Avenuer
Senior Member
Former ATCO property between 105 and 106 Avenues and 112 and 113 Streets. 651 units total across three buildings.
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North Yard Development | 21m | 6s | Leston Holdings | KP Architecture Ltd.
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Glenco
Senior Member
What no surface parking it will never sell. There again who needs it when there is a Tram stop a block, block and a half away.
YEG imagineer
Active Member
Westrich is going to town on the 6 floors all over. Instead of one tall building, lots of smaller ones filling up spaces.
supaflyryguy
Active Member
Deveraux is quietly adding a thousand units and nobody even mentions them. Five 6-story buildings in Griesbach. Three more in Albany. They're building like mad in Calgary, Edmonton, and Winnipeg.
thommyjo
Senior Member
Glad to see this lot filled in. Really wish the designs were nicer though. These suburban vibes with corny colour strips won’t age well. The westrich projects on uni ave and in garneau just feel cheap compared to some others that are still the cheaper/wood frame styles.
Westrich vs some other stick builds…
Westrich vs some other stick builds…
crisp
Active Member
The Nokia Snake design ruined it for me.
archited
Senior Member
Finally, the clarion call is getting through to some! Watch the pendulum swing in the other direction as the "anti" momentum grows. Sad for the City!
scyeg
Active Member
Density 
No surface parking
aesthetics/design
No surface parking
aesthetics/design
_urbanite
Senior Member
Good enough for Edmonton...Density
No surface parking
aesthetics/design
Kosy123
Senior Member
If they made it a bit more like Lotus Park in design, that wouldn't be so bad. Good for density and no surface parking though. I wonder if Westrich is seeing something with car-free/car-lite development demand that others would follow with in the core.
mcr
Active Member
Totally agreed, while it's great to see it filled, the design here leaves a LOT to be desired, especially when compared to projects like Stadium Yards, or to a simpler degree the ones you showed. Hell, even Lotus Park is cut above (though a much smaller cut). Very disappointing design that will still yield positive results. The Edmonton way!
Kosy123
Senior Member
We got baited by a Westrich blue streak copycat everyone
Markyeg
Active Member
It’s not completely awful. Great that they’ll add so much density to a currently (arguably) undesirable area.
supaflyryguy
Active Member
The finish is definitely lackluster. Busy for the sake of busy in a desperate attempt to create interest, like adding dill pickle flavour dust to a rice cake. Sure it has some flavour, but it still sucks.
Avenuer
Senior Member
An engineering firm? Maybe they prepared the building designs but the overall architecture screams Westrich. Also, there are rumors that ATCO is selling them the site, so there's also that.