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Transcend on 106ave and 124th. Building looks close to finished. Other commercial unit on the ground floor still empty.

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Priority Growth Area Rezoning Proposal Principles and SummaryGuiding PrinciplesThe proposal was guided by a set of core principles that sought to balance long-term cityobjectives with community interests and the increasing need for additional housing in thecity.The principles include:● Aligning with the direction and long-term vision of The City Plan and District Plansfor the node and corridor type.● Focusing on areas with higher redevelopment potential, such as along arterialroadways and near transit stations, to indicate where change is anticipated to startand more investment is expected.● Increasing flexibility by rezoning Direct Control Zones to standard zones.● Concentrating mandatory ground floor businesses in significant locations toenhance their prominence and minimize oversaturation of commercial spaces.● Incorporating public feedback where possible to propose zones that reflect localcontext.● Transitioning neighbourhoods toward short-term targets of The City Plan using agradual and incremental approach.● Transitioning from taller buildings along arterial roads and near transit stations tosmaller buildings closer to the edges of the node or corridor.These principles helped to inform how sites were selected and what zones and zonemodifiers were applied. This supported the creation of a rezoning proposal that enables anincremental build out of The City Plan’s vision to welcome more people into theredeveloping areas of the city while remaining sympathetic to local context.

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Priority Growth Area Rezoning will target sites within priority nodes and corridors to incentivize demand and investment in these important areas.
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This map includes 124th and also western Wihkwentowin. These are vacant lots/parking lots that are awaiting redevelopment. Probably 3-4k new residents if these all get redeveloped. Would make a big impact on businesses on 124th and Jasper Ave.

The Jasper/124 corner and SPR/124 intersection both getting some projects would be so transformative.

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Apparently the Maker's Keep is moving a few blocks off 124st, not sure where. Sounds like rents are shooting up on 124st, perhaps in anticipation of the LRT. I hope we don't lose a bunch of local independent shops as a result (although that tends to be part of the natural evolution).
 
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Apparently the Maker's Keep is moving a few blocks off 124st, not sure where. Sounds like rents are shooting up on 124st, perhaps in anticipation of the LRT. I hope we don't lose a bunch of local independent shops as a result (although that tends to be part of the natural evolution).
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Or maybe, just maybe they're not making enough money to pay the existing rent?

It's not always the landlords fault
 
Recent IDEA podcast was talking about how Edmonton lacks the same number of “main streets” or sorta cool neighborhoods that many other cities have. Even like Calgary seems to have a few more hoppin areas.

We sorta have 124th, 104st, Whyte, 109/garneau little section. Anything else?

What do you all think might be some “potential areas” for building up a sense of Main Street vibes and unique senses of place? A few that come to mind for me:
- stony plain road from 142-163st. Probably our great potential and biggest embarrassment
- alberta Ave.
- the small strip in Calder with boxcar
- Parkallen has their small strip, likely can’t expand much.
- 99st near the new made by Marcus
- happy beer Street? Ritchie market/76ave?
- French quarters strip with the Columbian in BD
- 107ave from 102-116st? Some decent bones.
- Chinatown/97st
- 95st around the Italian centre
- highlands at 65st has their hub
- anything else?

What could we do to be create a sense of unique space and to build up hubs in some of these?
 
^ The ongoing issue with retail everywhere in this city is the disconnect between required $/psf (esp on new construction) and who can reasonably afford it. So these unique little areas struggle to grow, because there's only so many spaces realistically available. Your Highlands at 65st is a great example of this. There's some funky older CRU spaces which has allowed it become a neat little neighbourhood hub but there's only so many of those CRUs, and essentially no opportunity to expand or build the commercial area beyond what is there.

Which brings me to ZBR: anyone remember when in the final hour Council voted in favour of reducing the allowable commercial space on a small scale residential to 100 m2? That's around ~1000 sqft. Allowing for larger spaces (maybe 150-200m2?) could provide the flexibility to make it more viable for retrofitting some adjacent residential space into commercial space that would allow these hubs to grow more organically.

Forgive me if they already amended that.. just sippin' a coffee and spit balling here.
 
I like the setback for the top two floors. I think if that happened more often, people wouldn't object to having them in the neighbourhood.
 
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