The walkways are silly and make the space feel cramped. Narrower beams would have been more impressive.
Those silly walkways are actually really cool stairs and I'm sure the width was done to code. They'll look great because of how they obstruct the view in different ways depending on where you are walking through the atrium.
Those silly walkways are actually really cool stairs and I'm sure the width was done to code. They'll look great because of how they obstruct the view in different ways depending on where you are walking through the atrium.
^ Only 422,000 SQ FT of office space in Telus Sky, 130,000 (31%) of which is taken up by Telus. I'm actually surprised that there's still 126,000 SQ FT of space left given that this tower was announced 5-6 years ago. But I guess it kind of coincided with the oil crash which doesn't help. I'm sure it will eventually be leased out fully even with the 25% vacancy rates in YYC. If I was a company I'd prefer to be a nice modern building like this.
Telus Sky is in my top 3 favourite towers to go up in Canada in the past 20 years without a doubt. I want to see it in person once it's all lit up and finished.
^ Only 422,000 SQ FT of office space in Telus Sky, 130,000 (31%) of which is taken up by Telus. I'm actually surprised that there's still 126,000 SQ FT of space left given that this tower was announced 5-6 years ago. But I guess it kind of coincided with the oil crash which doesn't help. I'm sure it will eventually be leased out fully even with the 25% vacancy rates in YYC. If I was a company I'd prefer to be a nice modern building like this.
Absorb Software just leased 80,000 SF yesterday. The commercial space is 60% committed now.
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Mohkínstsis — 1.6 million people at the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains, 400 high-rises, a 300-metre SE to NW climb, over 1000 kilometres of pathways, with 20% of the urban area as parkland.
I've worked in a few offices, all of them modern except for one, but none would be fancy. In my office now they always have like some large, super avant garde bouquets of flowers or plants (real or fake, I can't tell) on the front desk that must cost hundreds of dollars. They change it up like every couple of weeks. I thought that was extravagant.
Right now I can't recall which offices I've been that have living walls. If I did go into one, it probably wasn't impressive enough to capture my attention.
But living walls are like... everywhere now. I know they're fairly common here at least.
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I feel like the trends started back in the 80's and only recently has seen a resurgence. I've been in some older buildings with living walls and you can tell they have been there for a long time, mostly due to the plants used.
It appears The One has all it's permits in order and according to those over on urbantoronto.ca the construction site should be a busy hive of activity within a few days (my guess Monday).
And just around the corner at 50 Scollard demo and excavation are underway so we will have 2 Fosters going up at the same time.
It looks like more details on the rail deck park portian are becoming visible. I wonder if it's still possible to have that completed by the fall. Also does anybody know how close to completion the new Bus terminal is? I can't find any info on the Metrolinx site.
I feel like the trends started back in the 80's and only recently has seen a resurgence. I've been in some older buildings with living walls and you can tell they have been there for a long time, mostly due to the plants used.
That's true. I remember a McDonalds somewhere with a living wall and pond! The Eaton Centre was a green oasis in the middle of winter back then too.
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