Hat @ Old Strathcona | 66.14m | 20s | Cidex Group

What do you think of this project?

  • I like it a lot

    Votes: 27 45.8%

  • I like it

    Votes: 30 50.8%

  • I neither like nor dislike it

    Votes: 2 3.4%

  • I dislike it

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I dislike it a lot

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    59
Taken March 20, 2025
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I love the idea of keeping high rises off whyte by a block or two. Maintains more interesting commercial bays on the ave instead of a bunch of cookie cutter concrete boxes with no character, while still adding density to the neighbourhood.
 
MattPT said:
I love the idea of keeping high rises off whyte by a block or two. Maintains more interesting commercial bays on the ave instead of a bunch of cookie cutter concrete boxes with no character, while still adding density to the neighbourhood.
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I couldn't agree more. Stephen Ave in Calgary does a good job of this as an example.

I have similar dreams for 124 Street north of 107 Ave (the area surrounding the Roxy)
 
fromyeg said:
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Glass slams or all the way up.

What’s the next tower we are going to watch rise? We need one.

Stationlands 37 storey?
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Falcon II is supposed to start this year, but that’s from what the Transforming Edmonton article about the Falcon said last year.

I’ve walked by the site a few times and there’s a sign saying there’s an approved permit for a 300 unit high rise but who knows if that’s going to change or not.
 
thommyjo said:
Wow the white strip looks bad…
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ugh they really could’ve continued to use the black glass in that spot instead and give the whole building a nice clean modern look. The white isn’t terrible but it would’ve been better without it. At least we have 1 modern looking tower in the whyte ave area now.
 
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I'm fully on the "contemporary buildings should have more ornamentation" train, but watching Edmonton architects and developers pull things like this makes me want to go full-on Adolf Loos.
 
Kosy123 said:
Falcon II is supposed to start this year, but that’s from what the Transforming Edmonton article about the Falcon said last year.

I’ve walked by the site a few times and there’s a sign saying there’s an approved permit for a 300 unit high rise but who knows if that’s going to change or not.
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Falcon II is not starting this year, as they are waiting to fill at least 70% to ask for a new loan to the bank (currently they are around 40%, faster than expected) so hopefully they start in 2026, and a taller building compared to the first.
 
constance_chlore said:
I'm fully on the "contemporary buildings should have more ornamentation" train, but watching Edmonton architects and developers pull things like this makes me want to go full-on Adolf Loos.
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Well the developer and architect of this building are both from Calgary. And if you have looked at any of their other projects you'll notice that they all look generally the same.
 
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