MacLac
Senior Member
Look up to post #26…..same page as this one……the answer lies there
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Gronk!
Senior Member
IanO
Superstar
Hopeful to see more action in the Downtown, but uncertain about this one.
bodsbods9090
Senior Member
Avenuer
Senior Member
Maybe the City's new student housing incentive will move this one forward. 54 units x $30,000 per unit is $1.62M, nothing to sniff at.
Markyeg
Active Member
Unless something has changed since then, back in June this was put this out for tender with hopes to break ground in October, but I haven’t heard anything since.
BrettB
Active Member
It's coming to the executive committee next week. Here's the staff report: https://pub-edmonton.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=267400
TAS
Senior Member
Projects will be selected anytime now until end of Q1 2026 and projects must have their building permit by Nov 9, 2026.
It makes sense the city has prioritized areas near the downtown park for these student builds.
Of the $192 million Housing Accelerator Funding from the Feds, it's too bad none of this could be used to kickstart some housing in The Quarters. It's not often there is this kind of money available. How long will it be to get that district going?
IanO
Superstar
Max 150 units/project are eligible.
Agreed... but there are simply too many holes left in our primary development areas to worry about the Quarters for another 10+ years minimum.
Agreed... but there are simply too many holes left in our primary development areas to worry about the Quarters for another 10+ years minimum.
NicolBolas
New Member
The Quarters is basically dead for the foreseeable future, which is such a shame.
David A
Senior Member
It actually wouldn't take much to noticeably improve the Quarters, one or two decent projects in the right spots could make a huge difference. So it could happen, but I also feel it is unlikely any time soon.
supaflyryguy
Active Member
That's how I felt when Hat and the Hyatt were going in, along with the 96 St upgrades. Except both are empty at the ground floor and seem to be dealing with excessive recurring vandalism.
I'm not sure what it will take to get the Quarters to pop off, but I have a hunch that until all the surface parking in downtown proper is developed, we're unlikely to see it happen in Quarters.
David A
Senior Member
Yes, sadly if there was any momentum from that, it seemed to have stalled.
Those developments were nice, but with so many empty lots and no new retail in them (or elsewhere) the area remains not so much dangerous but very sterile and uninviting.
I do think that area needs more residential to get to a point where both some retail can be supported and just become not such an obvious collection of unappealing vacant lots.
Those developments were nice, but with so many empty lots and no new retail in them (or elsewhere) the area remains not so much dangerous but very sterile and uninviting.
I do think that area needs more residential to get to a point where both some retail can be supported and just become not such an obvious collection of unappealing vacant lots.
NicolBolas
New Member
The proposal of adding in a homeless shelter in the quarters is basically going to torpedo any shot at gentrification of the area. Families don't want to deal with that and are just going to move into the burbs.
As much as I truly do want Edmonton to have a cosmopolitan downtown vibe, I think Edmonton's downtown particularly the east side of it is terminal and we are just keeping it on life support.
I think the most realistic outcome is focus on gentrification of downtown adjacent areas, focus on perception and safety. If we get a few areas that are happening like how Whyte was in the 2000s then the core can get some trickle effect from that.
I read about everyone of these developments and it just feels like empty promises after empty promises, mismanagement after mismanagement. I'm a project manager for large energy projects globally and I just shake my head at how Edmonton is running these things.
Kosy123
Senior Member
Which new homeless shelter is moving into the Quarters? From my understanding the E4C one is just a relocation of what they already have with 50 beds. The only other project in the Quarters though is the affordable housing proposal which has got like 25 units by 95 St.
I think SarcasticMarmot mentioned too that a lot of supportive facilities have left McCauley and the Quarters in the last few years as well.