Telus Garden | 135m, 88m | 46fl res, 22fl office | 928,000sqft | Completed - Page 30

Built Form · #**581** Posted **Mar 2, 2012, 8:42 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Someone a work mentioned that the Kingston Tap and Grill has gone bankrupt.
Can anyone confirm?

Don't know if that extends to the hotel.

As I was taking these pictures a gentlemen inside told me they will be re-opening under new management as early as next monday.

pix by Built Form

officedweller · #**582** Posted **Mar 2, 2012, 9:51 PM**

Thanks!

jsbertram · #**583** Posted **Mar 2, 2012, 10:58 PM**

I wonder if the owners pushed the pub into bankruptcy, knowing they were going to be surrounded on all sides by construction of the Telus towers, making it difficult to access their pub?

I don't think they'd have many hotel customers willing to put up with construction noises either (in stereo too).

LeftCoaster · #**584** Posted **Mar 2, 2012, 11:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by Homeowner

Eventually it will. Parkades don't make money. Condos do!

Actually parkades make money and condos don't

187 Feet Tall · #**585** Posted **Mar 3, 2012, 12:34 AM**

Snapped a pic of the building model last night. Sorry, Iphone pic quality only.

Jimbo604 · #**586** Posted **Mar 3, 2012, 10:19 AM**

I don't think the noise will be in "stereo" for the Kingston for too long, judging by the rate the north parking lot is being demolished at. Two weeks and it should be done, I'd estimate.

squeezied · #**587** Posted **Mar 4, 2012, 4:08 AM**

Website has been updated! Very cool intro video!

http://www.telusgarden.com

Jimbo604 · #**588** Posted **Mar 4, 2012, 7:41 PM**

Story in the Province about the Kingston, lodged in between the Telus developments:
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Telus+re...ans+checking+Richards/6247713/story.html

Another story in the Province:
Telus plan for second-tallest tower in Vancouver now includes condominium units

At 53 storeys high, the new residential condo tower that’s part of Telus’s redevelopment of a downtown city block will be the city’s second-tallest building, and it’s being built in an area the city zoned off limits to residential construction.

Rezoning for the 500,000 square foot tower, part of the $750 million redevelopment Telus Garden that also includes 500,000 square feet of office space in a 24-storey tower, was approved by Vancouver city council last week and was officially launched by Telus on Friday.

The telecommunications giant was given special permission to build condos in a part of downtown that was zoned non-residential after it agreed to $15 million in community amenities, including contributing to parks, greenways and bike paths.

And according to one urban design expert, office space is less likely to get built if it doesn’t have a residential component.

“Everybody’s pleased there’s another office building going up in downtown Vancouver,” said architect Michael Geller. “But this development was not economically viable on its own” without the condo tower.
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http://www.theprovince.com/news/Telus+pl...des+condominium+units/6247708/story.html

LotusLand · #**589** Posted **Mar 4, 2012, 8:05 PM**

Second tallest tower? Isn't the hotel Georgia residences the second tallest? Then soon to be the Burrard Gateway, if that ever gets started?

jlousa · #**590** Posted **Mar 4, 2012, 8:14 PM**

The Province is just living up to it's standard.

yogiderek · #**591** Posted **Mar 4, 2012, 8:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by jlousa

The Province is just living up to it's standard.

its 43 floors here. I've seen 46 floors on advertisements, though in todays paper, it wasn't listed. Now it is 53 and the second tallest, when it was way down the list before. I personally would be happy for it to be the second tallest, but knowing how that newspapers so get things wrong so often.

trofirhen · #**592** Posted **Mar 4, 2012, 9:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by jlousa

The Province is just living up to it's standard.

Such a shame .... it was a real newspaper once ........

GeeCee · #**593** Posted **Mar 4, 2012, 9:20 PM**

So would we consider this u/c now?

Locked In · #**594** Posted **Mar 4, 2012, 9:25 PM**

^ Probably not until excavation is done - I recall some lengthy debates about this in other threads though...

That article is not well researched. There are a dozen existing towers that are taller than Telus Residential will be.

Anyways, my photos from today:

Canadian Mind · #**595** Posted **Mar 4, 2012, 11:14 PM**

Why not send the writer an email and tell them how off track they are?

GeeCee · #**596** Posted **Mar 5, 2012, 1:30 AM**

How does it rank in terms of purely residential towers?

jsbertram · #**597** Posted **Mar 5, 2012, 2:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by Jimbo604

I don't think the noise will be in "stereo" for the Kingston for too long, judging by the rate the north parking lot is being demolished at. Two weeks and it should be done, I'd estimate.

That's just the demo phase.

How long will it take to construct the two towers?

Jimbo604 · #**598** Posted **Mar 5, 2012, 4:08 AM**

And will the residents in the residential tower have Shaw internet as an option??

twoNeurons · #**599** Posted **Mar 5, 2012, 5:10 AM**

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Originally Posted by Jimbo604

And will the residents in the residential tower have Shaw internet as an option??

Probably, but why would you want to, when it's likely you'll have FTTH with Telus.

GeeCee · #**600** Posted **Mar 5, 2012, 6:41 AM**

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Originally Posted by Jimbo604

And will the residents in the residential tower have Shaw internet as an option??

Probably not since your internet/tv/phone will be included in your strata fees.