The pandemic has left empty office towers across the country but perhaps no downtown core is quieter than Calgary's. Roughly one-third of offices in the city's core has emptied out since the price of oil crashed in 2015. If you ask architect Jonny Hehr, the city's downtown vacancy problem is actually rife with possibilities. To do that we have to have life in our downtown core after 5 o'clock," he said. (CBC)Thom Mahler, the head of the city's downtown strategy, said people are beginning to look at the vacancies differently.

Source: CBC News October 11, 2021 21:32 UTC