80 storey tower 'planned'
Proposed 80-storey tower would smash Western Canada height records
ELISE STOLTE
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Several abandoned properties sit where Alldritt Group wants to build a tower up to 80 storeys tall. GREG SOUTHAM / POSTMEDIA
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East downtown residents are getting word they could one day have a record-breaking neighbour.
Alldritt Land Corp. is pitching an 80-storey mixed residential tower that could end up as much as 29 metres taller than the Ice District’s 251-metre Stantec tower, still under construction, but billed as the tallest tower in Western Canada.
Public open house notices went out this week and quickly spread on social media.
“Whatever they are smoking, I want some,” said one commenter on the Riverdale Facebook group.
The Alldritt Tower is planned for contaminated land just up the hill from Louise McKinney Park and includes a public park connection between the Shaw Conference Centre and the river valley.
The design is still in flux, but recent versions call for transparent first and second floors to preserve views of the river valley. It could include a hotel, and will be a mix of different uses. Eighty storeys would allow a maximum of 550 units.
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