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What do you think of this project?

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Filip.Nowak said:
With all that hype leading up to Friday, I was hoping we would see some renderings and what the potential start date might be for construction 😔
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@Dubas said the tower isn't far behind so hopefully that means a DP submission later this winter or early spring, with a building permit following to allow for construction to start in the fall. They don't need to excavate so they can technically start structural steel next winter, but hopefully it's sooner.
 
So Katz is getting out of ICE District. In the meantime, Our friends to the south are getting another high end luxury hotel (Fairmont - Calgary). ICE District would have been a perfect location for another hotel. It's not a great sign IMHO.
 
MakeYEGGreatAgain said:
So Katz is getting out of ICE District. In the meantime, Our friends to the south are getting another high end luxury hotel (Fairmont - Calgary). ICE District would have been a perfect location for another hotel. It's not a great sign IMHO.
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They are literally in the process of beginning Phase 2 of Ice District.
 
It may not be a hotel but 35 floors of residential sounds pretty good to me. This is what we need more and more in the downtown. Hopefully with this new tower the surrounding area again will see more businesses, services that are geared to people who live nearby. I'm pretty certain that City Market is very happy about this as that will eventually add a whole lot more customers who can simply go downstairs and buy groceries.
 
Edmcowboy11 said:
It may not be a hotel but 35 floors of residential sounds pretty good to me. This is what we need more and more in the downtown. Hopefully with this new tower the surrounding area again will see more businesses, services that are geared to people who live nearby. I'm pretty certain that City Market is very happy about this as that will eventually add a whole lot more customers who can simply go downstairs and buy groceries.
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MakeYEGGreatAgain said:
So Katz is getting out of ICE District. In the meantime, Our friends to the south are getting another high end luxury hotel (Fairmont - Calgary). ICE District would have been a perfect location for another hotel. It's not a great sign IMHO.
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As an Edmontonian who moved to Calgary for a few years, its hard to not be envious of some of the under construction projects and proposed builds going on in the downtown/beltline and adjacent areas. Truman in particular just keeps hitting it out of the park. 35 floors of residential sounds excellent to me, and I hope we can see further momentum with the next Falcon tower and the next phase of Stationlands.
 
^ Dialog had a half-hearted design for a residential tower quite some time ago... hopefully there will be a new better effort. Personally, I doubt if there is even a design related to the new purchase but considering that the foundation work is all in place it should be able to be generated fairly quickly (within the next 3 months or so).
 
Gronk! said:
Phase 2 of Ice District would be a perfect opportunity for another hotel.
I still believe a hotel can be erected on the SE corner of 101 St and 104 Ave.
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I doubt it.....to me the current location is the perfect place to draw large conventions with all sorts of amenities.

Katz just bailed out on the project - they sold stantec tower, the never proceeded with the food court/retail. now they sell connect centre. missed opportunity now with so may owners in the district. You need one owner and one vision to make this happen. Phase 2 is a plan on paper right now.
 
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