Regina Construction III - Page 429

one_brick_at_a_time · #**8561** Posted **Oct 18, 2018, 1:57 AM**

Santa Claus Parade is cancelled this year. Looks like Strathallen is doing some penny pinching.

skphc08 · #**8562** Posted **Oct 18, 2018, 5:38 AM**

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Originally Posted by BrutallyDishonest2

Blame the airport authority. They sabotaged the project and refused to fund widening the bridge over the storm channel.

Pedestrian signals are installed but not turned to a functional orientation since they re-did that intersection.

The councillor for the ward, Andrew Steven, predicted there would be a delay due to a change in the management. I think we can now say this is more than a simple delay.

Draftsman · #**8563** Posted **Oct 20, 2018, 12:37 AM**

From CBC News....

Office with a view: Space in controversial 4-storey building at Wascana up for lease

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatche...ilding-at-wascana-up-for-lease-1.4871271

Udon'tknow · #**8564** Posted **Oct 20, 2018, 4:50 AM**

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Originally Posted by Draftsman

From CBC News....

Office with a view: Space in controversial 4-storey building at Wascana up for lease

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatche...ilding-at-wascana-up-for-lease-1.4871271

Does anyone know when construction starts? I assume if they are leasing in Spring of 2020 it will be starting soon as that is only a year and a half away.

jigglysquishy · #**8565** Posted **Oct 20, 2018, 2:36 PM**

Absolutely terrible news. The PCC needs to be completely reworked. There should be no private development in the park.

pappcam · #**8566** Posted **Oct 20, 2018, 3:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by djforsberg

It would be a disgrace if this was built. Doesn’t matter his nice it is, it doesn’t belong in Wascana Park.

Isn't this right next to the CBC building?

Nathan · #**8567** Posted **Oct 20, 2018, 11:56 PM**

The fact that their promotion is the following only makes it worse:

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The Brandt-CNIB building will be a “one-of-a-kind” opportunity for commerce to move into Wascana Park, according to an advertisement pitching the controversial project to prospective tenants.

Leader Post Article

Missinglink · #**8568** Posted **Oct 21, 2018, 2:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by djforsberg

Yes. Your point? CBC is a Crown corporation remember. Perfectly suitable for the park.

What does being a Crown corp have to do with being suitable to being in the park. Its should have never been allowed. If it was up to me it would be leveled and returned to green space.

pappcam · #**8569** Posted **Oct 21, 2018, 2:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by djforsberg

It’s a public park that already has a lot of provincial government offices. The point is it’s a not-for-profit and it’s a business that’s for the benefit of all. And you want to level it? Let me guess: you think the CBC is nothing but a liberal mouthpiece. If that’s the case, we can discuss that extremely inaccurate and uninformed opinion but this isn’t the place to do it.

Is The Willow a non-profit business there for the "benefit of all"? Just curious.

pappcam · #**8570** Posted **Oct 21, 2018, 3:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by djforsberg

I believe having a restaurant at the park is an acceptable exception and it’s much different than building an office building that is more suitable for one of the many empty lots downtown.

Well as long as you think the restaurant there in the middle of the park vs a building replacing an existing building right beside a corporate office on a major thoroughfare is fine it's all good.

Did you know the CNIB is a non-profit?

one_brick_at_a_time · #**8571** Posted **Oct 21, 2018, 4:01 PM**

Absolutely restaurants like the Willow should be in the park. The Brandt proposal however looks like a giant big box retailer. Now after seeing the Conexus proposal, I now comfortably prefer that proposal over the Brandt one.

pappcam · #**8572** Posted **Oct 21, 2018, 4:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by one_brick_at_a_time

Absolutely restaurants like the Willow should be in the park. The Brandt proposal however looks like a giant big box retailer. Now after seeing the Conexus proposal, I now comfortably prefer that proposal over the Brandt one.

What does everyone here consider "in the park"? Why should a private restaurant smack dab in the middle of the park be considered ok while a building along the outskirts of the park on a major road that is replacing an existing building be so distasteful to most of you?

What if another pretentious overpriced restaurant opens in this new building? Would that be ok?

