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Does anybody here know whether the road between that apartment building and the commercial to the south is a public roadway or an easement on private land in favour of public access?

It would be interesting to know who's supposed to take care of that road. I was driving that road a few weeks ago and I honestly thought my rental car would not get across unscathed. It has to be in the top 3 of un-drivable roads in Edmonton.

 

[wormwood]

BP for phase 2:

2025-09-09
Commercial Final
To construct a new 8 storey (293 residential apartment dwellings) building on a 2 level underground Parkade - Century Park The Gardens phase 2
304, 2831 - 109A STREET NW
$74,585,120

 

[Markyeg]

From this morning. One more floor to go.

 

[wormwood]

 

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God bless you, Wormwood. You're one of the very very very few on this forum that can understand that this new project is an insti-ghetto. Something you'd see in some forgotten Eastern German burg.

 

[David A]

Oh but those new buildings will look so much nicer when they are painted grey!

 

[Seamusmuldrew]

God bless you, Wormwood. You're one of the very very very few on this forum that can understand that this new project is an insti-ghetto. Something you'd see in some forgotten Eastern German burg.

Insti-ghetto? Jesus, it’ll be fine. We can already see just next door that the final product will be nothing spectacular, but nothing to act this way about either.

 

[MacLac]

She’s a big gal!

 

[Edmcowboy11]

This is great to see. East side of the site is now complete, now time to fill the south empty lot and maybe a lot on the west side.

 

[whattheheck]

Why does it look like a building one would see in Pyongyang? Developers keep building crap and the 'urban' city hall continues to green light all of it. SMH

 

[MacLac]

This is great to see. East side of the site is now complete, now time to fill the south empty lot and maybe a lot on the west side.

Phase 3 of Century Gardens is supposed to start in Q2 of 2026 - in the lot just west of these first 2 Gardens buildings PLUS whatever is happening with the "Times Square" building, hopefully sorts itself out next year as well.

 

[constance_chlore]

Gonna keep being a maverick and say that I still think the building looks decent. If there's something wrong with that picture, it's not the building but what's around it (the wide road and the parking lots). With some nice landscaping, this area could be really beautiful.

 

[archited]

^ At a minimum this building is not pretentious like so much else getting thrown together today. It is an honest expression of design and insofar as it is composed of pre-built panels & structural elements it was assembled in a significantly short time-frame adding value to the end result. I agree with you -- "the building looks decent". It would now be ideal to see it complemented with some exceptional landscaping.

 

[ntt1]

Gonna keep being a maverick and say that I still think the building looks decent. If there's something wrong with that picture, it's not the building but what's around it (the wide road and the parking lots). With some nice landscaping, this area could be really beautiful.

109 St between 19 and 29 Ave can definitely do with some traffic calming. It's a well-known shortcut to avoid 111 St with people driving waay too fast for the amount of pedestrians, parked cars and fields nearby.

 

[whattheheck]

wow. the acceptance of 'crap architecture' seems to be the most Edmonton thing you can do. Truly unbelievable. And quite sad.