Gentleperson's Bets

[Him]

I'll say March 20th as that is the first day of spring. Katz will say "It's spring, it's now or never" or "Screw the groundhog, let's get this thing going!"

 

[bodsbods9090]

So, let's do another gentleman's bet.

Do you see the following projects starting this year:

-Emerald
-The Shift
-CNIB

If you say yes, give a predicted date you see these projects starting. And by starting I mean demolition of existing structure, excavation ,etc.

My predictions are as follows:

Emerald starts April 24th
The Shift starts October 15
CNIB starts March 20

If anyone else wants to add any potential projects feel free to do so!

 

[Kaizen]

@bodsbods9090 , Good idea .

I'm still optimistic and hopeful that our economy doesn't "turtle" further and is able to tread water, and most projects proceed.

-Emerald June 1
-CNIB Aug 5
-The Shift Sept 16

I'll add in 3 more.

-Mezzo Mar 21
-Heally Apr 1st
Alldritt Oct 21

 

[archited]

I enjoy these...
I kind of think that Emerald has already started by way of excavation for soils remediation report, but I will say excavation will begin again this month -- January 28
CNIB September 23
The Shift November 4th

Mezzo June 17
SouthPark June 10
Alldritt next year (2020)

 

[Him]

I'm with @archited when it comes to the status of the Emerald but i'll throw an official timeline out there of January 21st.
CNIB: August 1st
The Shift: October 7th
Aldritt: October 21

 

[Daveography]

Went by the Emerald site this week, it's definitely stalled right now, so I think it's fair game to bet when it will start going full-bore.

Emerald: Feb. 1
The Shift: Sept. 1
CNIB: March 1
Mezzo: 2020
Healy: June 1
Alldritt: 2021
South Park: May 1

 

[Kaizen]

A quick tally of our bets thus far for project starts guessed for the next month or so...

Emerald -
@Swore Jan 21st
@archited Jan 28th, 4 days and counting & she's a snowy quiet site, better give them a call!
@Daveography Feb 01st, 5 days, see above!

CNIB -
@Daveography Mar 01st
@bodsbods9090 Mar20th

Tower B -
@Daveography Feb04th
@westcoastjos Mar03rd
@Swore Mar20th you get a happy face to cancel out the Emerald

 

[quit]

Aldritt: 2025.

 

[Daveography]

Oh man I forgot about this. We were all way off, lol.

Wait, I think I won South Park, though! Mind you no one else made any guesses on that one...

 

[Daveography]

I think Tower B starts on....April 27, 2019.
That's the date my wife is due so why not make it a double good announcement for that day...potentially on both fronts.

@bodsbods9090 may yet win this one!

 

[bodsbods9090]

@bodsbods9090 may yet win this one!

Well I got this wrong on both fronts. This hasn't started and my wife had the baby on April 9th!

 

[quit]

Very optimistic @Daveography. I'll take May 21, 2020

I think you are winning at this point.

 

[quit]

So I'm betting that the Valley Line LRT south opens 1.75 years behind the original opening.

 

[cmd uw]

^Well, considering how far behind the bridge looks to be you might be right. Prove me wrong TransEd.

 

[bodsbods9090]

Well, 2020 is here.

What projects do we see starting this year? By that I mean what sites do people see getting going that don't have holes in the ground.

Garneau Tower? 9995 Jasper Ave? J123? Jasper & 108th?

I'll try and keep better track of our Gentleman's bets this year, promise!