[TAS]

Will be some nice points of interest from within the park - with a direct line down 107st to the university towers and lrt.

 

[The_Cat]

 

[Edmcowboy11]

Looking quite nice. Now all we need is more buildings to start going up around the park.

 

[Romanov]

That drone video does a really puts into perspective the impact this park will have on the area. Having this kind of green space improves the appearance of even our most bland architecture. Excited to see stretches of 106 St and Jasper Ave fill in over time, creating a sense of closure.

 

[whattheheck]

This is turning out to be a good looking park! To keep it beautiful, how about we keep it fenced off and just watch it grow from beyond the fence, so the park remains good looking. We, in this city, have shown time and time again 'this is why we can't have nice things'.

 

[Stevey_G]

Really looking forward to this being completed. Fingers crossed it bumps rent prices a small bit for the area and makes my place a bit more desirable to buyers next spring.

It's been a difficult investment lol.

 

[itom987]

The folks that have balconies facing the park on the south side of Monaco 1 must be overjoyed!

 

[VaultBoy]

What's the best use of this space?

 

[Kosy123]

The Parks Phase IV-V lol

 

[Greenspace]

Even just short term, would love to see some one storey retail there like you do on Whyte.

 

[ChazYEG]

I'll take some tower developments on Jasper over an expansion to the park. We need more residential in the area and better frontage on Jasper Ave. Give those towers some CRUs fronting the park to integrate it even better and it's a 10/10 IMO.
As much as it would be fun to have a slightly bigger park, there's no lack of public spaces downtown, especially with this park opening, and more residents would be way more impactful.

I would also much rather the city round up another couple of parking lots around DT and convert it into some smaller, but just as needed, public spaces (some basketball courts, for example, especially south of Jasper)

 

[bodsbods9090]

What's the best use of this space?
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Integrate the BP's into a podium of tower.

Bingo, Bango, Bongo!

 

[David A]

I'll take some tower developments on Jasper over an expansion to the park. We need more residential in the area and better frontage on Jasper Ave. Give those towers some CRUs fronting the park to integrate it even better and it's a 10/10 IMO.
As much as it would be fun to have a slightly bigger park, there's no lack of public spaces downtown, especially with this park opening, and more residents would be way more impactful.

I would also much rather the city round up another couple of parking lots around DT and convert it into some smaller, but just as needed, public spaces (some basketball courts, for example, especially south of Jasper)

It would be lovely if it were a luxury high rise building, but realistically these lots have been empty for around 30 years or so after the old small retail buildings there were torn down much like the park area just to the north, so I wouldn't hold my breath at this point. These remaining surface parking lots kind of bring down the area and take away from the nearby park. It would have been better if all or at least part of it was park to extend it to Jasper Ave.

 

[Kosy123]

I'll take some tower developments on Jasper over an expansion to the park. We need more residential in the area and better frontage on Jasper Ave. Give those towers some CRUs fronting the park to integrate it even better and it's a 10/10 IMO.
As much as it would be fun to have a slightly bigger park, there's no lack of public spaces downtown, especially with this park opening, and more residents would be way more impactful.

I would also much rather the city round up another couple of parking lots around DT and convert it into some smaller, but just as needed, public spaces (some basketball courts, for example, especially south of Jasper)

Something similar to the Parks would be nice, especially with retail CRUs since this area gets a ton of foot and transit traffic. Imagine the lot right across the BPs getting developed too. There's going to be at least 1500-2000 new residents in this area within the next few years, and honestly the park has been delivering incredibly good ROI so far so here's hoping developers take notice.

 

[ChazYEG]

It would be lovely if it were a luxury high rise building, but realistically these lots have been empty for around 30 years or so after the old small retail buildings there were torn down much like the park area just to the north, so I wouldn't hold my breath at this point. These remaining surface parking lots kind of bring down the area and take away from the nearby park. It would have been better if all or at least part of it was park to extend it to Jasper Ave.

I have a feeling that the success of The Parks and the O'Daymin Park will end up changing this for the better. The reason why these have been sitting empty is probably the owner holding on to it waiting for the lots to appreciate, which will likely happen. I don't know if we'll see something at the scale of The Parks there, but I could certainly see some towers getting in there.