Manulife Place Renovations | 145.99m | 36s | AIMCo | MdeAS

What do you think of this project?

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While I understand the current economic environment, the reality is there are a lot of landlords competing for the few potential retail tenants that may be out there.

Manulife is a nice building with a lot of good attributes, but I doubt resting on their laurels will help fill the increasing number of empty spaces either.
 
I am not thrilled with this design. It looks rather like a suburban mall than the podium in what was at one time the most prestigious building in Edmonton. On the other hand the new Stantec building podium is worse.
 
Does anyone know if there are any plan to permanently close 102nd Ave to car traffic. it's been closed for a while now with LRT construction and I don't believe it has too badly affected traffic flow. Could be turned into a vibrant pedestrian space and with the rework of Manulife and the LaSalle purchase seeming to indicate redevelopment at ECC it seems like now would be the time to do it. Maybe something like this but obviously the LRT running down the middle.



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Good to see them cut it down to one way though, personally I would prefer it to be eliminated in favor of a totally pedestrianized street. Edmonton does not have anything like that and due to it's proximity to the two major downtown shopping centers it would make sense here, Though as you said if the traffic is that badly affected by it's closure perhaps another location would be better suited?
 
Avenuer said:
When did you heard that? Dialog submitted the DP at the beginning of March and their letter made it sound like it was all systems go.
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That don't mean much... look at Regency with their 1, 2 knockout of two lots. We all saw the ducks lined up in the row, but here we are...
 
IanO said:
Depends on who you ask... but it has been significantly affected for most/many.

The plan is to retain one way east from 107st-95st.

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It’s actually only eastbound to 97 Street. From 97 Street to 95 Street, it is one way westbound and the driving lane is on the north side of the tracks.
 
I love that we're starting to take back some space from car's and giving it to alternative modes of transit. However I find that one way streets lead to drivers feeling more comfortable going much faster. Maybe the tight space will slow people but idk something about having oncoming traffic seems to slow people down. It could be chaotic with all these different modes of transit converging in one area, hopefully there aren't any reckless drivers going 30 over the speed limit (but let's be honest this is Alberta so there's bound to be a couple)
 
it's not just private cars that need some consideration (and i would agree we need to revisit our priorities when it comes to transportation modes), it's taxis and uber and emergency service vehicles - fire and ambulance and police - and trades and deliveries that can't do what we need them to do without a functioning road network.

at the moment for example, i would hate to be a resident of the goodrich block or - hopefully one day soon - attending an event at the citadel waiting for an emt while the ambulance driver figures out that they can't actually get to where i am from where they are...
 
I don't think the city transportation department looks at it from the point of view of people using the roads, although having taken buses and being a pedestrian, I will say I don't think they serve transit riders and pedestrians better either.

I assume not much or enough thought it put into how things will be disrupted and the cumulative impact of multiple closures. For instance the area around Jasper Ave and 97 St is a major obstacle right now. Of course 102 Ave is also closed too and 103 Ave in front of city hall has been closed for a long time. It can lead to some very long, confusing and not well marked detours to get to certain places in that area. I am glad I don't have to go there often and sadly for the businesses in the area, I generally try to avoid it.
 
A couple people are reporting that. Curious if someone can confirm or deny.
 
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