Hey Gang,
Long time lurker here. Love all the updates and info on the board.
Just wanted to add to this discussion on a new tallest, I've seen renderings for a new 40-storey condo downtown. It has been well received at city hall, and from the neighbourhood association in which it resides.
The render is gorgeous. A definite landmark if built. Perhaps we'll see two new tallest going up sooner than we may have thought :)

Cheers

Sounds promising, despite the location! Curious to see where the other Lamb properties are.

I might have missed it somewhere but are we getting commercial?

this is all very exciting news !! cant wait to see the renders :)

Sounds interesting, anything else you can tell us? :)

The location of that 40-storey Television City proposal is on the higher ground west of downtown, which will add to its prominence.

And both buildings will tower over their immediate neighbours for sure, the tallest of which are 21-22 storeys.

Sadly not much yet.
I will say at first glance the design reminded me of this.

http://images.unoapp.com/boxdata/ass...wersMenkes.jpg

And the location is fantastic from a skyline imapacting perspective. In other words, not in Durand. Lol

I'm looking forward to hearing more, keep us updated :)

This has me wondering... What's the tallest by like... height from sea level? It'd certainly be something on the mountain, but I have no idea what.

I would guess El Mirador or that one building on Mountain Park Avenue.

Aren't Liuna's towers at Kresge supposed to be around this height? Shame they didn't hire Architects Alliance like Lamb did.

This is starting to sound interesting, as Lambcorp has built, and is currently in the process of building some properties in Ottawa too. Makes me wonder if the developers from the big cities are going to come here to Kingston in the near future, seeing as Kingston is pretty much the biggest place between the GTA and Montreal...

Exciting potential on this site. I hope the old stone house fronting on Jackson will be saved. Could even be cool to see it in a glass atrium.

isn't it a designated historic building? certainly it will be preserved/ incorporated into the design.

Yes, it's a protected building, think it's provincially protected too.

Question for the board: Can a provincially/locally listed heritage home be moved or relocated as long as it is within the same site/retains the same address? I have this funny feeling they're going to move the house closer to Jackson Street.

I'm betting it's 45 King East you speak of

You'll hit a lot of roadblocks and need various committee approvals. However, yes I imagine that can happen if it satisfy everyone, if not....DENIED.

it can be moved anywhere technically.. look at the church that was moved onto education st on the escarpment across from limeridge behind the teachers building, they literally just put it on a truck skid and relocated it

I made some rough SketchUp models to show how the 2 towers could fit on the site. I used my estimated heights of 132m & 99m...

http://i.imgur.com/D3WdfbA.jpg
My Photo/Google Earth

http://i.imgur.com/4pwKI0C.jpg
My Photo/Google Earth

http://i.imgur.com/xiDpGTj.jpg
My Photo/Google Earth

I think Lamb should go 60 floors on this one, taller than the escarpment with 360 views for the public to see on top, man if only he could see this message, don't miss the opportunity