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This EPCOR substation at 118 Ave and 97 Street is being converted into commercial uses:

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archited said:
^ Another great site for mixed use development. I bet Beljan would know what to do with it.
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They can start by removing all the peeling paint from the brick
cmd uw said:
Ohhhh I'm sure we'd be able to figure something out with that building :)
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Haven't been in there in a while, but something similar to Markthal from Rotterdam would be amazing here. Probably not an easy thing to pull off here though
 
Grandinite said:
As was I. They've had a sign up with renderings for quite a while now. Good to see as this will breathe new life into that intersection
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Looks like Irie Foods (Jamaican / Caribbean cuisine) is moving or opening a new location in Crossroads:

Reference ID: Job No 355037832-002
Description: To construct interior alterations (24.87 m² mezzanine) and to change the Use from a Bar and Neighbourhood Pub to a Specialty Food Service (Irie Foods).
Location: 10703 - 109 STREET NW
Plan 3942MC Blk 8 Lot 179
Applicant: RICKETTS, KIRK
Status: To Be Assigned
Create Date: 2/14/2020 12:15:58 PM
Neighbourhood: CENTRAL MCDOUGALL
 
Daveography said:
Toll building. There has to be a certain point where the word "temporary" means about as much here as saying the universe itself is "temporary" until heat-death.
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What is going on with the Toll building? Do they have a single contractor working part-time evenings and weekends? Or a janitor moonlighting as a GC? Apparently the crane has become a permanent feature of the structure. In the time since this project started, the whole building could've been demolished and we'd be on floors 15-20 of a rebuild by now. /rant off
 
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Seeing double again, what's going on here...|
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My fav Modern Century Place is getting updated HVC, crane up for a couple more days I was told.
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* It's too bad that a much smaller version of this mobile crane couldn't have worked at the Roxy site. I imagine that site constrictions/regulations called for that luffing jib. A forklift, scaffolding, a few tall dudes on stilts, could have worked, no?*
 
The Drake on 118 Ave set to be demolished:

Permit Type Major Development Permit
Permit Class Class A
Permit Date Mar 16, 2020
Status Approved
Description of Development To Demolish an Existing Hotel (Drake Hotel).
Address 3945 - 118 AVENUE NW

I was about to be concerned, but then did a quick lookup and found it was only built in the 1950s and really doesn't hold much historical value (unlike other hotels that share the name).

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Daveography said:
The Drake on 118 Ave set to be demolished:

Permit Type Major Development Permit
Permit Class Class A
Permit Date Mar 16, 2020
Status Approved
Description of Development To Demolish an Existing Hotel (Drake Hotel).
Address 3945 - 118 AVENUE NW

I was about to be concerned, but then did a quick lookup and found it was only built in the 1950s and really doesn't hold much historical value (unlike other hotels that share the name).

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I'm in Beverly often because my Baba still lives there. My Gido used to stop there after work for a wobbly pop or 2 in the lounge. I've never been inside there myself, but it will be sad to see this go as it's a bit of a landmark in Olde Towne Beverly. It will definitely be strange not seeing The Drake on that corner
 
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