MacLac
Senior Member
What a turd burglar……let’s run him outta town!
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_urbanite
Senior Member
Precisely. If Qualico can build an apartment building literally across the back alley from a homeless shelter, there's no reason why you can't build something here.
Regency needs to sell this site to a more competent developer with a real vision with deeper pockets. Embarrassing
IanO
Superstar
It's a stark reminder of the lack of institutional grade capital in our fair city as this would have undoubtably been picked up by now.
Not the end of the world as other players will eventually come forward, but it would have been nice to see a major player on a site such as this.
Not the end of the world as other players will eventually come forward, but it would have been nice to see a major player on a site such as this.
Kosy123
Senior Member
This is such a 2020-2021 excuse. If there's no demand for residential then why tf is Phipps McKinnon getting some residential units, or why is Qualico doubling down on a site right across the roughest/sketchiest part of the core, hell even Ian's Westrich is plopping down 6 story midrises at a pace not seen in a long time.
It's a lousy excuse designed to cater to people's perception and lack of knowledge of downtown. I'm extremely annoyed by this answer. Sell the lot to Katz or something at this point ffs
archited
Senior Member
There are a number of items that I would put on a list of "musts" for Mayor and Councillor consideration for election acceptability and this one should sit at the top:
1. forced sale of Tower 101 where the City mediates the sale (purchase has to be accompanied with a bid offer, a design concept and an action plan).
2. stop the demolition of the Coliseum and rebook proposal concepts (Alberta Avenue has lost much of its industrial and entertainment raison d'être and there should be a plan to reenergize this area -- a Coliseum proposal would be a good start -- personally, I feel that it could be converted to a Travel Hub + world-class Aquarium + a retail theme centre)
3. provide incentives for downtown densification (the last effort had a measurable success; it should be repeated)
4. reopen the case for a cross-river aerial tram on the exact same route as was last proposed (this would have been a significant boon for downtown)
These would be minimum entry ideations for any participant in elected office at the Edmonton Municipal level.
1. forced sale of Tower 101 where the City mediates the sale (purchase has to be accompanied with a bid offer, a design concept and an action plan).
2. stop the demolition of the Coliseum and rebook proposal concepts (Alberta Avenue has lost much of its industrial and entertainment raison d'être and there should be a plan to reenergize this area -- a Coliseum proposal would be a good start -- personally, I feel that it could be converted to a Travel Hub + world-class Aquarium + a retail theme centre)
3. provide incentives for downtown densification (the last effort had a measurable success; it should be repeated)
4. reopen the case for a cross-river aerial tram on the exact same route as was last proposed (this would have been a significant boon for downtown)
These would be minimum entry ideations for any participant in elected office at the Edmonton Municipal level.
David A
Senior Member
Two nice, decent buildings were demolished on this site over the decades and now it is vacant and this prominent location looks like crap.
You have to be a special kind of stupid to keep repeating such mistakes.
David A
Senior Member
Yes, I agree it is just BS. I feel the owner lacks resources, imagination or flexibility and is just trying to blame the market for his shortcomings.
Offworld
Active Member
Entirely on-point.
Recently, I was talking to a person that ran a sizeable division of a large Canadian institutional real estate company. I asked that person what they might have up their sleeves for Edmonton and the response was hard to hear: Why would we do anything in Edmonton? Nothing happens there any more.
Agard
New Member
It's not just frustrating that we have this empty lot, it's that they also showed us a beautiful design that will probably never get built. It's as if they're mocking us: "look what we could do if we cared"
JMatt88
New Member
Ouch, did they elaborate on that comment? Are they true with that assessment?
Avenuer
Senior Member
Lol the only thing happening here is the country's highest population growth for a major city. They are missing out.
David A
Senior Member
I don't know where the person who said that comes from, but it sounds the like condescending type of comment from the "centre of the universe", that attitude is really nothing new, has been like that for decades.
Actually as pointed out, people are leaving there in droves, but perhaps the most smug and unaware just haven't realized it yet.
BASE
Active Member
Very weird take indeed given it is the 4th largest city in the country and 5th or 6th largest (depending on the day) metro with a growing population, rising real estate prices, and pretty good average incomes. Edmonton needs a PR makeover it appears.
MattPT
Active Member
I know this is all just based on some random anecdote, but to me this points to the irreparable damage our provincial government is doing. Why would big money even consider a backwards disgusting province of climate change denying, oil loving, trump supporting separatists…………………… I know that’s not Edmonton, and hopefully not the majority of Alberta… but that’s what we are because of the idiot Smith. There is so much intangible damage that’s being done on top of the obvious. Wake the fuck up.
Avenuer
Senior Member
Is Edmonton larger than Ottawa-Gatineau proper now? I could see that with the wild population growth we've been seeing.
1. Toronto
2. Montreal
3. Calgary
4. Edmonton?
5. Ottawa-Gatineau?