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I am increasingly skeptical of shadowing concerns for most redevelopment, such as 12 v. 8 v. 6 stories on Riley Park. Mostly this is...

Given how popular and widespread the 6-storey format has become, I'd advocate for all TODs to aim for that. Even at 6 stories, there...

The problem was that Matco was dead set on concrete mid rise out of preference and it was too expensive to build compared to the...

DP is in, I’d guess they are excavating in May or June next year

I technically live in south calgary, but very close to bankview, and the diversity of housing in the area is probably the best in the...

Matco had the land and couldn’t make the numbers work for concrete. I literally did the numbers and submitted an RFP to build it out...

Honestly, University District proves that you can make a successful high density node without tall buildings. There are a few concrete...

How long are you willing to wait? The reason Truman is building wood-frame across the street is because the construction costs and the...

While I'm in favour of more aggressive enforcement/prevention on the front end, I think more of exactly this is needed for those who...

I feel this is a large enough project to warrant its own thread, but you can crosspost this to the Springbank Hill thread if you'd like...

I suppose our rec centres all typically have 1-2 water slides in them, but I am surprised Calgary doesn't have a large indoor...

This would work well on the metro ford site or another lot on the south side of 9 ave

I get where you’re coming from, we have so many empty or under-utilized parcels within a 3 or 4 km radius around the core, I’d be happy...

We have entered the era of U-shaped buildings.

Can think of it like black holes in space. Pull a sheet of flexible fabric, like spandex taut that is the 'map'. Each grocery store is...