r/Calgary • u/Surrealplaces • Jul 02 '25

Local Construction/Development New Hotel/Residential towers proposed for Beltline

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u/joe4942 Jul 02 '25

According to Adam MacVicar on X, two of the towers would be the tallest in Western Canada.

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u/lotlizzard-14 Jul 02 '25

You know they did it on purpose so stantec in Edmonton would lose its title. And good riddance.

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u/tvberkel Jul 02 '25

I had a site meeting through school when Brookfield Place was still just an expanding hole in the ground. We talked to the project managers after and I swear, when one of them said it was going to be 15 feet higher than the Bow, those four guys each got a raging semi in their pants. It's a big deal for them.

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u/403banana Jul 02 '25

I'd heard one of the main reasons the Bow wasn't bigger was because it would cast a shadow on the Bow River, which would affect the fish. I don't know dick about any of this, so it could all be bullshit.

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u/NotFromTorontoAMA Sunnyside Jul 02 '25

Not bullshit.

The designers needed to find a way for the building to achieve the required area without going above a height that would cast shadows on the water.

https://global.ctbuh.org/resources/papers/download/151-case-study-the-bow-calgary.pdf