David A didn't present it as a foregone conclusion that the project is dead. He specifically said, "it may happen eventually." Considering there is no tangible movement on the project and that there hasn't been for quite some time, the will-they-or-won't-they presents some of the best opportunity for discussion.
there was a proposal to link the expo centre to the coliseum so they could be operated as a multipurpose convention centre with up to a million square feet. the link would have utilized the existing pedestrian bridge over 118th avenue and been fully enclosed with two levels of space that would have provided a striking focal point for 118th avenue traffic.
Even though it's being built in Edmonton, Badlands Motorsports Resort will provide that when it's built-in Rosebud which will provide something similar to the province. It still would have been nice to see Edmonton have something similar.
Don't hold your breath!The sooner we get shovels in the ground on this one the better
It does not mean they can't execute a tower though. It is how astutely a leader of a construction company has been over his/her career. If you have X number of years in the field, so who have you recognized as truly innovative workers to assemble that division. This would be no different than PCL, or Clark Builders.
Can they? Probably. I'm questioning whether they ever will, and it appears they have no intention of building much of anything based on their long history of not building anything.