StealthGirl · #**8573** Posted **Oct 21, 2018, 4:41 PM**

Part of the problem with this new building is that the current plan exceeds the height limits in the park. It's going to have a big parking lot and the building footprint is twice the size of the current CNIB building. Those shadows will dwarf a good amount of land. It's going to increase the vehicular traffic through the park as well.

I don't know if there will be a restaurant in the new Brandt building, but office space which is what Brandt will be using does not belong in the park. That's the big part of this building. There is no need for this huge building and parking lot in this spot.

skthunder77 · #**8574** Posted **Oct 22, 2018, 8:05 PM**

There are enough vacant lots in the downtown...heck, I'd rather see office sprawl in one of the outer developments ( like the Harbour Landing office park ) than developing in the park. Obviously something is wrong with the market when it is more attractive to develop there than in the downtown.

Is it a taxation issue? Construction permit? Or simply having to dig down for parking vs. big surface lot that makes the difference? To me this is where the city has to step in and incentivize infill office development.

pappcam · #**8575** Posted **Oct 22, 2018, 8:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by skthunder77

There are enough vacant lots in the downtown...heck, I'd rather see office sprawl in one of the outer developments ( like the Harbour Landing office park ) than developing in the park. Obviously something is wrong with the market when it is more attractive to develop there than in the downtown.

Is it a taxation issue? Construction permit? Or simply having to dig down for parking vs. big surface lot that makes the difference? To me this is where the city has to step in and incentivize infill office development.

It's a matter of money and who is paying for what. Conexus donated millions to renovate Darke Hall as part of the process and Brandt is rebuilding a new office for the CNIB as the building was crumbling. Apparently the MS Society is also moving into that building. That's the high level anyhow.

UPP · #**8576** Posted **Oct 23, 2018, 4:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by skthunder77

There are enough vacant lots in the downtown...heck, I'd rather see office sprawl in one of the outer developments ( like the Harbour Landing office park ) than developing in the park. Obviously something is wrong with the market when it is more attractive to develop there than in the downtown.

Is it a taxation issue? Construction permit? Or simply having to dig down for parking vs. big surface lot that makes the difference? To me this is where the city has to step in and incentivize infill office development.

i think it's simply offering a preferred location for it's workforce. I know I wouldn't mind working at the edge of the park.

I think the public vs private business in the park is lame. The govt offices located in the park with their expansive parking lots are as much, if not more of a blight on the park than the Conexus or Brandt buildings. The horses were let out of the barn long ago. At least with Conexus, Darke Hall and the University Extension program get a much needed boost.

BrutallyDishonest2 · #**8577** Posted **Oct 23, 2018, 1:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by pappcam

It's a matter of money and who is paying for what. Conexus donated millions to renovate Darke Hall as part of the process and Brandt is rebuilding a new office for the CNIB as the building was crumbling. Apparently the MS Society is also moving into that building. That's the high level anyhow.

Conexus didn't donate anything. They purchased their land under the guise of a "donation".

pappcam · #**8578** Posted **Oct 23, 2018, 1:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by BrutallyDishonest2

Conexus didn't donate anything. They purchased their land under the guise of a "donation".

Semantics depending on how rabid one is about the whole situation.

It doesn't really bother me so I'll stick with "donation" while you can call it whatever you want.

StealthGirl · #**8579** Posted **Oct 23, 2018, 1:49 PM**

The Islamic Association of Sask is finalizing their purchase of the Pump Roadhouse property. They are planning to build a new mosque. It's 3km from the other mosque recently built in the east end, but this one would be for Sunni Muslims which the other is not.

https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/r...to-new-mosque-on-site-of-pump-roadhouse?

HomeInMyShoes · #**8580** Posted **Oct 23, 2018, 2:49 PM**

Just more garbage from the city with respect to the CNIB and Brandt proposal. I wasn't fine with the development in the first place, but now that Brandt is leasing space in their building it is all the more atrocious. We allow private corporations to profit from what was, at one time, a public resource.

I suppose we can at least stop pretending that the park is some special part of Regina because it isn't.