Osteria de Medici looks at re-development of its Kensington site

CALGARY — Internationally-known restaurant Osteria de Medici, which has hosted Hollywood stars to former U.S. President George Bush, goes before the Calgary Planning Commission on Thursday for approval of an application to re-designate its Kensington property to accommodate a mixed-use development.

The restaurant, owned by the Terrigno family and located at the corner of 10th Street N.W. and Kensington Road, has been in operation on the site for more than two decades.

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Key corner building to get major facelift

A rather splendid brick building at the corner of Kensington Road and 25th Street N.W. that has been empty for far too long is about to be renovated into smart new office space.

For many years the home of UMA Engineering – it still carries the former Underwood McLellan & Associates – has been purchased from a group of local investors by a Calgary-based partnership of Jim David of Trumpet Capital and Tod Hughes, a director of Avison Young Canada, through his holding company, Playacan Projects.

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