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No updates thus far, but here's some pictures of the site as it is now:

Not much going on outside, but some pictures of the building as it is now for posterity's sake:

From today:

Some shots from today. Like most people on here, this development's really grown on me and I don't think pictures do it justice:

Lugged my DSLR around today to get some better shots of the new glass and the walkway/atrium-thing also under-construction on the east side. I didn't notice them last time, but decorative glass panels are also being put up:

Some shots from today. They've been laying the new platform over the last week:

https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/historic-scona-garage-former-keg-restaurant-to-offer-micro-brewery-and-boutique-apartments-1.5273401

The City is soliciting the sale of three designated heritage homes in the Oliver area. Here's hoping someone creative steps forward to buy them: https://cms.edmonton.ca/preview/694BDFC0F70848C0BCC494CBFA3DB393.aspx

Some recent photos courtesy of @dogpatchyeg:

Do we have free student transit? Kind of. All post-secondary students here have a U-Pass, which is rolled in as part of your tuition costs. You still pay for it, but it's a mandatory expense and is at an extreme discount when compared to monthly passes or tickets. This year's been a bit...

Oh totally agree on the materials and to be perfectly clear here, I still don't "love" it. I just mean more so in terms of the overall massing. The 'steps' on the north and east sides make it way less overbearing (to me anyways) than what was previously shown, but that in no way saves it. I...

^Still pretty monolithic, but at least it's better than the last series of renders

Some pictures from today. Construction on the addition's really picked up from the last time I went by and glazing's being applied on the north side. The photo I took isn't that great (sorry, I was in a bit of a rush), but it's very HSBC Place reclad-like in person. Not much work's been done on...

^ They kinda remind me of Czech Hedgehogs. Eh, if worse comes to worst and Alberta actually tries to secede from Canada, at the very least they'll make some good anti-tank defences...

As with the neighbouring site, not much has changed in the last year (the only home they've demolished was done last February). The old Hurtig Residence has been converted into the Westrich Site Office though:

The laydown yard and old Roosevelt Apartments have been sitting dormant for nearly a year now, but I figured I'd still grab some pictures anyways:

From this morning: