CalgaryTiger
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I think Calgary House is just what they call the rentals? Not sure, it is confusing.
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Nimbus
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From the article:
"Calgary House, also known as Telus Sky,"
It's weird though. I honestly have never heard the Calgary House part before.
trtcttc
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Unfortunately it's not that simple. Most Essos here are owned by Parkland (which was recently purchased by a US company) which source fuels from their own operations but also other suppliers. And Imperial could be supplying other stations as well.I am boycotting Imperial (Esso) just as a personal choice, I know it’s less than a drop in the ocean.
They were the last major oil company to move their headquarters to Calgary back in the day and then they decided to build a suburban campus rather than a downtown tower. Always irritating
I thought this part was interesting "Toronto House (53 per cent of 464 units as of September 30) and Calgary House (79.4 per cent of 326 units)". The Toronto building was completed last year, the vacancy seems high? Conversely, the Calgary one seems decent.
Chowda7
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Calgary eyes future of historic downtown Hudson's Bay site
The City of Calgary is creating a plan to support potential investors in redeveloping the former downtown Hudson’s Bay building, vacant since the retailer shut down earlier this year. It's part of a larger shift in the downtown retail sector.
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CalgaryTiger
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trtcttc
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Found this quote interesting "There’s tenants like Staples who are thinking of maybe relocating downtown." Who would've thought, an office focused retailer should be located where the offices are.Calgary eyes future of historic downtown Hudson's Bay site
The City of Calgary is creating a plan to support potential investors in redeveloping the former downtown Hudson’s Bay building, vacant since the retailer shut down earlier this year. It's part of a larger shift in the downtown retail sector.
I know we have had a lot of discussions about the 11th street underpass, but is it actually funded? Or did the city just fund a bunch of studies and pretty pictures? The Staples land could be redeveloped especially with Co-Op and WVT nearby.
trtcttc
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Westbank developed both of these, and both named City + House. It looks like the same building flipped upside down, pretty cool.
zagox
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The downtown Staples is such a crap location to get to when you need something done for work. It's not pleasant to walk or bike from downtown offices. And the access is weird for cars too, I always find myself missing a turn and having to loop back 10 minutes trying to drive there.
I'd love to see them do something in the centre of downtown with a retail store plus a cafe and co-working space like they have on University Ave in Toronto or Bank St in Ottawa.
trtcttc
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Their University District location is fairly nice, just no cafe. With uses like the SAPL campus, a more central Staples would make sense.
There used to be an Office Depot downtown. It looks like that lot will become Project 54.
thecivilengineer
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FCC1982
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Glad to hear the City is doing something to support reuse of the Bay building - don’t want to lose this one.Speaking of properties on the market...
Allied Properties seeks to sell landmark Toronto House, Calgary House
Over the past two years, Allied Properties REIT (AP.UN-T) has been selling non-core properties. The REIT is adding two high-profile Toronto and Calgary assets to that list as it continues working to strengthen its balance sheet.
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I quoted the wring article but you get the idea.
Mountain Man
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Looks good so far! How long before they have to repair some of this work and use asphalt though...
Chowda7
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Random thought but I've always been fascinated whenever I read about Roman concrete
whatchyyc
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One thing that's been mentioned about these is keeping a large stock of blocks in storage as replacements so hopefully that doesn't become the case