Regina Construction III - Page 144

Stormer · #**2861** Posted **Apr 11, 2015, 10:45 PM**

Pasqua N. Hotel. The other side is still wrapped in white plastic.

SkydivePilot · #**2862** Posted **Apr 11, 2015, 10:51 PM**

That is great that there will finally be a hotel/motel waaay up there; the city needs that sort of development there.

Stormer · #**2863** Posted **Apr 12, 2015, 1:22 AM**

The new video board seems.less obtrusive tan you might expect, at least in the day time.

UrbanClimate · #**2864** Posted **Apr 12, 2015, 8:25 AM**

A few different sightlines of FCC Tower II construction (photos from last week).

SkydivePilot · #**2865** Posted **Apr 12, 2015, 3:53 PM**

Wow! Excellent shots/density!!!

You should post those in the "Skyline Shots of 1,000,000 and Under" thread.

thefourthtower · #**2866** Posted **Apr 12, 2015, 4:50 PM**

Some one once said that Regina has the Hills and Saskatoon has the river , and in the case so very tall condensed and impressive

Davidson · #**2867** Posted **Apr 12, 2015, 4:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by SkydivePilot

That is great that there will finally be a hotel/motel waaay up there; the city needs that sort of development there.

The other development that's really needed on North Lewvan is a gas bar on the east side of Lewvan so you can gas up on the way out to Hwy 11 northbound. Right now the only option is the Superstore gas bar on Rochdale and that requires turning left onto Rochdale. A complex like Grasswoods just south of Saskatoon, which has both an Esso & a Petro-Can, would be ideal.

thefourthtower · #**2868** Posted **Apr 12, 2015, 6:44 PM**

Urban climate , Stormer your photos are always most welcome , we all thank you

BrutallyDishonest · #**2869** Posted **Apr 12, 2015, 9:30 PM**

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At risk of sounding like "not chad" the RM of Sherwood building looks like shit. Do we preserve all old building simply because they are old? Yes, building styles and materials have declined since 1927 but they still built crappy utilitarian buildings back then and the RM of Sherwood building is a classic example. At the very most, any developer should be required to consider preserving the façade if it is cost effective to do so. Hoarding the façade and veneering it onto a new build is done lots in other cities.
Otherwise the RM of Sherwood building is simply an ugly old building with an awkward and relatively unusable size relative to its central location. There are beautiful heritage buildings in Regina - this isn't one of them.

Just because I'm more confrontational than most of you does not make me chad.

Find me where my posts are advocating the paranoid ideas of Chad. Have I posted about Pat Fiacco? Have I posted about rants about multinational corporations, etc, etc, etc. Chad Novak has legitimate issues to work out with a professional. Just because I don't passively agree with everyone here doesn't make me Chad.

That said.... The RM of Sherwood building is a shit building. It's small and ugly. It does, however, have some historical value, unlike some buildings Heritage Regina deems irreplaceable.

It probably could be made into a pub or something but it's small and it's a dead street. The establishment of Malt City might help a little but the Harvard Parkade effectively renders the whole block useless. It would probably also work for small office for lawyers or similar professionals who might be interested in owning their real estate. But overall, the loss would be pretty minimal.

one_brick_at_a_time · #**2870** Posted **Apr 13, 2015, 12:19 AM**

Gotta love Harvard Developments. They sure do build some great skyscrapers. Hamilton Street is looking so good!

BrutallyDishonest · #**2871** Posted **Apr 13, 2015, 1:19 AM**

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Gotta love Harvard Developments. They sure do build some great skyscrapers. Hamilton Street is looking so good!

Obviously Harvard does a decent job and they look better than the garbage that came out of the 70s, but Harvard's architecture is rather uninspired. It's all glass curtain walls, all the time. It looks rather similar.

The best thing they've come up with recently is the proposal for the Lakeshore Mall. Which has the potential to be really, really good.

But in all honesty, Towers I & II are very simple. Moasic Tower is better yet but nothing special. The main problem is what you're praising. The FFC Tower, Conexus Tower and the new Ag Place are all very similar. They are short, squat glass towers. I think this cooridor would be much improved with something different happening. There's no contrast, no differentiation. It's all blue coloured glass.

Don't get me wrong, it's mostly good. The main floor retail at Ag Place should be nice. But I don't think we should assume this is the best Harvard could have come up with.

dsmmace · #**2872** Posted **Apr 13, 2015, 2:33 AM**

What's being started at the Rochdale SuperStore? Looks like a 5 bay satellite CRU?

BrutallyDishonest · #**2873** Posted **Apr 13, 2015, 3:16 AM**

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What's being started at the Rochdale SuperStore? Looks like a 5 bay satellite CRU?

It's more bays than that in the end. Plus they're doing the same at the Prince of Wales location.

SkydivePilot · #**2874** Posted **Apr 13, 2015, 4:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by one_brick_at_a_time

Gotta love Harvard Developments. They sure do build some great skyscrapers. Hamilton Street is looking so good!

A Harvard IV (Novia site) would be great. I hope that they make it taller so it will shake up the mono-height thing.

BrutallyDishonest · #**2875** Posted **Apr 13, 2015, 4:27 AM**

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Originally Posted by SkydivePilot

A Harvard IV (Novia site) would be great. I hope that they make it taller so it will shake up the mono-height thing.

Taller would be better. The city should also enforce street level retail here to take advantage of the plaza.

Festivus · #**2876** Posted **Apr 13, 2015, 5:34 AM**

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Taller would be better. The city should also enforce street level retail here to take advantage of the plaza.

Completely agree. The plaza is worthless if it's surrounded by closed doors after 5pm.

jigglysquishy · #**2877** Posted **Apr 13, 2015, 3:30 PM**

I would be shocked if Tower IV doesn't have at-grade retail. Towers II and III do, Ag Place will, and the city has been very aggressive in pushing for at-grade retail.

With the amount of retail that's opened downtown we've seen a renaissance in downtown activity. No chance this isn't capitalized on.

Stormer · #**2878** Posted **Apr 13, 2015, 4:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by jigglysquishy

I would be shocked if Tower IV doesn't have at-grade retail. Towers II and III do, Ag Place will, and the city has been very aggressive in pushing for at-grade retail.

With the amount of retail that's opened downtown we've seen a renaissance in downtown activity. No chance this isn't capitalized on.

It (at-grade retail) is required by the Downtown Plan. It can only be modified if other amenities are agreed to by the City in their place.

jigglysquishy · #**2879** Posted **Apr 13, 2015, 4:46 PM**

Even if it's required Tower IV sits in the zone that requires retail OR public amenities. Like Tower III it could have no retail for quite some time. Thankfully Tower III got 20Ten to move in, but wasn't Harvard able to remove to retail requirement by putting those benches/trees in?

Again, I'd be surprised if there's not retail in Tower IV, but with the current zoning it looks like Harvard could potentially opt for amenities instead.

Stormer · #**2880** Posted **Apr 13, 2015, 5:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by jigglysquishy

Even if it's required Tower IV sits in the zone that requires retail OR public amenities. Like Tower III it could have no retail for quite some time. Thankfully Tower III got 20Ten to move in, but wasn't Harvard able to remove to retail requirement by putting those benches/trees in?

Again, I'd be surprised if there's not retail in Tower IV, but with the current zoning it looks like Harvard could potentially opt for amenities instead.

The bank is also considered retail. They were permitted to have a bigger lobby by having some of the street features you mentioned and also some public art on the inside.