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Old Posted Jun 1, 2013, 11:06 AM
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Personally, I think that in the model and the renders, this building is better looking, and more interesting than anything else that`s been built for the Kitchisippi Ward. The views from the higher floors of the parkway, river, and downtown will be stunning...
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I would have liked to have seen a rendering of it with the defined top. I can't really picture how it would have worked.
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Well, it would appear that more than just the rooftop is changing, I have heard rumours about Montreal builder Brigil purchasing this site.
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Well, it would appear that more than just the rooftop is changing, I have heard rumours about Montreal builder Brigil purchasing this site.
As in... this building isn't happening, or it's going to happen, just not by Tega?
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Old Posted Sep 11, 2013, 8:28 PM
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Brigil is a new home builder, so they wouldn't acquire the property for nothing - they'll build something. My guess it would be the same size as the previous building, but new plans and new exterior look.

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As in... this building isn't happening, or it's going to happen, just not by Tega?
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Brigil is a new home builder, so they wouldn't acquire the property for nothing - they'll build something. My guess it would be the same size as the previous building, but new plans and new exterior look.
Darn, so we may not see a rhombus-shaped building like we expected?

What happened actually to make Tega sell this property and cancel everything they had worked on up to now? Was it all just to get the zoning for the site before selling it to another developer? I mean... this seems like news to me that came out of no where.
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Old Posted Sep 11, 2013, 8:50 PM
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Brigil is a new home builder, so they wouldn't acquire the property for nothing - they'll build something. My guess it would be the same size as the previous building, but new plans and new exterior look.
Hmm.... Brigil is a local company from the outtaouais, not from Montreal. They have several condo towers planned (one or 2 in Ottawa, the rest in Gatineau) but so far they mostly built (hundreds) houses in Gatineau.
However I hope this is not true. Brigil style is hideous in general (see http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=200032).
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? I mean... this seems like news to me that came out of no where.
though unconfirmed, this has been predicted several times earlier in the thread.
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Old Posted Sep 11, 2013, 9:17 PM
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My mistake, I should have written "Quebec builder", not "montreal". I read Brigil, but my brain thought Broccolini - which is where the Montreal reference came from.

Also, as I wrote, this is simply a rumour I've heard (albeit from a fairly reliable source) but I don't believe any formal paperwork has been signed to confirm this purchase.

As to the reasoning behind this rumoured purchase, I would think sales has a BIG part to do with it. The exterior of the building was very nice, but the majority of the layouts were simply not very functional, which is probably why their sales weren't at their targeted level. When I read the ads about free parking being offered, I suspected that it would be only a matter of time until the site closed or someone else bought it - offering free parking (at $35,000) screams of desperation. I've seen $10k and $15k offered as a discount, but never $35k.

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Darn, so we may not see a rhombus-shaped building like we expected?

What happened actually to make Tega sell this property and cancel everything they had worked on up to now? Was it all just to get the zoning for the site before selling it to another developer? I mean... this seems like news to me that came out of no where.

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Brigile beats even Claridge in blandness. This is horrible news!

That said, Tega isn't ready to build such a big project; look at all the trouble they had with a project as simple as Centropolis on Kent.
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I thought it unlikely that Tega would be able to pull off the construction of a building this size, but after seeing the renders and having the file go through the planning process I figured 'Well, maybe"

I guess those Tega owners could be as sleazy as I once heard they were.

God knows what crap Brigil will come out with - a beige tower with brown accent and stick-out balconies, maybe.
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I had the same thoughts - the size of the projects Tega has taken on has exponentially grown over the last 4-5 years starting from low-rise stacked townhomes (I believe it was called Vertical Limits or something like that) to their 4 level low-rise condo on Churchill, then their Centropolis project on Kent (which was also 4 levels, if my memory serves me correctly) and now a huge, concrete built 32 level project with another very large project planned in the same area (Attika). Having worked close to a few new home builders in the past, financially and economically this type of growth is unsustainable.



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I thought it unlikely that Tega would be able to pull off the construction of a building this size, but after seeing the renders and having the file go through the planning process I figured 'Well, maybe"

I guess those Tega owners could be as sleazy as I once heard they were.

God knows what crap Brigil will come out with - a beige tower with brown accent and stick-out balconies, maybe.
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The website is down. I don't know how long it's been. It can't be good....
http://www.rhombustower.com
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The website is down. I don't know how long it's been. It can't be good....
http://www.rhombustower.com
It's been down for about a couple weeks.
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It's been down for about a couple weeks.
Sounds all bad. There are many signs of a cooling (or oversaturated) condo market in Ottawa and this is just another one. I wonder how they will ever sell all those units proposed for the Dow's/Preston area?
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I've heard around that the Claridge Icon is struggling for sales, and I can probably see why - price, saturated market, lack of demand, or all three.

At this point, in the short term anyway, I think we'd be lucky to see Soho Italia built. There must be a limit on the number of people itching to buy a 1-bedroom condo for $300-400K in this town.

But, I could be wrong.
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Old Posted Sep 19, 2013, 3:31 PM
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I've heard around that the Claridge Icon is struggling for sales, and I can probably see why - price, saturated market, lack of demand, or all three.

At this point, in the short term anyway, I think we'd be lucky to see Soho Italia built. There must be a limit on the number of people itching to buy a 1-bedroom condo for $300-400K in this town.

But, I could be wrong.
Ottawa may be a small city but I would not refer to it as a town. Am I wrong?

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Ok, fine, small city, but with a town-mentality.
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Ok, fine, small city, but with a town-mentality.
Definitely agree.
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Old Posted Sep 20, 2013, 12:02 AM
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I cannot believe we are debating this.

I was being colloquial.

As in 'town, 'hood, 'burg.

Al Pacino/Robert DeNiro/Ron Burgundy stands on a cliff over a city and says "This is my town", etc.
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