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STICKS, NOT STONE City approves building permits for six-storey wood frame homes KELSEY HIPKIN
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New film centre coming to Southeast Calgary CODY STUART
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fter much delay, Calgary’s burgeoning film industry is about to get a major boost. Approved earlier this year but with roots dating back to 2009, the city’s first major film studio broke ground late last week in a highprofile ceremony ironically set within an unassuming industrial sub-
urb at 5750 76th Ave. S.E. Spread out over more than three hectares of land, the $23-million facility will include 50,000 square feet of purpose-built sound stages, 20,000 square feet or warehouse space and 15,000 square feet of space for office and storage. Officials on hand at the groundbreaking ceremony said the studio’s purpose will be to support indigenous, national and international screenbased productions. “Today’s ground breaking marks a huge step toward making the Calgary Film Centre a reality,” said Calgary Economic Development president and CEO Bruce Graham. “We have been working closely with our colleagues in the provincial and municipal governments as well as our funding partners to move this project forward. We are excited to see the facility take shape over the next 12 months.”
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The ceremony provided a conclusion of sorts to the long-running efforts to bolster Calgary’s filmmaking industry. In 2009, the province announced a $32 million “creative hub” that was later scrapped after funding fell through. More recently, the redevelopment of Currie Barracks, which had served as interim studio for smaller-scale productions such as CBC’s Heartland, forced companies to look elsewhere for space. While long a favourite destination for TV and film producers, Calgary has burst onto the big and small screens in recent years with an increasingly number of several highprofile projects coming to the area. After shooting scenes near Fortress Mountain for Inception – which took home the Academy Award for Best Cinematography – famed director Christopher Nolan recently
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returned to the area, shooting scenes for the newly released blockbuster Interstellar. FX Network’s Fargo, renewed for a second season airing in 2015, has also previously transformed downtown Calgary into the snowy Midwest, while AMC’s Hell on Wheels has taken advantage of the area’s western roots in its portrayal of the early Transcontinental Railroad crossing the U.S.
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Calgary Ecomonic Development film commissioner was one of those on hand for the ground-breaking ceremony for the Calgary Film Centre, which will be constructed in the Foothills Industrial Park in southeast Calgary.
he City of Calgary has announced it will be accepting building permit applications for six-storey wood-frame buildings for already approved land use zones. “We are looking at innovative ways to make housing more affordable for Calgarians,” said Mayor Naheed Nenshi. “Six storey wood buildings are easier and cheaper to build than using other materials, which makes for more affordable homes.” The idea of allowing more than Calgary’s previous limit of four wooden storeys has long been touted by general manager of planning, development and assessment Rollin Stanley. “Cities across North America permit this type of construction,” he said. “It has provided lower cost construction and we have looked at building practices in these places to model our approach to regulations.” The decision developed after two years of City engagement with industry and responding to public review comments for the National Building Code.
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