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CPC2012-014

Vote Calgary — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:24:40 +0000

Date: Feb 6, 2012 Title: CPC2012-014, POLICY AMENDMENT AND LAND USE REDESIGNATION (PATTERSON HEIGHTS) BYLAW 11D2012 Background Information: Amendment to the Patterson Heights (Strathcona Cell “A”) Revised Concept Plan and Supporting Information To redesignate 1.99 ha ± (4.92 ac ±) located at 940 Patrick Street SW (Plan 6746HA, Lot 1) from Special Purpose – Future [...]

CPC2012-007

Vote Calgary — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:16:42 +0000

Date: Feb 6, 2012 Title: CPC2012-007, LAND USE REDESIGNATION (HIGHLAND PARK) AND BYLAW 7D2012 Background Information: This land use application seeks the redesignation of lands located at 3304 Centre Street NE, from DC Direct Control to Multi-Residential – Contextual Low Profile (M-C1) District in order to accommodate a multiresidential development. The existing DC allows for [...]

Ward 7 Profile

Vote Calgary — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:40:02 +0000

This week’s ward profile brings us to Calgary’s Ward 7 and Alderman Druh Farrell. Ward 7 stretches all the way from Downtown Calgary to the Northwest community of Dalhousie. With such a far reach, the population, issues and statistics of Ward 7 are a mix of inner city and suburb life – and everything in [...]

Up, Out and In is better than Us vs. Them

Vote Calgary — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:43:21 +0000

The release of the Federal Census numbers showed that recent growth across Canada has largely occurred in the suburbs and bedroom communities. There is a renewed interest in the media on why that might be, especially considering the ongoing policy push for less outward growth and urban renewal. The Calgary Herald is currently asking readers [...]

Boardwalk REIT announces ‘solid’ financial results

Vote Calgary — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:45:26 +0000

Calgary-based Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust announced Thursday what it called ‘solid financial results” for its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2011. Funds From Operations for the fourth quarter, ending December 31, 2011, totalled $34.2 million, or 65 cents per unit on a diluted basis, compared with FFO of $32.4 million or 62 cents per [...]

Calgary housing starts expected to rise

Vote Calgary — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:41:14 +0000

The short and long-term expectations for Calgary’s homebuilding industry are on a positive trend, according to the Conference Board of Canada. In releasing its monthly housing starts data on Friday, the board said the seasonally-adjusted annual rate of starts was 13,152 in January for the Calgary census metropolitan area which was up from 8,771 a [...]

Vacant land offers building potential

Vote Calgary — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:38:46 +0000

Like many other Calgary real estate professionals, Jeff Robson attended the International Council of Shopping Centre meetings in Whistler, B.C., last month and returned home full of confidence in our retail market. The associate broker at Barclay Street Real Estate says there was a tremendous interest in Calgary and with the vacancy rate throughout the [...]

Ward Profile: Ward 3 Part 2

Vote Calgary — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:17:18 +0000

This week, we bring you the second part of our Ward 3 profile. Read Ward 3 Part 1 to get up to speed. What’s Happening in Ward 3? Airport Tunnel: One of the hottest issues during the 2010 election was the construction of a 620 metre tunnel running under the new runway at the Calgary [...]

Alberta MLS sales growth tops Canadian average

Vote Calgary — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:38:56 +0000

The rate of year-over-year growth in MLS sales in Alberta doubled the Canadian average in January, according to data released Wednesday by the Canadian Real Estate Association. CREA said there were 3,109 transactions in the province, up 8.2 per cent from January 2011. In Canada, there were 24,821 MLS sales, representing a 4.0 per cent [...]

Are ‘green’ homes what we really want?

Vote Calgary — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:27:02 +0000

At a time when going green would seem to be an easy sell, there still aren't a lot of clients who waltz into a realestate office or new home sales centre announcing that they're looking for an environmentally friendly home. In my experience, if the subject comes up, home buyers generally express positive attitudes toward [...]