thommyjo
Senior Member
We need to get a lot more trees planted ASAP Downtown. Excited for what this Street and the rest of Jasper bring renewed will do
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TAS
Senior Member
And hopefully a lot of trees along 102Ave with LRT.
Are there any trees along 103Ave between 104-109st?
yeggator
Active Member
Greenspace
Senior Member
TAS
Senior Member
Regarding 102Ave - is that a choice the city made and is there any rationale for why not?
Barnaby
Senior Member
I'd guess between utilities, catenary lines, and the absolutely needed eastbound lane (sarcasm), there isn't alot of room for tree planting.
Don't expect this to change much as it's a major utility corridor now. Lighting and summer planting from the city and businesses are the way to fix it.
Don't expect this to change much as it's a major utility corridor now. Lighting and summer planting from the city and businesses are the way to fix it.
IanO
Superstar
Kosy123
Senior Member
This would probably be of interest to people in this forum. Comprehensive analysis of downtown Edmonton's office vacancies building by building.
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Dubas
Active Member
Rice Howard place… wow…
Kosy123
Senior Member
I remember reading somewhere a few months ago that the office vacancy was "healthier" than the numbers suggest since the vacancies were mostly concentrated in a few buildings. It didn't say which ones at the time but now we got to see it's Rice Howard Place and a few others bringing the numbers up.
IanO
Superstar
I'd really like to see Cecil and Boardwalk/Rev bulk up to add some life to those areas.
WSP Place - ouch.
WSP Place - ouch.
David A
Senior Member
I didn't realize that Rice Howard in particular had so much vacancy. It is too bad, I worked there many years ago when it was more vibrant and newer and liked the building, still do.
Now I understand more why they are putting all the work into renovating it. I hope it helps.
thommyjo
Senior Member
Yeah what. How is WSP so bad? Did the renovations not lock in new tenants or was there a large departure?
Gus Haynes
Active Member
Yeah, that's pretty surprising to me, given the complete overhaul that building had in the recent past. I know the Zebra Centre was there but relocated after some arsonist went nuts in that building: https://edmontonjournal.com/news/lo...entre-fire-probes-closure-fundraising-efforts
But they were just one tenant and I can't imagine they had a huge footprint in that building.
But they were just one tenant and I can't imagine they had a huge footprint in that building.
IanO
Superstar
Those renovations were over a decade ago now, almost 15yrs and helped stabilize the building, but it's seemingly gone downhill from there likely due to location (not Gov, not CBD) and WFH impacts is my guess.