I was walking past the site earlier. There was 5 or 6 Enbridge trucks there, with probably 15 workers digging up a gas line. Things are really moving on this project.
Went by today, and saw that hole, they're not messing around.
I'm a bit surprise actually about one thing, which was that the back had to look more like the front according to DRP. It was typical for actual heritage buildings to have beautiful facades and plain backs.
I do agree with the recessed 1st floor as well though. I have some renders I had saved but never posted:
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Interesting. Those are some deep balconies, I can understand why they wanted them broken up. Street balconies will be a nice addition though.
For why they are moving so quickly on this.... I suspect Core Urban is a bit annoyed the DRP cost them several months with the change requests. They want this thing moving ASAP.
I was down by the site earlier today, they were working on it all afternoon. They really aren't messing around here.
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Was down there today. They have started pouring some sort of foundation.
Hm, wonder if they have a permit for that...
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Concrete is being poured this afternoon. If they can continue to build it this fast and deliver a similar quality to some of the stuff they've build downtown I'd be happy to hand over the keys to them on any low-mid rise infill project in the city they are interested in.
This must be some sort of temporary working platform, not the actual foundation. No rebar, no footings. I suspect they want a solid surface they can work on, and will eventually break this up and pour the actual structure.
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