

"some chick" - that's nice.

EdmTrekker · #**3422** Posted **Jul 8, 2016, 6:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by Daveography

"some chick" - that's nice.

I said it in jest...we know its Ms. VM. Anyway I got the video to run on a PC as my Mac would not let it run. It was a nice little PR vid for MIA and the project being "reimagined" will look great if it turns out per the renders in the vid. We could use a lot more of that redevelopment, particularly on Telus and ATB towers or what ever they are being.

s211 · #**3423** Posted **Jul 8, 2016, 6:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by EdmTrekker

I said it in jest...we know its Ms. VM. Anyway I got the video to run on a PC as my Mac would not let it run. It was a nice little PR vid for MIA and the project being "reimagined" will look great if it turns out per the renders in the vid. We could use a lot more of that redevelopment, particularly on Telus and ATB towers or what ever they are being.

I hope they would only reglaze Telus/ATB and not re-skin. They're absolutely iconic.

s4.audios · #**3424** Posted **Jul 8, 2016, 6:46 PM**

^Agree. These and CN maybe some new glass but nothing else. Everything else 60's/70's can go or be 'reimagined'

McBoo · #**3425** Posted **Jul 8, 2016, 7:42 PM**

^^ and ^ Ka-ching. Wouldn't mind a few more Apple-Pay type uses of ATB though.

Coldrsx · #**3426** Posted **Jul 8, 2016, 8:12 PM**

Edmonton city councillors struggle over new rezoning rules for tall towers

CLARE CLANCY
More from Clare Clancy
Published on: July 8, 2016 |

Edmonton city council is considering new rules for developers who want to build towers taller than allowed under zoning restrictions.

City staff presented a report Thursday to executive committee, recommending a citywide framework. But while council voted to draft a policy, councillors were divided on what it would look like.

“It feels like we are stumbling in the dark when it comes to these large developments, where they’re asking for a lot of uplift,” Coun. Scott McKeen said of increased density.

He said the city should make “incremental” moves and wants to see a standard policy for developers. “When we approve a building like Emerald … that is disruptive to the market.”

Council in June approved the 45-storey Emerald Tower on Jasper Avenue and 114 Street in the Oliver neighbourhood.

City planners opposed the building, saying the developer would get a $50-million increase in land value without enough community benefits. The rezoning approved a building three times the height previously allowed on the lot. The developer argued the height was necessary to make the units affordable.

To recognize the increase in land value, Regency Developments offered $200,000 to the Oliver Community League to upgrade neighbourhood parks to accommodate new residents.

http://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-ne...-changes-demanded-by-property-developers

Coldrsx · #**3427** Posted **Jul 8, 2016, 10:25 PM**

Please, more and more of these!

http://wpmedia.edmontonjournal.com

David Staples: How a local builder came up with Edmonton's hottest business idea

DAVID STAPLES, EDMONTON JOURNAL
More from David Staples, Edmonton Journal
Published on: July 7, 2016

Black Star · #**3428** Posted **Jul 9, 2016, 12:41 AM**

The Edmonton financial district’s first new office building in almost three decades will kick off a multi-year surge of downtown development when it welcomes its initial tenants next month.

http://edmontonjournal.com/business/comm...-kick-off-downtown-edmonton-growth-spurt

itom 987 · #**3429** Posted **Jul 9, 2016, 1:29 AM**

I absolutely love that garage house, it looks very "Taiwan", they will put more eyes on the alley making them safe.

Hallsy's Toupee · #**3430** Posted **Jul 9, 2016, 2:15 AM**

Capital Blvd bollards mothballed
http://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-ne...ollards-along-108-street-seek-safer-home

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The City of Edmonton could soon be poring over endless Pinterest pages looking for inspiration after being the latest to join the upcycling fad.

Metre-high granite columns, intended to “extend the formal character established by the legislature building and forecourt into the downtown” as part of the $15 million Capital Boulevard on 108 Street project, have been mothballed.

But far from being ditched, the city is looking for new ways to use the pillars which each cost $1,000.

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The granite pillars were designed to mesh with the province’s Centennial Plaza refurbishment and were in part to delineate car parking spaces, but also to “separate the pedestrian realm from the roadway.”

But city drivers and snow-clearing equipment operators, failed to come to terms with the project and breakages started almost immediately after they were installed.

In 2013, the city stood by its decision to install the bollards, but further damage forced it to rethink the design and in July 2014 their removal began.

Almost none of the bollards are left, with a handful scattered between 99 Avenue and 104 Avenue.

Maybe they should have used the same bollards that are on the 4th St promenade instead of those flimsy things.

CMD UW · #**3431** Posted **Jul 9, 2016, 6:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by Hallsy's Toupee

Capital Blvd bollards mothballed
http://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-ne...ollards-along-108-street-seek-safer-home

Maybe they should have used the same bollards that are on the 4th St promenade instead of those flimsy things.

Agreed. Simple powder coated 'decorative' steel bollards...thats all they needed to be.

s211 · #**3432** Posted **Jul 9, 2016, 7:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by Coldrsx

To recognize the increase in land value, Regency Developments offered $200,000 to the Oliver Community League to upgrade neighbourhood parks to accommodate new residents.

That's less than peanuts compared to Vancouver's Community Amenity Charges, or whatever the proper name is for its development blackmail charges. And that is one of many reasons for inflated Vancouver housing prices.

Hallsy's Toupee · #**3433** Posted **Jul 10, 2016, 2:22 AM**

Anyone know what Allsopp is doing with the old Scientology building on 97 St? No indication on their website. Hope it's a sweet restoration.

Coldrsx · #**3434** Posted **Jul 10, 2016, 6:23 PM**

Edmonton seeks new direction on contentious infill policy

ELISE STOLTE
More from Elise Stolte
Published on: July 9, 2016 | Last Updated: July 9, 2016 4:53 PM MDT

Chief city planner Peter Ohm says the next infill focus will be on encouraging more medium density infill along nodes and corridors. He's pictured here on Norwood Boulevard, a corridor that could use redevelopment.

Expect a shift in the infill debate. Edmonton’s focus on increasing density one duplex or skinny house at a time has left it with angry neighbours and an infill target that seems way out of reach.

Its new focus is on transit nodes and corridors, says chief city planner Peter Ohm.

Edmonton is trying to increase density in mature neighbours to accommodate new residents where there are already services, to save farmland, create more affordable options and reduce commutes. But they set a target of 25 per cent new growth in existing neighbourhoods by 2018 and slipped in at a new low of 13 per cent last year.

Postmedia sat down with Ohm to get the details.

Does this mean a move away from more neighbourhood redevelopment plans and broad changes to low-density areas?

Yes. The last neighbourhood plan was for four neighbourhoods in West Jasper. It took 2.5 years and in the end, the number of additional units the plan called for was pretty low, said Ohm. That’s not a good use of resources.

Citywide, City Hall already changed zoning rules to allow more duplexes, skinny homes, garage suites and secondary suites on regular streets in low-density areas, plus some triplex and rowhouses on corner lots.

“We’ve achieved a lot of things in the middle of the neighbourhood. Now let’s focus on those corridors,” Ohm said, suggesting medium and high density could go in a block deep or more around quality transit. “Let’s take our resources and apply it where it makes sense.”

How can you make sure these high-density areas are places people want to live?

http://edmontonjournal.com/business/real...w-direction-on-contentious-infill-policy