I wonder how many readers are as concerned about East Village as I am. I checked back through my tearsheets of Streetwise to check when I began /read article...

I've had the pleasure of writing a Streetwise column for this publication every week since December of 1995. Never missed in all of that time - and /read article...

Last week I took the time to drive to 11th Avenue S.E. I wanted to check out the progress of renovations to a fine old red brick building that has /read article...

It doesn't have to be all red brick - that's the Beltline district I'm talking about. But kudos to those developers who have made the effort to keep /read article...

Last week I visited with Mayor David Bronconnier and had a very interesting chat about Calgary in general and in particular, the reorganization of /read article...

Regular readers will know that I'm a big fan of this city's downtown core. The compact space between the river and the railway tracks has matured so /read article...

A nice rendering was published with last week's column when I talked about the tremendous growth in population of the Mewata area of west downtown. /read article...

I find it difficult to imagine size; I write about areas of square feet but it's not easy to picture in my mind the dimensions of a particular /read article...

Some call me old fashioned - others just old, but I do admit to leaning towards the "good old days" and preferring ancient to modern in many areas. I /read article...

I promised last week to follow up with a number of other projects that are underway in this city. When I consider the amount of activity in the real /read article...

If patience is a virtue then Ron Goodfellow must be a very good guy. The Calgary architect has been involved with the design of a museum and cultural /read article...

I've mentioned several times before that I don't really enjoy shopping. Although, I check out Ebay listings almost every day and once inside an /read article...

Looking out of my office window last Friday morning watching the snow fall, I had to catch a few pleasurable moments thinking back to earlier in the /read article...

There was a time when the grand old city of Winnipeg was called 'Little Chicago' and I can certainly remember when promotional literature from that /read article...

There's an incredible energy in this city that has quickened to an almost frantic pace this past month. In fact, the optimism that seemed to have /read article...

I guess its human nature to want to grumble about things; for Calgarians the volume of traffic seems to be the most common complaint. To most that /read article...

Doesn't seem long since we found new telephone books piled on our front doorstep; and almost as long a time since I hauled the old ones off to the /read article...

When I first began writing Streetwise back in November 1995, it was to be a short record of gossip within the commercial real estate sector. It /read article...

One of the nice things about attending receptions at this time of the year is the opportunity to meet and catch up with people you haven't seen for a /read article...

Like the majority of people in this young city I rather like our old sandstone buildings and enjoy being around and inside them. This past week I was /read article...

How can it be? No sooner do I get used to writing 2002 on a cheque and it's time to change again; anyway, we have got through another year and it's /read article...

Before taking a look at our downtown retail sector I would like to continue my thoughts on suburban shopping by mentioning this year's hope for more /read article...

Last week I made mention of the renovation work that has been completed at the Calgary Tower, but I hadn't bothered to cross over 9th Avenue to /read article...

Today there are some architectural firms offering a much wider range of services to their clients than they did in the past and bringing in-house /read article...

Arriving here in the early 1960's from England, it was obvious that people lived a much different lifestyle than what we had been used to. The way /read article...

It was only at the beginning of this year that I wrote a column on the ever expanding retail sector. Yet, already there are new shops to report and /read article...

We can count on a number of people in any community being naysayers towards any type of new development. Doesn't matter what the development may be, /read article...

Condo conversion is a phrase that rolls easily off the tongue yet is one that must sound harsh to those who hear from landlords that their apartment /read article...

Professional interior designers must have a bit of a trying time explaining just what they do for a living; the title is a term that many would use /read article...

I always enjoy a conversation with people who really know what they are talking about; Michael Kehoe is such a person and also someone who always /read article...

It seems to me that the current body of aldermen and their go get 'em leader Mayor Dave are taking up a lot more ink than those who previously /read article...

References to sustainability, green development, environmentally friendly, use of recycled materials, even co-existence of humanity and nature are /read article...

I am an optimist. It's my nature to believe that good must prevail in the end with a disposition such that I can usually look on the bright side no /read article...

Buttercups and daisies,Oh, the pretty flowers;Coming ere the Springtime,To tell of sunny hoursMary Howitt wrote those lines of poetry more than a /read article...

I'm a big fan of the Warehouse District that was originally a development idea by Qualico. They came up with the plan to restore and renovate the old /read article...

Formed in 1975 Morguard Investments, a wholly owned subsidiary of Morguard Corporation, a real estate company that is publicly traded on the TSX, was /read article...

One newspaper headline heralded cautious optimism while another assured us that transparency is the key to getting on with the development of the /read article...

I finished off last week's column saying it's good to see so much happening to a downtown that continues to improve. The amount of calls and /read article...

I thought that Richard Gotfried's move into the real estate construction industry was quite a big step so I waited a few months before tracking him /read article...

