Calgary SSP Development Listing

[Nsd1]

Originally Posted by Table 5

Thanks. If there's one thing that Bridgeland could use, it's a grocery store. Doesn't need to be high-end though.

I believe its Sunterra. I was looking into leasing a bay there a couple years ago. A friend of mine knows the Remington team well and he was told it was most likely going to be a Sunterra Market.

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by Muta

Shaw Court should be torn down. That architectural tumour is single-handedly bringing the morale of the country down every single day it exists.

The renovation concept is even more a tumor.

[Table 5]

Originally Posted by Nsd1

I believe its Sunterra. I was looking into leasing a bay there a couple years ago. A friend of mine knows the Remington team well and he was told it was most likely going to be a Sunterra Market.

Sunterra is definitively pretty nice, although often I really wish we just had an urban-format Superstore or something in the inner city. There are plenty of higher-end places to get groceries, but not really anything on the lower end. Safeway is probably it, and even that can be a little pricey.

I would be an extremely happy man if Trader Joes ever made it across the border.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Table 5

Sunterra is definitively pretty nice, although often I really wish we just had an urban-format Superstore or something in the inner city. There are plenty of higher-end places to get groceries, but not really anything on the lower end. Safeway is probably it, and even that can be a little pricey.

I would be an extremely happy man if Trader Joes ever made it across the border.

There will be a large Loblaws in the RioCan development in the East Village.

[Table 5]

I've never shopped at Loblaws, but I do follow their law blog.

[Muta]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

The renovation concept is even more a tumor.

Holy god. How does something that atrocious get past the Development Permit phase.

Who is the architect on this?

[Table 5]

Probably Jim Shaw. That looks like one of those design projects where the CEO is really "hands on".

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Muta

Holy god. How does something that atrocious get past the Development Permit phase.

Who is the architect on this?

It's not really much different from what exists right now. Thankfully Eau Claire Tower and the 7 tower project to the north will hide it finally.

https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=calgar...6.81,,0,-15.56

[Muta]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

It's not really much different from what exists right now. Thankfully Eau Claire Tower and the 7 tower project to the north will hide it finally.

Nope, it looks worse.

[Madman]

Originally Posted by J pold

It turns out my senior partner who has a close relationship with Shaw knew about this a few weeks ago and has already had meetings with senior management about what alternatives they have now that 3 Eau Claire is dead. Shaw might just reconfigure their current premises with the renovations their doing to Shaw Court but I doubt they could reconfigure all 240,000SF into Shaw Court.

Right now they are in about 6 floors at Scotia Centre with that lease coming up in 2016. The original plan was to relocate that group to 3 Eau Claire but now things are up in the air. Harvest Operations just took 143,000SF in Scotia and got a screaming deal from Cominar REIT (The Landlord). Shaw may extend their lease or look at options closer to Shaw Court.

Oh good, they can continue to clog up the worst elevator system on the planet in Scotia.

Thankfully we are out of that s-hole later this year.

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

There will be a large Loblaws in the RioCan development in the East Village.

Which East Village lot is this?

[Bunk]

Originally Posted by Muta

Holy god. How does something that atrocious get past the Development Permit phase.

Who is the architect on this?

It's an existing building. Probably about 20 years old. This just shows some minor renovations.

[Bunk]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

Which East Village lot is this?

Between 3rd and 4th Street and 5th and 6th Avenues.

[Muta]

Originally Posted by Bunk

It's an existing building. Probably about 20 years old. This just shows some minor renovations.

Well yeah.... I know that.

It's still awful 20 years later, just like it was when it opened up.

[EYE_Overstand]

Is it confirmed 3 eau Claire is scrapped?

[SebC]

Originally Posted by Table 5

Thanks. If there's one thing that Bridgeland could use, it's a grocery store. Doesn't need to be high-end though.

That, or an extension of the St. Patrick's Island bridge that goes over Memorial Drive.

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by Bunk

It's an existing building. Probably about 20 years old. This just shows some minor renovations.

The current building isn't bad. It has congruity and continuity to it. It looks like a classic 80s/90s transition building defined by the extra color (green, red, etc.) with some sandstone architecture in it to fit in with the Calgary vibe. I think the jutting glass has continuity with the pyramid cap to the building and it looks nice and fits in with the era in which it was built. It's not a super nice building but it's pretty okay and definitely makes me think early 90s. It's still much better than the brutalism of many of our concrete/brick monsters from the 70s and early 80s.

In my opinion, the new concept looks like what happens when old malls get facelifts where they bolt a bunch of stupid looking metal panels onto the brick facade. The renovation concept isn't very good and makes the building look significantly worse than it's current state. The current building is already very busy with two disparate elements fighting in it (the sandstone and the glass). The new concept is just a mess, introducing even more clashing and obviously bolted on features that don't blend, augment, or complement each other.

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by Bunk

Between 3rd and 4th Street and 5th and 6th Avenues.

Hmm, that's right across the street from the Drop in Centre/Cecil lot.

I've been curious about this for awhile. Have there been any discussions with with city regarding the future of the drop in centre? I have heard of some people and businesses who have voiced concerns with moving into the East Village because of the large homeless population that drifts and loiters around the area or is found sleeping on the riverbanks and along the new board walk areas that have been built up. With the revitalisation and incumbent gentrification of this area, I wonder if things are going to change, if it will be moved, or if everything will work together.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

The current building isn't bad. It has congruity and continuity to it. It looks like a classic 80s/90s transition building defined by the extra color (green, red, etc.) with some sandstone architecture in it to fit in with the Calgary vibe. I think the jutting glass has continuity with the pyramid cap to the building and it looks nice and fits in with the era in which it was built. It's not a super nice building but it's pretty okay and definitely makes me think early 90s. It's still much better than the brutalism of many of our concrete/brick monsters from the 70s and early 80s.

In my opinion, the new concept looks like what happens when old malls get facelifts where they bolt a bunch of stupid looking metal panels onto the brick facade. The renovation concept isn't very good and makes the building look significantly worse than it's current state. The current building is already very busy with two disparate elements fighting in it (the sandstone and the glass). The new concept is just a mess, introducing even more clashing and obviously bolted on features that don't blend, augment, or complement each other.

Your description gives me the same feeling I get when using my Shaw PVR.

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

Your description gives me the same feeling I get when using my Shaw PVR.

There's a CPer who is responsible for that