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frinkprof · 02-10-2014, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by stampsx2

Anybody know what they'll do with the block on macleod trail between 12th ave and 13th ave se. It has a boarded up building on the block right now and nothing else.

Seems like a good spot for retail or something.

Where do you mean?

SebC · 02-10-2014, 11:57 PM

Another one that's been posted on SSP is not here is Brad Lamb's next project. Sales brochure is pretty bad though. Whoever made it is either very unfamiliar with Calgary or intentionally misleading prospective buyers.

http://fortressrealdevelopments.com/...s/the-orchard/

SebC · 02-11-2014, 01:47 AM

Also on SSP:

A previous version of 3 Eau Claire

Spoiler!

I like it, even though it looks a bit like the Amoco logo.

Spoiler!

A look at the 7-tower development near Eau Claire:

Spoiler!

Astoria starting up again, 10th Ave at 9th St.

Spoiler!

bizaro86 · 02-11-2014, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by SebC

Another one that's been posted on SSP is not here is Brad Lamb's next project. Sales brochure is pretty bad though. Whoever made it is either very unfamiliar with Calgary or intentionally misleading prospective buyers.

http://fortressrealdevelopments.com/...s/the-orchard/

I agree that the brochure was very poor quality, but the only factual error I saw was that the "Victoria Park" designation is north of 9th Ave. Which is weird, but not especially damning since the property is actually in Vic Park. Did I miss something?

Arsenal14 · 02-11-2014, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by stampsx2

Anybody know what they'll do with the block on macleod trail between 12th ave and 13th ave se. It has a boarded up building on the block right now and nothing else.

Seems like a good spot for retail or something.

I believe you're talking about the location where the proposed Curtis Block development is going, along with a proposed hotel. There are a few buildings on the block that are still being used (Vietnam restaurant, Arby's and the office building on the SW corner of the block) but the SE corner is indeed a boarded up building with parking lots beside it to the north and west.

Pagal4321 · 02-11-2014, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by frinkprof

Where do you mean?

Think he means across the street from the Keynote building, where the Co-op gas station used to be.

Arsenal14 · 02-11-2014, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Pagal4321

Think he means across the street from the Keynote building, where the Co-op gas station used to be.

If so, that's actually between 11th and 12th and beside 1st St E rather than MacLeod Trail. That site had a retail proposal called First South which would have used the full block but has been stalled/cancelled because the city wanted more density than was proposed.

stampsx2 · 02-11-2014, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Arsenal14

If so, that's actually between 11th and 12th and beside 1st St E rather than MacLeod Trail. That site had a retail proposal called First South which would have used the full block but has been stalled/cancelled because the city wanted more density than was proposed.

No i meant between 12 ave and 13 ave sw and between macleod trail and 1 st se. All that's really there is a boarded up "do not enter" building and a vietnamese restaurant.

A large block between basically macleod north and macleod south i would think commercial development would be all over that.

SebC · 02-11-2014, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by bizaro86

I agree that the brochure was very poor quality, but the only factual error I saw was that the "Victoria Park" designation is north of 9th Ave. Which is weird, but not especially damning since the property is actually in Vic Park. Did I miss something?

You did. The Victoria Park Stampede LRT station got moved from 15th Ave to 11th (which conveniently/fradulently makes it two blocks closer to the condos they're selling), and Alura is on the wrong side of McLeod trail.

Arsenal14 · 02-11-2014, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by stampsx2

No i meant between 12 ave and 13 ave sw and between macleod trail and 1 st se. All that's really there is a boarded up "do not enter" building and a vietnamese restaurant.

A large block between basically macleod north and macleod south i would think commercial development would be all over that.

OK, that is the location of Curtis Block which sounds like it may start at some point. It includes retail and office space. There is also a 20 story hotel proposal for part of that block which I'm fairly sure won't happen.

frinkprof · 02-11-2014, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by stampsx2

No i meant between 12 ave and 13 ave sw and between macleod trail and 1 st se. All that's really there is a boarded up "do not enter" building and a vietnamese restaurant.

A large block between basically macleod north and macleod south i would think commercial development would be all over that.

Curtis Block, which is a working title as taken from the heritage building that was demolished in 2009 because the City's Transportation department is stupid.

Office and retail.

Violator · 02-11-2014, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by ranchlandsselling

They still haven't gotten to that point yet? When's the ETA of the Save-On?

I toured a show suite years ago and was flabbergasted at the price and that was for a low level, bad view suite. I'd have been pissed had I purchased and it was at the current level of completion still.

Anyone know how the return would have been on those places?

I'll try and figure out.Plus ill return with pictures by the end of the week.

ranchlandsselling · 02-11-2014, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Violator

I'll try and figure out.Plus ill return with pictures by the end of the week.

Article from 2013/10/22 says 2014.

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In short time, the B.C.-based grocery chain will have three stores in Calgary — the first opening Saturday in Seton, followed by Panorama next Friday, and Walden on November 8. A fourth store on Heritage Drive and Macleod Trail is slated for 2014.

http://www.calgaryherald.com/busines...449/story.html

bizaro86 · 02-12-2014, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by SebC

You did. The Victoria Park Stampede LRT station got moved from 15th Ave to 11th (which conveniently/fradulently makes it two blocks closer to the condos they're selling), and Alura is on the wrong side of McLeod trail.

That's a pretty big deal. Good catch.

Violator · 02-16-2014, 11:26 AM

I cant find it on SSP anymore,but there was a story about a guy that bought an old office building downtown for 229,000.Does anybody know the location of this tower?

Bigtime · 02-20-2014, 06:48 AM

A very rough rendering from Sturgess of the proposal for the Osteria de Medici site in Kensington. This proposal would require a relaxation of the height limit for that lot of 10m (from 26m to 36m) and an increase in the maximum FAR from 5 to 7. In exchange for that they would "give" a 240 sq.m plaza on the corner of Kensington Road and 10th Street (a terrible bottleneck point right now for a busy street) and also a community meeting space.

JD · 02-20-2014, 07:26 AM

I really, honestly, truly feel that that thing is just awful. Hope it never gets built.

calf · 02-20-2014, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by JD

I really, honestly, truly feel that that thing is just awful. Hope it never gets built.

It'll look better once the earthquake stops.

Regulator75 · 02-20-2014, 07:59 AM

Reminds me of the previously abandoned building on 10th st and 5th ave SW, where the Catholic School Board now occupies.

bizaro86 · 02-20-2014, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by JD

I really, honestly, truly feel that that thing is just awful. Hope it never gets built.

I sort of like it. The curves make me think this is what a Gaudi designed apartment would look like if he was working now. If it gets built I think it'll grow on people.

Of course, I'm sure they'd build a 7 storey square condo building with a cream exterior if the city asked nicely...