7 Queen St N + 354 King St W | 77.2 & 41.7 m | 12 & 25 fl | Under Construction - Page 11

King&James · #1 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

King&James · #2 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 · #3 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:

LRTfan · #4 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 · #5 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 · #6 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.

hamilton23 · #7 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.

King&James · #8 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 · #9 Posted **Apr 26, 2019, 8:41 PM**

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

King&James · #10 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

LikeHamilton · #11 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 · #12 Posted **Apr 30, 2019, 3:02 AM**

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

johnnyhamont · #13 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

hamilton23 · #14 Posted **Apr 30, 2019, 3:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by johnnyhamont

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

It's a notice of outstanding variances. The project won't be fully approved until those items are dealt with.

lachlanholmes · #15 Posted **May 12, 2019, 12:43 AM**

Vrancor making quick work of this site:

Bonus shot: KiWi sign on the corner of King and Queen that fell down

Chronamut · #16 Posted **May 13, 2019, 3:33 PM**

I hope they keep the wrought-iron fence that borders the property - It's beautiful

anactualalien · #17 Posted **Apr 30, 2019, 3:23 PM**

If the 30 storey residence was a reporting error and the final proposal is the one from January 21st I'd rather see the site stay vacant for another half decade than see Vranich return to form with an ugly little hotel and horrendous street frontage.

hamilton23 · #18 Posted **Apr 30, 2019, 5:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by anactualalien

If the 30 storey residence was a reporting error and the final proposal is the one from January 21st I'd rather see the site stay vacant for another half decade than see Vranich return to form with an ugly little hotel and horrendous street frontage.

By the looks of the site, it appears that they are gearing up for construction soon...

lachlanholmes · #19 Posted **May 3, 2019, 12:26 AM**

today, not much to see, just digging at this point:

thmx · #20 Posted **Jun 1, 2019, 4:04 PM**

5/28/2019 by Joe, on Flickr