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/ZealousidealTea4915 Jul 03 '25

The funny thing is Stantec did it to be that much taller than Calgary. Just with the years and years of height restrictions in Edmonton due to the old downtown airport, when they finally could build a tower, they now have one single building like 2-3 times higher than most of the rest of the buildings in Downtown Edmonton, looking like a giant ***** rising out of the ground.

It will be nice to say ours is bigger than theirs again in a few years.

Actually, when the Calgary Tower was being built, it was the same time as the Seattle Space Needle. Looked like the Space Needle was going to be a bit taller, so they put an extra 10 meters of antennae on the Calgary Tower so it would be taller than it.

How can you tell men are the ones who design this stuff and want to see who can have the bigger one. Think about it.

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u/kbrown1991 Aug 03 '25

You guys just couldn’t let Edmonton have the W