Tower 101 | 175m | 50s | Regency Developments | DER + Associates

[SMayo]

I can’t say I really blame CoE for allowing this developement even if it is mostly parking. They’ve been hearing complaints about this site for a decade now so it’s no surprise they would jump on the opportunity to have literally anything happen to the site.

 

[ADob]

So it's a go for sure??? If so, wow, I can't imagine lowering our standards any more. This isn't even good ol' YEG goodenoughism; it's basically giving up.

 

[thommyjo]

I’m not saying I support this…but people act like we didn’t get Ultima and Encore from westrich. Two of our better condos downtown. I don’t think it’s fair to act like they couldn’t do something solid here. Lots of other lots/lane owners we can pick on more imo. 104ave has a dozen between 100st and 112st. South of jasper has another dozen.

Emerald site/motorlands/124th and jasper corner?

Lots of land we gotta get developed. At least westrich has some pockets, a level of presence locally, and a consistent track record of building this decade.

Windsor park tower anybody? Not a bad proposal…

 

[Edmcowboy11]

Well, I think the battle I'm going to choose is not to complain too much about this project. Option two is we can leave the site as it is and just keep complaining about it and keep wondering why no one will do anything about it and waits and wait and wait. Should we have something much nicer, should we have no more new parking lots, definitely we should. But I will at least admit one thing, I'm not the one footing the bill on this. Now if I had an extra 30-40 million dollars or whatever it would take to build a tower there, I have my choice what I would want to put there for sure. But someone else has the bucks not me so they get to choose fortunately or unfortunately what happens now and when something bigger and better it gets built, it's their call. So for now I'll be satisfied with the site getting cleaned up and just hope that they will be able to come up with something much sooner than later. And again compared to some other properties that will not see any work done for easily another 20 years because there hasn't been work done on the past 30 years, I'm much more hopeful for this site at least. Am I giving up, no but I'm choosing my battles

 

[wormwood]

Why don't you buy the land and build your vision? Easy (and boring) to carp from the sidelines. Boring.

What an unfortunate response.

 

[wormwood]

1. “Hopefully the market conditions improve for a building there one day”
2. “Well at least it's not just a parking lot, there will be retail”
3. “I hear exciting coffee place is opening up a location in the seacan”
4. “I hope the coffee shop can expand its hours, its annoying that it closes at 3pm”
5. “I noticed the shop is now closed up, anyone hear anything?”
6. “Hopefully something else can open up in the space”
7. “Retail at that corner can’t make it in the current market”
8. “There's a permit in for removing the seacan and adding a few more spots”
Repeat Cycle

We are currently at step 2 of the timeline

Oh man, @Ohman I think you nailed it

 

[positive1]

What an unfortunate response.

And I'll repeat the respnse

 

[IanO]

Support from EDC with good discussion and list of feedback to consider - 47:15 onward.

 

[archited]

but people act like we didn’t get Ultima and Encore from westrich

since then...
^ Con-job on steroids.

 

[wormwood]

Support from EDC with good discussion and list of feedback to consider - 47:15 onward.

Never thought I'd see a parking lot go to EDC.

 

[yeggator]

At least westrich has some pockets, a level of presence locally, and a consistent track record of building this decade.

And influence from this forum

 

[MattPT]

Janice nailed it. I love how Raj was just like why the fuck is it parking when you’re beside an LRT lol. Props to Olivia for expertly avoiding saying it’s a raised platform to keep people separated from the meth zombies. Neal bringing up good points and stressing there should be more “temporaryness” to it... why is future use barely mentioned… I don’t think (or at least I hope) a developer wouldn’t bother going through all this to keep this site for 7 years like the one guy mentioned as a worst case scenario. Because if this weird fancy parking lot is seen as a long term venture, then just step back and let someone else with intention to develop it step up. With the quick timeline mentioned repeatedly as a reason for the half assed design, it sounds like there’s other potential interest…

I want to be best friends with almost everyone in the design committee

 

[wormwood]

It’s a half baked idea. Trying to raise cash for Westrich with as minimal effort as possible. Edmonton deserves better in such a prime location.

 

[itom987]

After watching the video there are some more points that I need to add.
Instead of getting revenue from parking cars, move towards ebike/scooter parking. I believe there is no dedicated parking spot in downtown for such vehicles and it would encourage more people to get to downtown using that form of transportation. Video screens partnered with a news network for advertising revenue. The screens could also show movies etc. Mini-golf can also attract people, and generate revenue. It would bring back memories of the mini-golf ECC used to have nearby.

 

[JaayJR]

Remove 100% of the parking and add 1000% more stalls/cans/vendors whatever. That will bring vibrancy and foot traffic.
See Portland's Midtown Beer Garden. I remember going there when it was just stalls street facing.

There's literally a billion dollar LRT and station in front of this property. A parking lot is imo, offensive.
I hate to believe people would park at this site to use the train (or whatever) and would rather believe that people would take the train to go here, a potential vendor dense space to hangout.
The rice howard way entertainment district is also right there. Parking, really?! Maaaaan.