CALGARY | Arriva 42 | 535 FT / 163 M | 44 FLOORS | ON HOLD

Surrealplaces · #1 Posted **Jan 27, 2008, 7:46 PM**

This is a Condominium tower in Calgary named Arriva 42, originally because it was to have 42 floors. Since then two floors have been added for a total of 44 floors.

Arriva 42 is part of a three tower complex with the first tower, Arriva I (tower on right hand side) already topped off. The tower on the left hand side of the picture is the one u/c

Surrealplaces · #2 Posted **Jan 27, 2008, 7:51 PM**

From late July 2007

Surrealplaces · #3 Posted **Jan 27, 2008, 7:53 PM**

From Jan 12, 2008

TOBoy · #4 Posted **Jan 27, 2008, 11:28 PM**

Does anyone have an up-to-date pic of the first tower to give an idea of how the second tower may shape up in terms of materials used?

I like the design better on the second tower. Hopefully this starts a trend for taller residential projects with designs that continue to get better. I think this is a good start for the biggies.

Surrealplaces · #5 Posted **Jan 29, 2008, 5:21 AM**

^Here are some recent pictures of the first tower.

Surrealplaces · #6 Posted **Jan 29, 2008, 5:23 AM**

Here is a picture of the first tower from this summer. It gives a good perspective of how the second tower will look. Just add 10 more floors for the second tower.

ScottFromCalgary · #7 Posted **Feb 2, 2008, 8:05 PM**

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Arriva 44 pit, they are starting to dig away the ramp today:

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mersar · #8 Posted **Feb 2, 2008, 11:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by Bigtime

Just thought I'd pass the word along, a lot of the tower has been undergoing some interesting changes. Things like 2 story loft suites on the podium levels, as well they have changed the floor count to 43 instead of 44. No word on if this will affect the height, or is simply a cosmetic change of floor amounts.

Another slight change just posted over in the Calgary thread, lets hope that it doesn't affect the height though.

Surrealplaces · #9 Posted **Feb 4, 2008, 7:30 PM**

Nice to see the ramp going away, they are really moving fast on this one.

Geofferson · #10 Posted **Feb 5, 2008, 12:20 AM**

I love this project and think it has great implications for future residential projects in the city!

TOBoy · #11 Posted **Feb 5, 2008, 12:24 AM**

Man I give up trying to name this tower. If they were going to change the # of floors so often they should have just called it the Arriva tower.

Surrealplaces · #12 Posted **Feb 6, 2008, 6:41 AM**

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Originally Posted by TOBoy

Man I give up trying to name this tower. If they were going to change the # of floors so often they should have just called it the Arriva tower.

That might be the best bet. Or simply call it Arriva II.

Bigtime · #13 Posted **Feb 7, 2008, 7:14 PM**

I've spoken with the developer John Torode quite a bit on this project, they are staying with the branding of calling it 'arriVa 42'. However the 43 floors instead of the 44 shouldn't affect the height as it may just be a floor count issue, they are now including 2 story loft units on the podium section. So they may just be counted as 1 floor in the stories count, not the actual construction count.

Keep in mind this is similar to the first tower arriVa 34, which is actually 36 stories in total. But has only 34 stories of residential units, it lacks a 3rd and 13th floor in the listing on the elevators.

I'll supply more photos of this one coming up from my vantage in the first tower as construction continues!

Bigtime · #14 Posted **Feb 8, 2008, 4:24 PM**

The render that Surreal has is the older one, these newer renders were released a while back and although they may not be the most up to date they show tower 2 & 3 at the 44 stories.

Podium level detail:

tdawg · #15 Posted **Feb 8, 2008, 6:17 PM**

They should rename one of the towers in this comples "Departa."

Bigtime · #16 Posted **Feb 8, 2008, 8:52 PM**

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They should rename one of the towers in this comples "Departa."

I was quite surprised to find out the name of my building is also a public transport company in Europe!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arriva

I found it out a couple of years ago at my airport hotel in Frankfurt, as I saw an 'Arriva' bus go by.

Surrealplaces · #17 Posted **Feb 20, 2008, 3:50 PM**

I changed the headline to read 43 floors. Is 43 floors still the plan as far as you know Bigtime?

Of all the projects in Calgary, this is one of the ones that I'm anticipating the most. Outside of the Bow, this tower will have the biggest effect on the look of Calgary's skyline IMO.

Coldrsx · #18 Posted **Feb 20, 2008, 5:23 PM**

other than the podium (a whole other topic for Edmonton and Calgary) i quite like this project...although im not a fan of the arrangement of the towers on the site.

Xeelee · #19 Posted **Feb 20, 2008, 5:40 PM**

Those are nice looking towers.

Calgarian · #20 Posted **Feb 21, 2008, 11:02 PM**

So what's the timeline for this one?