Construction Sites In your City II

[WhipperSnapper]

Cold, corporate, 80s lobbies in Burnaby are head and shoulders above what you see for Southern Ontario's development. I still question the diminishing spacing and growing height of the towers in Burnaby as prime living despite the resort vibe vs people warehouse. Actual mixed use along main streets.

[gaviscon]

Slate (Brentwood, Burnaby)

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Etoile Gold (final tower)





Slate (tall tower) and Etoile Gold beside it

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M Residences and Spa (Metrotown)









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Government worker (BCGEU) rental housing tower near Royal Oak Stn (Metrotown)





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Reign (Metrotown)




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Onyx and Perla by Polygon (Metrotown)

Perla (rental housing)


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Onyx




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Artesia Metrotown



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6630 Telford Ave (Metrotown)





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[Pavlov]

Originally Posted by Surrealplaces

Not an exciting tall tower, but some decent skyline background.

I spotted a few "shacks by the stacks"!

Downtown Calgary looks like its leveling up.

[gaviscon]

Man this site is such a mess. I wish we can all just move over to Skyscrapercity

Amazing Brentwood Towers 5,6,7

Tallest one U/C is Tower 5, and 7 is the one starting to go up

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Solo Phase 4

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Brentwood Block by Grosvenor








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[giallo]

Great updates, gaviscon. Thanks for posting.

[J.OT13]

Ottawa's second tallest is about to be topped out, with the penthouse structure peaking out from the top. Odenak will be the tallest in the Downtown area at 120 meters (along with its 105 meter twin).

Here's a view from Bayview Station. The arena will be built between where I'm standing and the Odenak towers, along with nearly a dozen more towers, a few taller than Odenak.


Balcony railings are also going in along the podium. A closeup from me, and one from Pat on RFC Community Discord.





Although in Ottawa this will be one of the most prominent features on the skyline, hoggytime on Skyrise showed us how it would look amongst Calgary's towers. See the little purple towers .


https://ottawa.skyrisecities.com/for...8#post-2357869

[Pavlov]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Although in Ottawa this will be one of the most prominent features on the skyline, hoggytime on Skyrise showed us how it would look amongst Calgary's towers. See the little purple towers .


https://ottawa.skyrisecities.com/for...8#post-2357869

[gaviscon]

What Vancouver does best: remove power lines.
The city has been running a program to remove its infamous H-frame poles since the mid 2010s.
Most developers also contribute by removing power lines in the vicinity of new construction projects.

This is one of the most recent to go near Trounce Alley, Abbott St.

Before:

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After (taken a week ago):

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Before:

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After:


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Final phase of Trounce Alley Redesign project underway:


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[Chocolite]

From Kotsy on UrbanToronto Pinnacle above the fog.

[Surrealplaces]

Not an exciting highrise construction update, but rather a suburban master planned neighborhood that's half built.
I'm not typically one who has any interest in suburban builds, but this neighborhood is done decently as far as suburban builds go. A few 10 storey builds, with a 15 storey highrise built. 3 More high-rises will be the final phase.

It's called West District, it's kind of a similar plan to Calgary's University district. Typical sterile greenfield build, but one nice thing about it is, it sits at the west edge of the city, 40km from the nearest mountain.

Rendering of master plan


Broadcast Avenue, which is the main retail corridor. Named after Broadcast Hill which hosts a number of radio stations and towers.


View looking east towards downtown


View looking southwest towards the mountains.


View looking southeast


A few other random pics

[J.OT13]

Topping out the tallest tower of Odenak in Ottawa. It's officially Ottawa's second tallest and tallest in the Downtown area.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hUvUp61AgI

And a few pics from Pat on RFC Community Discord.