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I happened to be sitting here and noticed the signs up. I thought that both locations were staying, I guess not.
 
Sorry Paul....you thought both locations were staying open? But we clearly stated that their Whyte Ave location was shutting down after more than 30 years......
 
What is “steps away from the Farmers Market” building? The parking lot across Gateway? Why is she not specific?
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Edmcowboy11 said:
That's a pretty small building isn't it?
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Super small building. And apparently not in a good enough condition to continue functioning as the Old Strathcona Youth Society, which it had been up until a year ago. Not sure what they’re imagining a use-case is for this, especially with the price being just shy of $1,000,000.

This is probably the most vibrant street in the city, though. Certainly on weekend mornings with the farmer’s market. I think something like a boutique hotel would do awesome here.
 

Old CIBC building on Whyte ave, renovated to the tune of $1,500,000 by Beljan. The price has dropped by almost $1,000,000 since first listed over a year ago. I’ve been kind of monitoring this one because for the life of me, I just can’t see the vision here… Other than perhaps another bank that wants a giant, weird, obsidian black storefront, what kind of business would buy this?

Maybe it speaks more to my lack of business acumen but the only thing I can envision operating in a space like this is a strip club of some sorts. One large space with a bunch of semi-private closet spaced rooms attached? A functioning, industrial bank vault? A mezzanine for some kingpin to oversee the operations?

Anyone else have some insight on this project? lol
 
Slitch said:

Old CIBC building on Whyte ave, renovated to the tune of $1,500,000 by Beljan. The price has dropped by almost $1,000,000 since first listed over a year ago. I’ve been kind of monitoring this one because for the life of me, I just can’t see the vision here… Other than perhaps another bank that wants a giant, weird, obsidian black storefront, what kind of business would buy this?

Maybe it speaks more to my lack of business acumen but the only thing I can envision operating in a space like this is a strip club of some sorts. One large space with a bunch of semi-private closet spaced rooms attached? A functioning, industrial bank vault? A mezzanine for some kingpin to oversee the operations?

Anyone else have some insight on this project? lol
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Don't want to knock Beljan too much, but I find it kind of tacky how much black they use. The first thing any potential buyer should be thinking about is stripping off the black paint.
 
^ I am more than certain that that is a design choice of the Architect not Beljan (good clients stay out of our way when it comes to design choices 😇)
 
archited said:
^ I am more than certain that that is a design choice of the Architect not Beljan (good clients stay out of our way when it comes to design choices 😇)
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Yeah, quite possibly, but this isn't the only project of Beljan that's turned out to have a lot of black (see Station Park and the forthcoming Ritchie Hub if it's anything like the renders) and I figure they might be inclined to hire architects that go for that look.
 
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