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Citywatcher185 said:
I saw a proposal for another luxury hotel being planned for that side of the tracks, near where the green line is going in. No exact address but it apparently is going to be Canada's first Waldorf Astoria & Canada's first fully barrier free hotel. I joined to see if there was anymore information on it but there is nothing on here yet so I was thinking of making a thread about it but I am new here and not sure how it all works & I don't have permissions yet.

If anyone interested in creating a thread send me a message and I can share what info I have on it so I am not getting off topic in this thread.
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This would be nuts if true, Calgary has demand but this kind of demand?
 
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This would be nuts if true, Calgary has demand but this kind of demand?
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It seems doubtful - however, it's supposedly going to be a conversion project that would be finished by Q4 2029 beating the Truman hotels to market. I assume they are planning on capitalizing on the demand & securing their market share before Truman.
 
Citywatcher185 said:
It seems doubtful - however, it's supposedly going to be a conversion project that would be finished by Q4 2029 beating the Truman hotels to market. I assume they are planning on capitalizing on the demand & securing their market share before Truman.
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What buildings are even along the route that could be converted?
 
Pretty insane hotel growth and it appears Calgary's on its way to becoming a more recognized global city. Calgary's already been adding about a hotel per year downtown over the last 10 years, and all these big luxury brands are still looking to add much more, which shows how quickly tourism demand is growing. I did some research, besides Waldorf being the only Canadian location, there's only 1 other W hotel, 2 other JW's, 3 Moxy's (Banff being one), and only Toronto/Vancouver have multiple Fairmonts.

Demand uptick may be partly due to the huge new convention expansion plus the Beltline becoming a big destination, plus Calgary developing more of a mountain lifestyle brand and tying it into the Banff circuit? It also helps that Westjet is acquiring more 787's. I think the city/province really needs to prioritize airport to downtown/beltline rail, plus another connection to Banff. Super exciting stuff.
 
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Citywatcher185 said:
Hotel chains like Fairmont & Marriott rarely do, but the developers behind the projects are usually the ones that do
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Didn't they partner with Louson on the JW/W/Autograph? Wonder what the ownership split is. They're probably rushing to finish Gallery/Imperia/Lincoln since a lot of that is condos and not rentals.
 
Spring2008 said:
Pretty insane hotel growth and it appears Calgary's on its way to becoming a more recognized global city. Calgary's already been adding about a hotel per year downtown over the last 10 years, and all these big luxury brands are still looking to add much more, which shows how quickly tourism demand is growing. I did some research, besides Waldorf being the only Canadian location, there's only 1 other W hotel, 2 other JW's, 3 Moxy's (Banff being one), and only Toronto/Vancouver have multiple Fairmonts.

Demand uptick may be partly due to the huge new convention expansion plus the Beltline becoming a big destination, plus Calgary developing more of a mountain lifestyle brand and tying it into the Banff circuit? It also helps that Westjet is acquiring more 787's. I think the city/province really needs to prioritize airport to downtown/beltline rail, plus another connection to Banff. Super exciting stuff.
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It would be ideal to see airport to downtown to Banff rail line up with the opening dates of these new hotels. All those people coming to town to stay in these first class accommodations and limited options currently (taxi/city bus) to get to them. Sadly, a rail master plan hasn’t even been made public yet, let alone planning and construction of said rail lines. 😢
 
O-tac said:
What buildings are even along the route that could be converted?
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In my wildest dreams, it'd be the Hudson's Bay Building. There's literally nothing else downtown I can think of that has the historical elements needed for a Waldorf Astoria. If they were building a new tower they'd put Conrad or Canopy on it, but a WA usually is more classic, old luxury. Similar to the Fairmont before Accor kind of lost the plot.
 
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In my wildest dreams, it'd be the Hudson's Bay Building. There's literally nothing else downtown I can think of that has the historical elements needed for a Waldorf Astoria. If they were building a new tower they'd put Conrad or Canopy on it, but a WA usually is more classic, old luxury. Similar to the Fairmont before Accor kind of lost the plot.
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That what I thought too but after looking at WA they have lots of modern hotels, just all Art Deco

Plus i thought Astra was buying the Hudson's Bay Building?
 
Citywatcher185 said:
It seems doubtful - however, it's supposedly going to be a conversion project that would be finished by Q4 2029 beating the Truman hotels to market. I assume they are planning on capitalizing on the demand & securing their market share before Truman.
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Is this the same project you said was south of a Grand Central in East Victoria Park. It doesn't add up to me.
 
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