Vision for Calgary's Downtown West development plan released
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Plans to redesign Calgary's Downtown West were made public Monday, as part of an effort to create a stronger and more active city core.
Plans to redesign Calgary's Downtown West were made public Monday, as part of an effort to create a stronger and more active city core.
The 78-page report lays out plans for the future of the area around the former Greyhound bus terminal, GSL/Wolfe car dealership and stretching just past the Pumphouse Theatre to Crowchild Trail.
"I think we have a really great opportunity, and a limited opportunity if you will, to do the development of this area justice," Sarah Itani, with developer Cidex Group, said.
"It's not something that the development industry can do on its own, it's not something that the city can do by itself, we really need true, true collaboration.”
The report was prepared on behalf of the Calgary Downtown Association, Stantec’s Urban Places and the Kensington Business Improvement Association.
The report recommends three phases of work with the aim of establishing a strong sense of community and connection to the Bow River; public space destinations connected to trail and travel systems; link public spaces and close gap areas that have no clear use.
"The opportunity that Calgary has in the west end is significant and can be a monumental investment and re-intensification of the economics for downtown," Mark Garner with the Calgary Downtown Association said.
