The Official PEI Project Thread - Page 14

MonctonRad · #**261** Posted **Jan 16, 2010, 4:51 AM**

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Originally Posted by MTLskyline

Thanks for the photos braymondg!

The construction of those condominium buildings strikes me as kind of shoddy. Don't they use cranes or even concrete? Sure, wood is fine for a house, but for a larger building, I'm not so sure.I was under the impression that nearly all condo and institutional buildings are have concrete frames (followed by the exterior material on top), even for low rises.

Not in the Maritimes!!

braymondg · #**262** Posted **Jan 17, 2010, 2:57 AM**

Crane ready for work
Construction of new hotel in Charlottetown

A huge crane is used Saturday to hoist the jib to be attached to another even larger crane that will be used in the construction of the 10 storey hotel being built in downtown Charlottetown by Homburg Development. The tower crane is 64.6 meters (212 feet) high, but where the operator works it is 50.9 meters (167 feet) from the hook to the ground. The jib that was being hoisted to the crane weighs 20,000 pounds and that enables it to lift 15,400 pounds. The parts for the tower crane arrived Friday night and were unloaded from trucks and the construction began first thing Saturday morning. Grafton Street from Queen to University was closed except to the transit busses, but everything will be back to normal traffic first thing Monday morning.
16/01/10

MTLskyline · #**263** Posted **Jan 17, 2010, 6:52 AM**

That Homburg project (over the Confederation Court Mall?) is going ahead then? Excellent news!

MTLskyline · #**264** Posted **Jan 17, 2010, 5:18 PM**

This is going to look pretty good when it's done:

http://www.whwarchitects.com/projects/current/confed_court_mall/main.html

braymondg · #**265** Posted **Jan 18, 2010, 11:40 PM**

A worker reaches out to help guide the jib into place as the tower crane that will be used to build the new 10-storey hotel on Grafton Street in downtown Charlottetown was erected on the weekend. The work went ahead Saturday despite a steady snowfall. It will be on site for six to eight months. The workers are over 50 metres high. Grafton Street was closed to traffic between Queen Street and University Avenue, but reopened late Sunday afternoon.

braymondg · #**266** Posted **Jan 19, 2010, 3:05 AM**

MTLSkyline,

The location of the hotel was changed because of a dispute with the Tweels which owned the Queen St location. That is where the rendering shows it to be that you posted. So Homburg had to move the location to the south side of the Court Mall block facing Grafton St.
The old Holman's building was demolished but the old stone facade was saved to be restored and then will be used in the new hotels facade.
Here is a rendering of the building, albeit not a very good one but it shows the old stone restored in the design and will compliment the streescape.

Here is a photo looking up Grafton St looking east.

The original location would have been left at the traffic light. Presently there is a new building being built in that location which will be a new Shoppers Drug Mart.

mylesmalley · #**267** Posted **Jan 19, 2010, 3:34 AM**

Gotta say, I'm terribly jealous of the developer community you guys have.

braymondg · #**268** Posted **Jan 30, 2010, 12:02 AM**

Proposed Hotel Revealed

Tim Banks has revealed his new hotel for Charlottetown. The 120 room hotel
is to built at the corner of Queen and Water streets diagonally across from the Delta Hotel. The hotel will use some of the old Kays buildings facade and will rise 6 stories. The bottom four floors will be for the hotel and the fifth floor for apartments and the sixth floor for condos. Marriot and Hilton have expressed interest in branding the hotel.
The construction start date is proposed to be September 2010 and will move quickly in coordination with the building of the new convention centre near by.

pei guy · #**269** Posted **Jan 30, 2010, 1:47 AM**

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Originally Posted by braymondg

Proposed Hotel Revealed

Tim Banks has revealed his new hotel for Charlottetown. The 120 room hotel
is to built at the corner of Queen and Water streets diagonally across from the Delta Hotel. The hotel will use some of the old Kays buildings facade and will rise 6 stories. The bottom four floors will be for the hotel and the fifth floor for apartments and the sixth floor for condos. Marriot and Hilton have expressed interest in branding the hotel.
The construction start date is proposed to be September 2010 and will move quickly in coordination with the building of the new convention centre near by.

This is great for that area of Charlottetown. It will really complement the historic buildings, but the height and design make it really.. well, cool!
I think six stories passes the height restrictions, but rules are made to be broken. I like how they're using the original facade, and can't wait to see some construction!

MonctonRad · #**270** Posted **Jan 30, 2010, 1:59 AM**

Charlottetown has got to be the most active city in the Maritimes right now for development!

You guys should do a development compilation list. I did one for Charlottetown a while back when there were no locals keeping the thread active...........it needs to be updated.

BTW, where will the parking be for the new hotel?

MTLskyline · #**271** Posted **Jan 30, 2010, 2:02 AM**

Let's just hope that the materials are going to be good quality. Hopefully the brick will be a little darker then what's in the photo. What is that beige material at the top? Hopefully not prefab concrete.

