[St. John's] Fortis | 49m | 12 floors | U/C - Page 4

bellerophon · #1 Posted **Aug 28, 2012, 5:02 PM**

Image taken today.

My first photo uploaded here.

. Got tonnes more of 351 Water Street.

SignalHillHiker · #2 Posted **Aug 28, 2012, 5:16 PM**

Excellent - and welcome!

I can't wait until this one starts to look finished. I'm curious to see how it's going to look for real.

statbass · #3 Posted **Aug 28, 2012, 6:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

Excellent - and welcome!

I can't wait until this one starts to look finished. I'm curious to see how it's going to look for real.

Welcome to the forums bellerophon!

I noticed a few comments on the 351 Water thread noting the sheer size of that building - in which I agree. But based on the pics from the view plane analysis, once the Fortis building starts taking shape I think it'll be the eye catcher of the area. This looks to be quite a large building, especially for the area.

Marty_Mcfly · #4 Posted **Aug 28, 2012, 6:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by statbass

Welcome to the forums bellerophon!

I noticed a few comments on the 351 Water thread noting the sheer size of that building - in which I agree. But based on the pics from the view plane analysis, once the Fortis building starts taking shape I think it'll be the eye catcher of the area. This looks to be quite a large building, especially for the area.

351 will be big, but it won't be iconic. The design of fortis place alone is enough to make it the eye-catcher of the skyline, it also helps that it'll be stand alone as the western most highrise in the city and will stand out until Deacon and the Hilton are done

SignalHillHiker · #5 Posted **Aug 30, 2012, 5:07 PM**

Great shots, Bellerophon!

August 30, 2012

Click for the largest size available. A panorama of the view from Shea Heights:

Growing City by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

And Signal Hill.

The Whole Shebang by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

Downtown by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

SignalHillHiker · #6 Posted **Sep 3, 2012, 1:12 PM**

September 3, 2012

Progressively closer views:

Downtown St. John's by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

Downtown from Signal Hill by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

Fortis Building and 351 Water Street by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

Fortis Building by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

statbass · #7 Posted **Sep 3, 2012, 1:51 PM**

I know I keep sounding like a broken record (but for a good reason) - awesome pics SignalHillHiker, keep up the fantastic work!

I would assume most of the concrete work will be finished soon and steel work will commence shortly. We'll start seeing this building shoot up like a weed very soon.

SignalHillHiker · #8 Posted **Sep 3, 2012, 2:05 PM**

I can't wait. I just can't wait until Fortis Place and 351 Water Street are completely framed out so that I can examine all the different angles.

I want to try to get up to the top of Southcott Hall for a few density shots of downtown as well. But I haven't tried yet...

SignalHillHiker · #9 Posted **Sep 3, 2012, 4:14 PM**

September 3, 2012

West End Construction by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

MrChills · #10 Posted **Sep 4, 2012, 5:46 PM**

^ The first "West End Construction" photo is a unique snap, don't think I've seen a photo from that specific angle.

I am loving the development, photos and all the updates on St. John's. It blows my mind how much this city has changed since I first moved away in 2001, thankfully I was lucky enough to move back in 2007 for a few years and snap up a property and hold onto it before real estate went through the roof

statbass · #11 Posted **Sep 4, 2012, 9:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by MrChills

^ The first "West End Construction" photo is a unique snap, don't think I've seen a photo from that specific angle.

I am loving the development, photos and all the updates on St. John's. It blows my mind how much this city has changed since I first moved away in 2001, thankfully I was lucky enough to move back in 2007 for a few years and snap up a property and hold onto it before real estate went through the roof

Wow, your timing for buying real estate here was impeccable, good job

jeddy1989 · #12 Posted **Sep 13, 2012, 6:48 PM**

HOLY CRAP anyone see the fortis place website??? Looking good!!!!

http://www.fortisplace.com/index.html

These are pics from their site

Marty_Mcfly · #13 Posted **Sep 13, 2012, 6:52 PM**

God damn that's sexy.

Copes · #14 Posted **Sep 13, 2012, 6:53 PM**

Wild! Unreal looking pictures. What a building.

jeddy1989 · #15 Posted **Sep 13, 2012, 6:57 PM**

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Wild! Unreal looking pictures. What a building.

Bit of an improvement to the current modern buildings.. scotia and cabot buildings .. a new level shall be introduced to our great city

... (and a far cry from their origional proposal

)

RyeJay · #16 Posted **Sep 13, 2012, 7:37 PM**

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I'm loving this landscaping, with simple decorative grasses, accompanied with jagged wooden walkways.

Very natural, with neutral tones.
Very classy.

And it will be extremely easy to maintain.

SignalHillHiker · #17 Posted **Sep 13, 2012, 7:07 PM**

Gorgeous! :-d

SignalHillHiker · #18 Posted **Sep 13, 2012, 7:13 PM**

I had some concerns about this building that these new renders have alleviated.

I was worried there wasn't enough glass and it would look like it had blank walls like the existing Fortis Building. But that's not an issue.

And I couldn't really figure out which was the building was situated. Now I can see.

Awesome!

Architype · #19 Posted **Sep 13, 2012, 10:11 PM**

Excellent, I didn't know there was a website until now; the renders look beautiful, it's a really sharp looking building. I've seen that kind of landscaping used a lot in Vancouver in recent years; it generally looks great and seems to work really well.

statbass · #20 Posted **Sep 13, 2012, 11:19 PM**

It keeps looking better and better every time I see updated renderings