SarcasticMarmot
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Was chatting with a couple senior staff members at Boyle this week. Sounds like internal plans are to be moved in and opening in September, but there was some skepticism that they will achieve that.
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degrandprix
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They've got some glass up!
Avenuer
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This project is going to make this area feel much better, that building has sat vacant / underused for far too long.
Gronk!
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‘We’re super excited’: Construction on King Thunderbird Centre halfway done
Boyle Street Community Services was excited to show off the progress on the King Thunderbird Centre Friday.
www.ctvnews.ca
Boyle Street Community Services was excited to show off the progress on the King Thunderbird Centre Friday.
The facility, also known as okimaw peyesew kamik, will replace the old Boyle Street downtown location as the agency’s home base.
“This is a project that has been almost a decade in us trying to find a purpose-built facility for our community,” said Aidan Inglis, the director of programs and partnerships at the centre.
“It’s somewhere where they’ll receive the services that they need and also feel proud and welcome to be in, and so we’re super excited.”
Friday, the construction at the new facility reached the halfway mark.
An important piece of the new centre is the Indigenous connection, as Inglis says many of the clients Boyle Streets serves are Indigenous.
“Having a building that is … inspired through ceremony, created through ceremony, where (clients) can see themselves, where we have access to cultural support services right when they come into the door, where we’re going to be able to provide that on a daily basis, that’s a big part of it,” he added.
“Also, we have more Western traditional (methods) that often come to mind when people think of healing, we have occupational therapists that are part of our dens, we have nurses and health teams that are on site.”
Some of the features of the new facility include an outdoor sweat lodge, firepits, a ceremony space, kitchens, showers and windows.
“Our past building ... it was an old banana ripening factory, so it wasn’t equipped for the work that we wanted to do, it didn’t have windows,” said Krysta Fitzgerald, the organization’s deputy executive director.
Gronk!
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Edmcowboy11
Senior Member
A real nice mixed use building would look great right there.
MacLac
Senior Member
It’s coming!
Dubas
Active Member
It's better this way. Can't have this kind of property next to your marquee area of the city's downtown. People also forget the previous building was horribly inaccessible for those with mobility issues, and unsafe for staff.
CplKlinger
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Where did you hear that? I just noticed yesterday that the Village @ Ice District map marks this property as a "non-participating landowner." Is Katz just developing it separately (but hopefully still soon)?
northlands
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Might just be an old map? Feel like that one has been floating around for a few years. Katz definitely owns that site.
This one is from a CBC article in March 2025 and appears to list it as part of a future development site, albeit not part of Village @ ICE.
This one is from a CBC article in March 2025 and appears to list it as part of a future development site, albeit not part of Village @ ICE.
CplKlinger
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It is Appendix II of the Central McDougall Urban Village Special Area, which was used in the March 5 Exec Committee package to define the Village at Ice District boundaries (see page 38). Katz owns it for sure; the brouhaha with Boyle Street removed any doubt about that; I just hope that they won't phase development of this plot to occur after the Village at Ice District is all built out.Might just be an old map? Feel like that one has been floating around for a few years. Katz definitely owns that site.
This one is from a CBC article in March 2025 and appears to list it as part of a future development site, albeit not part of Village @ ICE.
MacLac
Senior Member
The lot that is fenced in - the "old Boyle Street Building," - didn't Katz have it smashed down on his dime and relocated to the King T center?
CplKlinger
Senior Member
Yes, but there was also a year-long legal battle in the meantime. Point being, it's clear Katz owns that land now lol; I just wonder about timelines.
MacLac
Senior Member
10-4 - I think we're all hankering to get a time line, scope and some drawings presented one of these days....can't be too far behind?
Gronk!
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King Thunderbird Centre