Design-wise, it's pretty good. It blends in well. It should make downtown Charlottetown much more dense.

braymondg · #**272** Posted **Feb 1, 2010, 12:08 AM**

APM eyes new hotel for Charlottetown

The Guardian

APM CEO Tim Banks holds an artist’s conception of his company’s proposed $22-million development project for downtown Charlottetown that would include a hotel, apartment and condominium units and commercial space.

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APM has big plans for a downtown Charlottetown property that housed the Kays Brothers building for 45 years.
Tim Banks, CEO of the construction and property development company, is working to secure a deal to proceed with a $22-million project called the Welsh-Owen Hotel and Plaza Development.
Banks is looking to develop a 120-room hotel, a parking garage with about 63 spaces, 14 fully furnished apartment units and six condominium units.
The property, cornering Queen, Water and King streets, would also house a commercial tenant in a financial institution and likely continue to lease space to the Confederation Bridge.
“Our design here has been done to be consistent with what we believe is the Charlottetown heritage look,’’ said Banks.
“We’ve had a number of people review the plans, including (historian) Catherine Hennessey. We know at some particular point we’ll be going to a public meeting with respect to the property.’’
Banks says the development will be contingent on the province proceeding with a proposed convention centre in the area. Current costing of the project must also come within APM’s original “thumbnail budget.’’
And a detail must be finalized with the Charlottetown Area Development Corporation (CADC), which purchased the Kays Building on Queen Street last year for $750,000 after the wholesale company shut down.
“They’ve (CADC) given us the clear understanding that the property is available subject to them not losing money with respect to the agreement that we have with them,’’ said Banks.
“And the reason we are actually talking (to media) about it today is if somebody has a better idea (for developing the property) they should go to CADC because we are making them a proposal and we believe that our proposal is substantive in nature.
The four-storey building was constructed by a former premier in 1872 and has been home to four Island newspapers, a tobacco manufacturer and even an egg company.
Banks says if the project is given the green light, he will work to get a licensed agreement with a branded hotel group, hopefully Courtyard by Marriott.
He sees a branded hotel, which rewards repeat customers, as a tool that is missing in the capital city’s arsenal for attracting tourists and business visitors.
“I have been consistent and strong in saying that to strengthen tourism in Prince Edward Island, we have to give them a better product at a competitive price, and that is what we are trying to do here,’’ he said.
“Why we are so strong in bringing this product to market is because there has been a void in our market here in terms of a branded hotel.’’
Banks says he wants construction to begin in early September with the hotel opening on July 15, 2011.

MTLskyline · #**273** Posted **Feb 1, 2010, 2:30 AM**

Quite well situated!

pei guy · #**274** Posted **Feb 1, 2010, 10:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Charlottetown has got to be the most active city in the Maritimes right now for development!

You guys should do a development compilation list. I did one for Charlottetown a while back when there were no locals keeping the thread active...........it needs to be updated.

BTW, where will the parking be for the new hotel?

MonctonRad, I think the parking will be underground, with an entrance right behind the hotel. You can see a car coming out of it in the render. BTW, I heard a rumor that the financial tenant on the ground floor will be H & R Block.

pei guy · #**275** Posted **Feb 6, 2010, 9:38 PM**

I took some pics of the construction in Montague this morning... enjoy!

Cox & Palmer / Montague Dental Clinic on the waterfront:

Fisheries Building (just finished):

Wellness Centre:

High School:

sorry the pictures dont show up

braymondg · #**276** Posted **Feb 8, 2010, 12:36 AM**

Holland College Expansion Progress

Work continues on the Holland College expansion. This first picture shows the preparation and installation of the footings for the addition to the Glendenning Hall residence.

This picture shows the progress of the steel work on the Centre for Applied Science and Technology building. There is a large roof to be installed on top of this frame and will make the buidling rise about 5 stories.

pei guy · #**277** Posted **Feb 8, 2010, 12:56 AM**

Nice pics braymondg! I was just wondering if someone can tell me how to post photos, because mine won't seem to show up...

MonctonRad · #**278** Posted **Feb 8, 2010, 4:02 AM**

@pei_guy:

You have to put your pictures on a photo hosting site like Flickr or Photobucket

When you have uploaded your picture onto the hosting site, locate your picture and then right-click on the image to display it's properties(URL). Copy the URL.

Paste the URL onto your post here at SSP. Enclose the URL between the bbCode symbols [img] and [/img].

For example, on one of BraymondG's images above, the property (URL) of the image is http://www3.pei.sympatico.ca/brian.gorveatt/public_html/images/hcsite2.jpg (I guess he uploaded his images to pei.sympatico.ca). You have to place this address between [img] and [/img] to make the image appear in your post.

mylesmalley · #**279** Posted **Feb 9, 2010, 6:42 AM**

Looks like just about all of the island is up on google street view now.

Architype · #**280** Posted **Feb 9, 2010, 8:33 AM**

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Originally Posted by pei guy

Nice pics braymondg! I was just wondering if someone can tell me how to post photos, because mine won't seem to show up...

Maybe this will help. Right-click on your picture on Flickr (select "properties"; that will give you the url), and paste it into SSP using the [img] tags, (including the ".jpg"). Here's one of your pics: