The Quarters

[TAS]

Is it known if this great looking project will be starting construction this year?

The city wisely sold the land to e4c, worth $3 million, for $1,000 that includes 9549 103ave to both kickstart more development while providing more transitional housing and services.

Would be great to see this built at same time as Dub's student housing. The women's shelter in Gibson Block would be moving into this freeing up that space for another use.

 

[IanO]

^hearing some positive movement on that one from some folks who work directly with the Quarters projects.

Apparently there could be 2-3 projects starting in the area within ~a year.

 

[northlands]

Lets this be a lesson CoE: fancy roadscapes and paving stones do not entice development. Direct subsidization does. Let's keep putting money where we get results.

 

[IanO]

I recall sitting with the former head of the Quarters about 10-12+ years ago who asked me outright if they should build more infrastructure/the park or a per door subsidy.

You can guess what my answer was.

That said, I do believe that incentivizing development by upgrading infrastructure, including the public realm, is important, but it very much depends where.

Look at the Quarters and Fort Road.

 

[northlands]

And to be fair, O'daymin Park is a good example of an infrastructure upgrade that attracted development as well.

But in general: If you want something built, hand the bag of money to the developers first and improve the streetscapes later.

 

[bodsbods9090]

^hearing some positive movement on that one from some folks who work directly with the Quarters projects.

Apparently there could be 2-3 projects starting in the area within ~a year.

The e4c project and Dub's by EPS.

What is the potentially the 3rd one?

 

[Avenuer]

The e4c project and Dub's by EPS.

What is the potentially the 3rd one?

JK

 

[SarcasticMarmot]

Last time I chatted with some staff from e4c they said the building project had full funding. That was a little while ago so things may have changed, it's a super volatile funding environment for non-profits atm. But I suspect we should hear something soon.

 

[kcantor]

And to be fair, O'daymin Park is a good example of an infrastructure upgrade that attracted development as well.

But in general: If you want something built, hand the bag of money to the developers first and improve the streetscapes later.

It would be interesting to see how many of the "attracted development" projects were on sites that were already owned by developers who purchased them with the intent to develop them before O'daymin Park was "part of the equation"...

 

[thommyjo]

I recall sitting with the former head of the Quarters about 10-12+ years ago who asked me outright if they should build more infrastructure/the park or a per door subsidy.

You can guess what my answer was.

That said, I do believe that incentivizing development by upgrading infrastructure, including the public realm, is important, but it very much depends where.

Look at the Quarters and Fort Road.

Or stony plain road….

All the money wasted there should have gone to Whyte, Jasper, or 104st

 

[Avenuer]

Last time I chatted with some staff from e4c they said the building project had full funding. That was a little while ago so things may have changed, it's a super volatile funding environment for non-profits atm. But I suspect we should hear something soon.

That is correct - they are fully-funded.