Topping Off February 2018: What's Hot on SkyriseEdmonton

The shortest month of the year still managed to pack a punch when it comes to Edmonton's development scene. To recap, we round up SkyriseEdmonton's most popular stories, project Databases and Forum threads of February 2018.

Our Top Ten News Stories

1. The Many Faces of Downtown's Crash Hotel

The Richelieu Hotel with its brick exterior, image via Glenbow Archives

A Throwback Thursday revisiting the physical transformation of the century-old Crash Hotel was the number one story of the month. A brief history of the Modernist Toronto Dominion Bank building at Jasper Avenue and 100 Street NW attracted enough views to slide in the second spot.

2. The Modernist Toronto Dominion Bank Completes a Corner of Architectural Disparity

3. Proposed Downtown Hotel to Face Edmonton Design Committee

4. Symphony Tower Closes in on Final Height

5. Paving Paradise: Saving and Repurposing the Phillips Building

6. Beljan Developments to Add Three Levels of Residential to Commercial Structure

7. Preliminary Design Options for 105 Avenue Makeover to be Released

8. Beljan Development Introducing Mixed Use to Former Downtown YMCA

9. Public Input Sought for Proposed Centre LRT Route

10. Two Designs Released for North Shore Promenade

Our Top Ten Database Files

1. ICE District Tower B

The Quarters Hotel and Residences, image via KENNEDY

The next ICE District tower slated to rise in the core was our post popular Database file for the month, with The Quarters Hotel and Residences, a potential new tallest for Edmonton, landing just behind.

2. The Quarters Hotel and Residences

3. Stantec Tower

4. Emerald Tower

5. Hat at Five Corners

6. Symphony Tower

7. Fairmont Tower

8. JW Marriott Hotel and The Legends Private Residences

9. Encore Tower

10. Augustana Church Redevelopment

Our Top Ten Forum Threads

1. JW Marriott and The Legends Private Residences

JW Marriott and Stantec Tower, image by Forum contributor Daveography