Tower 101 | 175m | 50s | Regency Developments | DER + Associates

[Edmcowboy11]

At least we can be very thankful that nobody was able to move forward with the potential plan at one point to tear down the Hotel McDonald. Honestly, I do hope that something positive does happen on the former Tegler Building site. In the perfect world we would see a building built by a good developer that would honor the Tegler as best as possible and would bring life to this part of the downtown.

 

[The_Cat]

'Irresponsible': Downtown developer feels unfairly targeted by city's 'problem property' survey

Site of the old Bank of Montreal building is the subject of a "problem properties" survey issued by the City of Edmonton

edmontonjournal.com

 

[fromyeg]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/vacant-lot-downtown-edmonton-9.6970482

Not a lot of positive press for Regency.

 

[Agard]

Am I misreading this?? This makes zero sense: "How can you call me out for NOT developing vacant unsightly land when you ARE developing vacant unsightly land!"

 

[johnnyboy]

You know it's pretty bad when even Cheryll Watson calls you out; he doesn't have a leg to stand on.

 

[Stevey_G]

In hindsight, the library built in the 60's was also actually nicer architecturally than the metal blob there now. Aren't things supposed to improve as a city grows? We seem to have gone the other way here with this one.

penny wise but pound foolish.

 

[Gronk!]

'Irresponsible': Downtown developer feels unfairly targeted by city's 'problem property' survey

Site of the old Bank of Montreal building is the subject of a "problem properties" survey issued by the City of Edmonton

edmontonjournal.com

The fact that other towers such as The Falcon and The Parks have been successfully completed just shows how incompetent Regency is.

 

[Stevey_G]

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Am I misreading this?? This makes zero sense: "How can you call me out for NOT developing vacant unsightly land when you ARE developing vacant unsightly land!"

What a strawman argument to make eh. The exhibition lands and blatchford are nowhere near as unsightly as his property. Nor do they sit on the city’s potentially top premiere downtown corner.

 

[Mesopotamia]

Is it possible for the city to expropriate this land?

 

[_urbanite]

What a strawman argument to make eh. The exhibition lands and blatchford are nowhere near as unsightly as his property. Nor do they sit on the city’s potentially top premiere downtown corner.

Not to mention that Blatchford is an active development area, and the Exhibition Lands are still useful. Regency's site is neither of those. It's just a decrepit eyesore

 

[inclusion]

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Am I misreading this?? This makes zero sense: "How can you call me out for NOT developing vacant unsightly land when you ARE developing vacant unsightly land!"

Gotta love the ol' whataboutism approach. Just because you built some credibility in the past doesn't mean you automatically get a free pass now - it has to be earned back. From where I sit, he hasn't earned anything lately. The Bonnie Doon redevelopment is a mess of a construction site. Perhaps try cleaning that up a bit along with the other vacant sites you have.

 

[David A]

The fact that other towers such as The Falcon and The Parks have been successfully completed just shows how incompetent Regency is.

Hey another word that starts with d is deflection. They could have titled this article "Downtown (non) developer deflects blame", or at least tries to.

However, this is what happens when you tear down a nice building, leaving an empty lot in a prominent location downtown and you do not make enough effort to keep it up. Your reputation turns to sh*t.

 

[davcocom]

'Irresponsible': Downtown developer feels unfairly targeted by city's 'problem property' survey

Site of the old Bank of Montreal building is the subject of a "problem properties" survey issued by the City of Edmonton

edmontonjournal.com

Love how they mention "the 25-storey Holyrood Gardens transit-oriented development" as a transformative project, being one of the ugliest developments in the city.
They have cut all the possible corners to "make it profitable", and we ended up with an eyesore either they develop something or not

 

[CplKlinger]

Not to mention that Blatchford is an active development area, and the Exhibition Lands are still useful. Regency's site is neither of those. It's just a decrepit eyesore

To be fair there are some parallels between them. For instance, homeless people often squat in the basement of that old BMO building, and people often rent basement suites in Blatchford. But beyond that he's out to lunch.

 

[fromyeg]

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Knack calls the site an “embarrassment.”

Talks about expanding the derelict property subclass to include non residential properties.