EDMONTON – The federal government has overruled city opposition and approved construction of a controversial cellphone tower in Hazeldean.
The city notified Industry Canada last summer that a tower Rogers plans for the Gerald Zetter Care Centre, 9649 71st Ave., would be visually negative, current planning branch manager Scott Mackie says.
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Residents of West Hillhurst are fighting a proposed 25-metre cellphone tower, arguing it’s not appropriate in a residential neighbourhood and that the company, Telus, isn’t open to other options.
“I think they’re (Telus) kind of selective in indicating where their radius of best capacity or coverage areas are,” said Jo Larson, a resident who lives close to the Kensington Legion, the proposed site of the tower.
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CALGARY— Grosvenor Americas has acquired another multi-family development site in Calgary’s Beltline neighbourhood and is proposing an 18-storey residential tower to go along with its Drake condominium project already under construction.
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EDMONTON- Almost seven years after the city approved a Malmo Plains seniors’ project, the community is fighting a new development proposed for the site that would be twice as big.
Westcorp Developments Inc. was allowed, despite strong local opposition in January 2006, to build a 250-unit complex, including a 16-storey apartment tower, on a 2.5-hectare property near 51st Avenue and 117th Street.
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The Colliers International downtown office team of Randy Fennessey and Ally La-lani have been testing the waters for a new tower and, encouraged by some very positive interest, they have begun marketing in earnest the 500,000-square-foot Palliser West tower for Aspen Properties.
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Erection of four broadcast towers proposed northeast of Black Diamond received little support from residents during a public consultation meeting at the Turner Valley Golf Club on Oct. 11.
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Altalink is back at construction of the 714 transmission line towers which make up the Whitla to Bowmanton to Cassils infrastructure upgrade following the end of bird breeding season in the summer.
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EDMONTON – A plan to consolidate civic staff downtown could spur the construction of Edmonton’s largest office tower, a commercial real estate agent says.
The city put out a formal request this week for interested building owners to outline what space they could provide, what it would cost and other details.
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