Submissions were accepted between January 2019 and April 2020, with a record number of entries despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 66-storey Stantec Tower — Canada’s tallest building outside of Toronto — and the JW Marriott Edmonton Ice District & Residences Building received the accolade from Engineering News-Record’s eighth annual Global Best Projects competition.
“We’re a resilient lot and we’ve been through tough times before.”
Builders have confidence in Edmonton’s housing market
They had a challenging year in 2019 due to the low price of oil and economic turmoil in Alberta. But they’re taking the perspective that the glass is half full after a surprisingly good beginning to 2020.
Things are looking up!
Edmonton’s real estate market looks to bounce back after one of its hardest-hit months
After facing a 55 per cent decline in home sales in April compared to last year, according to officials, many realtors are looking forward to a relaunch of their own. Chris Chacon reports.
Homes priced above $1 million in Edmonton are moving more slowly than in other major cities in Canada.
Canada’s luxury market is showing signs of life, a recent report has revealed, yet the Alberta market — Edmonton included — remains weighed down by a slow economy.
“It is a monumental project for us,” Edmonton Public School Board’s assistant superintendent Lorne Parker said.
In June, Carter told Postmedia there was a “pressing need” for repair of the building, which also leaked through its pedway and cafeteria.
Partial repairs on Edmonton’s ailing courthouse will be completed this year
The leaky courthouse sounds more like a venue in Harry Potter than a reality in Edmonton — but the 1973 Edmonton Law Courts building a decades-long history of letting the water flow when it shouldn’t.
