7 Queen St N + 354 King St W | 77.2 & 41.7 m | 12 & 25 fl | Under Construction - Page 12

TheRitsman · #**221** Posted **Jan 23, 2019, 4:23 PM**

Ew, that's even worse than the original renders...

Chronamut · #**222** Posted **Jan 23, 2019, 6:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by TheRitsman

Ew, that's even worse than the original renders...

I seriously hope that giant podium in the second picture is at least gonna be landscaped so that the apartment built on top has some area to use - if all that roofspace is going to be useless then I say it's the most useless waste of space ever.

And yeah I'm kinda underwhelmed by the 6 story apartment design along king too - oh well.

What a waste of a beautiful historical building this was.. just for a buncha low rise apartments.

StEC · #**223** Posted **Jan 23, 2019, 10:55 PM**

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I'm liking the sound of the street-facing townhomes along Market, assuming they are urban in form such as the ones I posted above. Being Hamilton we'll probably end up with vinyl townhomes that look like suburban stoney creek.

The heights seem too low to me for such a prominent corner along the LRT route. The 15-storey building is fine, but 6 storeys facing King??? Makes no sense. A real wasted opportunity to add many more housing units. I'd have preferred a 15+ storey residential building beside the hotel.

100% agree... 6 storeys on King in this spot is a massively wasted opportunity!

king10 · #**224** Posted **Jan 23, 2019, 11:11 PM**

Wouldnt it have been better if they swapped locations of the 15 and 6 story towers so the taller one fronts a main street?

Hawrylyshyn · #**225** Posted **Jan 23, 2019, 11:16 PM**

That massive podium is a disaster

King&James · #**226** Posted **Jan 24, 2019, 1:11 AM**

i dont get it - seems like a massive give away of density rights - at least swap them for another site

LRTfan · #**227** Posted **Jan 24, 2019, 1:24 AM**

I mean I guess I'd be fine with it if the 6-storey builds covered most of the lot from street to street and had design elements like this projects from LA.

But let's be real. This is Hamilton. Design doesn't matter. As long as something is short and stubby, everyone's happy. Slap up a 6-storey stucco box and apparently the neighbourhood groups all get to celebrate a 'win'.

Someday in an alternate universe, we'll build like this:

King&James · #**228** Posted **Jan 24, 2019, 4:33 AM**

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Originally Posted by Hawrylyshyn

That massive podium is a disaster

yes exactly what is that? dont suppose anyone has renders of that block depicting what kind of looks like an inverted chunky thumb tack

anactualalien · #**229** Posted **Mar 18, 2019, 1:45 PM**

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Can anyone clarify if this is what we're stuck with? I was hoping the renders Chronamut posted were final but they look to be a few years old.

Chronamut · #**230** Posted **Mar 21, 2019, 2:28 PM**

I can't seem to find any updated images unfortunately..

LRTfan · #**231** Posted **Apr 10, 2019, 8:01 PM**

the crane on this site is being loaded onto flat bed trucks today....I presume for the Main/Walnut project.

King&James · #**232** Posted **Apr 10, 2019, 8:53 PM**

Spec article says otherwise "Soon a tower crane will arrive on site from a yard in Binbrook. Turns out Vranich recently bought two of these cranes, $750,000 US each, in New York state.

The other crane, now stretched out on Vranich land at King and Queen, will rise soon for a 30-storey student residence and a 10- to 12-storey Hampton Inn at that corner."

https://www.thespec.com/opinion-stor...town-hamilton/

LikeHamilton · #**233** Posted **Apr 26, 2019, 8:30 PM**

So I was driving by the site today and there a big hole there. They have started excavating from the corner of Queen and Main and heading west. It is about half excavated. If it is like other Vrancor project and does not have much underground parking, then it is at footing level.

In the past Vrancor starts projects without any fan fair.

King&James · #**234** Posted **Apr 26, 2019, 8:36 PM**

Were the crane sections still on site, or did they move them to the Main Street project?

LikeHamilton · #**235** Posted **Apr 26, 2019, 8:41 PM**

The crane is still there. He bought 2 of them.

King&James · #**236** Posted **Apr 26, 2019, 9:21 PM**

Thanks, I recall that he bought two, have not been in area since Main Street kit went up. Maybe he can relo the 20/22 George one when done

hamilton23 · #**237** Posted **Apr 27, 2019, 4:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by LikeHamilton

So I was driving by the site today and there a big hole there. They have started excavating from the corner of Queen and Main and heading west. It is about half excavated. If it is like other Vrancor project and does not have much underground parking, then it is at footing level.

In the past Vrancor starts projects without any fan fair.

I noticed that when I drove by earlier today as well. Looks like they will be getting the site services up and running and this site and continue work on their Main/Walnut site.

LikeHamilton · #**238** Posted **Apr 27, 2019, 9:18 PM**

I don't expect that he bought 2 cranes so one off them can sit on the ground for years.

King&James · #**239** Posted **Apr 30, 2019, 3:02 AM**

Very exciting, loads of heavy equipment on site today. Bring on the crane(s)!!

johnnyhamont · #**240** Posted **Apr 30, 2019, 12:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by King&James

Very exciting, loads of heavy equipment on site today. Bring on the crane(s)!!

Awesome! Where is this at with City Hall though? I thought it wasn't approved for construction yet