Calgary Construction XXVI

[msmariner]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

Looks alright. Better than the earlier browner version iirc. Luke's Drugmart looks so tiny in front of it.

The fencing had been up for over a year. Drive by it everyday and never see anyone there. Hope it goes ahead though. Great stretch of bridgeland with not much new going on.

[Daemon]

Beautiful night for walk the dog 🐕 spring evening

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[Deepstar]

EV looking good

Originally Posted by Daemon

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[Bad Grizzly]

Looks the same as it did a month ago.

Originally Posted by Daemon

[MrBigStuff]

Originally Posted by ST1

All that's missing on this pic is the horns and the number 666 on his forehead

[Chinook Arch]

Very noticeable now.

Originally Posted by Daemon

Beautiful night for walk the dog 🐕 spring evening

[suburbia]

Originally Posted by Corndogger

Thanks for that info. Amazing that a complex that big [new cancer centre] and that expensive is only going to have 160 beds. Not exactly many parking spots either. Will that even be enough for staff?

The nature of hospitals has changed drastically. South Health Campus is very very small compared to foothills when comparing beds, but the proportion of the hospital that is for out patients is much larger. I don't know details of the new cancer centre, but I suspect similar. 1,650 parking is 33% larger than the Bow's parkade (as a touchstone), and remember that this is in addition to massive parking including two parkade structures flanking the new cancer centre. Do you really need more than 10 parking stalls per bed, in addition to people traveling via transit?

[sammyd]

I asked Goodlife Northland Village when the new Goodlife at COP would be opening. They said all new builds are on hold pending a lawsuit in Ontario. Also, they said the City of Calgary turned down the Northland Village request last week to fully demolish the mall and start from scratch. Has anyone heard of that last decision?

[Corndogger]

Originally Posted by sammyd

I asked Goodlife Northland Village when the new Goodlife at COP would be opening. They said all new builds are on hold pending a lawsuit in Ontario. Also, they said the City of Calgary turned down the Northland Village request last week to fully demolish the mall and start from scratch. Has anyone heard of that last decision?

No. Something like that would have made the news so if they did ask it must have been done on an informal basis.

[YYCguys]

Originally Posted by sammyd

I asked Goodlife Northland Village when the new Goodlife at COP would be opening. They said all new builds are on hold pending a lawsuit in Ontario. Also, they said the City of Calgary turned down the Northland Village request last week to fully demolish the mall and start from scratch. Has anyone heard of that last decision?

So the original plan was for Northland Village to be redeveloped with Whole Foods as an anchor, but I hadn’t heard that a total demo and rebuild was even being considered! What is the latest plan?

[sammyd]

Originally Posted by Corndogger

No. Something like that would have made the news so if they did ask it must have been done on an informal basis.

Goodlife isn't happy with the state of the gym at Northland and the employee said that now they have been told the mall can't be demo'd they may take over some other spots in the mall. That mall is a total failure now and if the City actually won't let them demo it that sounds pretty crappy.

[Corndogger]

Originally Posted by YYCguys

So the original plan was for Northland Village to be redeveloped with Whole Foods as an anchor, but I hadn’t heard that a total demo and rebuild was even being considered! What is the latest plan?

Whole Foods pulled out shortly after the redevelopment plans went to the city. I remember years ago--much before 2016--seeing plans off of the food court area that indicated the mall would essentially be transformed into streetscapes with a combo of stores, condos and offices. This was to be in done in phases over a period of time. I believe the reason they wanted to keep the existing mall operational for awhile was to have a source of income.

I believe these were the original plans. They still might be the existing plans but I can't tell from the website.

http://www.dialogdesign.ca/projects/northland-village-mall/

[YYCguys]

Originally Posted by Corndogger

Whole Foods pulled out shortly after the redevelopment plans went to the city. I remember years ago--much before 2016--seeing plans off of the food court area that indicated the mall would essentially be transformed into streetscapes with a combo of stores, condos and offices. This was to be in done in phases over a period of time. I believe the reason they wanted to keep the existing mall operational for awhile was to have a source of income.

I believe these were the original plans. They still might be the existing plans but I can't tell from the website.

http://www.dialogdesign.ca/projects/northland-village-mall/

Yes I do remember seeing those plans myself. So my question is the same as yours: are those plans still in effect minus whole foods?

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Another large mansion house starting to construct.

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