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Construction Sites In your City II

This is a continuation of the previous thread. Please proceed.

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Originally Posted by coastalkid (Post 10065658)

The Trinity/New Moxy Hotel

This Cogswell/Gottingen area is improving by leaps and bounds but still has the strange Staples. It was up for sale and I wonder if it'll be torn down soon.

It's interesting how downtown Halifax hotel options have expanded even during the pandemic and post-pandemic period. It used to have very mediocre hotel options but Muir, Moxy, and Sutton Place are all new and different for that market. I would still say it doesn't have a lot of higher-end major hotels, but maybe that will change in the coming years.

Skye includes a hotel component but with fewer than 100 rooms. Sutton Place is 262 rooms.

Impressive Halifax updates! Definitely a slate of projects worth being proud about.

7177 Quinpool Rd is new and different for the city as a tall, narrow tower with decorative offset balconies. The jury's still out on how it will ultimately look but I could see it impacting the local culture somewhat around what kind of buildings people want or feel are appropriate in different places. The new library built a decade or so ago had an impact on the acceptance of modern architectural styles.

There was a group of people who were traumatized by 60's/70's projects like Fenwick and the Maritime Centre and basically viewed highrises as concrete blobs to be minimized (ironically they often pushed for planning rules that encouraged uglier squat buildings). They would assume that an area like the Northwest Arm would look best with as little development as possible. I think that perception is becoming less common now, and NS is mostly wilderness and small towns or villages so hopefully people can eventually accept that it can be interesting and useful to urbanize a small number of these natural settings.

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Originally Posted by coastalkid (Post 10065658)

Some recent Halifax updates:

Source:https://www.facebook.com/DevelopmentsHFX/

Welcome to the major leagues Halifax.

Really liking Aqualuna and the attention to detail.

Meanwhile, in Saskatoon, we have what might be Canada's Funniest Construction Project on the go, Baydo Towers...

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Originally Posted by CanadianDriverYXE (Post 10065906)

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^^^ funniest.. i'd add Ugliest to that... at least until that KW superwide starts up.:yuck:

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Originally Posted by 905er (Post 10066629)

^^^ funniest.. i'd add Ugliest to that... at least until that KW superwide starts up.:yuck:

Two superlatives! What an honour!

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Originally Posted by phone (Post 10066481)

Impressive Halifax updates! Definitely a slate of projects worth being proud about.

Halifax may be one hour ahead of Ottawa in time, but in modern architecture it is 20 years ahead.

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Originally Posted by 905er (Post 10066629)

^^^ funniest.. i'd add Ugliest to that... at least until that KW superwide starts up.:yuck:

These towers look very much like the literal 100+ nearly identical buildings going up in Ottawa, that we locally call 'CharcWhites'.

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Originally Posted by Harley613 (Post 10066675)

These towers look very much like the literal 100+ nearly identical buildings going up in Ottawa, that we locally call 'CharcWhites'.

you're right.. and that's sad...particularly for a capital city.

I don't know. Quantity and height is impressive but, there's also of mediocre there. I would like to give the edge to Halifax 5 to 10 years ago. I think there's enough to give today the edge

Richmond Yard is interesting. The cladding is decent. The main tower is odd but, the cladding pulls it off. The main tower in relation to the completed first phase doesn't feel v cohesive and homey.

Ottawa's prevalent style is head and shoulders above Baydo. Wait till it's done. You'll like grey a whole lot more.

Nice work Coastalkid. That was the first real project run down Ive ever seen for Halifax.

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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper (Post 10066688)

Ottawa's prevalent style is head and shoulders above Baydo. Wait till it's done. You'll like grey a whole lot more.

Not confident that I will....

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Originally Posted by RHINO (Post 10066709)

Nice work Coastalkid. That was the first real project run down Ive ever seen for Halifax.

There are a lot of towers under construction not pictured there although most are just at a site prep or excavation phase so not very interesting. A lot of urban infill type construction is lowrise. Dartmouth in particular is going to get a lot of new towers relative to what is there today.

