Downtown Real Estate

[buildings]

when i first moved here in 1979, we rented a house on 99ave between 105/106 streets and those parking lots were there then: 100 ave was called "the stroll" 'cause that's where a lonely boy could find some comfort. Hookers used those lots constantly for tricks... the fun was banging on the parked cars with their motors running. if you get my drift. Who owns them?

 

[davcocom]

^ My first priority as well. It's an absolute travesty that this lot has been in this shape for as long as it has.

If you're gonna include Tower 101 as an empty lot, might as well include the Arlington site too.
It's now almost 20 years since the building was destroyed by fire.

I wished Anne Stevenson would’ve been as aggressive as Ashley Salvador with derelict properties, and pass some policy to increase taxes to these locations, or force them to turn them into parks or something.

 

[Gronk!]

I wished Anne Stevenson would’ve been as aggressive as Ashley Salvador with derelict properties, and pass some policy to increase taxes to these locations, or force them to turn them into parks or something.

Arlington Park please and thank you!

 

[IanO]

Cecil Place just sold; curious to know who picked it up...

 

[yeggator]

My time to shine. I made a map just for this:

Downtown Parking Lots
https://maps.app.goo.gl/KzranRiXMfsSgpF79?g_st=ic

Reposting my map of all the downtown parking lots now that I set it to public access (I just noticed that it was set to Private )

Downtown Parking Lots
https://maps.app.goo.gl/i9idNtqK4kvX9XkYA?g_st=ic

 

[policyenthusiast]

I wished Anne Stevenson would’ve been as aggressive as Ashley Salvador with derelict properties, and pass some policy to increase taxes to these locations, or force them to turn them into parks or something.

I assume this is a joke, but in case it's not, the City did exactly that. It's part of the new Land Use Bylaw and has been since January.

 

[TAS]

Reposting my map of all the downtown parking lots now that I set it to public access (I just noticed that it was set to Private )

Downtown Parking Lots
https://maps.app.goo.gl/i9idNtqK4kvX9XkYA?g_st=ic

Thanks!
Do the red, orange, yellow borders mean a different type of parking lot?

 

[David A]

I assume this is a joke, but in case it's not, the City did exactly that. It's part of the new Land Use Bylaw and has been since January.

Not much has happened with the Arlington site since January, or in fact 2008 ...

Laws are meaningless of not enforced.

 

[policyenthusiast]

Not much has happened with the Arlington site since January, or in fact 2008 ...

Laws are meaningless of not enforced.

It's not a law. It's a Land Use Bylaw amendment that increases taxes on derelict properties.

If the property owner is okay with paying triple property taxes, they don't have to do anything.

 

[yeggator]

Thanks!
Do the red, orange, yellow borders mean a different type of parking lot?

Precisely. Red is gravel lots or vacant fields, orange is paved parking lots and yellow is surface parkades.

 

[David A]

It's not a law. It's a Land Use Bylaw amendment that increases taxes on derelict properties.

If the property owner is okay with paying triple property taxes, they don't have to do anything.

Bylaw. This is exactly the problem here, we don't want them to continue to do nothing in this case. We actually want the problem solved.

 

[IanO]

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External ID
537839540-002
Job Type
Major Development Permit
Description
To construct a greenspace (use to be confirmed by applicant) (NorQuest College).
Applicant
GEC ARCHITECTURE
Status
Intake - More Info Requested
Class of Permit

Create Date
November 1, 2024
Approval Date

Location
10241 - 109 STREET NW Plan B2 Blk 8 Lots 108-109
Neighbourhood
DOWNTOWN

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External ID
537880129-002
Job Type
Major Development Permit
Description
To convert the use of an Office on the second floor of the Churchill Building to 18 residential Dwelling Units
Applicant
ARC STUDIO
Status
In Development Review
Class of Permit

Create Date
November 1, 2024
Approval Date

Location
10015 - 103 AVENUE NW Plan F Lots 86-90
Neighbourhood
DOWNTOWN

 

[IanO]

ATCO RFP out there for their office space. Sounds like they will remain Downtown, but I am curious to see if they remain or which space they may end up in.

Telus? CWB? RHW Place?

 

[edm13]

ATCO RFP out there for their office space. Sounds like they will remain Downtown, but I am curious to see if they remain or which space they may end up in.

Telus? CWB? RHW Place?

How much space do they need? And are they currently spread out in a few different buildings?

 

[IanO]

I believe it is around 175k? Their current building is 400 if I am not mistaken. Can someone confirm those?