I attempted to take the pulse of the commercial real estate industry last week but by the time the bottom of the page reared itself up at me I had /read article...

In a previous column I did the rounds of a few architectural firms to see how busy they were; testing the waters to determine how the city's /read article...

By the time this column is published City Council will have spent far too much of its precious time in discussing whether elected members should be /read article...

Condominium is a word associated with the residential real estate industry to describe a unit within a building that is held by separate title from /read article...

Last month I mentioned three condominium office developments that have hit the market. One under construction in Country Hills Landing and two others /read article...

A couple of weeks to go and we are at the end of another year. Doesn't seem that long ago that we were having to remember to write 2003 on cheques /read article...

That's it - enough of this year already. Last week we had a quick look at Calgary's 2003 but it's no use spending more time looking back to see what /read article...

Easter weekend is always a great time of hope and excitement - particularly evident on the faces of young children - and for me it is also a time to /read article...

I received some "whatabout?" calls after my last couple of columns. Writing about some of the changes that have made this city a great one to live /read article...

Like thousands of other Calgarians I had the pleasure of visiting Spruce Meadows last week and enjoyed the show jumping and other festivities that /read article...

In last week's column I wrote enthusiastically about the way Corporate Properties is marketing the former General Hospital site as The Bridges - /read article...

Several years ago there was a movement to establish Healthy Cities. I attended a few meetings at City Hall discussing how Calgary could achieve /read article...

CBC Radio was issuing a warning to travelers as I sat down to ponder what I would write about this week. News of icy road conditions around the Lake /read article...

Since I penned my first Streetwise column back in December 1995, I've covered a lot of development in this city and we've seen some rather incredible /read article...

Development along Highway 1A makes the Cochrane commute easyI can remember the time when a drive out to Cochrane was more like an excursion. Up 24th /read article...

Shopping areas construction still strongI'll admit to not being much of a shopper, but I do have a keen interest in shops. Shopping centres, shopping /read article...

Wow! What a week that was. Stampede has come and gone and this city survived what appeared to me, a wilder than usual 10 days. In fact, if we /read article...

Pssst! Wanna buy an old building?By comparison with the rest of Canada, never mind other countries, we live in a relatively new city. Check out the /read article...

The subject of last week's column on the constant development changes of this rapid growing city was talked about over dinner last Saturday with /read article...

Last week I did something I hadn't done for a long time, lunch at the Rimrock Room in the Fairmont Palliser Hotel. A pity. There have been some /read article...

I called Jim Duggan, one of the six partner/owners of Target Realty Group, to congratulate him on the firm's 20th year and because it was a while /read article...

Halfway through 2003 already; the year seems to be galloping along at a remarkable speed. Days are already getting shorter and as soon as Stampede is /read article...

I spend a lot of time in the downtown core and one observation I have is that so many people I see appear to be hurrying and scurrying from point A /read article...

It only takes a few days away from this city for me to appreciate it all the more. Sure, time spent away can be very relaxing; and for me that means /read article...

When the PPCLI was dispatched to a new base in Edmonton it was deemed a serious blow to Calgary's economy. The loss of civilian jobs that supported /read article...

A couple of friends were eager to tell me about their vacations; both enjoyed the well earned rest although there were big differences in where they /read article...

A lot of my time is spent talking with the business community. At this time of the year much of it spent on a golf course I'm happy to say - but I /read article...

I touched on some of the many changes to the retail industry last week that I had been thinking about while relaxing for a few days at Buffalo Lake. /read article...

I spent some time this past week at Buffalo Lake, never moving from the cottage and beach except for golf. That meant no shops but I did spend some /read article...

Bev Sandelack, coordinator of Urban Design at the Faculty of Environmental Design (EVDS) at the University of Calgary and current president of the /read article...

I usually walk quicker than this but I'm going to continue my stroll along Stephen Avenue Walk at a pace that I am able to take in the many changes /read article...

The 1950's had only just begun when JH (Jiggs) Cook stepped down from the train, that had brought the young architect from Thunder Bay to Calgary, /read article...

It's all over for another year and we can get back to some semblance of reality as soon as we've rested up from the past 10 days of Stampede. I hope /read article...

I had to take a rest in my journey along 11th Avenue last week at 4th Street S.W. but there is still much to tell as we drive along the one-way /read article...

Nature calls for new exhibitOne subject I know it's safe to write about is our weather; hardly a conversation takes place without some reference to /read article...

We live so close to those magnificent, majestic Rocky Mountains yet many of us, and that certainly includes me, don't take advantage of them often /read article...

So - here we are in 2004 already and I for one am glad to be over with my annual shopping season. What a madhouse. I would have thought that with so /read article...

