[Dartmouth] The Sky (1 Horizon) | 90 m | 27 fl | U/C

-Harlington- · #1 Posted **Feb 23, 2011, 12:55 AM**

Might as well start a thread for this since we have a rendering and all :

I counted 28 floors but i could be wrong

q12 · #2 Posted **Feb 23, 2011, 1:02 AM**

Sweet!

Jstaleness · #3 Posted **Feb 23, 2011, 1:07 AM**

I got 27 plus the small what appears to be penthouse. 28 it is.

someone123 · #4 Posted **Feb 23, 2011, 3:11 AM**

This design really is a step up from the others. It should also be visible as part of the skyline of Dartmouth from a few angles. The second tower from a few years ago is only 20 storeys and is sometimes visible.

Given the size of the city it makes a lot of sense to start creating higher density nodes with buildings like this one. Larger cities like Vancouver have suburban areas like Metrotown that are basically MicMac Mall with towers like this and the SkyTrain.

halifaxboyns · #5 Posted **Feb 23, 2011, 4:08 AM**

This is being proposed at Mic Mac Mall? Wow - I'm impressed.

worldlyhaligonian · #6 Posted **Feb 23, 2011, 4:27 AM**

To be honest, Mic Mac isn't even that far from the bridge... the distance seems shorter when you go through the neighborhood, I wonder if there is a cut through Brightwood by foot?

Big question: can somebody post a link of the site of tower 3 on google/bing maps? (If Dj hasn't already, lol)

-Harlington- · #7 Posted **Feb 23, 2011, 4:37 AM**

Im not to sure if this is correct but i found this picture on google maps and it makes sense that it would be that cleared lot below the shorter tower :

Jstaleness · #8 Posted **Feb 23, 2011, 1:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by -Harlington-

Im not to sure if this is correct but i found this picture on google maps and it makes sense that it would be that cleared lot below the shorter tower :

I forgot how much space there was in there. There is room for more after Horizon III.

DigitalNinja · #9 Posted **Feb 23, 2011, 1:23 PM**

Ohh yeah, there is enough room for 4 or 5 buildings.

sdm · #10 Posted **Feb 24, 2011, 2:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by Jstaleness

I forgot how much space there was in there. There is room for more after Horizon III.

the area that is cleared in the foreground of the photo i believe is owned by dexel developments. I believe Horizon III will be built behind the Kent building.

Dmajackson · #11 Posted **Feb 23, 2011, 5:49 AM**

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Originally Posted by worldlyhaligonian

Big question: can somebody post a link of the site of tower 3 on google/bing maps? (If Dj hasn't already, lol)

You know me too well ...

Anyways here's the link to the site on my Developments Map; Developments - Dartmouth

JustinMacD · #12 Posted **Feb 23, 2011, 3:50 PM**

Imagine this baby being built on the peninsula. God dammit why must this be so far away.

Jstaleness · #13 Posted **Feb 23, 2011, 4:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by JustinMacD

Imagine this baby being built on the peninsula. God dammit why must this be so far away.

At least it's within the Circ. Give Dartmouth a few more Highrises and we'll let Halifax have the Supertalls. lol

City_of_Lakes · #14 Posted **Feb 23, 2011, 5:42 PM**

WOW. Great design. Go Dartmouth! However, I too feel that this would be better located on the Peninsula... It'd be great in the empty space behind SGR.

someone123 · #15 Posted **Feb 24, 2011, 2:29 AM**

There was a rendering of a large lowrise building floating around which I guess is the Dexel development. Not sure when either of these is expected to start.

sdm · #16 Posted **Feb 24, 2011, 4:08 AM**

horizion III, 2012 according to allnovascotia.com

fenwick16 · #17 Posted **Feb 24, 2011, 7:53 AM**

Based on the allnovascotia.com story, the Horizon III was to proceed about 2 years ago but a wetland of 18 acres was found. It seems like they are building higher in order to save the wetland. The story describes it as a 26 story tower.

However, this story was reported first on skyscraperpage.com by someone123

( http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...139843&page=49 ) . Good work someone123 for your digging, and DigitalNinja contacted Geoff Keddy by email for confirmation - can we consider this forum to be a news organization?

halifaxboyns · #18 Posted **Feb 25, 2011, 5:58 AM**

Ah good old Geoff is still kicking around. I have some stories about some parties at his place...wow. Good memories.

It's a great design and I think a few more towers in here should fit, depending on how or if they keep the wetland. My preference is to keep it; but that's me.

But this makes Mic Mac a great point or terminus along a potential LRT route as this is great transit oriented development since the Mic Mac stop is about 10 minutes walk away.

q12 · #19 Posted **Feb 25, 2011, 1:45 PM**

Third highrise at Mic Mac Mall awaits approvals

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1229998.html

By BILL POWER Business Reporter
Fri, Feb 25 - 4:55 AM

A third residential tower proposed for a site adjacent to the Mic Mac Mall is inching its way through the approval process.

"Things are proceeding but very slowly," Otto Gaspar, president of Can-Euro Investments Ltd., said Thursday.

He said he recently received environmental approval for the $30-million development that will be built south of the mall on a site that is currently home to a couple of residential towers called Horizon Court and The Summit.

His company has also begun work on a required development agreement with Halifax Regional Municipality, Gaspar said.

The agreement is needed because the density of the development slightly exceeds existing municipal guidelines, Geoff Keddy, the building’s architect, said.

"It’s very much a minor variance and we are not expecting any problems," he said.

Gaspar said getting approvals for the project could take all year.

"We hope to be in a position to begin construction next year, but this is all very much in the early stages," he said of the project.

The new development, Tower III, will be about 27 storeys. It will feature rental accommodations and commercial space on its first three floors.

The building will be curved to make maximum benefit of solar heat and will feature an internal floor plan providing most apartments with views of Halifax Harbour, Keddy said.

"We’ve not yet finalized all the design details, but we’re looking at the possibility of a coffee shop or atrium on the roof top with a garden as a common area for the building," he said.

The company hasn’t got the final costs for the building’s construction either, but "certainly, for a project of this magnitude ($30 million) would be a pretty accurate guess," Gaspar said.

Besides Horizon Court, which is 17 storeys, and The Summit, 19 storeys, Can-Euro Investments also owns Adriana Court and Garden Stone Estates near the Mic Mac Mall.

Northend Guy · #20 Posted **Feb 25, 2011, 2:21 PM**

Oh boy...Otto Gaspar...can't say too much, but lets just say I have worked for him in the past, and there is no way in hell we will be working with him again. He's the same cat that brought the 1st two concrete monoliths.

I hope I am wrong, but I highly doubt that the finished product will bear even a remote resemblance to what is shown in Geoff's rendering.