Williams Hall | ?m | 7s | Beljan Development | Hodgson Schilf Evans

What do you think of this project?

  • I like it a lot

    Votes: 19 70.4%

  • I like it

    Votes: 7 25.9%

  • I neither like nor dislike it

    Votes: 1 3.7%

  • I dislike it

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I dislike it a lot

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    27
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Apartment with shops and a food hall being built in Edmonton | Urbanized

A mixed-use building is in the works for downtown Edmonton, and it's sure to bring plenty of vibrancy to the area.
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I believe these spaces are akin to what one would see in Los Angeles' Grand Central Market (https://grandcentralmarket.com/) and the Apartment spaces above (Grand Central Apartments -- https://gcmapartments.com). I think that the vibe is better described as "funky and hip" rather than "swanky". I love the idea that the lower floor begs for a Microbrewery with kitchen -- a real positive for the downtown scene. I expect that this building will, when complete, radically change the vibe of this part of downtown -- once again Beljan proves that they (the company) know what they are doing (they have obviously done the research!).
 
Markyeg said:
Nothing swanky at all about this development. The units are TINY and don’t even have in-suite laundry.
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Not having in-suite laundry isn't a deal breaker for many people, especially if the rents are reasonable. A lot of older buildings downtown have shared laundry. I've lived in one myself. It's fine
 
Dubas said:
They’re subsidized and supposed to be affordable. If it brings people downtown, it’s more than worth it.
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Not everyone wants or needs a lot of space and affordability is important to a lot of people.

This is well located, very central and if the building renovation proceeds as planned, they will have nice amenities and services right in their own building.

If it goes as planned, it will also change the vibe of this part of downtown
 
I'm actually surprised they aren't fitting out the suites with in-suite laundry. When we built Crawford Block (micro suites) in Old Strathcona there were many that wanted in-suite laundry. It's well known that most renters place in-suite laundry as one of their 'must haves' along with a dishwasher.

I really like that this building is finally being repositioned. I sure hope they are carrying a heavy budget to get that food hall going as it's been a struggle to get much interest in those types of operators downtown.
 
cmd uw said:
I'm actually surprised they aren't fitting out the suites with in-suite laundry. When we built Crawford Block (micro suites) in Old Strathcona there were many that wanted in-suite laundry. It's well known that most renters place in-suite laundry as one of their 'must haves' along with a dishwasher.

I really like that this building is finally being repositioned. I sure hope they are carrying a heavy budget to get that food hall going as it's been a struggle to get much interest in those types of operators downtown.
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Dishwasher is a must for me, but in-suite laundry can be foregone if there's at least a decent laundry room, or one laundry room per floor
 
Gronk! said:
I live in a high-rise condo that has a laundry room on every floor and a dishwasher in every suite. I only use my dishwasher a few times a year but I use the laundry room once a week.
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Yeah I think I've used my dishwasher twice in 4 years. In suite laundry would be high on my list.
 
genuine question: why do y'all value in-suite laundry so much?

I probably do laundry once a week at most and a lot of times, once every two weeks. My dishwasher, on the flip side, is used 2-3 times/week, as I tend to prepare and eat most of my meals at home.
 
ChazYEG said:
genuine question: why do y'all value in-suite laundry so much?

I probably do laundry once a week at most and a lot of times, once every two weeks. My dishwasher, on the flip side, is used 2-3 times/week, as I tend to prepare and eat most of my meals at home.
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Convenience, privacy, bed bugs, theft, lazy like me and forget to take out their laundry till hours later, lots of reasons why it's well liked. Not many folks grow up without laundry in their home, so it's also what they're used to and comfortable with.

Plus chatting with a service tech from Coinamatic one time and hearing some horror stories of what he'd dealt with in shared laundry machines... yea
 
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