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The fences came down quietly last week. Opening celebrations are being anticipated for Spring 2026.

Some final requirements for electrical before the utility can connect power. Not lit at night = not open for safety reasons. Some other minor items not yet complete (signage, NQ-branded 'Beacons', bollards), but won't stop the fences from coming down. The real question (and I just can't...

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Lol - fixed. It's been a long week (and it's only Tuesday)

The following photo was taken morning of August 25: And this one taken the afternoon of August 26:

You're missing the broader context of how this initiative aligns with the Campus Master Plan. This park represents the first step in a multi-phased, multi-decade strategy for campus expansion. The land it occupies was acquired specifically to advance the goals outlined in the Master Plan—not for...

Here's an update as of this morning.

This is an early "artist's concept" for a project that NorQuest pursued for many years and ultimately (and obviously) did not proceed and is irrelevant to this thread (that was a completely different project). The Career Skills Centre is going to be a project that will appropriately fit the...

Looking really good, @IanO!

I wonder if the mural removal was a directive from the signage people at the city. From recent project experience, if a mural has a business's logo, they treat it like a sign or billboard. If it's a mural without it, it's art, and their rules don't apply. I, like all of you, am puzzled as to...

Two pages of tough guy posts... Can we get back on the topic of the project now? Cuz that would be great.

Moving fast... very impressive pace!

Perhaps more site remediation. The MacEwan site has a lot of in-ground hydrocarbons from the former train yards. The area we know as the Residence and now Allard Hall, was a refueling point for locomotives many decades ago, and this spot looks to be the remaining portion of the site that may...

It's such a tight work site. Must be some masterful JIT planning going on there.

Reading through the recent post activity on this thread makes me want to encourage all posters to manage their expectations about this project. The investment you've seen from the gov is a $4M planning grant to define the building. NorQuest College has two RFPs on the market right now related...

NorQuest College's downtown campus was designed for a capacity of around 5,000 Full Load Equivalent (FLE) students. (There's a metric used to determine the equivalent of a full load - multiple part time students, depending on how many courses they are enrolled in make up one FLE). The NQ...

Okay folks... Slow down. The building is not yet designed, so don't get hung up on what kind of bird is sitting on the parapet and whether or not that particular barn swallow is indigenous to Northern Alberta. Relax. Most of you know how projects work. Trust the process...

This just in... The Government of Alberta is investing in this project with a $4M planning grant in Budget 2025.

So here's a snap of the vision that NorQuest is delivering. The blue scribbled circle is the site of the former Calder Bateman building. It's the first part of an east-west oriented campus quad that will provide visibility into the campus from 109 Street. The quad will be completed as part of...

Give it time. Insert the proverbial quote here re: Rome not being built in a day. There's a vision. Visions take time to come to fruition.