510 Seymour | 48.2m | 10 Fl | Completed

[Klazu]

Always happy to see CBD expanding eastwards.

[Jimbo604]

Originally Posted by red-paladin

I agree that the small heritage building should remain. They removed the crappy building, kept the legit heritage one, while building the largest office building that is economical for the small site. What more can we ask for?

Heritage? None of the three buildings in question is/was on the heritage register.

Vanmap is saying that that large building on the corner that was demolished was built in 1935. The narrow building next door with the sushi restaurant that was also demolished was built in 1909. The remaining building with the donut shop is listed a being built in 1989.

[retro_orange]

Originally Posted by Jimbo604

Heritage? None of the three buildings in question is/was on the heritage register.

Vanmap is saying that that large building on the corner that was demolished was built in 1935. The narrow building next door with the sushi restaurant that was also demolished was built in 1909. The remaining building with the donut shop is listed a being built in 1989.

The parkade next door was built in 1989. A quick look at the exposed side wall of the old building tells its 100+ years old. Most notably are the second floor windows that were closed off when the building next door was constructed in the 30's and the brick construction (not cinderblock) under crumbling stucco.


Pic from mcminsens post on this thread.

[LeftCoaster]

Originally Posted by Prometheus

I noticed something a little disappointing. In the rendering on the hoarding, you can clearly see that they have eliminated a floor.

Compare it to former renderings below: there were clearly 10 glazed floors. But in the new rendering on the hoarding there are only 9 glazed floors:

Fine by me, just makes the economics easier to knock it down in about 50 years and build a taller tower on the block!

Will make great filler for the next several decades though.

[Prometheus]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Fine by me, just makes the economics easier to knock it down in about 50 years and build a taller tower on the block!

50 years from now, huh? Well, we will all be looking forward to that then.

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by Prometheus

I noticed something a little disappointing. In the rendering on the hoarding, you can clearly see that they have eliminated a floor.

Compare it to former renderings below: there were clearly 10 glazed floors. But in the new rendering on the hoarding there are only 9 glazed floors:

But it looks like it was approved at 10 floors - so that's consistent with 9 glazed and one balcony floor.

[vanciti]

The building is 1 floor of retail/service rooms and 9 floors of office with a roof top deck that encompasses about half the roof.

By the way, the Tower Crane went up over the weekend and there is concrete being poured, does that not classify this one as U/C.

[mcminsen]

Just three weeks since the crane went up and the elevator core is already well established. This one's moving along fast.



Sept.12 '15, my pics

[SFUVancouver]

Awesome. Thanks for the photos.

[mcminsen]

Another project approaching ground level and with rebar poking above.



Oct.19 '15, my pics

[mcminsen]

23 days later…



Nov.11 '15, my pics

[Prometheus]

Thanks for the update. That doesn't seem like a lot of progress for 23 days.

[mcminsen]

It is well above ground and rising now. A little hard to see behind the hoarding.



Nov.30 '15, my pics

[mcminsen]

Really starting to rise now.


Dec.30 '15, my pics

[mcminsen]

Jan.16 '16, my pics

[mcminsen]

Two weeks later. I wanted to post a couple of long shots so I can come back to them in about a year and do a before and after.



Jan.31 '16, my pics

[mcminsen]

Feb.6 '16, my pics

[officedweller]

Coming along nicely, thanks!

[Jebby]

20160214_095507 by Yellow Fever @ SkyscraperCity, on Flickr

20160214_095601 by Yellow Fever @ SkyscraperCity, on Flickr

[mcminsen]

Feb.24 '16, my pics