Calgary SSP Development Listing

[Fuzz]

Hopefully they get their sinks installed properly. That area doesn't need anymore flooding.

[Lubicon]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

A new proposal in Sunnyside by Truman Homes, on the 900 block of Memorial drive just across from the Peace bridge. 5 storey midrise:

www.engagememorial.com

I don't mind it. Materials and design look good and the height is just about right for along Memorial. I wouldn't want it much higher. Nice to see parking accessed from the alley. I really like how the application brief shows the shadows the building will cast at various times of the year, and even better is the shadows the other buildings in the area cast so you get a good idea of the effect this single building will have. It's too bad the old housed will go, in an ideal world they would be renovated and restored but along a main road like Memorial I think a midrise is a better purposed building than SFH.

[InglewoodFan]

It look suspiciously like they are capping the Windsor building at 50th and Elbow at grade. I believe they started taking down the crane this morning and all the advertising hording on the fencing is down. On the downside, it'll be an eyesore at the corner for a while I am guessing. On the upside, they can take down the fencing that makes the right turn onto EB 50th a nightmare.

[Swift]

That would explain the extra activity there this morning - some large trucks, side road closure, guys in suits standing around talking

[Muta]

"Climbing centre breaks ground on Olympic-calibre facility"

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...lity-1.3984484

... nice looking building!

[Violator]

Originally Posted by InglewoodFan

It look suspiciously like they are capping the Windsor building at 50th and Elbow at grade. I believe they started taking down the crane this morning and all the advertising hording on the fencing is down. On the downside, it'll be an eyesore at the corner for a while I am guessing. On the upside, they can take down the fencing that makes the right turn onto EB 50th a nightmare.

That's the second time it was cappped

I guess the smart car free rental promotion didn't work for them.

[J pold]

Originally Posted by InglewoodFan

It look suspiciously like they are capping the Windsor building at 50th and Elbow at grade. I believe they started taking down the crane this morning and all the advertising hording on the fencing is down. On the downside, it'll be an eyesore at the corner for a while I am guessing. On the upside, they can take down the fencing that makes the right turn onto EB 50th a nightmare.

Yup it's being capped and propositioned as a residential development. I got emailed the below message a few weeks ago:

RE: The Windsor (Elbow & 50th ) Special Announcement

In 2015, Arlington Street Investments began the construction of our mixed-use 5 storey retail and commercial office development; The Windsor, located at Elbow Drive and 50th Avenue S.W.

As most of you know, over the past two years the commercial office market has experienced significant headwinds resulting in the precipitous increases in commercial office vacancy.

Given the current and foreseeable market conditions, Arlington Street Investments has made the strategic decision to move ahead with our alternative development program which is to reposition The Windsor from a mixed-use retail and commercial office development to a mixed-use retail and residential development.

We have always had this option available and capitalized our development accordingly. Given the flexibility within our capital program and taking into consideration the imminent completion of construction to grade, the timing to make this decision is now.

Based on this new development program, we expect to resume construction in Q3/Q4 2017 and anticipate the development will be completed approximately 14-16 months thereafter.

The team at Arlington Street Investments would like to acknowledge and thank Barclay Street Real Estate; specifically Dan Harmsen and his associate, Jace Jonsson for their energy and commitment to The Windsor project.
We would also like to thank our partners at Norr Architects, Clark Builders and Quantum Place Developments for all of their hard work to date on this project.

Finally, thank you to those agents and brokers who engaged Arlington Street Investments with respect to The Windsor and showed genuine interest by visiting our show centre.

We look forward to continuing our relationship with you for many years to come.

[Bunk]

Grosvenor 17th/4th

[Table 5]

Nice. Nowhere as cool as the Moda-version, but nice.

[Enoch Root]

^ 17th ave and 4th st SW?

which corner?

[J pold]

Anything is better than that god awful retail development across 4th street.

[worth]

Looks like where Anju is now? Is that right?

[Addick]

Originally Posted by Table 5

Nice. Nowhere as cool as the Moda-version, but nice.

MoDA was doing a very high-level concept right? Is this their refined vision or did Grosvenor go with another firm?

[Table 5]

McKinley Burkart is now the architect. They tend to to do nice work too, so at the very least it should turn out well...just not quite as architecturally interesting as the Moda version. I would imagine it came down to cost.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Table 5

McKinley Burkart is now the architect. They tend to to do nice work too, so at the very least it should turn out well...just not quite as architecturally interesting as the Moda version. I would imagine it came down to cost.

Yeah, these days we're lucky when cost cutting doesn't produce capped concrete, so we'll take this.

[Bunk]

Originally Posted by Table 5

McKinley Burkart is now the architect. They tend to to do nice work too, so at the very least it should turn out well...just not quite as architecturally interesting as the Moda version. I would imagine it came down to cost.

I'm not sure the Moda design was something Grosvenor actually procured, or whether it was just an idea that Moda threw out there as a pure concept. Firms sometimes do that.

[jayswin]

So is there a bonus to the construction company for Telus Sky if they can keep it below our skyline for X number of years or something?

[The Familia]

I'm not sure what you mean Jayswin...

[jayswin]

It was a joke about how slowly it's rising. It's getting there, I'm just impatient because it's a really cool looking building

[Bigtime]

We are now getting to the part where the floor plates will start to change shape, and give the tower its unique twist.