B Y S E A N P. Y O U N G P R O F I L E P H O T O S B Y J A R E D S Y C H ; W A N D A D A L L A C O S T A' S P H O T O B Y C O O P E R & O ' H A R A
VISIONARIES
It takes vision to look at what a city is and imagine all that it could be. These five Calgarians work in different ways to build a city that brings their vision to life for all of us.
ENZO BUILDING RENDERING
FRANK LONARDELLI TITLE Founder & CEO, Arlington Street Investments (ASI) ORGANIZATION’S MISSION “Everything I want to do, not just business, and not just within the organization, is really about being inspired,” Lonardelli says. “And, over the span of time, now that I've turned 50, I realize that I want to gauge my life's work, my projects, my vocation, who I spend time with, against the ability to create massive, positive impact.” RECENT PROJECT Lonardelli supports an initiative to close off a five-block stretch of 17th Avenue S.W. to cars in the summer months. “It promotes
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the area. It creates community. It creates a connective tissue around what a cool city Calgary is,” he says. IMPACT HIGHLIGHT ASI’s complex and audacious 17th Avenue Urban Master Plan required purchasing 42 separate “off-market” buildings to create eight new development sites, and will dramatically transform and densify the corridor. VISION FOR CALGARY “A city where people come with great ambitions to create great things, where hard work and merit are rewarded and ambition and audacity are applauded,” Lonardelli says.
THE FIFTH BUILDING RENDERING
september/october 2025