Albertasaurus said:
Certainly doesn't qualify as "high end" but more urban format retail in Beltline would be nice...would love a Costco.

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There was mention of a Beltline Sobey's (they own Sobeys, Safeway and FreshCo) from this article, but I think the author may have confused the West Hillhurst Freshco, with the Beltline.

"Sobeys is also following suit, with plans for a 12,000-square-foot urban format store in the Beltline area, just outside downtown Calgary."
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Smaller grocery stores gain ground in Calgary amid population growth

While Calgary's population has surged by 48% since 2008—from 1.1 million to 1.68 million people—grocery store space hasn't kept up with the demand.
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This Costco opened around this area in the 80s, when it was far less developed than now, and a lot of land was being redeveloped post Expo. A similar area is probably the East Village in Calgary, and we also got a large format grocery store in the form of the Superstore that's in the Arris building. There really is quite a lot of similarity with Chinatown/DT eastside, and Calgary's Chinatown and DIC in very similar geographic areas.
 
ZoomZoom42 said:
Nothing to do with the Calgary tower or new supertall....Think more, something high end that "Calgary doesn't have but needs". There are a lot of things coming down the pipeline in the next 3 years.
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That Calgary doesn't have but needs? Not just what downtown doesn't have? That limits stuff away from a high-end hotel or movie theatre. So what, a water park or something? Or maybe a large high-end casino?
 
ZoomZoom42 said:
Nothing to do with the Calgary tower or new supertall....Think more, something high end that "Calgary doesn't have but needs". There are a lot of things coming down the pipeline in the next 3 years.
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That immediately reminds me of the Ontario Place Spa. I'm fine with that kind of facility, as long as it doesn't take away a public amenity space like it is in Toronto.
 
Roaring Flames said:
That Calgary doesn't have but needs? Not just what downtown doesn't have? That limits stuff away from a high-end hotel or movie theatre. So what, a water park or something? Or maybe a large high-end casino?
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I suppose our rec centres all typically have 1-2 water slides in them, but I am surprised Calgary doesn't have a large indoor, year-round water park similar to the scale of the one in West Edmonton Mall. I feel that would be quite popular here, given how young our demographics are.
 
TooBizzy said:
My chips are on FlixBus site east of Centre and 12th. Though the planned Green Line station there is likely to move Northwest with the above-ground alignment, which takes some potential out of the height.

Still, would be the ideal spot for something around 150–200m, help fill out the skyline after Stampede Station. Or something even taller would add some character to the view from the North.
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Well there is a building on that site currently being demolished … hmmmm…

Bring back the Exchange project and lets go 250m.
 
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FCC1982 said:
Thanks for posting that article.
They talk about considering a residential tower on the vacant east portion of the site - god I would love if they went with the original 64 storey version of the existing tower. 🤞🏼🙏🏼
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I still love that original proposal for FCC. If they had built that second tower, it would be a standout, not just for the height, but architecturally as a cool looking design.
 
The plans do indeed say 71 storeys for the W.

We should update the height in the database to match.

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What is the height update?
 
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