Cobalt Luxury Residences On King | 97.5 & 97.5m | 2 x 30 fl | Complete - Page 40

Chronamut · #**781** Posted **Dec 10, 2020, 4:07 PM**

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Those are just the concrete forms lol. They will pour the slab then remove them and move them up to the next level and repeat.

Ah ok - it would have been cool if that had been the floor design though hehe..

lachlanholmes · #**782** Posted **Dec 11, 2020, 2:28 AM**

Tried to get some better pictures this afternoon... had some success:

TheRitsman · #**783** Posted **Dec 11, 2020, 3:06 AM**

Where is this second crane we were promised?

johnnyhamont · #**784** Posted **Dec 13, 2020, 8:57 PM**

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Where is this second crane we were promised?

going up right now (Sunday afternoon)!

lachlanholmes · #**785** Posted **Dec 13, 2020, 9:48 PM**

Here are some pics of the second crane going up from about 2pm today:

Dr Awesomesauce · #**786** Posted **Dec 14, 2020, 12:17 AM**

One day, it might be nice to see the back end of the Right House redeveloped.

Crapht · #**787** Posted **Dec 14, 2020, 12:41 AM**

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One day, it might be nice to see the back end of the Right House redeveloped.

Just removing those low brick walls and opening up the patio at Absinthe would be a big improvement to the corner.

ScreamingViking · #**788** Posted **Dec 14, 2020, 6:49 AM**

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Originally Posted by Dr Awesomesauce

One day, it might be nice to see the back end of the Right House redeveloped.

I would too. But the parking lot between that property and James must become something more first!

Chronamut · #**789** Posted **Dec 14, 2020, 7:42 AM**

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I would too. But the parking lot between that property and James must become something more first!

ahhh it's nice to dream.

King&James · #**790** Posted **Dec 14, 2020, 12:54 PM**

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ahhh it's nice to dream.

May as well dream big and combine the Zellers lot with the Right House , have some underground parking off James , line King William with restaurant row north , sitting above 8 floors of terraced condos, along with conversion of RH to residential above the ground floor. Pedestrian access only on KW from James to John. Continue restaurant row with this development, and do something to Hughson to bring it an exciting new chapter (forever in my mind as a bus stop alley between two brick walls)

Chronamut · #**791** Posted **Dec 14, 2020, 4:25 PM**

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May as well dream big and combine the Zellers lot with the Right House , have some underground parking off James , line King William with restaurant row north , sitting above 8 floors of terraced condos, along with conversion of RH to residential above the ground floor. Pedestrian access only on KW from James to John. Continue restaurant row with this development, and do something to Hughson to bring it an exciting new chapter (forever in my mind as a bus stop alley between two brick walls)

I am not sure they are allowed to do that to be honest - you need to have an alleyway to deliver things, as a result you cannot have a closed square - they closed the alleyway location when they redeveloped the building on james st - so you'd need at least some sorta entrance somewhere along there still.

You'll notice cobalt still has one between it and the restaurant, and behind the olympia club. The king william/william thomas one still has one as well - not only is it needed for deliveries but also for fire fighting if there is ever issues at the back of the buildings.

ScreamingViking · #**792** Posted **Dec 16, 2020, 1:58 PM**

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I am not sure they are allowed to do that to be honest - you need to have an alleyway to deliver things, as a result you cannot have a closed square - they closed the alleyway location when they redeveloped the building on james st - so you'd need at least some sorta entrance somewhere along there still.

You'll notice cobalt still has one between it and the restaurant, and behind the olympia club. The king william/william thomas one still has one as well - not only is it needed for deliveries but also for fire fighting if there is ever issues at the back of the buildings.

There would definitely need to be accessways. And the blocks that get converted would depend on where the parking garage access for Cobalt is (a new building on the south side of King William between James and Hughson could be designed to account for the closures).

But there's no reason delivery vehicles couldn't be allowed to use pedestrian-only versions of King William and Hughson streets, perhaps only at certain times of day. In Europe this is widely done. They do tend to use smaller trucks for urban deliveries over there, but these streets would still have the same width.

I don't think anyone has missed using Hughson while it's been closed for the construction, and that western end of King William has worked well as a temporary pedestrian corridor and "patio". Surely there will be outcry from the usual suspects about permanent street conversions, but these are not busy streets nor are they critical connecting links in the street grid.

Pipedreams · #**793** Posted **Dec 16, 2020, 2:22 PM**

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I don't think anyone has missed using Hughson while it's been closed for the construction, and that western end of King William has worked well as a temporary pedestrian corridor and "patio". Surely there will be outcry from the usual suspects about permanent street conversions, but these are not busy streets nor are they critical connecting links in the street grid.

I think the two years of construction will be proof enough that hughson; at least from the go station all the way through to king william, can be converted into a pedestrian/cycling friendly street. Some ability for local access and drive through, but I see it becoming like the south side of gore park as its best option.

ChildishGavino · #**794** Posted **Dec 16, 2020, 3:10 PM**

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I think the two years of construction will be proof enough that hughson; at least from the go station all the way through to king william, can be converted into a pedestrian/cycling friendly street. Some ability for local access and drive through, but I see it becoming like the south side of gore park as its best option.

You're not the only person to think so, it's been in the LRT plans for years. It'll certainly be nice to have some more woonerfs in the city, but nobody's going to want to sacrifice commercial space on James or John, so the alleys will have to empty out on to it. Still though, it'll be better than what we have now.

https://www.hamilton.ca/sites/default/files/media/browser/2017-05-26/hamilton-lrt-environmental-pr-appendix-f-high-order-pedestrian-connection.pdf

and before that, they planned bike lanes down to Hunter.

https://www.raisethehammer.org/article/2195/two-way_bike_lanes_coming_to_hunter_street

coalminecanary · #**795** Posted **Dec 16, 2020, 11:45 PM**

Hole Update (Top, Today Dec 16. Middle and Bottom, Sunday Dec 13 (crane day). Still waiting for bets on when this will break grade!

TheRitsman · #**796** Posted **Dec 17, 2020, 12:14 AM**

I'd bet $50 on March it will be above grade.

ShavedParmesanCheese · #**797** Posted **Dec 17, 2020, 3:20 AM**

They're finally making speedy progress after taking 2 years to dig The Big Damn Hole

I bet by mid February it'll be above grade. Maybe sooner in the month if the weather doesn't slow them down too much

Chronamut · #**798** Posted **Dec 18, 2020, 12:46 AM**

you can see they are working on the lister annex facade in the background too - hopefully that will be complete soon too

TheHonestMaple · #**799** Posted **Dec 18, 2020, 2:07 PM**

I genuinely believe that this development (along with Kiwi Condos) will really cause a change for the better in the downtown core. These two developments in my opinion are of a similar calibre to what you might see in Toronto...and it's likely that they will attract similar developments in the future.

King William is going to be a very attractive strip for developers in the next 10 years.

TheRitsman · #**800** Posted **Dec 18, 2020, 4:23 PM**

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I genuinely believe that this development (along with Kiwi Condos) will really cause a change for the better in the downtown core. These two developments in my opinion are of a similar calibre to what you might see in Toronto...and it's likely that they will attract similar developments in the future.

King William is going to be a very attractive strip for developers in the next 10 years.

When you say "Calibre" what do you mean? I think they and the Platinum and the Marquee will transformc owntown because there will be thousands of new middle class people spending time around downtown. But the Cobalt is being done by a architect and developer that is know for meh work. KiWi is yet to be discussed what the quality will be, but we may have to wait and see what it looks like when done.