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[lilwayne]

https://www.mont-arc.com/works/work/25/the-market-lands-northern-development-site

Tru these designs seem to resemble the same concept u were hinting at when discussing the large scale and Barcelona style block surrounding a court yard

[Biff]

The winning plan by Number Ten is similar to that, but much better IMO.

[bomberjet]

Did we ever get to see all the renders for the Number Ten design?

[lilwayne]

Originally Posted by Biff

The winning plan by Number Ten is similar to that, but much better IMO.

Same height?

[bomberjet]

This is one of the renders.

Originally Posted by Wpg_Guy

Market Lands North

[bomberjet]

Another.

Originally Posted by Wpg_Guy

[lilwayne]

Where 16 floor tower ?

[lilwayne]

So that shorter 2 floor portion connects to the market and 10 floor north project? . Or is that road dividing the projects? That's foolish if they building a road separating tif they building a separating the north and south project they should tie in seamlessly

[Malcsta]

I seem to remember talk about a tower made from corten steel at some point..

[bomberjet]

Neeeed.. rendeerrs.

Originally Posted by trueviking

That’s just the King Street facade. It rises to a 16 storey tower to the north with the six storey building wrapping around the entire site to enclose a central courtyard like a Barcelona block.

Originally Posted by trueviking

Don’t worry. It’s full steam ahead on both. The tower is all Corten steel. Daring move. Have I mentioned that I have the best client.

[trueviking]

Should be announced on Monday, I think.

[Biff]

like this Viking?

[trueviking]

kind of!...ha ha.

what is that a photo of?

[drew]

^ one of the original WTC towers under construction

[trueviking]

ha ha...cool.....it actually kind of does look like that.

[1ajs]

Wait tv u didnt reconize wtc under construction?

[Malcsta]

Originally Posted by trueviking

Should be announced on Monday, I think.

[ColdRain&Snow]

Does anyone know more about the Equal Housing Initiative? They have a pretty fancy website and a bunch of board members but I can't figure out what they actually do. They've been talking about renovating the McLaren Hotel for a couple years now but it doesn't seem they're making any progress. They have three proposed projects up on their website, including a renovation of the St. Charles Hotel, but none of these projects have received any funding through the first 2 rounds of the Housing Accelerator Fund or through the Affordable Housing Now fund. Makes me think that these aren't very serious proposals.

McLaren Hotel Renovation:
https://equalhousinginitiative.com/recoverbridge-on-main-the-mclaren-house/

New Building at Main and Pacific:
https://equalhousinginitiative.com/recoverbridge-on-pacific/

St. Charles Hotel Renovation:
https://equalhousinginitiative.com/recoverbridge-on-notre-dame-the-st-charles-house/

Edit: I've spent some more time looking into the organization. It seems the director is Rick Lees, who was previously "ousted" as director from Main Street Project. It seems like the guy has a shady past:
https://globalnews.ca/news/7188413/main-street-project-auditor-general/

I've also noticed that the both "Supportive Housing" and "Financial Reports" pages on their website don't work. Seems like something fishy is going on.
https://equalhousinginitiative.com/supporting-housing/#

[Malcsta]

Any updates on marketlands north?

[Labroco]

Funding and projects will all help to deal with housing shortages and hopefully the riverbank encampments.