Strathearn Heights Redevelopment | 81m | ?s | Nearctic Group | GEC

[IanO]

'The Strathearn Heights fifteen years ahead will bear no resemblance to the one I live in now.'

We said that very statement 15yrs ago with almost no change...

 

[MCXavierL]

DP. Undated:

To demolish the Strathearn Shopping Centre building

In Progress

9508 - 87 STREET NW

 

[_urbanite]

DP. Undated:

To demolish the Strathearn Shopping Centre building and leave the site a fenced in lot for years

In Progress

9508 - 87 STREET NW

Fixed that for ya

 

[Daveography]

I'm going to be absolutely pissed if they don't move on construction soon after the demo. This area is hurting for amenities after losing so many top-notch ones in the last few years, most of them in this one strip.

 

[Gronk!]

DP. Undated:

To demolish the Strathearn Shopping Centre building

In Progress

9508 - 87 STREET NW

 

[MacLac]

2 months later...any sign of caisson drillers? Back hoes? Excavators? Warm bodies with a shovel in their hands?

 

[northlands]

I recognize this is a project that has taken in excess of a decade to get to this point and can appreciate the extremely dynamic nature of development on this scale; but wow is it ever frustrating watching a community lose good amenities while the developer moves at a snail's pace. Been six months since demo commenced and not a single indication of further progress.

Is it really too much to ask developers to have some respect for the communities they choose to build in?

 

[Canadian 001]

So this is probably delayed... a Third time
Bruh

 

[chichm]

The Strathearn Heights development has been delayed more than three times: I moved to the neighbourhood in '83 when the first proposal was a HOT issue in the community. I personally sat through 3 complete re-designs over the last 40 years and it seems to me that the developer has a knack for gearing up to build just as interest rates spike. That appears to be the case now. Of the several annoying things about this project is that the City bent to the developer's wishes by locating the Strathearn LRT station directly in front of what will, eventually, be the commercial frontage. Then Councillor Henderson was spitting mad that the developer found every reason not to start construction after the City upheld their end of the (in camera) deal. Now, when, or if, construction does start, they will have to haul equipment and materials in by the much narrowed and newly paved 95 Ave. Meanwhile, Holyrood Apartments are eating their lunch. Stay tuned...

 

[David A]

Its interesting how some companies can move ahead with projects quite quickly without much delay, back and forth or conflict.

Others can't seem to do anything very well. I feel the former ones are competent and the later ones not.

 

[Gronk!]

Yup, still an empty lot

 

[MacLac]

Is it common practice to bring in a packer to a site when construction on said site is imminent?

 

[IanO]

Not for the whole site necessarily, but prior to excavation you may want to have more of a consistent site for site prep, shoring, weight bearing, trucks, site trailers etc. etc.

But who knows in this case.

 

[Canadian 001]

Some Outcomes
1. Parking lot for 2 years then Project gets built
2. A slight reduction in scale (shrunk by 3 floors)
3. Construction site in a few months
4. Site sold and Major reduction in scale (Rebuild strip mall)
5. 6-floor wood frame by westrich
6. The city buys the site and builds a park
7. Parking lot for 15 - 30 years?

 

[MacLac]

Hoping we didn't get duped on this one. Coincidentally enough, I read yesterday on LinkedIn that Nearctic is offering investors into their newly minted, "Industrial Property REIT," that they are starting. So maybe that's where their dollars are going.......