I’ve had a few people respond to my recent post about the multiplex battle underway in Edmonton, and so I now have a bit more information. The address of the house in the photo is 10014 147 Street NW. Here’s a post-construction photo from the street courtesy of Edmonton City Councillor Michael Janz:
Here’s a street view image showing the two flanking multiplexes under construction:
Here’s how close the house is to the LRT station currently under construction at Stony Plain Road & 149 Street (this is the Valley Line West extension):
Here’s the route map:
And finally, here’s the station’s location in relation to downtown:
Customarily, this is exactly what you want to do on top of and around new transit investments. You want to build density. Transit investment and land-use policy, as I like to harp on here, are integral to one another. And if you do everything correctly, you won’t have to worry about parking minimums.
Happy Thanksgiving weekend, everyone.