Miscellaneous

[TravellingChris]

Disappointing that Tony Roma's has left Westmount. I always found that location convenient. However, it's good that they haven't left the west end completely, just relocated. I was hoping YEG wouldn't lose TR's (as Bryan Hall calls them) entirely the way we lost Red Robin.

 

[David A]

This is the new location of Latitude53

This is good. It might be a more high profile location for them. Also, close to the Art Gallery of Alberta and the Royal Alberta Museum - more of an arts district developing in the core.

 

[bingo]

lattitude53, kind, glass bookshop are all one in the same kinda group of establishments in my mind

 

[MCXavierL]

Small project in Oliver:

2023-06-14

Commercial Final

To construct 12 Dwellings of Apartment Housing with 22 Bedrooms.

201, 10315 - 120 STREET NW

Image from Apple Maps​

 

[_urbanite]

22 Bedrooms? what a strange thing to see on a BP (or maybe a DP not entirely sure what this is). Is this going to be a rooming house?

 

[MCXavierL]

22 Bedrooms? what a strange thing to see on a BP (or maybe a DP not entirely sure what this is) . Is this going to be a rooming house?

Thought it was odd too. It is a building permit, should’ve specified.

 

[Romanov]

Building at corner of 110 Street and 105 Ave (behind macewan) looks to be getting a refresh that better delineates CRUs at main level.

 

[Romanov]

Queen Mary mixed use sign says 70% leased with one retail space left on the southeast corner. No businesses open when I walked by.

The church down the street from the mixed use.

 

[Airboy]

One of the Large Hotels out at Nisku is getting repurposed. LARGA is converting one to a new Norther Health Travelers Boarding house. Ottawa has a new one planned but its getting pushback from residents.
LARGA is owned by Kitikmeot Corporation, Gwich'in Development Corporation and Nunasi Corporation
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/larga-edmonton-moving-to-larger-hotel-in-leduc-1.6879956

 

[soupcrate]

70 speakers at urban planning committee today. 2 hours in and we've got through the first 15.

 

[thommyjo]

70 speakers at urban planning committee today. 2 hours in and we've got through the first 15.

Nimbys going hard?

 

[bingo]

heres a live recounting

https://twitter.com/x/status/1671184498518802432

 

[Avenuer]

Nimbys going hard?

Some, not all.

For those against, most are saying 'we weren't engaged enough' or 'you didn't reach enough people', which are both silly arguments because public engagement occured over at least two years and you can't get feedback from all Edmontonians when barely 40% of them bother to vote in municipal elections.

 

[EtoV]

Some of the tweets and inferences by Lauren rub me the wrong way. Upzoning and allowing for more housing options will harm affordability, but somehow artificially limiting the amount of housing that can be built by only allowing for single family homes won't?

It's a tired argument that is always trotted out in these discussions. It seems to conflate the idea of affordability with the ability to afford a single family home. Yes, the price of land will go up, as will the prices of existing single family homes on that land. But that would also happen to an extent without upzoning. Limiting what can be built in these areas ensures that only those that can afford a single family home can live there.

What housing choice allows is more housing to be built on that land, giving options for different unit sizes and price points. Yes, they will likely be more money per sf of land than currently, but it will still allow for cheaper options overall.

 

[bingo]

Some of the tweets and inferences by Lauren rub me the wrong way. Upzoning and allowing for more housing options will harm affordability, but somehow artificially limiting the amount of housing that can be built by only allowing for single family homes won't?

I agree + i don't think its feasible to just wait for a bunch of quantitative studies to tell us what we already know to be true that more supply will lower prices. So why not give it a try?