I like maps. I enjoy studying them so much I could even be content waiting to see the doctor if I had an antiquarian map, atlas, or even a city /read article...

A good mix. That's the reason Uptown 17th Avenue is so popular as a walking street; it has such a diverse array of retailers and services. I walked /read article...

Anyone that had the smarts, and the money, to build on waterfront property when our first man-made lakes, Bonavista and Bonaventure, were developed /read article...

I'm constantly amazed by the number of Calgarians I hear are investing in new recreational property, and much of it is out of province which means /read article...

From time to time I get calls asking, "Whatever happened to that project you wrote about?" They come from contractors, commercial Realtors(R), and /read article...

In my previous column I said I wished I had more to report on the future of the planned downtown courthouse but was encouraged by the Land Titles /read article...

In a column at the end of last month I wrote that I would expect to see Ledcor Construction crews working on the site of the new Elbow River Casino /read article...

Wow! I had a tour earlier this week of the extension to Market Mall and can report that shoppers in the northwest will be mighty impressed when it /read article...

I've just returned from a week in Paris and can report back that Calgary does not have a traffic or a parking problem - nothing anyway to compare /read article...

Have you been for a stroll in Inglewood lately? I've often written about it as a district that I believe will blossom into one of Calgary's choicest /read article...

Last weekend we were back again spending a wonderful Saturday night at ZooGala, one of our favourite Calgary social occasions. And obviously high on /read article...

I have no idea how many words I have written in Streetwise columns in this publication over the last nine years; gossip about whats happening and /read article...

Last weekend I mingled with many other Calgarians to spend an enjoyable few hours wandering around the booths at the antique show that’s held every /read article...

Since penning my first CREN® column over 10 years ago I have devoted columns to shopping centres, industrial parks, and office construction; /read article...

Last month I reported on the many office developments that had been announced in the downtown core and mentioned a couple of rumoured projects that I /read article...

Last week I made mention again that I had doubts about any movement in East Village for some time to come and despite the occasional enthusiastic /read article...

My body is having a bit of a tough time adjusting to this weather; a week ago it was enjoying a difference of 60 degrees in the hot and humid climate /read article...

Downtown high-rise office construction has always been a topic of great interest. There is applause for the well-timed developments that are well on /read article...

Writing a column called Steetwise suggests that I have a pretty good idea of what's going on in this city, particularly in regards to the commercial /read article...

I didn't go shopping on Boxing Day and certainly didn't drive down to Chinook Centre to spend more money on New Year's Day. I guess that shows that I /read article...

Architectural firms building businessNo shortage of innovative building plansMy bullish look at the city's overall economy and in particular the /read article...

Before it sold to the Merchant Bank of Canada in 1903, the Criterion Block, a rather elegant little building along Stephen Avenue Walk at 121 8th /read article...

The newspaper headlines that tell us that there will be fewer single family homes built in this city for the third consecutive year need not worry /read article...

Sitting down to write my last Streetwise column of 2004 I can look back at a year that has been mostly good, with a little bit of bad thrown in, but /read article...

Sitting down to write my last Streetwise column of 2004 I can look back at a year that has been mostly good, with a little bit of bad thrown in, but /read article...

So it's out with the old and in with 2005 and all of the hopes and dreams a new year brings. As I sit down to write my first Streetwise I look out at /read article...

I'm an avid reader and must tell you about a very readable book I've just finished that left me with some frustrating thoughts about the way thinks /read article...

Ten years of writing Streetwise columns for the Calgary Real Estate News seems to have gone by very quickly during which a lot of development has /read article...

This week I'll continue with reporting on a number of things that I found of interest driving around the city.Driving seems to be the biggest concern /read article...

Newcomers to this city say they really notice the pace of business here. I certainly see no let up in new business development as I chase all over /read article...

Ive been contributing the Streetwise columns to the Calgary Real Estate News for 10 years now. The column was launched to try and keep readers /read article...

Browsing through one of the abundance of real estate publications that take up most of the space in racks at my Co-op grocery store stand while /read article...

With more and more developments announced, and many new ones already at the construction stage, I must wonder who is looking at the overall big /read article...

Beyond the headlines about aldermanic junkets, grizzly bears and flooding problems, there have been some interesting columns and letters to the /read article...

After walking the 18 holes of Redwood Meadows pulling or pushing a cart, I can attest to the fact that one gets plenty of exercise on a round of /read article...

Calgarians obviously enjoy shopping, to such an extent that the retail sector has kept humming all through summer. One would expect any store selling /read article...

The Beltline is just a booming. After years of being a Cinderella in the shadow of development growth in the rest of the city it looks like Victoria /read article...

Joint effort means comfortable lifestyle for seniors and veteransIt always seems to amaze me that the big yellow earth moving machines, graders and /read article...

