75 James Street South | 108 m | 34 fl | Under Construction - Page 3

Crapht · #1 Posted **Mar 5, 2021, 7:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by King&James

is the old credit union building down now? getting the sense that a hole is about to be started?

The credit union building is still there. It looks like demolition could begin any moment now.

ScreamingViking · #2 Posted **Mar 5, 2021, 8:18 PM**

Maybe they have the demo permit but not the approval for the new build. If so, no reason not to clear the site and get things ready (so long as it doesn't become a new parking lot in the interim!)

TheHonestMaple · #3 Posted **Mar 5, 2021, 4:09 PM**

Is this project even approved? Seems to be progressing rapidly now.

urbandreamer · #4 Posted **Mar 6, 2021, 1:47 AM**

Wow what a pos. Hamilton is making the same mistakes downtown London and Waterloo made. Where's your DRP & quality architects?

TheRitsman · #5 Posted **Mar 6, 2021, 2:07 AM**

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Originally Posted by urbandreamer

Wow what a pos. Hamilton is making the same mistakes downtown London and Waterloo made. Where's your DRP & quality architects?

Unlike many European countries our DRP has no real power. In the Netherlands they can go "no, that's ugly, denied".

In Toronto you have power because people come out in droves against ugly buildings. Hamilton is at this in between where not enough people care or have the energy to fight the city and developers constantly.

Then you have people arguing "it's better than nothing" but like, that's a sad argument.

TheRitsman · #6 Posted **Mar 6, 2021, 4:41 AM**

Also, I've heard they will be removing the stucco on the exterior over the next month, then be demolishing the rest. There was asbestos and it has been safely removed.

thmx · #7 Posted **Mar 11, 2021, 1:50 PM**

3/9/2021 by Joe, on Flickr

Innsertnamehere · #8 Posted **Mar 11, 2021, 2:23 PM**

That looks like full construction prep to me - they typically don’t erect that much hoarding just for a demolition.

TheHonestMaple · #9 Posted **Mar 11, 2021, 2:40 PM**

What an exciting time for downtown Hamilton. This summer is going to be transformative. So many developments starting. Now we just need The Connolly to finally kick off.....

Markus83 · #10 Posted **Mar 11, 2021, 6:37 PM**

Taken this afternoon:

King&James · #11 Posted **Mar 11, 2021, 9:53 PM**

that is quite a bit of fencing for that little demo, hoping we see some pile drivers arrive on site as well!

Markus83 · #12 Posted **Mar 12, 2021, 9:24 PM**

Taken this morning:

urban_planner · #13 Posted **Mar 12, 2021, 11:49 PM**

I talked to a guy this morning while walking past. They are scraping the sides off the sides first because they are Styrofoam and can be recycled. The poor guy was literally sweeping up Styrofoam in 50km/h winds.

TheRitsman · #14 Posted **Mar 21, 2021, 3:27 AM**

Progress. I'm betting the entire building is down by next week.

Also they have a cool window so you can see what's happening:

TheHonestMaple · #15 Posted **Mar 21, 2021, 3:33 AM**

I wonder when we'll start to see excavation considering the project isn't even approved. Why knock this building down so soon?

Innsertnamehere · #16 Posted **Mar 21, 2021, 2:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by TheHonestMaple

I wonder when we'll start to see excavation considering the project isn't even approved. Why knock this building down so soon?

This project is as of right for zoning, so it is approved.

What it’s waiting on is site plan approval - which is more of a technical clearance. It’s quite common to start construction on condos before clearing site plan as the types of details being worked out don’t effect excavation. You just have to make sure the details are worked out by the time the foundation is poured as you have to make sure you won’t be moving columns any more. Even then, details like material selection, parking signage, etc can still be in works. It’s not uncommon for buildings to reach final site plan clearance after it’s topped out.

Vrancor is very much flying by night on their king street project and took a risk on their zoning application last minute. That one is solely his problem, not the City’s fault.

TheRitsman · #17 Posted **Mar 21, 2021, 2:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere

Vrancor is very much flying by night on their king street project and took a risk on their zoning application last minute. That one is solely his problem, not the City’s fault.

Oh, I didn't mean to suggest that's the city's fault, just saying that some developers just start and ask for forgiveness.

Which is both the fault of developers, and sometimes this slow ass city.

lachlanholmes · #18 Posted **Mar 25, 2021, 3:06 AM**

Soon to be little more than a memory. Pictures taken just before noon today.

urban_planner · #19 Posted **Apr 10, 2021, 12:31 AM**

No photo but they only had about a 3rd of the top two floors left to take down as of noon today.

TheRitsman · #20 Posted **Mar 21, 2021, 4:19 AM**

I suspect developers are starting to do the Toronto thing where they start and the city has no choice but to accept their requests.

Same with Darko's building where ether crane is taken down. What is the city going to do? Leave a half built building?