Edmonton Construction 13 (November 2015) - Page 211

EdmTrekker · #**4201** Posted **Aug 29, 2016, 5:02 PM**

Cold as per your post - is this project actually "in design" as in Construction Documents? Or is this Pre-Design? for purposes of securing capital etc. I don't recall this project being approved by COE is why I am asking.

NBorody · #**4202** Posted **Aug 29, 2016, 5:10 PM**

Anyone know if The Edmontonian is still around? Or was the project declined.

Coldrsx · #**4203** Posted **Aug 29, 2016, 5:10 PM**

This was for the little 1 storey church on 100ave/108st.

http://dsafit.com/project.html?project=19

Anyone know where this might have been?

http://dsafit.com/project.html?project=3

Coldrsx · #**4204** Posted **Aug 29, 2016, 5:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by EdmTrekker

Cold as per your post - is this project actually "in design" as in Construction Documents? Or is this Pre-Design? for purposes of securing capital etc. I don't recall this project being approved by COE is why I am asking.

No idea.

s211 · #**4205** Posted **Aug 29, 2016, 5:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by Coldrsx

BREWERY NORTH DISTRICT: A proposal for an RA7 zoned site north of the Brewery District in Edmonton, Alberta.

Role: Prime Consultant and Architect
Size: 19 stories: 305 residential units with ground floor retail.
Status: In Design

http://pwarch.ca/img/galleries/35b8f827689f23ded7e442a55639e5b4.jpg

http://pwarch.ca/img/galleries/58034262bce09e3180e7e3ce4543805d.jpg

That's a stinkload of podium for what isn't that big a project overall. Again, how hard can it be to podium (yes, I used it as a verb) elegantly? It's not like that's a sloped site.

rapid_business · #**4206** Posted **Aug 29, 2016, 5:49 PM**

Cold, That is an RA9 site. Was sold off by FirstCapital a couple months ago.

technomad · #**4207** Posted **Aug 29, 2016, 6:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by Coldrsx

BREWERY NORTH DISTRICT: A proposal for an RA7 zoned site north of the Brewery District in Edmonton, Alberta.

Role: Prime Consultant and Architect
Size: 19 stories: 305 residential units with ground floor retail.
Status: In Design

http://pwarch.ca/img/galleries/35b8f827689f23ded7e442a55639e5b4.jpg

http://pwarch.ca/img/galleries/58034262bce09e3180e7e3ce4543805d.jpg

not sure how well traditional retail would do there.. maybe live/work townhomes would make a better podium?

rapid_business · #**4208** Posted **Aug 29, 2016, 6:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by rapid_business

Cold, That is an RA9 site. Was sold off by FirstCapital a couple months ago.

I liked. I guess it got rezoned to a DC1 this spring under the corridor study for 104th: http://webdocs.edmonton.ca/infraplan/Zoning/bylaws/intercept.asp?SearchFile=bylaw_17595.htm

It falls within Sub-Area 1, which is a height limit of 50m.

s211 · #**4209** Posted **Aug 29, 2016, 6:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by technomad

not sure how well traditional retail would do there.. maybe live/work townhomes would make a better podium?

Goodness, is that ground floor retail proposed there?

Kevin_foster · #**4210** Posted **Aug 29, 2016, 7:07 PM**

List off 3 key things a well designed podium for a 20 - 30 story tower should incorporate. GO!

feepa · #**4211** Posted **Aug 29, 2016, 7:14 PM**

^ My answer would depend on the place it's located... ie: what is near by, what is permitted by zoning, what type of tower is it? Res/Com/hotel/combo?

Daveography · #**4212** Posted **Aug 29, 2016, 7:17 PM**

Anyone want to take a stab at what this scaffold structure is for? It's been up for a while but only recently started to wonder about it:

Kevin_foster · #**4213** Posted **Aug 29, 2016, 7:20 PM**

Sorry should have said, run of the mill mixed use 20/30 storey.
I'm looking for 3 common features that would be considered a must.

Ponza · #**4214** Posted **Aug 29, 2016, 7:25 PM**

ATCO RFP, sorry if I just missed what happened on this one. Is this still out there or did they just renew their existing space?

Airboy · #**4215** Posted **Aug 29, 2016, 7:35 PM**

Heard of possible movement at Century park. possibly a new building soon.

Hallsy's Toupee · #**4216** Posted **Aug 29, 2016, 7:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by s211

That's a stinkload of podium for what isn't that big a project overall. Again, how hard can it be to podium (yes, I used it as a verb) elegantly? It's not like that's a sloped site.

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Originally Posted by s211

Goodness, is that ground floor retail proposed there?

I honestly don't know what your problem is with ground-level retail. Are you a fan of Peregrine Point, Legacy and Grand Central Manor?

s211 · #**4217** Posted **Aug 29, 2016, 7:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by Kevin_foster

Sorry should have said, run of the mill mixed use 20/30 storey.
I'm looking for 3 common features that would be considered a must.

If anything, don't consider anything a must. Everything has to be sensitive to the site, its surroundings and the market at large.

For example, retail is usually touted as a must but I've seen countless podiums with zero demand from retail/commercial users. You usually see these podiums demanded by planners using ideologically-driven supply rationale that have no economic foundation. In the end, it increases project cost that the developer will try to off-load on the other components to recoup his costs on the uneconomic component (e.g. residential), hence driving up the end-unit pricing. One of the many examples how planning-driven demands negatively impact housing affordability.