CALGARY | BCIMC Apartment Rental tower | 82.4M / 271FT | 26 Floors

[Design-mind]

Originally Posted by TallBob

I wasn't here then... but the city must have really been short-sighted!! To allow something like that to be built in an area that close to the Core.

There were so many vacant fields and parking lots at that time, that any addition to the run down area was a welcome addition.

[Dmajackson]

I went past this project today and they were excavating the south-east corner. It looked like they were down five feet or so in a large area. Trucks were on site to remove the dirt as well.

[bestcitycalgary]

Originally Posted by Surrealplaces

BCIMC is proposing to build a 26 floor, 218 unit rental apartment tower in Calgary's Beltline neighborhood. The proposal has been around for a while and is just going through Calgary's planning commission this week. Word is that they will be starting soon on this one.


Bentall Kennedy by Render Central, on Flickr

218 units/26 floors = about 8-9 units per floor! This tells me the units are large in terms of square footage which would lead to higher rental rates and attract the high end rental market. Overall, I think that's a pretty nice addition to Victoria Park.

[Violator]

Originally Posted by bestcitycalgary

I believe it's an affordable housing apartment building... and it will definitely be out of place between a luxury rental building and a luxury condo building. It could undergo some renovations especially around the front entrance.

Its not affordable housing.Prices from a little bit of research seem to be going for about 300,000.

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[Deepstar]

Originally Posted by TallBob

I wasn't here then... but the city must have really been short-sighted!! To allow something like that to be built in an area that close to the Core.

Back then...I believe it was late 90's, nothing much was happening in the core, especially in the east Beltline. They were probably just happy to have anything built.

[Deepstar]

Originally Posted by Dmajackson

I went past this project today and they were excavating the south-east corner. It looked like they were down five feet or so in a large area. Trucks were on site to remove the dirt as well.

Some good progress. They aren't wasting time on this one.

[Design-mind]

Definitely not wasting time. They were working today.

[Surrealplaces]

Bentall Kennedy by Construction Mafia, on Flickr

[Surrealplaces]

Bentall Kennedy by Construction Mafia, on Flickr

[Surrealplaces]

Bentall Kennedy by Construction Mafia, on Flickr


Bentall Kennedy by Construction Mafia, on Flickr

[bestcitycalgary]

Originally Posted by Coldrsx

Top is stupid, rest is fine. Reminds me of the 3 towers in yaletown on Homer and Smithe.


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It appears like there's a nicely landscaped rooftop patio on the base of the building. A similar feature for the BCIMC rental tower would look great!

[Surrealplaces]

Bentall Kennedy by Construction Mafia, on Flickr

[Surrealplaces]

Bentall Kennedy by Construction Mafia, on Flickr

[Chadillaccc]

So does that mean this one is technically UC now, because if they're only doing one level below ground and then pouring concrete for structural piles, isn't that considered construction in the global section?

[Deepstar]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

So does that mean this one is technically UC now, because if they're only doing one level below ground and then pouring concrete for structural piles, isn't that considered construction in the global section?

I think you're right Chad. Those piles will be a permanent part of the foundation, so technically it probably is.

[Surrealplaces]

Bentall rental tower by Construction Mafia, on Flickr

[Surrealplaces]

Bentall rental tower by Construction Mafia, on Flickr

[Chadillaccc]

BCIMC by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

[Surrealplaces]

It looks like it is flattening out on the bottom. I wonder if they are down as far as they are going to go?

[Surrealplaces]

Bentall Kennedy Rental Tower by Construction Mania, on Flickr