Regina | Capital Pointe | 29F | 11F | 91M | ?M | Cancelled - Page 101

Mike328 · #**2001** Posted **Nov 21, 2015, 3:56 PM**

Some more pictures from Twitter:

Source: https://twitter.com/MuskokaGreg/stat...41801890471936

Source: https://twitter.com/MuskokaGreg/stat...20314462584834

Quite a few very short videos of the construction on Twitter also:
https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&...ointe&src=typd

Anyone know what the crane is being used for?

thefourthtower · #**2002** Posted **Nov 21, 2015, 5:03 PM**

There is a lot of work happening there by all the videos posted on there twitter site, digging shoring , pouring concrete the old plains basement is now gone , drilling for pouring piles its is happening Thanks Mike for the update

SkydivePilot · #**2003** Posted **Nov 22, 2015, 4:23 PM**

Did you guys know that there is a potential for a twin tower to the initial CP condo tower? ( . . . of course, a lot of clearing would be required to the north of the site.)

thefourthtower · #**2004** Posted **Nov 22, 2015, 5:51 PM**

Capital Pointe ‏@Capital_Pointe · Nov 19
.@jtskowronek We're going down five storeys and then back up to ground level, then up 27 more. #bigjob

The tower will likely 28 floors with the roof

thefourthtower · #**2005** Posted **Nov 22, 2015, 5:53 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by SkydivePilot

Did you guys know that there is a potential for a twin tower to the initial CP condo tower? ( . . . of course, a lot of clearing would be required to the north of the site.)

Whattttt where did you here this how tall , thank you

WhipperSnapper · #**2006** Posted **Nov 22, 2015, 6:36 PM**

Last few pages have been hilarious. How do you expect shoring operations to proceed with the old foundation still in place? It will have to ripped out and backed filled. Fortress has been a partner in dozens of completed condos in Ontario. Shady, yes, like everything else with the condo development but, hardly a scam. There are dozens of mortgage or equity groups out there providing hundreds of millions to keep the booms going. Preconstruction sales is the deciding factor whether a project move forward into construction. You guys are too concerned about some completely arbitrary, overly ambitious targets set 5 years ago.

thefourthtower · #**2007** Posted **Nov 22, 2015, 7:49 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

Last few pages have been hilarious. How do you expect shoring operations to proceed with the old foundation still in place? It will have to ripped out and backed filled. Fortress has been a partner in dozens of completed condos in Ontario. Shady, yes, like everything else with the condo development but, hardly a scam. There are dozens of mortgage or equity groups out there providing hundreds of millions to keep the booms going. Preconstruction sales is the deciding factor whether a project move forward into construction. You guys are too concerned about some completely arbitrary, overly ambitious targets set 5 years ago.

lets give them a chance and see how far this proceeds in the next two months then we can complain

Nathan · #**2008** Posted **Nov 22, 2015, 8:07 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

Last few pages have been hilarious. How do you expect shoring operations to proceed with the old foundation still in place? It will have to ripped out and backed filled. Fortress has been a partner in dozens of completed condos in Ontario. Shady, yes, like everything else with the condo development but, hardly a scam. There are dozens of mortgage or equity groups out there providing hundreds of millions to keep the booms going. Preconstruction sales is the deciding factor whether a project move forward into construction. You guys are too concerned about some completely arbitrary, overly ambitious targets set 5 years ago.

They appear to be doing the shoring (at least for now) along the property line with the NCO Building next door. There is no old foundation there, it was above-ground parking. So that part can happen without the process you mention.

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As far as a twin goes... I'll be happy of they could get 1 built.

blueandgoldguy · #**2009** Posted **Nov 22, 2015, 9:35 PM**

Any word on the pre-sales for this project?

SkydivePilot · #**2010** Posted **Nov 22, 2015, 11:50 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by thefourthtower

Whattttt where did you here this how tall , thank you

I don't know about you guys, but I was informed about that back in 2010. The sales office people at the time said that the structure was to be compatible with a second tower to the north. The model of the tower, on the north side, has a blank wall insothat an expansion can be easily accomodated.

As to how tall? I don't know. If it sells relatively soon, who knows? (Hopefully any would-be encore will be taller though.)

W.W. La Chance · #**2011** Posted **Nov 23, 2015, 2:24 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by SkydivePilot

I don't know about you guys, but I was informed about that back in 2010. The sales office people at the time said that the structure was to be compatible with a second tower to the north. The model of the tower, on the north side, has a blank wall insothat an expansion can be easily accomodated.

As to how tall? I don't know. If it sells relatively soon, who knows? (Hopefully any would-be encore will be taller though.)

I don't recall hearing about the 2nd tower, but interesting. Model checks out.

Image via Stormer

SkydivePilot · #**2012** Posted **Nov 23, 2015, 2:55 AM**

Well, your picture shows the east side; however, the lower portion (hotel?) had a blank/brick wall on the north side. (Akin to the NCO Building as well.)

W.W. La Chance · #**2013** Posted **Nov 23, 2015, 3:54 AM**

My bad.

Stormer again.

Finessing · #**2014** Posted **Nov 23, 2015, 5:44 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

Last few pages have been hilarious. How do you expect shoring operations to proceed with the old foundation still in place? It will have to ripped out and backed filled. Fortress has been a partner in dozens of completed condos in Ontario. Shady, yes, like everything else with the condo development but, hardly a scam. There are dozens of mortgage or equity groups out there providing hundreds of millions to keep the booms going. Preconstruction sales is the deciding factor whether a project move forward into construction. You guys are too concerned about some completely arbitrary, overly ambitious targets set 5 years ago.

A few points of clarification:

-Fortress hasn't developed any building that I am aware of. They have been involved as a financing partner in some completed projects. They have not been the developer on these projects. The difference in roles is important.

-"Shady" could be an adjective used to describe many development companies. However, I would argue that not a single other developer have a CEO (Jawad Rathore) and CFO (Vince Petrozza) that have been banned for life by the OSC and MFDA and fined millions of dollars. There's levels of shadiness.

Cyro · #**2015** Posted **Nov 23, 2015, 9:45 PM**

I believe you've raised these same points/clarifications and concerns in all of your posts , 2 seperate project threads now. Can you offer any other insight into the projects involved? I appreciate your contributions to the discussions and hope to here about more up to date and current information.

SkydivePilot · #**2016** Posted **Nov 26, 2015, 1:54 AM**

Well, the boys were sure ripping up the foundation/basement with abject vigour. They appear to be about 1/2 done.

SkydivePilot · #**2017** Posted **Nov 27, 2015, 3:53 PM**

The crews onsite seem to be reticent about ripping out the basement walls on the south and west sides. ( . . as far as I can tell.)

Would or could they leave them in?

Stormer · #**2018** Posted **Nov 27, 2015, 4:11 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by SkydivePilot

The crews onsite seem to be reticent about ripping out the basement walls on the south and west sides. ( . . as far as I can tell.)

Would or could they leave them in?

I believe they will shore first then remove the walls. Otherwise the City sidewalks would collapse.

HomeInMyShoes · #**2019** Posted **Nov 27, 2015, 5:23 PM**

Those sidewalks aren't in the best shape anyway. Having them collapse might be an improvement.

The streets themselves are probably a little more worthy of not having collapse at this moment.

bomberjet · #**2020** Posted **Nov 27, 2015, 5:26 PM**

There was a street collapse as part of the new Women's hospital in Winnipeg, maybe two years ago. Not sure if it was pre or post shoring, or what the exact situation was. But the street was closed for a period of time to repair. Then of course the new hospital was damaged to the tune of millions by arson a short while later.