The moderne style 1946 Greyhound bus garage at 222 Riverfront Avenue, east of Eau Claire market, is up for redevelopment.
The building is noted in the Calgary Modern Photographic Survey prepared by the Calgary Civic Trust. A searchable database of the survey photos is at http://caa.ucalgary.ca/CCT.html -- just search for "Greyhound". (The complete survey is located at www.calgarycivictrust.ca)
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David Parker
Calgary Herald
October 12, 2005
Signatures have been committed to paper and the former Greyhound garage site on Riverfront Avenue, just to the east of Eau Claire Market, has been acquired by Anthem Properties, a real estate development, investment and management firm based in Vancouver.
The $16-million transaction was handled through John Cardiff of Royal LePage Commercial.
Anthem has been working for some time with the city through BKDI Architects to plan the best use of the 2.2-hectare site along the Bow River pathway system. Lead architectural firm Foad Dafi, in association with BKDI, is working on preliminary sketches that would see a diversity of residential segments, including a low rise at riverside, highrise condominium towers, live/work units and possibly a seniors component and hotel.
In total, the land could bring between 900 and 1,000 units to market.
Anthem is very keen on making it a great place to live, with a sense of community, and is planning retail for unique shops and coffee houses and maybe a restaurant that would well serve the people who live there.