Calgary SSP Development Listing

[CaptainYooh]

Yes, Qualico bought 50% interest in the whole thing and will front the development costs. I don't really understand the logic behind this community proposal. Those who want the rural lifestyle would not be buying a typical 2,500 sq.ft. 2-storey home in Springbank, they'd go for an acreage home. Those who want a small-town feel home would be buying a home in Cochrane, which is right next to Harmony and it's got a variety of housing to offer with all of the infrastructure (except for a hospital). The only buyer group left consists of those who cannot afford an 2,500 sq.ft. two-storey in Rocky Ridge or Tuscany but want it anyway, so that they can say "we live in Springbank"... I'd say this is a risky value proposition.

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by CaptainYooh

Yes, Qualico bought 50% interest in the whole thing and will front the development costs. I don't really understand the logic behind this community proposal. Those who want the rural lifestyle would not be buying a typical 2,500 sq.ft. 2-storey home in Springbank, they'd go for an acreage home. Those who want a small-town feel home would be buying a home in Cochrane, which is right next to Harmony and it's got a variety of housing to offer with all of the infrastructure (except for a hospital). The only buyer group left consists of those who cannot afford an 2,500 sq.ft. two-storey in Rocky Ridge or Tuscany but want it anyway, so that they can say "we live in Springbank"... I'd say this is a risky value proposition.

I assume this is going to be an upscale development like the rest of Springbank. Probably similar to Heritage Pointe but on a larger scale.

[CaptainYooh]

Not really. I think it will be more like Valley Ridge and Crestmont.

[Ironhorse]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

Just because the LRT line isn't being encapsulated in glass, doesn't mean that it won't be when the library is done.

They have to make it safe to have an active construction site on top of the line, not make it pretty. Making it pretty can happen later.

Don't forget that when the 8th Avenue subway becomes a reality, trains will be turning west under City Hall instead of popping out of the ground here, making this section of track obsolete. Perhaps that's why they're not going all out on the design.

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by Ironhorse

Don't forget that when the 8th Avenue subway becomes a reality, trains will be turning west under City Hall instead of popping out of the ground here, making this section of track obsolete. Perhaps that's why they're not going all out on the design.

That is definitely also a consideration. However, there still will be trains coming up the ramp to 8th regularly. All the interline train switching will still have to use that connection.

I know that the RFP for the architects talked about the necessary encapsulation. They were told something had to be built, and they what they built could be temporary, or part of the permanent design.

The way it's constructed looks like it would be easy to take apart again at the end.

However, it's also a method that is easy to construct over a LRT line that operates 22 hours a day.

Who knows.

[KevanGuy]

Does anyone know what is going on at 634 6th Ave SW? In 2008 they kicked us out of the building, tore it down and as far as I know it is still just a hole in the ground.

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by KevanGuy

Does anyone know what is going on at 634 6th Ave SW? In 2008 they kicked us out of the building, tore it down and as far as I know it is still just a hole in the ground.

I thought it was supposed to become this thing
http://www.cityfeet.com/cont/forsale...gary-ab-t2p0s4

[Bigtime]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

CBC was reporting about the new Springbank development called Harmony. They are saying that Qualico is on board now and that construction will begin this month with lots available in about a year. They are talking about including a 36 hole golf course which is the only part that interests me. There might be some decent contours on that course which could make it quite nice.

Can't wait for all those new residents to start complaining about the airport they chose to move right beside...

[Arsenal14]

Originally Posted by KevanGuy

Does anyone know what is going on at 634 6th Ave SW? In 2008 they kicked us out of the building, tore it down and as far as I know it is still just a hole in the ground.

It's not "still just a hole in the ground" - it's "finally a hole in the ground"! They just started the excavation in the last few months. I believe a crane base was put in last week or the week before. The project was delayed for years before starting.

[Makarov]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

I thought it was supposed to become this thing
http://www.cityfeet.com/cont/forsale...gary-ab-t2p0s4

Honestly, who chose rust brown and grey as a colour-scheme? Its never going to be an architectural masterpiece, but a different colour-scheme would make all the difference in the world.

[Table 5]

Atrocious color decisions that ruin otherwise ok buildings are a local Calgary specialty.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Makarov

Honestly, who chose rust brown and grey as a colour-scheme? Its never going to be an architectural masterpiece, but a different colour-scheme would make all the difference in the world.

So many other projects are going mustard and ketchup so they just figured might as well just mix them together into one colour.

[Bigtime]

The Guardian South tower is pretty much under construction too, they are working on table forms for the tower right now:



Brad Lamb has revealed this rendering for his next project in the city; The Orchard, two blocks east of Arriva and the Guardian towers:

[Table 5]

Looks descent enough...similar to Guardian actually.

Although would it kill someone to try a condo with curves in Calgary? You'd think after Arriva, we'd have more.

[Ozy_Flame]

Originally Posted by Table 5

Looks descent enough...similar to Guardian actually.

Although would it kill someone to try a condo with curves in Calgary? You'd think after Arriva, we'd have more.

Condos with rounded lines?? What are you, some sort Liberal/NDP socialist hack from Toronto with awful futurist design logic?? Be gone with you, silly cretin of forward-thinking architecture - Calgarians like their buildings like their politics - Conservative squares

[SebC]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

Condos with rounded lines?? What are you, some sort Liberal/NDP socialist hack from Toronto with awful futurist design logic?? Be gone with you, silly cretin of forward-thinking architecture - Calgarians like their buildings like their politics - Conservative squares

They have to be boring squares, or it would diminish The Bow. [/BridgeLogic]

[Table 5]

I'd even settle for squares shifted 45 degrees, so they aren't lined up with the street. Just tired of seeing the same basic tower over and over.

If frickin' Mississauga can be doing something like this, why do we always have to be so conservative?



I'm not saying we need to do organic blobs like this, but let's at least try something a little more interesting. Even when developers from Vancouver and Toronto do project here, they turn the excitement level down to 2.

[nik-]

The Calatrava in Malmo is one of my favourites still.

[Flacker]

Regarding The Orchard, are there any plans to move the bus barns from the currently location? That east tower is going to hear an awful lot of buses rolling out every morning. The lower balconies on the east side of that tower will be horrible.

[Ozy_Flame]

I believe that bus barn is getting moved.

Table 5 or Muta, can you confirm?