Joyce House (318 Lisgar St) | 22 m | 6 fl | Proposed - Page 4

McC · #61 Posted **Mar 28, 2016, 8:44 PM**

Whoah. Real mixed use? weird.

AndyMEng · #62 Posted **Mar 29, 2016, 6:03 PM**

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Whoah. Real mixed use? weird.

I think it looks great! Can't wait to see this go up across the street from my apartment, its been a long time coming!

ortelius · #63 Posted **May 18, 2016, 1:19 PM**

I saw the sales centre on Elgin closed. Any word on that?

m0nkyman · #64 Posted **May 18, 2016, 6:09 PM**

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I saw the sales centre on Elgin closed. Any word on that?

Residential sales did not go well. They are planning on resubmitting without residential as an office only development.

Urbanarchit · #65 Posted **May 18, 2016, 10:10 PM**

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Residential sales did not go well. They are planning on resubmitting without residential as an office only development.

Any idea why? Is there no more demand for Condos in Centretown or was it because the building wasn't attractive enough?

OTSkyline · #66 Posted **May 19, 2016, 8:18 PM**

Wasn't this one "luxury" with very high price tags?

I'm guessing that's the issue... prices too high, at least for the location probably. Most people shelling out this kind of money probably want something a little more "pretty", like Westboro or Dow's Lake...

kwoldtimer · #67 Posted **May 19, 2016, 9:20 PM**

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Wasn't this one "luxury" with very high price tags?

I'm guessing that's the issue... prices too high, at least for the location probably. Most people shelling out this kind of money probably want something a little more "pretty", like Westboro or Dow's Lake...

High end units at that location would seem a bit of a disconnect.

kevinbottawa · #68 Posted **May 19, 2016, 9:54 PM**

Couldn't it work as rentals? I imagine that'll be easier to fill than an office building.

1overcosc · #69 Posted **May 20, 2016, 12:16 AM**

Interesting rumblings about office space... I wonder if CENX is behind it.

Ever heard of CENX? They're a tech company (very specifically, they do virtualization work for telcos, if anyone here knows what that means

). I only just heard about them last week and they're about to become the new Shopify. They're a small company that is rapidly expanding having just gotten a series of key contracts. As a result they're hiring like mad and their existing offices, located a hop, skip, and a jump away from the site, at Bank & Cooper, are running out of room. They're committed to remaining downtown (they recently refused an offer to rent space in Kanata after their mostly downtown-based staff loudly protested), so I wonder if they're poking around at Joyce House now.

phil235 · #70 Posted **May 20, 2016, 3:39 PM**

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Whoah. Real mixed use? weird.

We should have known that it was too good to be true.

McC · #71 Posted **May 20, 2016, 4:10 PM**

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We should have known that it was too good to be true.

Why do people keep taking my snarky ironic posts as prophecy? I gave no such instructions!

phil235 · #72 Posted **May 20, 2016, 7:09 PM**

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Why do people keep taking my snarky ironic posts as prophecy? I gave no such instructions!

If you have a gift, embrace it.

Mille Sabords · #73 Posted **May 30, 2016, 4:08 PM**

What I would like is to see this building built, with exactly the architecture we've been seeing in the renderings, and retail uses at grade - regardless of whether the upper floors are office or residential. As a residential building, I agree with those who say they priced the apartments way too high. I don't want to say that the location was wrong - it isn't, and at a mid-range price bracket I think this would've sold without much problem. Rather, I think it's the high-end market that is very soft all around. Lots of taller condo projects are still sitting on their most expensive penthouses. Joyce House was priced as if they were all penthouses.

Jayday23 · #74 Posted **Apr 6, 2018, 2:45 PM**

I understand that this one died.. but i'm not sure how. Anyone got any insight?

J.OT13 · #75 Posted **Apr 6, 2018, 8:53 PM**

I pass by everyday. Sign is still there. I think the lot and project are for sale, but I'm not sure. I'll have to double check tonight.

Urbanarchit · #76 Posted **Jan 18, 2019, 8:16 PM**

Are there any murmurings about if this project will continue or something to replace it soon? It's a shame that such a prominent location is just a hole in the ground like that building on Bay Street had been. Someone should hurry up this project.

MattRichling · #77 Posted **Jan 23, 2019, 2:22 PM**

I would love to see a quality project on that corner. Often hear comments about how that section of bank feels kinda dumpy.

I wish there was an upvote/like button for posts...

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Why do people keep taking my snarky ironic posts as prophecy? I gave no such instructions!

Urbanarchit · #78 Posted **Jan 23, 2019, 7:43 PM**

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I would love to see a quality project on that corner. Often hear comments about how that section of bank feels kinda dumpy.

I wish there was an upvote/like button for posts...

Best I can do for you is +1.

I agree that this section feels dumpy (though a lot of Bank Street in Centretown could use some fixing-up). I feel that this section of Bank is the heart of Centretown's commercial district, and should be much better than what it is now.

If they could get some sort of good building built on this corner and some of the parking lots off and on Bank, and fix up some of the older buildings, this could be quite a nice shopping street.

UrbOttawa · #79 Posted **Jan 23, 2019, 9:06 PM**

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If they could get some sort of good building built on this corner and some of the parking lots off and on Bank, and fix up some of the older buildings, this could be quite a nice shopping street.

I definitely agree. They did a great job refreshing the imperial building at the corner of Bank and Cooper. I found it interesting how much of an impact that one building made to giving that stretch of Bank a more modern feel.