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Originally Posted by Table 5
Funny, because when I hear the man talk, I hear mostly BS caked with folksy stories and platitudes. At the end of the day, he has been in charge of this project since 2007, yet all they were able to accomplish in that time is release a semi-cohesive vision that's very low on detail, and ignores important things like Bow trail being realigned. This is honestly where they should've been 2-3 years ago.
If they want the City involved, the sooner someone like CMLC can take over the better. East Village is how it's done right.
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A few points:
1) The current incarnation of this project started subsequent to the Flames acquisition of the Stampeders in late 2012. Prior to that they were looking at an arena site only, obviously an entirely different project.
2) What purpose would it serve to announce details to the public before a coherent concept had been arrived at? Take a look at the disaster in public engagement that was the Edmonton Arena district.
3) You must forget that the plan to redevelop the East Village began in 2002 - remember this (horrendously tacky) design?:
CMLC took over in 2009, and six years later we are finally nearing occupancy. While the finished product is nice, they haven't been extraordinarily successful in achieving absorption rates higher than anywhere else in the city. While their experience in working with CRL financing might be valuable to this project, it's not as if these guys are superstar developers.