East Junction | 86m | 25s | Regency Developments | DER + Associates

What do you think of this project?

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The city left a voicemail for my friend, and they said:

"We did receive the demolition permits back in March. They required two permits to demolish. One is a zoning permit called the development permit, and the other is a building permit. The zoning permit was completed fairly quickly for five buildings, but the building permit, there was a lot of back-and-forth, missing information, so that one took a lot longer. It was just completed on October 31st, but that was for only five buildings. We now have a second development permitted for a further 12 buildings, and that was just submitted eight days ago on November 12th, and that was awaiting payments. There was a bit of a hold up, but it was between the building departments and the applicants. I think there was just missing information and back-and-forth, but that first one was issued for five buildings. Now there's a second round of 12 buildings that just began."

So it does seem you have a point, inclusion. I wouldn't be surprised if the "they" is Regency, which we all know are not the best developers. Perhaps even Prairie Demolition was confused for the hold-up. But seeing that the second development permit was *submitted* on November 12, possibly meaning that the city was never sitting on that at all and maybe Regency or whomever never bothered to submit it. I wouldn't be surprised if the city contacted Regency for updates and not the other way around. Just so much to speculate.

Also the status changed from "Intake Review" to "In Development Review."
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Any guesses on whether this will go ahead? It looks promising there's some activity, but we've also seen many a project start with demolition and stall there.
 
AntonK said:
Any guesses on whether this will go ahead? It looks promising there's some activity, but we've also seen many a project start with demolition and stall there.
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You all thought I was joking with my comment about the hole. I recall walking by the first hole in 2019 when they began the first phase, which includes the tower and mid-rise buildings. Half of that site remains a hole (mostly filled with construction garbage/junk), as it was intended to accommodate another mid-rise and a 12-story building on the northwest corner.

If they excavate the second phase now, I imagine there will be another hole that lasts another decade.

Many of those green apartments weren't particularly attractive, but they were almost all occupied until fairly recently.
 
inclusion said:
You all thought I was joking with my comment about the hole. I recall walking by the first hole in 2019 when they began the first phase, which includes the tower and mid-rise buildings. Half of that site remains a hole (mostly filled with construction garbage/junk), as it was intended to accommodate another mid-rise and a 12-story building on the northwest corner.

If they excavate the second phase now, I imagine there will be another hole that lasts another decade.

Many of those green apartments weren't particularly attractive, but they were almost all occupied until fairly recently.
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Exactly. If you're going to bulldoze some buildings, even craphole buildings, please build what you plan to build.
 
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