Full construction permit?

I don't know, the dude didn't give me too much information. He just said they were allowed to close the sidewalk and they had a permit to do construction work.

Not a great picture, but the shoring rig and concrete trucks were on site again today:

https://i.imgur.com/564MBQih.jpeg

Maybe they really are just doing some soil testing... I don't know what the heck they're doing right now...

https://i.imgur.com/veV3Ss0h.jpeg

This little area is getting built up pretty quickly!

That's not soil testing, that is installing concrete piles. A concrete pile is driven deep into the earth to support the structure. These are generally used in poor quality soil, or when uplift forces need to be countered due to wet ground.

We're seeing the same type of foundation system constructed at 75 James, hundreds of distributed concrete piles at the bottom of the foundation.

https://www.researchgate.net/publica...ction-site.ppm

Ah okay, usually you'd do that after digging, so I guess this isn't going down at all then, just from ground level.

I believe there is one basement level here for storage and mechanical, but it's easier to drive the piles at grade when the ground is flat for the shoring rigs then dig down the one level.

Photo from last week Thurs by Joe, but heavy equipment continues to work on site this morning.

https://i.imgur.com/TMZSMFG.png

Shoring is complete and they've started to excavate the rest of the soil.

December 1, 2022 image taken from across the street

https://i.imgur.com/YpU11wCh.jpg

I had breakfast at A&W this morning and the hole is at least one storey below grade and the shoring is complete around the property. I think this on is under construction!

https://i.imgur.com/P6I9e9v.png

https://i.imgur.com/iMltPnz.png

https://i.imgur.com/yexWHa1.png

https://i.imgur.com/HRQhxff.png

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Is this still a hotel in portion of it? I thought that part got cut, but maybe my memory is shit.

Pretty sure it is still part of it.

the latest site plan application was for residential only, unfortunately.

Did it show what the hotel lobby was supposed to become or is it just all residential lobby now? I'd have appreciated a commercial unit here (even if it will never be filled).

The latest site plan description shows an actually kind of impressive 4,000sf or so of retail. that's about twice the area the hotel lobby took up, I suspect the ground floor design has been significantly redesigned.

Would someone like to volunteer to email the city planner and ask for the latest architectural set?

I can

ugh, this city has an unhealthy obsession with boxy designs lol.. let's see what new renders come about I suppose..

it's giving me town hall vibes and not in a good way. At least the buildings to each side of it will look innovative.