These last couple of weeks have been exciting for those working in the construction industry as announcements of new projects means contractors, /read article...

A few years back I was in Fort Worth, Texas, for weekend meetings with the editorial board of a U.S. economic development magazine. As soon as we had /read article...

Stampede time again - it sure rolled around quickly - and time for the city to let its hair down. Pancake breakfasts and company barbecues have been /read article...

Exciting changes to Eau Claire Market was how I finished up last week's article which centred on changes taking place in shopping trends around the /read article...

Interesting new developmentOne of the most interesting new developments planned for this city has to be the Co-op store planned in the Connaught /read article...

Summer motorists traveling along the Trans Canada Highway not only have to put up with a busy, narrow section of the road as they drive along 16th /read article...

The question of when do I predict the construction bubble will burst has not been asked for some time now; there are so many projects on the books /read article...

A couple of weeks ago in my last column, I tried to get caught up with some of the more exciting developments launched within the city, and was only /read article...

In a conversation recently with Terry Napper, the bossman at Chinook Centre, we marveled at the way the shape of this city is changing. Like many /read article...

All quadrants of the city have some sort of construction projects underway from schools to hospitals, shopping centres, office complexes and /read article...

My last column on the booming retail sector toured around a number of city areas showing growth in all of them. In addition to those previsouly /read article...

A quick and rough calculation of downtown office projects under construction or proposed with land owned and renderings in place would increase the /read article...

When I do get quiet moment and allow myself time to think about things other than the immediate, I still tend to have this city top of mind. I wonder /read article...

200 Calgary projects make company real playersI pride myself in knowing a lot of people in the real estate, development and construction industries, /read article...

Receptions are a big thing in this city, and big business for venues, caterers and special event companies. I mentioned around Christmas time that /read article...

It's exciting to learn that more than 13,000 people live in our downtown core where not too many years ago you would have been hard pressed to be /read article...

A couple of years ago I was privileged to be invited by the Canadian Armed Forces to join a plane load of Calgary businessmen on a day trip to Cold /read article...

Medican brings fitness to adult complexes I'm not much of a swimmer, never had the urge to participate in water sports; but must admit I was /read article...

Development projects stick closely to architectural visionsI really do have a large collection of site plans, renderings and promotional brochures, /read article...

Heavy foot traffic makes the LRT path an unpleasant viewIf there's one area of downtown that Richard White, executive director of the Calgary /read article...

Sharing facilities brings vibrancy, profit for investorsAccording to some in our commercial real estate community who made the trip to Toronto for /read article...

It's time to catch up on past reportsA long weekend in October for some means a chance to get away to the mountains or a final visit to the cabin to /read article...

Way-downtown receives sprucing upAt the recent Calgary Urban Summit presentation Michael Kehoe, broker/principal with Fairfield Commercial presented /read article...

Flurry of bar and restaurant activity breathes exciting life into downtownAfter last week's column all about getting and keeping fit in one of the /read article...

Lindsay Park growing to hold active downtownersStanding on the bank of the Elbow River on a sunny autumn afternoon admiring the clean, crisp downtown /read article...

More and more offices are moving away from the coreThere's no question that this is a downtown city as far as our workforce is concerned, every day /read article...

Cocktail affairs make people talk about their projectsThere seemed to have been more company receptions over the past couple of weeks than there were /read article...

Calgary records highest property exchange in CanadaI get asked over and over again where I think the economy is at and where it's going.I'm not sure /read article...

Three-quarters of a century plenty long time to work in AlbertaThis is still a very young city that we live in so our history just doesn't stretch /read article...

Hello red brick roadThe more one watches television news to follow the day's events around the world the more we must be thankful to be able to live /read article...

2002 will feature plenty of deed swappingMy last column of 2001 spoke mainly about the information I was able to pick up at the number of company /read article...

Kassian Kennedy building functional structuresLast week I gave you a tour through Canada Olympic Park as it will look after the proposed development /read article...

Prince's Island Park gets attention as the prime green space in the city coreAbout 50 years ago when they designated Prince's Island as a park I /read article...

Prince's Island Park gets attention as the prime green space in the city core About 50 years ago when they designated Prince's Island as a park I /read article...

RCMP centre just one plan on the booksI spend a fair amount of time chatting to architects about projects they are working on, and from time to time, /read article...

Core filled with hearty good mealsI have a long memory but it doesn't seem all that long ago when a favourite walk at lunchtime - at least once a /read article...

A trip south reveals growth in unexpected placesWorking in London, England, when a much younger man, we would joke that some Londoners lived all of /read article...

Old is new when marketing for next generationI spend a lot of time around construction projects from the time first sketches are made, through all of /read article...