What do you think of this project?

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Nice updated webpage! "Ice District tower - 18 storeys?"

I thought the block to the west of this was demo'd? It looks identical to the shelved "Hudson" tower......no surprise. Glad they were able to recycle the design.
 
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Will the project require the demolition of the building next door

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MacLac said:
Nice updated webpage! "Ice District tower - 18 storeys?"

I thought the block to the west of this was demo'd? It looks identical to the shelved "Hudson" tower......no surprise. Glad they were able to recycle the design.
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they just cleared the site across the alley from this location, with planning approval sought for a 6-storey, 95-unit woodframe building.
branching further off. I'm thinking Westrich won't be moving on a tower like this for a while, instead focusing on the lower-cost woodframes they have sites for and land banking.
Office gossip from a couple months ago was that they bid on the Misericordia Hospital site the province was selling; the one behind Holy Child School in Grandin. one of our clients saw the plans for it and told one of our designers Westrich had "covered the entire site with 6 stories of wood, as dense as they could get it, with a diagonal gash across the centre as green space". I'm guessing there was some exaggeration happening as to how bad the design was, but the person telling the story was unimpressed lol. This story comes to mind because of all the sites in central Edmonton to put a tower on, the Mis site would be it. wide open, great location, couldn't ask for better access to amenities, etc. As well, given it's size, construction would be relatively unconstrained for staging, excavation, etc. if a site like that only warranted nothing more than a field of 6-storey woodframe, the idea that Westrich will move on a proper tower anywhere anytime soon seems unlikely to me.
 
cliffapotamus said:
they just cleared the site across the alley from this location, with planning approval sought for a 6-storey, 95-unit woodframe building.
branching further off. I'm thinking Westrich won't be moving on a tower like this for a while, instead focusing on the lower-cost woodframes they have sites for and land banking.
Office gossip from a couple months ago was that they bid on the Misericordia Hospital site the province was selling; the one behind Holy Child School in Grandin. one of our clients saw the plans for it and told one of our designers Westrich had "covered the entire site with 6 stories of wood, as dense as they could get it, with a diagonal gash across the centre as green space". I'm guessing there was some exaggeration happening as to how bad the design was, but the person telling the story was unimpressed lol. This story comes to mind because of all the sites in central Edmonton to put a tower on, the Mis site would be it. wide open, great location, couldn't ask for better access to amenities, etc. As well, given it's size, construction would be relatively unconstrained for staging, excavation, etc. if a site like that only warranted nothing more than a field of 6-storey woodframe, the idea that Westrich will move on a proper tower anywhere anytime soon seems unlikely to me.
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Did you hear any word on who the successful bidder was on that site?

Also was it the original site of the Misericordia hospital or just mistaken? Been called the Eric Cormack Centre for as long as I've ever known.
 
cliffapotamus said:
they just cleared the site across the alley from this location, with planning approval sought for a 6-storey, 95-unit woodframe building.
branching further off. I'm thinking Westrich won't be moving on a tower like this for a while, instead focusing on the lower-cost woodframes they have sites for and land banking.
Office gossip from a couple months ago was that they bid on the Misericordia Hospital site the province was selling; the one behind Holy Child School in Grandin. one of our clients saw the plans for it and told one of our designers Westrich had "covered the entire site with 6 stories of wood, as dense as they could get it, with a diagonal gash across the centre as green space". I'm guessing there was some exaggeration happening as to how bad the design was, but the person telling the story was unimpressed lol. This story comes to mind because of all the sites in central Edmonton to put a tower on, the Mis site would be it. wide open, great location, couldn't ask for better access to amenities, etc. As well, given it's size, construction would be relatively unconstrained for staging, excavation, etc. if a site like that only warranted nothing more than a field of 6-storey woodframe, the idea that Westrich will move on a proper tower anywhere anytime soon seems unlikely to me.
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I'll retort with this: during Covid - Ian's buddy - CEO of Westrich was on CTV claiming he had an $85M check burning a hole in his pocket to build the "Hudson" tower. Crux of the story was the delay in the city getting zoning done in a timely fashion. So I'm extrapolating that the same CEO has the same check in his pocket that he'll put to quick use getting both 2 and 4 out of the ground at the same time........
 
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Less red tape, more reorganization and partnership changes that changed things.
 
northlands said:
Did you hear any word on who the successful bidder was on that site?

Also was it the original site of the Misericordia hospital or just mistaken? Been called the Eric Cormack Centre for as long as I've ever known.
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No, that whole thing was a design-team only project, (at least the way my office operates) so above my pay grade lol, I was only privy to offie-wide chatter on the subject. I don't think we had much info about other proposals coming in either, our client just happened to have some knowledge of Westrich. I don't believe either proposal was successful, but that's essentially a guess. I'm really hoping someone from out-of-town with a bit of a bigger vision gets it though.
yes, i believe it was(?) i think that's where the Nurses' Res came from.
CEO of Westrich was on CTV claiming he had an $85M check burning a hole in his pocket to build the "Hudson" tower.
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Very well could be true. I'm only hearing snippets, and this all happened a few months ago, when the RFP for the site went out. I hope they want to do a tower somewhere in the area. we have a surprising surplus of gravel lots for "Edmonton's densest neighbourhood" lol. we shall see.
 
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