Television city condos | 109 m | 32 & 32 fl | Under Construction
 

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Television City Condos is a new condo development by Lamb Development Corp. currently in pre-construction at 163 Jackson Street West, Hamilton.

https://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/ca/television-city-condos

Lamb Development Corp. seem to do pretty good projects at least.
http://www.lambdevcorp.com/

Eagerly await to see the proposal from Lamb. I hope at least the first three or four floors matches the historical building than modern for the rest.

For that area I don't believe there's height limits, there's a lot of commie apartments in the area so hopefully it'll top the surrounding commie buildings and it'll give people's eye something else to look at first.

There Is a Toronto centric podcast called urbanize this, where he talked touched on this a few weeks ago.

I sort of question how much demand there is condos like this (with all the other ones being built up), where rents need to be fairly high (for the city), and job growth in the city for people with degrees sort of lacking, even compared to the suburbs of Toronto.

Lamb is building a tower on Wellington Street in Toronto that involves moving a heritage home several meters closer to the street, so I'm interested to see the treatment that is used here in regards to the historic home that is rather awkwardly placed on the site.

I'm eager to see the design direction that is taken. Lamb built a building in T.O recently that was inspired by Mid Century architecture.

http://urbantoronto.ca/sites/default...8243-61165.jpg

I expect the Durand Neighbourhood Association to be on this one like a hawk.

Between the silver building and the parking lot in the back this lot has a huge footprint, I doubt they will even touch the Heritage part.

Horrible name

Lamb has confirmed on twitter that the Project Architect will be Architect's Alliance, out of Toronto.

http://www.architectsalliance.com/

This development will be a game changer for design standards.

I love the developer and the architect, so I'm super excited about this project.

Maybe Hamilton is about to become Canada's production capital for game shows and other shows taped in front of a live studio audience? :)

Hilarious House of Lambinstein

Is it happening? Is this a real thing? Are the big boys finally coming to town? :tup:

- facebook.com/BradJLamb

Purchased FOUR sites? Awesome.

I'm anticipating this will be the development that sets a standard for design/finish quality for new builds moving forward. Brad Lamb's buildings have beautiful attention to detail and never seem shoddy or cheap in terms of quality. I stayed in Theatre Park in Toronto and it was a really fascinating building, so I can't wait to see what he and ArchitectsAlliance have cooking for us.

I just really hope the Durand Neighbourhood Association doesn't give them a hard time!

This is thrilling. Finally we'll get some new builds by quality architects. I wonder what the additional sites are? I wish Mr. Lamb & the city could connect regarding the West Harbour redevelopment.

50ish minutes to Toronto? Still seems like a good project. Maybe the other sites will be parking lots.

is the site of that nice old house they were working out of? Why do they have to tear down the old historical buildings to build condos?

The CHCH house is a listed building and can't be knocked down. I wouldn't be surprised if they move it within the property though, perhaps closer to Jackson Street.

^ It's a protected heritage building by the province so that ain't gonna happen. Plus this is Brad Lamb so I'm pretty confident he'll do a good job.

Last last year (November 2016) council approved the City to go ahead and allow developers to bid on Pier 8 land, so maybe Brad is interested but it can't be one of the sites he purchased.

well that's a relief at least. whenever I hear "new condo development" it's almost always talking about knocking down a whole block of heritage houses and the giant parking lots near hughson still remain empty and ignored..

at least I approve of building condos on TOP of old heritage buildings - best of both worlds :)

Oh yeah, it's still too early to speculate. I would call it more of a personal wish ;)

The sea of parking lots around Wilson/John/Rebecca have owners that aren't selling. Parking is still good business in downtown Hamilton, even though it is the cheapest in the country.

If developed there is enough land to add a huge increase to the size of downtown.

I only know of two proposals for that part of downtown right now; one is the forensics lab which is low rise institutional (albeit very modern) and the other is a residential development by Sonoma Homes at the site of the Hamilton Urban Core Community Centre (the old bus station at Rebecca/John)

The rest of the lots are still a total guessing game.

From Brad Lamb today on Twitter:

Can't wait :)

Looking forward to it. Hope my hopes aren't dashed by a low-rise lego block.

HAHA omg i'm from Toronto and Brad Lamb is a joke!. He puts his face on a lamb body in billboards all around town and NO ONE likes his buildings. Have fun with this guy Hamilton!.

^Nervous, are we?

You ever visit Toronto?. His buildings are laughed at and so is he. The Donald Trump of Ontario pretty much

Still, he is an upgrade to what we have now. Let's see if he knows how to dig a basement and keep it dry.

Can you expand on that? I did a search for his projects and they look pretty nice. Is it the quality?

This is false. If you have a image of this billboard, post it.

The billboards are real. It's a little tongue in cheek, but it manages to get attention.

http://images.gawker.com/18k4pavea79...q_80,w_470.jpg

His buildings, however are generally really high quality.

http://east55condos.ca/wp-content/up...T_EXTERIO2.jpg
http://www.wellingtonhousetoronto.co...tPark31801.jpg
http://east55condos.ca/wp-content/up...AM_GALLERY.jpg

This person is probably a troll.

HAHA those are the ones. I'm not a troll actually Sir. I've worked in project management in construction in Toronto for 40+ years. How many years have you worked in a related field?. None?.

Lamb aint Tridel, Menkes, Lifetime, Mattamy, Fernbrook, etc.

He's constantly mocked in Toronto and his buildings, while they have "flair" on the exterior, lack luxurious finishes and top level craftsmanship like the competitors offer!.

@maxy38 - This isn't a thread to compare and rate developers, this is a thread to post news and updates on Television City Condos only. If you want to compare and rate developers, please find or create a thread in the proper sub-forum, thanks.

I remember him now. He had a weekend tv show about condos.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toront...says-1.4038750

Canada-wide recession could follow foreign buyers tax in Toronto, Brad Lamb says

Trees on site have been cut down, and crews are on the property daily doing surveying/test digging etc.

Are they developing the parking lot then?

Not sure. Digging has been happening along Caroline and Jackson.

and with no rendering

this should replace Centrury 21 as the tallest building and super iconic. I mean Lamb is likely only to create one building in the Hammer

In this quote from earlier this year, Lamb said they have acquired 4 downtown sites for future development.

So what price per square foot does he want in Hamilton? Seems it will be in the 550 range - meaning I bedrooms at about 330,000 plus parking. I think he is over estimating how much demand there is in the city for units like this.

I just don't think the city's job base can support all these higher price condos, but for renters in a few years due you will be able to snag good deals.

I really don't like people keep bringing up how close Toronto is - it's an hour and 400/month go train ride away. With that much being spent on go train people can afford Toronto. These units will be for people living and working in the region.

Just bumping this one up, tomorrow we should be able see the proposal. Here's hoping it's minimum 30 storeys.

I will take 35-39 storey block of tickets! 105m tall to make it number #2 in the Hammer.

I'll just go for broke and call the 150-200m slot. I don't think it'll be there, but I'd like bragging rights if it does.

I'll be the pessimist and say it'll end up being a low or mid rise. Though I really do hope it's a tall one

Got an email today from the Lamb Team: