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Appeal the latest BAR/PUB development at Capital Centre
I have learned that there is currently the development of 380 seat capacity HUDSONS BAR in our building located on the main floor, central tower, 10145-109 Street & entry way 10171-109 Street. I am not opposed bars/pubs however, I think there is enough drinking and partying establishments in our building (notice from the City of Edmonton Subdivision and Development Permit/Project number 177295660-001, File Number SDAB-D-15-292). The "change the Use from Professional, Financial, and Office Support Services to Bar and Neighbourhood Pubs with Outdoor patio (388 Occupants and 308.1 sq. m. of Public Space), and to construct exterior and interior alterations" should be stopped.
I am not sure what abilities or powers the board has to represent the best interests of owners and those who live here as opposed to those who operate the commercial side of business, but I think we should have a say in what businesses we would like in our building. I as an owner would have liked to have been notified by the board as to what this development was all about, as opposed to finding out from making a few inquiries myself after receiving a letter from the City of Edmonton regarding the proposed development.
Fortunately, there is an open appeal with the City of Edmonton, Subdivision and Development Appeal Board, which has been set for January 12, 2016 @ 9:00 AM in Hearing Room No. 3, Churchill Building, 10019-103 Avenue NW, Edmonton, AB. You are welcome to attend and voice your concerns.
If you cannot make the meeting, you can submit a written response to the SDAB website at https://sdab.edmonton.ca
Click "Submit Response"
Enter recipient ID 182958818
Click "I support the refusal of the Development/Subdivision"
And as an Option you can submit comments.
Some possible reasons for refusal could include the following:
1. increased crime
2. excessive noise
3. heavier traffic
4. diminished quality of life within our community
5. bring us more than 800 liquor licensed seats in one short block
6. limited parking options
For more information on this development, please telephone subdivision and development Appeal Board at 780 496 6079 or visit Churchill Building, Main Floor, 10019-103 Avenue NW, Edmonton, AB to view file and review plans. Office hours are from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday.
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I'm a renter in the centre tower and I defintely agree that the building should not have another bar or restaurant on the main floor. I read the article in the paper and feel bad that there are so many people in the building that simply don't want to sign a petition and don't care. I would have signed if if I was an owner.
I don't have any confidence in the city to do anything that represents the interests of condo owners as I have made complaints on other issues before regarding noise in general in and around the building caused by commercial establishments and they do nothing.
new develompment
Wonder why numbers of petition were miss presented
In a attempt to collect signatures.This a numbers:
119 doors were not answered
98 collected signatures against development 78%
16 did not want to sign,for what ever reason
9 people did not have any opinion ,mostly not interested.
Journalist that was on hearing was obviously brought by yes side.
i posted some comments on edm journal article and it was deleted soon with all other coments.
I was there all the time available and he even avoided eye contact with me so i did posted as journalist for hire.
so if u need journalist for hire you know who to call.
Posted in the Journal January 12 2016
Let's see how VIBRANT and ACTIVE our building will become after this opens! I FULLY EXPECT the Capital Centre Board of Directors will be having an information session informing owners and renters of all the happenings around the building soon and the reasons for these decisions. I do not see how this will benefit the people who LIVE in this building at all.
Posted at http://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/appeal-board-approves-downtow...
An Edmonton appeal board approved plans Tuesday to open a 388-seat downtown bar despite concerns by some residents the new facility will saturate the neighbourhood with drinking spots.
Some building residents had hoped to overturn a city development officer’s decision last November to approve the scheme, which they argued will increase the problems they already face from partiers behaving badly.
“By adding a second pub in the middle of the building, the level of noise, broken bottles, puke and general disruption will more than double,” condo owner Matthew McKnight, who works for the company that owns The Pint, wrote to the board.
“The building already has a bar with a late-night dance floor on the weekends plus a hookah bar where people drink late into the night as well. The addition of a third licensed establishment would essentially make this an entertainment strip.”
Cindy Swanson, who also has a condo in the Capital Centre, wrote the development would mean more than 800 licensed seats in one block.
“Crime will rise considerably and the quality of life in our community will greatly be diminished.”
Marijan Semenjuk, who filed the appeal, said 98 people from approximately 230 suites signed a petition opposing the scheme.
“This is not against Hudsons. It’s against the high concentration. Even if (customers) behave like Jesus Christ … it doesn’t matter. It’s still going to bring congestion, it’s still going to bring hundreds and hundreds of people.”
But other residents supported the plan, saying unlike the owners of previous pubs in that space, Hudsons is working well with them.
“The idea that having another establishment is going to increase crime, I don’t agree with,” said Chris Kostiuk, chair of the condo board security committee.
“I live downtown because I wanted to live in a place that had vibrancy and an active nightlife. To my misfortune, in the time I have been downtown, it hasn’t realized that … I see this as a positive development for my building.”
Hudsons lawyer Jim Murphy said there’s actually one less bar with more than 100 seats in the area than the six that existed in 2009, so growing nightspot numbers aren’t an issue.
The giant 995-seat Knoxville’s Tavern a couple of blocks away on Jasper Avenue is slated for demolition as part of a redevelopment project, he said.
Hudsons is a well-run company, public transit service to 109th Street is good and the city is encouraging new downtown entertainment outlets, he said.
“It’s one building that stretches for almost a full block. A block in the city can absorb a couple or three bars. This building is not being asked to absorb anything extraordinary.”
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