[Saint John, NB] 99 King Street | 13 storeys | Under Construction

[Joe]

Originally Posted by EnvisionSaintJohn

I do like that it matches the City Market... wonder what the non brick floors are actually going to look like.

Definitely feel like it looks better than the renders so far, ignoring the "blemishes" and seams.

I believe the non brick floors will look like the back panels as seen in this image
https://ibb.co/QvHFkXbF

[cdnguys]

Originally Posted by darkharbour

I hope something is done with the alley and it isn't gated or blocked off. The alleys Uptown are some of my favourite places and we so rarely get new ones.

Part of the proposal was for that alley to lead to side door of city market

[bingun]

Originally Posted by homebody

Did they get a level done this week?

They have actually made very good progress this week, in only 4 days. I will walk past after work, but it's more than 50%, perhaps as much as 2/3.

Originally Posted by adamuptownsj

The east facade of 75 King needs some serious masonry work. It's of no particular significance, maybe it'll come down too someday. You could probably do a 6-floor, 20-30-unit building on this side pretty easily.

56 feet of street frontage on two sides, 5,500 sf footprint...

The National Bank building to the west (and its awful cladding) is only 2 floors high, so windows could easily go above it.

Thankfully, only two residential floors will have to look at it; hopefully, they will offer them a discount! Maybe those will be the 'affordable' units.

[Pugsley]

Originally Posted by cdnguys

Part of the proposal was for that alley to lead to side door of city market

That would look nice with string lights above it leading down the alley to the market. I think we should be doing more of this with different laneways in Saint John, adds a unique charm to the city.

[darkharbour]

Speaking of unique alleys and lanes, the City Market side of this is starting to come together into a nice view

[nwalbert]

Originally Posted by bingun

They have actually made very good progress this week, in only 4 days. I will walk past after work, but it's more than 50%, perhaps as much as 2/3.

It has been very impressive how quickly this is coming together, and I think the project looks fantastic. Excited to see it rise over the coming weeks.

[irisheyes]

I think the renderings scared some folks at first.

Looking good so far. The embossed brick panels look better than expected!

[bingun]

Originally Posted by nwalbert

It has been very impressive how quickly this is coming together, and I think the project looks fantastic. Excited to see it rise over the coming weeks.

From walking past, it looks like about 75-80% of the exterior/internal wall panels are in place, and maybe 30% of the ceiling/floor panels.

With the public holiday on Tuesday next week, things will be off a little, but if there is no other disruption, I would expect them to be finished by EOW.

Under two weeks per floor seems achievable.

[homebody]

Originally Posted by bingun

From walking past, it looks like about 75-80% of the exterior/internal wall panels are in place, and maybe 30% of the ceiling/floor panels.

With the public holiday on Tuesday next week, things will be off a little, but if there is no other disruption, I would expect them to be finished by EOW.

Under two weeks per floor seems achievable.

Thanks for the update.

[bingun]

Floor panels will be finished this afternoon, as far as I can see.

Six working days total - Tuesday 4th - Friday 7th & Wednesday 12th - Thursday 13th.

Let's say a day of clean up and another prep, and it's still under 2 weeks per floor, assuming no holidays or skipped days.

[sailor734]

Originally Posted by darkharbour

Speaking of unique alleys and lanes, the City Market side of this is starting to come together into a nice view

It will be interesting to see how things look when they get to the 4th floor. From the renderings I assume it will be some variation on the sandstone look like the bottom floor in this photo.

I still think it's a shame that they chose to go in such an unimaginative direction architecturally with such a prominent building. Still, it's far better than the derelict Woolworth's or the big hole still being there!

Interesting, innovative buildings with an architectural "wow" factor cost money and I get the impression this is not a high end build. To get a commercial or residential project built successfully first the numbers have to work. I'm not sure the SJ market can support the rents that would come with anything exceptional.

I don't think this will look awful (assuming they lose or at least tone down those weird turrets) but I don't think it will be anything to crow over.

[EnvisionSaintJohn]

Originally Posted by sailor734

It will be interesting to see how things look when they get to the 4th floor. From the renderings I assume it will be some variation on the sandstone look like the bottom floor in this photo.

I still think it's a shame that they chose to go in such an unimaginative direction architecturally with such a prominent building. Still, it's far better than the derelict Woolworth's or the big hole still being there!

Interesting, innovative buildings with an architectural "wow" factor cost money and I get the impression this is not a high end build. To get a commercial or residential project built successfully first the numbers have to work. I'm not sure the SJ market can support the rents that would come with anything exceptional.

I don't think this will look awful (assuming they lose or at least tone down those weird turrets) but I don't think it will be anything to crow over.

The 8 storey project going up Fredericton is likely going to look nicer than this will, but I'll try to reserve judgement for once it's topped out and roofed out.
There's gotta be something they can do to fix those "turrets".

Saw this posted on FB a while back... an AI upscale of a photo of the old, old Post Office.



I'm not sure more roof turrets is the solution any of us want to see for 99 King... but the old, old Post Office building does show how aesthetically pleasing and architecturally interesting purely decorative "roof turrets" can be when implemented properly.

Also, as amazing and iconic as the old Post Office building is, I think the old, old Post Office looked even more spectacular.

I don't know what the best solution is for 99 King... gargoyles, more roof turrets, or just a simple delete?

I just really hope we see some new renders of that roofline as this project moves towards completion.

[DyAm00394]

A neat little timelapse video of the progress so far was posted over on FB: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1798762480761587

[bingun]

The third level started today.

[OliverD]

How the walls are constructed seems straightforward enough but what about the floors?

[darkharbour]

Originally Posted by OliverD

How the walls are constructed seems straightforward enough but what about the floors?

You can see it in the timelapse posted above, but the floors arrive as precast segments as well and they are placed across the top of the vertical panels to box in the structure of each floor.

[OliverD]

Originally Posted by darkharbour

You can see it in the timelapse posted above, but the floors arrive as precast segments as well and they are placed across the top of the vertical panels to box in the structure of each floor.

Neat. Will be interesting to see if this technique becomes more popular.

[Pugsley]

I will admit, this is impressive building technology. I still wonder how weight is transferred down, but I have to trust that this is safe and sound construction. I believe this is being done by Stresscon in Saint John? If so, and given these types of buildings can be built this quickly, you'd think that funding for more of these structures should be explored. Especially given the housing affordability and homelessness issues in NB. A fully-built from Saint John structure, providing jobs, on repeat - one in each major city.

But I still hate the upside down dresser legs on the top.

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by OliverD

Neat. Will be interesting to see if this technique becomes more popular.

Reminds me of a house of cards.........

Don't anyone sneeze........

[cdnguys]

Originally Posted by OliverD

Neat. Will be interesting to see if this technique becomes more popular.

Very popular in Europe