[YYCguy]

Does anyone know where Chartwell Retirement Residences Kingsview project is? According to this article, it is starting construction now:

Chartwell buys $315.2M of seniors residences, kicks off Calgary development

Chartwell Retirement Residences (CSH-UN-T) has agreements to acquire three Quebec properties comprising almost 950 suites for $315.2 million, and has commenced development of its Chartwell Kingsview Retirement Residence in Calgary.

renx.ca

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There is a Kingsview neighborhood in Airdrie, and there is a plot of land designated as multi-residential in that neighborhood, at the eastern edge of Kingsview Market. Could it be there?

EDIT: never mind, upon reading the article again, it said the project is located in an affluent area of Calgary and I wouldn’t call Kingsview Heights in Airdrie affluent!

 

[Surrealplaces]

Does anyone know where Chartwell Retirement Residences Kingsview project is? According to this article, it is starting construction now:

Chartwell buys $315.2M of seniors residences, kicks off Calgary development

Chartwell Retirement Residences (CSH-UN-T) has agreements to acquire three Quebec properties comprising almost 950 suites for $315.2 million, and has commenced development of its Chartwell Kingsview Retirement Residence in Calgary.

renx.ca

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I'm wondering if Chartwell purchased the halted Kingsland assisted living project?

 

[outoftheice]

New playground is now open at Eau Claire Plaza... it's a climber's paradise. Also, they have added caps to the mister fountains for the winter to take advantage of the lighting features. Gives a cool appearance.

 

[CalgaryTiger]

I'm wondering if Chartwell purchased the halted Kingsland assisted living project?

I'm also wondering if Kingsview could be the lot beside London? I do think you're correct though.

 

[Surrealplaces]

I'm also wondering if Kingsview could be the lot beside London? I do think you're correct though.

I was hoping it was the Chartwell Haysboro, but the unit totals are quite a bit different.

 

[badc0ffee]

The Italian Cultural Centre LOC has been revised (From 26 storeys to 12 storeys) and is going to CPC on Thursday. These changes are in response to the Crescent Heights Community Association's pushback.

The new scheme proposes a 12-storey slab building on the North site, and a 6-storey midrise on the South site.

Looks like there will be a public hearing on December 16th.

 

[MichaelS]

Eau Claire Temporary Green Space

www.calgary.ca

A better use than a parking lot for the former Eau Claire Mall site.

 

[CalgaryTiger]

Eau Claire Temporary Green Space

www.calgary.ca

A better use than a parking lot for the former Eau Claire Mall site.

I wonder how temporary this will be. It definitely isn't a sure thing that this will need to be removed. Money well spent.

 

[1875]

haha, temporary as in permanent. with their track record it will take 3yrs to sod the place.

 

[haltcatchfire]

Until Festival season where they hand over the space to a corporation to install a party tent.

 

[maestro]

Can we please get rid of community associations? Why do we allow these associations government money to interfere with developments?? They aren't even voted in by neighborhood members, so why do we recognized them and allow them to interfere?

Community associations still have a greater understanding than developers under pressure to maximize investor contributions. The gaining traction across Canada to eliminate community engagement or even entire planning departments to expedite residential development scares me knowing what developers have been building. However, community engagement should be at the level of building a community growth master plan than individual proposals. The resulting master plan should have teeth whereas a developer can't propose something unexpectedly large that creates this animosity towards intensification.

 

[Calgcouver]

I wonder how temporary this will be. It definitely isn't a sure thing that this will need to be removed. Money well spent.

Am I correct in understanding that this temporary sod area is only for the River Run Townhomes site? If so, an estimated cost of $750k for the project is pretty wild if they are just grading and adding loam/sod to City specs. like 2.5-3X what I would guess for the same scope (permitted that is the scope).

 

[CalgaryTiger]

Am I correct in understanding that this temporary sod area is only for the River Run Townhomes site? If so, an estimated cost of $750k for the project is pretty wild if they are just grading and adding loam/sod to City specs. like 2.5-3X what I would guess for the same scope (permitted that is the scope).

I do think there's more going on, it does mention tree removal. So I assume there's larger site prep happening here AND then they're adding some grass.

 

[JoeUrban]

What is the upper levels of that building used for? Too bad we have such an abundance of office space. In Toronto's King West, there's some nice re-use of older buildings into renovated office space. Nvidia occupies one at the corner of King and Spadina. Shopify's Toronto HQ is also an adapted space where they kept some of the facade and built a modern office on top.

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I was watching a Conan O'brien clip last night and they mentioned the Spreckels theatre in San Diego and it reminded me of the Bay, how about a new downtown theatre

 

[FCC1982]

^I like that idea for the Bay building.