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[Aaron_Lloyd]

The old rendering of the original project from many years ago now.
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The more I look at it the more I think it might actually have turned out kind of alright, maybe? I think those huge glass roofs would have looked pretty great, definitely better than the render seems to suggest. Depending on the exact materials they had planned for the rest of it, I could see it having turned out as quite the nice building.

...or at the very least as quite the unique building.

 

[Edmonchuk]

The more I look at it the more I think it might actually have turned out kind of alright, maybe? I think those huge glass roofs would have looked pretty great, definitely better than the render seems to suggest. Depending on the exact materials they had planned for the rest of it, I could see it having turned out as quite the nice building.

...or at the very least as quite the unique building.

I am getting to know you quite well lol

 

[Aaron_Lloyd]

I can be a bit of a contrarian I concede.

 

[Edmcowboy11]

Taken Sept 15, 2021
So slowly but surely the building is coming down but not without a fight. I was talking to a worker on site and he was telling me this little building was built like a bunker. Thick concrete reinforced with plenty of rebar is everywhere in this building. Even the roof has thick concrete. He joked that the building could easily have been a bomb shelter.

 

[MacLac]

Taken Sept 15, 2021
So slowly but surely the building is coming down but not without a fight. I was talking to a worker on site and he was telling me this little building was built like a bunker. Thick concrete reinforced with plenty of rebar is everywhere in this building. Even the roof has thick concrete. He joked that the building could easily have been a bomb shelter.
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So it’s coming down to make room for a “QUAD?” What exactly is that? A green space park like setting?

 

[IceCreamMan]

So it’s coming down to make room for a “QUAD?” What exactly is that? A green space park like setting?

Yep! It's going to be a greenspace, like a mini park, where students and citizens can hang out. You'll notice Phase 1 was recently completed around the Civic Employees Legacy Tower - all the streetscape was recently redone. The next phase is the demo of this existing building, and then the construction of the "quad".

 

[IanO]

NorQuest Quad

https://twitter.com/x/status/1441164597872902148

 

[IanO]

Reference ID:	Job No 409657461-002
Description:	Exterior Alterations to the Site
Location:	10215 - 108 STREET NW Plan 1520896 Blk 7 Lot 103A
Applicant:	GEC ARCHITECTURE
Status:	Intake Review
Create Date:	9/27/2021 1:56:32 PM
Neighbourhood:	DOWNTOWN

 

[CplKlinger]

Reference ID:	Job No 409657461-002
Description:	Exterior Alterations to the Site
Location:	10215 - 108 STREET NW Plan 1520896 Blk 7 Lot 103A
Applicant:	GEC ARCHITECTURE
Status:	Intake Review
Create Date:	9/27/2021 1:56:32 PM
Neighbourhood:	DOWNTOWN

Major Development Permit

Reference Id: Job No 409657461-002 Description: To construct exterior alterations to the Site (revise the site design) to a Publicly Accessible Private Park, Accessory to an existing Public Education Services Use building (reference Development Permit #326837974-001). (Norquest College) 10215 - 108 STREET NW Plan 1520896 Blk 7 Lot 103A Applicant: GEC ARCHITECTURE Status: Issued Create Date: 2021/09/27 Neighbourhood: DOWNTOWN Issue Date: 2021/11/01 Class Of Permit: Class A

 

[IanO]

Reference ID:	Job No 419808710-002
Description:	To construct exterior and interior alterations to a Public Education Service building (relocation of rooftop HVAC units)
Location:	10215 - 108 STREET NW Plan 1520896 Blk 7 Lot 103A
Applicant:	GEC ARCHITECTURE
Status:	No DP Required
Create Date:	1/10/2022 4:36:27 PM
Neighbourhood:	DOWNTOWN

 

[Stevey_G]

How's the building removal coming along?

 

[IanO]

It's long gone and was ready for 2022 improvements last fall.

 

[Stevey_G]

It's long gone and was ready for 2022 improvements last fall.

Any idea when the Quad should be completed by? I don’t recall the timeline.

This’ll be a nice little green addition to my community.

 

[IanO]

I believe it is to be relatively simple in nature and so I would hope the site works will be completed spring/summer and open fall of this year?

 

[IceCreamMan]

You can see the new quad and NorQuest's streetscape improvements here: https://gecarchitecture.com/projects/celt-streetscape-improvements/