31 John Street N

[TheRitsman]

Originally Posted by TheHonestMaple

Couldn't imagine investing in a restaurant during the covid lockdown era. Good luck getting a loan or line of credit approved when you tell the bank it's for a restaurant.... I really hope our city makes it out of this in good shape.

Plenty of restaurants have opened during Covid. Downtown Hamilton's restaurants are all packed before Covid and even now. You have to book days in advance, even now, and before. The demand is way outstripping supply so banks are definitely willing to loan to restaurants in Hamilton. The business is booming.

[Dr Awesomesauce]

This is the Windsor Hotel, right? Lookin' good.

Now wouldn't it be nice if someone bought that row of buildings on the south-east corner of John and King William? They really need some love...

[TheHonestMaple]

Originally Posted by TheRitsman

Plenty of restaurants have opened during Covid. Downtown Hamilton's restaurants are all packed before Covid and even now. You have to book days in advance, even now, and before. The demand is way outstripping supply so banks are definitely willing to loan to restaurants in Hamilton. The business is booming.

oh absolutely. I'm one of the people going to them. I miss going out on a Friday night so much. That's not at all what i'm saying. What i'm saying is banks will be hesitant to loan to restaurants knowing a government can shut them down at a moments notice for covid, which almost certainly will continue to happen for the next couple years.

[TheRitsman]

Originally Posted by TheHonestMaple

oh absolutely. I'm one of the people going to them. I miss going out on a Friday night so much. That's not at all what i'm saying. What i'm saying is banks will be hesitant to loan to restaurants knowing a government can shut them down at a moments notice for covid, which almost certainly will continue to happen for the next couple years.

I'm doubtful of that. My guess is we may have one more lockdown in late March, early April, then we should be done with grey zone at least. The speed at which vaccinations are being issued is speeding up, and likely to speed up even more. I wouldn't be surprised if we never had to go above orange zone after May or June.

[TheHonestMaple]

Originally Posted by TheRitsman

I'm doubtful of that. My guess is we may have one more lockdown in late March, early April, then we should be done with grey zone at least. The speed at which vaccinations are being issued is speeding up, and likely to speed up even more. I wouldn't be surprised if we never had to go above orange zone after May or June.

I seriously doubt that. We will have another one next winter no doubt. This will be an on and off thing for years to come.

[Hawrylyshyn]

Originally Posted by TheHonestMaple

I seriously doubt that. We will have another one next winter no doubt. This will be an on and off thing for years to come.

I doubt it. Vaccines are increasingly being administered. Once that's done there'll be no excuse for lockdowns.

On topic: the restoration is awesome this is what we need more of

[Chronamut]

The black does indeed look awesome - I hope they eventually do re-add the corinthian metals at the top of the pillars though as the bare strips where they used to be looks a bit odd tbh.. but those things are super fragile and crumble over the years so I get why they took off whatever was left.

The sad part is we'll never see quality ironwork like this built in the city ever again - we basically can only restore what is left. This stuff is what brings character to the city.