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Originally Posted by durandy
Bold statements Hamilton23. I'd be very interested in hearing from other developers. The counterargument I'd make is that assembly and planning start so far ahead of construction that any projects nearing construction in the years following approval of Connaught would probably have been planned a decade or so ahead of the Connaught. Look at Blanchard at the Gore, LIUNA at Kresge, everything by Vrancor, or Effort Trust at 46-50 King. These projects, along with the Connaught, will be defining projects for downtown in 25 years. Even so, I'm sure all of those developers have been looking at and inspired by the RC for marketing and planning - but I'd be surprised if the RC team hasn't been doing the same with Vrancor's projects during the past 5 years.
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To be honest, we haven't looked at Vrancors marketing materials once... A lot of our residents actually were bought out of their deals at 150 main. The entire building was turned into rentals by the developer in the summer. It's not a secret either. Each of these residents tell us the difference in quality from that building to ours.
I agree about other developments happening now though that will help the core grow even bigger and better. I know there's a variety of newly proposed and U/C projects on the go, and I think the more, the better for the core and downtown itself. I can speak on the Liuna project though, and tell you it wasn't in development for years prior the Connaught. It was more recent. I do know that we've had private meeting with top builders from Toronto and BC who have told us our entire development has spearheaded the condo movement in Downtown Hamilton.
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