The total crane count is probably in the 30-40 range or maybe higher (I think it was 36 or something a while ago). I would say the new crop of buildings coming up generally looks a bit nicer than the current ones pictured here, although the quality was actually better around the late 2010's. Part of what happened is that the bank office leases were up so they moved into prime new office buildings (TD, BMO, RBC), and a new convention centre was built. Queen's Marque is part office and got Stewart McKelvey, largest law firm in the region. These days there is no office demand but tons of demand for housing. It is more that the type of project shifted rather than architectural standards backpedaling.

This project is coming along well and is arguably turning into the best tower in the city.

McMaster Graduate Student Residence | 97.9m | 31 & 10 fl | Hamilton, ON

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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper (Post 10066688)

Ottawa's prevalent style is head and shoulders above Baydo. Wait till it's done. You'll like grey a whole lot more.

Unfortunately for those of us in Saskatoon you are very correct.

Lower Don Lands Redevelopment | Waterfront Toronto l u/c

Cherry Street South bridge is in the centre of the photo with the booming West Don Lands community in the foreground.

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The eastern portion of the new river valley.

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1414 Bayview | 30.85m | 8s | Gairloch | a—A l u/c

Good progress on this handsome mid-rise on Bayview.

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AlbertC
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Bijou on Bloor | 42.1m | 12s | Plaza | BDP Quadrangle l u/c

This one finally starting to rise on Bloor Street West.

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A Torontonian Now
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George Brown College: Limberlost Place | 52.5m | 10s | George Brown | Moriyama Teshima Architects l u/c

Progress on George Brown’s mass timber church of learning.

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Centre of the photo below.

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The Square Philips tower joining the other 200m towers in the skyline.
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Maestria owes topped out and finishing off
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Of course, Torontonians would line up for overpriced New York celebrity pizza.

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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper (Post 10075021)

Of course, Torontonians would line up for overpriced New York celebrity pizza.

That's just human nature.

People waited two hours for a freaking In N' out burger in Langley, BC last month. Hype culture will get certain people to wait or pay way more than they normal would for very average things.

I lined up for 3 hours to get on the newest Wonderland roller coaster when I was 18ish. It didn't feel like waiting for most of those 3 hours. I can relate to the teen blonde in the yellow shoes and her two buddies. The lone guy in the ball cap and grey hoodie is just depressing. He is clearly questioning his choice too.

Presumably, the 3 towers on Front are being occupied on a daily basis. Pizza and moving and waiting in line is a break from the chaos.

A construction site in Kingston. The only thing I know about this is what's on the sign in front of it.
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Some beautiful Toronto projects - thanks for sharing Maldive. Always a big fan of the mid-rise terraced buildings there - not sure why they aren’t far more common across the country, especially in good weather cities.

The One:

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Originally Posted by Xelebes (Post 10064923)

This is a continuation of the previous thread. Please proceed.

Why the new thread? I like looking back over the past pages of the original.

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Originally Posted by Maldive (Post 10075000)

The Well | 174.03m | 46s | RioCan | Hariri Pontarini l nearing completion

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Is this open to the public now?

It's partially open, with some of the stores operating. Parts are still under construction though.

Any idea if the market is open?

Really looking forward to the Well. It's the most ambitious project Toronto built in the last decade, and the most ambitious real estate development project in Canada right now (maybe Oakridge would be at the same level).

It also pulls the centre of gravity west, establishing Spadina as a core downtown street. Spadina already is downtown, but it's kind of peripheral downtown. The Well is kind of to this part of Toronto what Rockefeller Center was the Midtown Manhattan in the 1930s.

2023 version of Village by the Grange plus an office tower

One Crosstown Towers I, II, III, and The Crest | 129.86m | 39s | Aspen Ridge | Core Architects l u/c

Nice drone shots of progress on the 3 towers and the curvy “Crest” mid-rise in Don Mills.

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The “Crest”.

