New Harvard Office Tower in Downtown Regina! - Page 41

Treesplease · #**801** Posted **Apr 17, 2012, 9:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by SkydivePilot

Well, maybe they'll "dress-up" that blockhouse yet. Yes, without the Hill family, we wouldn't have as much of a skyline in Regina.

I think the Hill contribution was discussions between Fred Hill and Alan Blakeney that saw government offices concentrated downtown as opposed to the mall concept that was envisioned for the area surrounding the Leg and TC douglas buildings.

The skyline in Regina has also been very good to the hills. They have managed to lock up a very high percentage of the government rental business that is relatively recession proof, immune from take over or migration to Calgary because the CEO has a gf there. Thanks are in order - to the people of Saskatchewan from the Hill family as well.

Who is to say what the city would look like if not for the Hills - the overall square footage of office space would be the same - maybe shorter downtown but maybe much more appealing at street level.

SkydivePilot · #**802** Posted **Apr 18, 2012, 12:07 AM**

Well, if they dressed-up the "blockhouse" with an angle similar to the sashes, then that tower will end up being quite attractive!

Chadillaccc · #**803** Posted **Apr 18, 2012, 4:55 AM**

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Originally Posted by thefourthtower

30 floors may be on the way.

???????

Nathan · #**804** Posted **Apr 18, 2012, 6:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

???????

Highly doubtful.

saskaboom · #**805** Posted **Apr 18, 2012, 7:55 AM**

I spoke with someone today that is directly involved in the FCC-2 project and he said that the new tower will be 10 floors. He also said that the render in the leader post is an accurate depiction of the final product.

A Beautiful building it will be, but definitely not even close to 30 stories.

jigglysquishy · #**806** Posted **Apr 18, 2012, 5:18 PM**

fourthtower doesn't have a source and I very much believe that he's just making it up.

There are users on here who are "in the know", but thefourthtower is not one of them.

Golks · #**807** Posted **Apr 18, 2012, 9:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by jigglysquishy

fourthtower doesn't have a source and I very much believe that he's just making it up.

There are users on here who are "in the know", but thefourthtower is not one of them.

Haha. I feel when he learns how to quote properly his credibility will improve somewhat.

Twrlvr · #**808** Posted **Apr 19, 2012, 2:51 AM**

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Originally Posted by saskaboom

I spoke with someone today that is directly involved in the FCC-2 project and he said that the new tower will be 10 floors. He also said that the render in the leader post is an accurate depiction of the final product.

A Beautiful building it will be, but definitely not even close to 30 stories.

10 floors sounds pretty good. From the render I was thinking it looked like 7 or 8. It will be very snazzy!

SkydivePilot · #**809** Posted **Apr 19, 2012, 4:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by Twrlvr

10 floors sounds pretty good. From the render I was thinking it looked like 7 or 8. It will be very snazzy!

The L-P is quoted as saying that the FCC II render is preliminary. Gawd, I hope that they ---- at least ---- stick a similar roofline as per FCC I!

Le-TanK- · #**810** Posted **Apr 27, 2012, 4:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by SkydivePilot

The L-P is quoted as saying that the FCC II render is preliminary. Gawd, I hope that they ---- at least ---- stick a similar roofline as per FCC I!

can you show me the proposal picture

macblaze · #**811** Posted **Apr 27, 2012, 6:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by saskaboom

I spoke with someone today that is directly involved in the FCC-2 project and he said that the new tower will be 10 floors. He also said that the render in the leader post is an accurate depiction of the final product.

A Beautiful building it will be, but definitely not even close to 30 stories.

I spoke to someone who works for Harvard a few month ago they were saying 12 to 14 but 10 is better than none . Not to shabby I say .

Chadillaccc · #**812** Posted **Apr 27, 2012, 8:03 AM**

Am I missing something here? where is this render of FCC Tower 2? Just checked everywhere for it!

SkydivePilot · #**813** Posted **Apr 27, 2012, 10:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by Le-TanK-

can you show me the proposal picture

I don't know how to transplant entries on here; however, there is a link to the LP at the very top of page 198 of the Regina Construction II thread.

Scruff Bucket · #**814** Posted **Apr 27, 2012, 5:12 PM**

Here it is:

Harvard announces new office tower for downtown Regina
By Bruce Johnstone, Leader-Post April 10, 2012

A preliminary artist’s rendering of Agriculture Place, a new office tower announced
by Harvard Developments that will be located in downtown Regina.
Photograph by: courtesy of Harvard Developments, handout

Chadillaccc · #**815** Posted **Apr 28, 2012, 2:03 AM**

Oh, that doesn't look bad! It's a dang shame that it's not taller but hey it adds to modern office density in the core and it's definitely a step up. Would be a bit cooler though if they had the same pointed roof feature on the shorter one though. But at least even this design will most definitely be over 35 meters. Still a win for Regina

Nathan · #**816** Posted **Apr 28, 2012, 2:43 AM**

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Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Oh, that doesn't look bad! It's a dang shame that it's not taller but hey it adds to modern office density in the core and it's definitely a step up. Would be a bit cooler though if they had the same pointed roof feature on the shorter one though. But at least even this design will most definitely be over 35 meters. Still a win for Regina

35m will still be hidden from virtually all directions. It'll be the short centre in the middle of the cluster. I'm just generally disappointed in it, that's all. 15-16 floors right there would have been perfect.

CCF · #**817** Posted **Apr 28, 2012, 2:58 AM**

It's being built for a specific tenant that is expanding - it's clear there wasn't a demand from the tenant for anything higher. Anything larger and they'd have a bunch of empty floors.

Nathan · #**818** Posted **Apr 28, 2012, 3:13 AM**

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It's being built for a specific tenant that is expanding - it's clear there wasn't a demand from the tenant for anything higher. Anything larger and they'd have a bunch of empty floors.

5 empty floors (for now) if they built it to 15 storeys. 5 floors of office wouldn't bankrupt the company, and could actually be an asset in the future. If this building were on the periphery, I'd be thrilled with it, but given that you can really only fill in the middle once, it just seems like such a waste to put a short tower right there in a prime spot.

CCF · #**819** Posted **Apr 28, 2012, 3:19 AM**

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Originally Posted by Nathan

5 empty floors (for now) if they built it to 15 storeys. 5 floors of office wouldn't bankrupt the company, and could actually be an asset in the future. If this building were on the periphery, I'd be thrilled with it, but given that you can really only fill in the middle once, it just seems like such a waste to put a short tower right there in a prime spot.

Hmmm well, I'll save you all the lecture advocating against overly tall buildings in the context of Regina. Haha I think i've given my view on that one too many times.

Nathan · #**820** Posted **Apr 28, 2012, 3:23 AM**

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Originally Posted by CCF

Hmmm well, I'll save you all the lecture advocating against overly tall buildings in the context of Regina. Haha I think i've given my view on that one too many times.

65-70m is overly tall in Regina? Alright then...

I'm not looking for a 150m tower... I just think the aesthetics of having a stump smack dab in the middle of the cluster are terrible. Move the tower to the other side of Hamilton, or onto Rose and it would be fine (less useful for FCC though). We can wait until we have the demand to absorb a 70m tower if we need to, but building the stump there now destroys that possibility forever; I'd rather wait than settle.