Edmonton Construction 11 (November 2011) - Page 123

Coldrsx · #**2441** Posted: **Apr 10, 2012, 8:06 PM**

Edmonton mulls $39-million stadium-river valley link

Redevelopment aims to create vibrant neighbourhood
CBC News Posted: Apr 10, 2012 11:48 AM MT Last Updated: Apr 10, 2012 1:16 PM MT Read 3 comments3
An artist's concept of what the Stadium LRT Station redevelopment might look like. (City of Edmonton)

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The city of Edmonton is looking at a $39-million plan to redevelop the area around the Stadium LRT Station into a vibrant neighbourhood.

The concept, as described in a city report, envisions the transformation of the Stadium LRT Station area into a vibrant mixed-use, "enhanced station neighbourhood."

The Commonwealth Stadium-LRT station corridor as it looks currently. (City of Edmonton)
The defining feature of the concept is a new pedestrian and cyclist-friendly street across the LRT tracks, linking the river valley and Jasper Avenue to Stadium Road.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmont...ment-plan.html

Coldrsx · #**2442** Posted: **Apr 10, 2012, 8:14 PM**

New larger floor plans

'Pearl now features 128 total Condominium Suites, down from the original 174 suites from when we launched the Pearl project. In addition we are extremely excited that we have already sold 20 Suites in just a few weeks!'

240glt · #**2443** Posted: **Apr 10, 2012, 8:23 PM**

I thought the market was looking for smaller more affordable suites ?

Coldrsx · #**2444** Posted: **Apr 10, 2012, 8:26 PM**

^given the location and views, this is a little different of a situation me thinks.

Put a building like Ultima up where it is, should be good to go. Icon, er epic, towers will be a good compromise between the two.

BLACK STAR · #**2445** Posted: **Apr 10, 2012, 10:55 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by oiler-dude

New look Commonwealth Stadium coming:

http://www.esks.com/article/esks-unl...ok-for-stadium

Closeup of the seats:

http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg741/sca...=640&ysize=640

Pretty cool looking!

THAT...is awesome

s4.audios · #**2446** Posted: **Apr 11, 2012, 12:59 AM**

Hmmm the seats resemble the ones in my home country's new national stadium...

http://architectism.com/wp-content/u...Stadium-11.jpg

Hallsy's Toupee · #**2447** Posted: **Apr 11, 2012, 1:26 AM**

CTV News did a story on Gene Dub's proposed new highrise condo on Bellamy Hill.

No direct link. Go to http://edmonton.ctv.ca/ then click on the video link for Local architect proposing river valley highrise

SHOFEAR · #**2448** Posted: **Apr 11, 2012, 12:19 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hallsy's Toupee

CTV News did a story on Gene Dub's proposed new highrise condo on Bellamy Hill.

No direct link. Go to http://edmonton.ctv.ca/ then click on the video link for Local architect proposing river valley highrise

They sure had a strange tone to their angle.

SHOFEAR · #**2449** Posted: **Apr 11, 2012, 2:08 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by oiler-dude

New look Commonwealth Stadium coming:

http://www.esks.com/article/esks-unl...ok-for-stadium

Closeup of the seats:

http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg741/sca...=640&ysize=640

Pretty cool looking!

I'm getting really Excited about what Rhodes is doing for the Eskimos. Not that it is a hard thing to accomplish....but he's making Lelalacheur look even more of a useless tit.

BLACK STAR · #**2450** Posted: **Apr 11, 2012, 2:11 PM**

My brother knows him quite well and says the hes a genius and a good guy to boot! Lelalacheur was never a football man and was a bad decision imo to give him that title.

hilman · #**2451** Posted: **Apr 11, 2012, 3:17 PM**

Can't wait to see the new seats, love the green and gold design.

angelvs · #**2452** Posted: **Apr 11, 2012, 3:28 PM**

http://lookingforloveagain.org/

too bad no one thought to do a project like this for BMO, Arlington, etc etc

Edmcowboy11 · #**2453** Posted: **Apr 11, 2012, 7:29 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by angelvs

http://lookingforloveagain.org/

too bad no one thought to do a project like this for BMO, Arlington, etc etc

Well BMO it could have been done perhaps, as for Arlington it was a building that at one time there was hope until the fire and then the building being levelled for safety reasons.

CMD UW · #**2454** Posted: **Apr 11, 2012, 7:35 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coldrsx

^given the location and views, this is a little different of a situation me thinks.

Put a building like Ultima up where it is, should be good to go. Icon, er epic, towers will be a good compromise between the two.

Exactly. The Pearl seems to be tapping into the higher end market that wants and are willing to pay for killer views.

Ultima and Epic should be calibrated towards smaller more entry level suites with a few mid-priced units (25-30% max).

240glt · #**2455** Posted: **Apr 11, 2012, 7:42 PM**

^ I kind-of figured that, but really are those "killer" views what people are paying for ? On MLS it seems i can get a condo with the same killer view for under $200k. Seems to me the premium being paid is for glass & granite.... etc etc.

We'll see about those other two.... Ultima is an interesting project but the execution so far is pure bush league. Epic ? Who knows... but I know that the Icons are not exactly the definition of "affordable"

Coldrsx · #**2456** Posted: **Apr 11, 2012, 9:29 PM**

^address and building is very important to some. Sure you can have those views for 200-300k, but in what kind of building. Why do you think ORP is so coveted?

240glt · #**2457** Posted: **Apr 11, 2012, 10:03 PM**

^ Oh I know lots of people who place a huge amount of value on their postal code, their granite & stainless and their Crate & Barrel furniture and other things that make them feel good about themselves.... It just seems odd to me that they are increasing the unit sizes when I keep hearing on this forum how there is a pent up demand for smaller more affordable units. We'll see how some of those other projects deliver...

angelvs · #**2458** Posted: **Apr 11, 2012, 10:08 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edmcowboy11

Well BMO it could have been done perhaps, as for Arlington it was a building that at one time there was hope until the fire and then the building being levelled for safety reasons.

Well perhaps not Arlington, though my understanding was that the facade could have been saved had it not been allowed to deteriorate for so many years after the fire.
At any rate, I didn't bring it up to beat a dead horse about the buildings we've lost so much as I thought it was an interesting way to make people think about the buildings we have before we lose any more.

CMD UW · #**2459** Posted: **Apr 12, 2012, 3:18 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by 240glt

^ Oh I know lots of people who place a huge amount of value on their postal code, their granite & stainless and their Crate & Barrel furniture and other things that make them feel good about themselves.... It just seems odd to me that they are increasing the unit sizes when I keep hearing on this forum how there is a pent up demand for smaller more affordable units. We'll see how some of those other projects deliver...

It's not odd when there is that type of client that wants a new building with a grand lobby, new features, large glass windows, etc and willing to shell out the dollars to pay for it.

240glt · #**2460** Posted: **Apr 12, 2012, 5:46 PM**

^ the part that I find odd is not that they are making larger, more expensive suites, it's that this is contrary to what you say there is pent up demand for. Regency knows their market I would hope... I just wonder if you guys are correct in what you think there is a market for, or if it's more just "wishing" there was a market for.