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The Goode Condos | 111.4m | 33s | Graywood | a—A l u/c

Located on Parliament at the western edge of the Distillery District. The white crane in the centre of the photo actually belongs to No. 31 Condos … the 2 construction sites are separated only by a shored retaining wall.

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No. 31 Condos

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Immediately east of these 2 construction sites is the 49 storey proposal for 31R Parliament designed by SHoP and BDP Quadrangle.

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Below, all three developments including 31R’s low-rise ‘Ribbon Building’ which will evetually help insulate the Distillery District from the rail corridor to the south.

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101 Spadina Avenue | 133.95m | 39s | Devron Developments | AUDAX l site demolition

They made quick work demo-ing the low-rise building on the site (just over 2 weeks).

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The parking lot on the left in the photo above will be a small park.

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This should be a great addition to Spadina Ave.

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There can't be a single spandrel glass window and when was the last time we saw a tower like that.

There isn't a whole lot to see yet but here is a run-down on some of the highrises being built around downtown Dartmouth and in the Macdonald bridge area on the Dartmouth side. There is going to be a completely different skyline in these areas in a few years.

27-storey King's Wharf tower; looks like this crane will be raised soon
You can see the nearly-complete Moffatt's Pharmacy phase I in behind. When that's done the old building will be torn down and another tower will be built there.
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27-storey Wyse tower (5 Williams)
20-storey at Wyse and Nantucket
16-storey 153 Wyse
There are 4 towers in the 30-35 storey range proposed for this area (along Wyse Rd)
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26-storey tower is going in here, 53 Queen Street
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Originally Posted by Maldive (Post 10078896)

101 Spadina Avenue | 133.95m | 39s | Devron Developments | AUDAX l site demolition

They made quick work demo-ing the low-rise building on the site (just over 2 weeks).

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I'm happy that this one has progressed from proposal to construction so quickly - I hope it turns out exactly as rendered.

That area has sure grown up as well. Went from basically zero towers to being completely enclosed in a little over a decade. This is the sort of environment where this type of development makes sense - though I wish more of it looked like 101 Spadina and less like the generic blue spandrel towers.

Biblio Lofts | 28.91m | 7s | NVSBLE | BDP Quadrangle l u/c

Handsome mid-rise on Queen Street East gets its crane.

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88 Queen | 163.05m | 51s | St Thomas Dev | Hariri Pontarini l u/c

Gettin’ up there.

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Luv the bronzey podium and expansive glass.

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65 King Street East | 82.9m | 18s | Carttera | WZMH l nearly complete

The building has finally been Googled.

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Humber Bay Park Revitalization | City of Toronto | DTAH l u/c

Phase 1 work progressing on new wetlands and habitats, ponds, and capstones for the western headland. Boardwalks, new bridges and a public building with roof-top terrace slated for next year.

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Still lots to do inside but THE WELL has its official opening this Friday.

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KING Toronto | 57.6m | 16s | Westbank | Bjarke Ingels Group l u/c

Despite the rumours swirling about Westbank’s financial difficulties, this project is progressing well.

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Progress gif:

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At a party for 300 guests an asteroid piano was unveiled, inspired by Elton John’s ‘Rocket Man” (Elton will have a home here). The sculpture will live in the eat mountain lobby.

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More public art: the hanging mirrors in the renderings explained.

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400 King West | 157.37m | 48s | Plaza | BDP Quadrangle l u/c

Busy site.

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Burke Condominiums | 163.4m | 53s | Concert | IBI Group l u/c

Rising above grade. One of a number of towers that will dramatically change the surrounding blocks in the Sherbourne and Bloor area.

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Burke Condos is on the right and 591 Sherbourne (excavation/153 metres) is on the left.

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UT

I don't know. I'd keep fingers crossed while kneeling to the gods. Westbank's debt load difficulties ain't rumours anymore and Allied REIT's value is down 50% from the high at the start of the year.

Le Fitz (Lévis, suburb of Quebec City)

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