Calgary SSP Development Listing

[CofR]

Originally Posted by jeffporfirio

Never got to try the pies they used to sell there. Were they any good?

They were good, expensive though

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

I noticed that they finally tore down the Log Barn/Flight Centre/Mango Maid/Immigration building at 14th and 16th NW. I wonder what will happen with that site?

http://construction.mapcalgary.ca/project.html?id=219

[calgarygeologist]

Ground breaking is today for a new international mall, the New Horizon Mall (http://newhorizonmall.com/). This should be an interesting development. It is being developed across the street, south, from Crossiron Mills. That area is going to need a major overhaul for access to/from Highway 2 though.

[Kavvy]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

Ground breaking is today for a new international mall, the New Horizon Mall (http://newhorizonmall.com/). This should be an interesting development. It is being developed across the street, south, from Crossiron Mills. That area is going to need a major overhaul for access to/from Highway 2 though.

Who pays for the overhaul?

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by Kavvy

Who pays for the overhaul?

Should be Rocky View County because they are responsible for the planning of the area and the development permits. I would expect that they would want the City of Calgary to share some of the cost though because a large number of visitors to the malls and facilities are Calgary residents.

[Kavvy]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

Should be Rocky View County because they are responsible for the planning of the area and the development permits. I would expect that they would want the City of Calgary to share some of the cost though because a large number of visitors to the malls and facilities are Calgary residents.

Interesting - aren't Primary Highways, and their overpasses, provincial jurisdiction?

Would the developer share a burden in this? Or that would be part of the permit process?

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by Kavvy

Interesting - aren't Primary Highways, and their overpasses, provincial jurisdiction?

Would the developer share a burden in this? Or that would be part of the permit process?

I certainly don't know the answers but Highway 2 is a provincial highway so planning and construction work is tied to the Provincial Government. I tried to find something on the Rocky View website but couldn't easy locate anything although apparently any development within 800m of highway 2 requires approval by the provincial government and some sort of infrastructure study by the developer. I also saw some sort of master plan for infrastructure that Rocky View put out which is their projection of needs within 30 years and it indicates some sort of new partial interchange south of Crossiron Mills but it doesn't indicate anything for north of Crossiron Mills (highway 2/566.)

[Hack&Lube]

I can't believe they are really going through with the New Horizon Mall project. It's basically a carbon copy of Pacific Mall in Ontario and anybody who has been there knows it's not really a polished retail experience but a flood of short-term, cheap goods, semi-legitimate pop-ups inside glass-booths type experience. Asian malls always slowly trend downwards from Opulence Center to Dragon City Mall to Franklin Mall / Pacific Place, etc. There's a limited portfolio of shops and product that can really fit into them.

How many fake DVD shops, bubble tea places, phone accessory, and grey market clothing/accessory shops can the market really support? If we can get a little more high-end and get actual professional asian chains like UniQlo, etc. that would be awesome but that's not what the mandate clearly explains. How about we just get a DealExtreme or TaoBao warehouse and call it mini-ShenZhen?

[para transit fellow]

Originally Posted by Kavvy

Interesting - aren't Primary Highways, and their overpasses, provincial jurisdiction?

Would the developer share a burden in this? Or that would be part of the permit process?

Ivanhoe Cambridge paid for the north off / south on ramp overpass

[Addick]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

I would expect that they would want the City of Calgary to share some of the cost though because a large number of visitors to the malls and facilities are Calgary residents.

As Rocky View allowed the development that created this impact, they should be the ones to cover the cost of the impact no? If Rocky View wants visitors from Calgary to pay, fair play but they really have no grounds to seek contributions from another municipality that wasn't involved in the decision making process.

[para transit fellow]

Originally Posted by Addick

As Rocky View allowed the development that created this impact, they should be the ones to cover the cost of the impact no? If Rocky View wants visitors from Calgary to pay, fair play but they really have no grounds to seek contributions from another municipality that wasn't involved in the decision making process.

I'm not sure where this belief that RVC expected Calgary to pay for an interchange came from... funds are from local sources

http://www.airdrieecho.com/2010/06/0...l-ease-traffic

[The Yen Man]

Yah, I'm actually really surprised this mall even made it to ground breaking. I have no idea how businesses will make money from this mall. Calgary does not have the Asian population to support it IMO, and it's just going to be like Dragon City Mall.

[Violator]

It would be cool if they opened a daiso in that mall

http://www.daisocanada.com/

Gf went to the one in Richmond said it was pretty awesome its the first one in NA.

[calgarygeologist]

I was at the Dalhousie Co-op this morning to pick a few things up and they had a presentation table set up showcasing a new development which they have applied for. They want to re-develop that shopping area to include a new grocery store along with some other shops and a new high rise condo building. It looked pretty cool. I don't think they have the development plan up on the internet yet.

[polak]

Any guesses on how long it is until they start glazing the crown on Brookfield place?

Telus Sky is also a few floors above grade!

[J pold]

Originally Posted by polak

Any guesses on how long it is until they start glazing the crown on Brookfield place?

Telus Sky is also a few floors above grade!

No idea but Soctiabank took 140,000 SF in Brookfield Place. Looks like Cenvous won't be the only tenant.

https://www.reminetwork.com/articles...place-calgary/

[I-Hate-Hulse]

An interesting article on the 25 yr old worth $14 Billion with a few fingers into Calgary developments such as the Drake, Smith, and Future Sony site.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...ticle31368035/

Maybe he can invest in CalgaryNEXT...

[Ozy_Flame]

When I saw that a 25 year-old was worth $14 Billion, I was about to ask where I went wrong in life and why don't I have that kind of talent. Then I found out it was inheritance from a member of British Royalty and I wasn't so chapped after all.

[topfiverecords]

I'll invest in CalgaryNext. My inheritance from Nigerian Royalty is coming through any day now.

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

I was at the Dalhousie Co-op this morning to pick a few things up and they had a presentation table set up showcasing a new development which they have applied for. They want to re-develop that shopping area to include a new grocery store along with some other shops and a new high rise condo building. It looked pretty cool. I don't think they have the development plan up on the internet yet.

Here is the Dalhousie Co-op development project. I like it a lot.

http://boulevardatdalhousie.ca/

The Brentwood project looks pretty cool as well.

http://brentwoodcommons.ca/project-details/