Massey Ferguson Building Redevelopment | ?m | 6s | Rise Real Estate | WZMH

[degrandprix]

At least it's another parking lot gone..

I still think it might be ok at street level, with the larger windows, planters, and a bit of not-grey siding.

 

[David A]

We waited years and years for this? If you are going to build crap like this ... really, just don't bother.

 

[Gronk!]

At least it's another parking lot gone..

I still think it might be ok at street level, with the larger windows, planters, and a bit of not-grey siding.

And balconies.
Basically, all of these things to make it look less like a Soviet asylum.

 

[bodsbods9090]

^And bigger windows.
These look like they're the size of prison windows.

Take a page from Rohit Stadium Yards project and this gets A LITTLE better.

 

[BASE]

It's awful

 

[constance_chlore]

Are there any remaining means for people to give input to steer this, or is it basically that everything is up to the developers' discretion now?

 

[thommyjo]

This is insanely ugly. How…

800 students is great. But not like this. Bigger windows at minimum please.

 

[JNO1]

Are there any remaining means for people to give input to steer this, or is it basically that everything is up to the developers' discretion now?

This looks to be going to EDC on March 3rd. That may be the last chance to get them to up their game. Maybe if enough of us emailed EDC to express our dissatisfaction with the design it may hold some sway with developer/architect and EDC members?
Their email is edmontondesigncommittee@edmonton.ca.
I think I will send EDC a quick note.

 

[ADob]

Sent!

 

[Gronk!]

Sent!

 

[Blizzard]

Sent!

 

[archited]

it should add more people and energy to the downtown core.

Oh for Gawd's sake -- how many excuses relevant to allowing crap to grow in the midst of?

 

[MakeYEGGreatAgain]

Everyone on here claiming expertise has indicated that construction costs are too high/rents too low. So what does one really expect in this market. McEwan isn't a prestigious private post sec school attracting wealthy international students who want fancy flats. In this environment in Edmonton, at least some out of towners are willing to invest in downtown, so that is a plus.

 

[ADob]

Sure, but it wouldn't take much to tweak the design from Nisku Chic to downtown worthy. I, at least, am not asking for the glass high-rise of the original renderings. I just want something that doesn't look like stacked shipping containers... actually, scratch that. I saw some pretty damn handsome student housing built from shipping containers in Utrecht.

 

[NicolBolas]

The design looks fairly basic. Still, if construction starts mid-year or next year, it should add more people and energy to the downtown core.

This is a sad take.

We shouldn't just build shit to bring more people downtown. This building in 10 years is going to ghettoize downtown rather then improve it.