Edmonton Construction 13 (November 2015)

[EdmTrekker]

Originally Posted by 240glt

^ i think you're giving a lot of credit where very little is due

A very C2E perspective at the very least, hardly reflective of the larger reality

Are you referring to ICE District not deserving credit? Not sure why the hate on for all things Edmonton...

[240glt]

Originally Posted by EdmTrekker

Are you referring to ICE District not deserving credit? Not sure why the hate on for all things Edmonton...

Hate ? No.. Indifference, apathy most definitely. Have found this city (this site / C2E maybe only ? Most Edmontonians don't really seem to care either) too full of insular, fickle folks like the poster above me who don't deserve to live in a city with culture, vibrancy and good governance.

But hey we got lots of country western shows coming to town :lol:

[s4.audios]

^^LOL

Sorry, hate to add to the derailing of the thread but I had to lol..

[s4.audios]

Originally Posted by 240glt

Hate ? No.. Indifference, apathy most definitely. Have found this city (this site / C2E maybe only ? Most Edmontonians don't really seem to care either) too full of insular, fickle folks like the poster above me who don't deserve to live in a city with culture, vibrancy and good governance.

But hey we got lots of country western shows coming to town :lol:

Define a cultured city

[240glt]

Originally Posted by s4.audios

Define a cultured city

I'd start with one that appreciates its history, institutions and works to preserve and enhance them.

Edmonton does not fall into that category

[hilman]

WARNING, ICE District picture may disturb some viewers.

please send all complaints to [email protected]



https://twitter.com/vineshpratap/status/760876429735145472

[Daveography]

Jesus everyone is grumpy today. We need, like, a flat of Snickers or something.

[s13]

^ haha

But on a serious note, has there been any serious thought for development from any other organization besides NLs?

[Black Star]

^^^

Im not offended...bring more pictures on.

The arena and adjacent developments are some of the best things to happen to this city.

[hilman]

Paula Simons: K-Days cancellation threat by Northlands shouldn't spook Edmonton City Council

PAULA SIMONS, EDMONTON JOURNAL
More from Paula Simons, Edmonton Journal



Published on: August 3, 2016 | Last Updated: August 3, 2016 1:32 PM MDT

Hand over $220 million — or the fair gets it.

OK, so Northlands CEO Tim Reid didn’t put it precisely that baldly at his post-K-Days news conference on Tuesday. But there was a definite whiff of extortion to his statement that Edmonton’s summer carnival will be cancelled, unless City Council approves Northlands latest funding demands.

“If Vision 2020 is not approved, this could be the last K-Days,” Reid told reporters.

Vision 2020, in case you’ve forgotten, is Northlands plan to turn Rexall Place into a community hockey centre with six rinks, to turn the Northlands race track into an indoor-outdoor concert bowl with room for 90,000 to 140,000 people, and to retrofit the money-losing Expo Centre to add a 5,000 seat arena. Total estimated price tag? $170 million.

Oh, and as if that weren’t enough? Reid delivered another ultimatum. Northlands is also demanding forgiveness of the $48 million it still owes the city for the last Expo Centre expansion.

Otherwise? Edmonton’s historic summer fair may well be history.

In the last few years, Northlands cleared an annual “profit” of between $1.5 and $2 million, even while running one of the busiest arenas in Canada.That number, though, is misleading. Northlands was only in the black because it was getting $20 million a year in provincial and municipal grants. It was also getting a huge rent subsidy, paying just $1 a year to rent the 64 hectares of land, the quarter-section of prime urban land on which it sits – land which could certainly be redeveloped commercially.
Meanwhile, the Expo Centre alone has been losing $7 million a year.

http://edmontonjournal.com/business/comm...nds-shouldnt-spook-edmonton-city-council

[ExcaliburKid]

Re: Northlands
Maybe call it the "K-Days District" and put in a bunch of CRU's and anchor retailers. Parking is already there and goodness knows this city could use an East-Central power centre
Amiright? Amiright?...

[s211]

Originally Posted by Daveography

Jesus everyone is grumpy today. We need, like, a flat of Snickers or something.

Post of the day!

[240glt]

Originally Posted by s13

^ haha

But on a serious note, has there been any serious thought for development from any other organization besides NLs?

There is interest in a student residence and perhaps an expansion from Concordia, there was a hotelier looking at a convention style hotel adjacent to the Expo. i assume the renovated coliseum would end up being run by Northlands or whatever group ends up finally taking control of the land. The race track is finished and I believe there will never be that huge concert space.. The city will parcel off the SW portion to developers and from what I heard there were quite a few developers interested in that site

[Skyisnolimit]

I lol at posters who say Edmonton is a lughing stock in the rest of Canada . Pure blatant lies . I have family all around the country and this is total — . People in Ontario are to caught up in their own province to give 2 shits about other cities Calgary laughs out of hate , and frankley I take no city serious like Calgary that paints their light standards in — brown color. Anyone who visits Edmonton mostly has great things to say about it. So 240 glt the city will be better off when your — is out of it .One less negative bullshitter gone is a joy for all.

[240glt]

Lol.. Sorry champ ain't going anywhere for +/- 9 years..

Like I said earlier.. Ignore at your peril, but you only have yourself to blame for not holding the city accountable, which will keep this city solidly in backwater country

[Xelebes]

Hey guys, keep the personal jabs at bay. If you feel you must, just walk away. Spare the rest of us from the jabs.

[Harrison]

Since leaving Alberta for school almost 5 years ago for Kitchener-Waterloo, I want to move back home. If Edmonton today was still that of 2011, I would not consider it at all. However, the city has grown tremendously since then in more ways than one, and I am excited to return. Many of my friends who were born and raised down here made the trip out west recently and all had only great things to say about Edmonton.

[Coldrsx]

^yup... truly a different place in the last 5-10, but most dramatically in the last 5.

[hilman]

New details on Edmonton’s tallest tower revealed Thursday

Emily Mertz By Emily Mertz

It’s expected more details about the Stantec Tower will be unveiled later Thursday morning.

The tower will be the tallest building in Edmonton and Western Canada. In fact, once completed, it will become the tallest building in the country outside Toronto.

Construction plans for the tower in the downtown’s Ice District – the area around the new arena – were released nearly two years ago.

The building will serve as the world headquarters for Stantec and feature office space as well as residential condo units.

“It’s 66 storeys of useable space and then 67 to 69 are mechanical floors,” Downtown Business Association executive director Jim Taylor said in September 2015.

“Already the Stantec building meant a great deal for us, because a 62-storey building in Edmonton when our highest is about 36 with mechanical floors–-that’s a huge leap–so this was a very important building.”

The Stantec Tower under construction in the city’s Ice District will become the tallest building in the country outside Toronto.

WAM Development Group is the owner and developer of the 250.8-metre building, working in conjunction with the Katz Group. CEO Daryl Katz said at the time the design was unveiled the tower would benefit Edmonton for generations.

“The building is going to be an absolutely exceptional piece of architecture and an extraordinary addition to Edmonton’s skyline,” he said.

It’s expected to open in late 2018.

http://globalnews.ca/news/2864682/new-de...st-tower-revealed-thursday/?sf32518732=1

[Coldrsx]

Curious to hear what else they might announce or introduce.