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The town continues to search for potential makes use of for the previous Greyhound bus terminal within the West Village.
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Since then, the constructing has been used for numerous short-term functions, together with a police coaching house, a filming location and as a COVID-19 vaccination middle.
In a briefing paper going to the Infrastructure and Planning Committee on Tuesday, metropolis administration says the pandemic has modified the way it might method repurposing the constructing, however there may be nonetheless an curiosity in doing so.
Councilors first requested the administration to start investigating different makes use of for the property in September 2021. The case was adjourned in Might final yr and the data report is the newest replace.
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A metropolis spokesman mentioned the town initially deliberate to seek out an anchor tenant for the positioning in change for low or nominal lease.
“As a consequence of altering financial situations, a brand new method presently being explored might contain the town investing within the website and recouping its prices over time,” mentioned Jason Halfyard, supervisor of land and asset administration on the Metropolis of Calgary.
He mentioned they’re contemplating hiring a marketing consultant who might assist develop plans for repurposing the positioning and constructing. That work might embody assessing the situation of the property, recommending crucial repairs or upgrades, market analysis and liaising with potential tenants.
“The (request for proposals) did not exit,” Halfyard mentioned. “Whether or not and when to launch the RFP might be decided as soon as the method for the positioning is outlined, topic to acquiring council’s steerage.”
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He mentioned there is no such thing as a particular time-frame on when all of this may occur as a result of the positioning has generated income as a flex house for different makes use of.
The briefing paper suggests the town intends to make use of the constructing to develop Calgary’s “inventive industries,” and talks about creating “an accessible and vibrant cultural house.”
The continuing work on the positioning might solid doubt on the potential of the West Village to grow to be the brand new location for an occasion middle and enviornment.
Calgary Sports activities and Leisure Corp. launched a venture referred to as CalgaryNEXT in 2015, which might have seen an enviornment and fieldhouse within the West Village.
In February, the chairman of the occasion middle committee gr. Sonya Sharp instructed reporters that “all viable choices” are on the desk for an occasion middle.
A earlier deal that was weeks away from groundbreaking would have introduced the occasion middle into Victoria Park, however CSEC walked away from that deal attributable to rising prices.
— With information from Jason Herring
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