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[cpnfantstk]

Yeah that one!

This podium and the "tower of a thousand renders" might as well be called phase 2. BG has been a big PITA to follow with all the delays. Lol

 

[KyleBlanchett]

Looks like EllisDon has been awarded the podium.

 

[KyleBlanchett]

 

[archited]

Big mistake giving away the prime ground floor corners to banks.

 

[Airboy]

Scotia Bank was in that location pretty much from the beginning. I saw drawings when I was there.

 

[KyleBlanchett]

We do all of the TD signage in western Canada and they have been eyeing a ICE District spot for a new branch for a while.

 

[archited]

I'm not saying that it is bad for the banks -- it's not! It is bad for the pedestrian flow through the Plaza. Originally there was supposed to be a sports oriented retailer or hospitality element where it is now demarcated as TD. Great for TD; bad for pedestrian flow! Hey, I am not anti-TD -- they are our Canadian bank. Banks kill retail and the pedestrian street -- the Ice is going to have a harder time leasing the rest of the space -- bad mix right out of the gate,

 

[.crystalised.]

Not sure why TD needs an Ice District branch when their main Edmonton branch is two blocks east and one block south...
I agree with @archited - this is bad for street interaction at what is supposed to be Edmonton's liveliest plaza (though it certainly hasn't been to date).
A supermarket chain and a bank branch...this development could be Capilano or Northgate or any other suburban mall, minus the surface parking.
All that's missing is a Walmart Supercentre.

 

[_urbanite]

Not sure why TD needs an Ice District branch when their main Edmonton branch is two blocks east and one block south...
I agree with @archited - this is bad for street interaction at what is supposed to be Edmonton's liveliest plaza (though it certainly hasn't been to date).
A supermarket chain and a bank branch...this development could be Capilano or Northgate or any other suburban mall, minus the surface parking.
All that's missing is a Walmart Supercentre.

With City Centre Mall having been sold recently, I would bet that they'll be moving out of CCM soon and moving to Ice District.

 

[.crystalised.]

With City Centre Mall having been sold recently, I would bet that they'll be moving out of CCM soon and moving to Ice District.

I propose to demolish City Centre West and erect four slender mixed-use towers of 180 m, 170 m and two at 155 m. Plz approve ASAP k thx

 

[_urbanite]

I propose to demolish City Centre West and erect four slender mixed-use towers of 180 m, 170 m and two at 155 m. Plz approve ASAP k thx

I'd be happy to insta-approve them, but even I can't in good conscience do this without any pretty renderings to look at

 

[KyleBlanchett]

@Grandinite I found these renderings of the new proposed space! Look at the cool observation tower they have! (Defiantly didn't just make them on google sketch art)

 

[Daveography]

Better than any renders by EFG or GMH.

 

[bodsbods9090]

I hope the tower on the left has the same slanty roof that the renderings have!

 

[.crystalised.]

@Grandinite I found these renderings of the new proposed space! Look at the cool observation tower they have! (Defiantly didn't just make them on google sketch art)

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This is fantastic!
Now we just need @Grandinite to provide a Motion of Support With Conditions...
The Delta Hotels® Observation Tower is a nice touch