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Regency is looking for a hotel to partner with on this tower. They had a tentative deal with the Marriott but the Marriott backed out and went to the ice district. Since then they have not been able to find a partner. Without a partner this tower won't go

I met this developer many times, helped with some pre-construction. In ideal timing this project may have taken off but a few things that made me think the project wouldn't go. I asked why did you decided to build in Edmonton - My girlfriend is from Edmonton and she keeps asking me when I am...

As for the parkade. Unless someone gets really creative, it would be hard to recoup cost for a 5 or 6 story building. Underground Casino maybe? As for the shoring, lots of variables. Has it been monitored for movement? is the engineer on record even still around? typically shoring has about a 1...

right, so again, in my experience. Public projects such as rec centers there is often little to no value engineering. Build as the drawings show. When it comes to private, there is often much value engineering, substitutions, etc (PCL and all other listed above GCs have private clients as well...

sorry was meant the edmonton city police campus building https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-police-campus-leaky-roof-replace-1.5563384

I'd love for you to point out some of the value engineering on any city rec center, the recent RCMP building debacle, RAM, etc

This sounds a lot like $725/sqft is including the soft cost vs $285 is the build cost. There is no doubt though that a lot of public buildings cost more though. Part of the reason is I am certain architects look for the most expensive materials to build a building. curtain wall, fancy...

I don't see this getting built unless they bring in investors or sell it. Their budget is still pre-covid and doesn't take into account the extra floors they added from the start

What do you mean no entertainment spots or jobs? Clementine, earls and the cabin pub are great spots, there is a sake bar, on the rocks. Jobs you're 3 blocks away from 124st which has all kinds of different opportunities. That's a pretty bold statement with no thought put into it

First time in a while a developer did something different with exterior finishes.. Everyone on here complains about boring window wall or plain eifs. This looks great. I wish more developers in this city would try something creative.

It is. I heard they have about 20 units leased and the corner cru space has been leased to a coffee shop

I've seen their budget. It's unrealistic. If it does go through, it will be the most value engineered building youve ever seen in the city

Monitoring shoring. There is about a 5% chance this building goes with current owners

I'd love to be served a plate of crow on this one. Hopefully I will be, but I doubt it

Because the historical portion will be the most expensive part of the exterior