Calgary SSP Development Listing

[Muta]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

Great Gulf is selling the YWCA site downtown they purchased back in 2015.

https://renx.ca/an-entire-city-block...wntown-calgary

Dang, I was a fan of Great Gulf's plan; that Henriquez design for that site was outstanding. Maybe the design will float on over to the new owner (but I doubt it).

Spoiler!

[jayswin]

Crap, yeah that's disappointing.

[calgarygeologist]

I've been going downtown to the office two or three days a week and have been walking around and exploring downtown again post-Covid. With all the new development and buildings it has led me to wonder what everyone's favorite older, built 30+ years ago, building is? For me it would probably be the Aquitaine Tower. I like the contrasting colours of the exterior, the design (I'm not sure if it could be classified as brutalist design) and the lobby finishings are pretty cool and pretty old school.

[D as in David]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

I've been going downtown to the office two or three days a week and have been walking around and exploring downtown again post-Covid. With all the new development and buildings it has led me to wonder what everyone's favorite older, built 30+ years ago, building is? For me it would probably be the Aquitaine Tower. I like the contrasting colours of the exterior, the design (I'm not sure if it could be classified as brutalist design) and the lobby finishings are pretty cool and pretty old school.

For me, it's easily the Barron Building. Hopefully, the latest plan to renovate it comes to fruition and is done well.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9561856/h...e-redeveloped/

[Muta]

Without question, the former Nexxen / Nova tower. An architecturally stunning building built in the 80's that has such dynamic lines/shape, from any angle it reveals a new story which is not easy to do with a structure of that purpose and density. It still looks better than most new towers in Calgary today.

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by D as in David

For me, it's easily the Barron Building. Hopefully, the latest plan to renovate it comes to fruition and is done well.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9561856/h...e-redeveloped/

The Barron building is definitely cool and if it wasn't for the current state and years of neglect it would be high up on my list. It is a shame that nothing has been done for so many years but it is nice to see that it might get a life with a redevelopment.

[topfiverecords]

Elveden Centre