Victoria Construction - #7

[Dylan Leblanc]

[Mike K.]

More images of the Harbour Landing office project.

Visuals courtesy of architect Chow Low Hammond.

[Mike K.]

Promontory at night July 1st.



Era July 10




The crane for Duet has now been erected.

[LeftCoaster]

looking good, thanks for the udpates.

[Mike K.]

No problem.

Here's a shot showing the cranes for Duet (left, in front of the tallest tower coloured blue) and 200 Douglas seen above the Legislature.

[Mike K.]

The new Johnson Street Bridge. Temporary trestles on both sides of the shore are currently being built. The old bridge will be removed once the new bridge is operational in 2016.

[bulliver]

Hey guys. I'm in town for a few days vacation. Wondering if someone could recommend a few good locations for skyline shots? Thanks.

[Dylan Leblanc]

Moss Rock - https://maps.google.ca/maps?saddr=Fo...=17&via=1&z=15

[bulliver]

Cool, thanks Dylan. I'll give a call tomorrow.

[Dylan Leblanc]

not too early though

[Mike K.]

A 13- & 10-storey rental proposal at Pandora and Cook street with the 10-storey wing fronting onto Johnson between the newly completed Mondrian at Johnson and Cook and the Sutton East building.

[Mike K.]

[Mike K.]

The Victoria Plaza Hotel redevelopment project has been approved by City of Victoria council. The site is at Pandora and Government and the building used to house the Monty's Showroom Pub, the last strip club in downtown Victoria.

Photos by VicHockeyFan on VibrantVictoria.

[Mike K.]

Construction at Capital City Centre, which must easily be the largest construction project on Vancouver Island and the future home of the Island's tallest towers, has slowed to a trickle while the developer completes paperwork for funding.

There are rumblings of financial issues forcing contractors off the site but the developer has not specifically addressed these statements.

Construction slow-down at Colwood's Capital City Centre
By Mike Kozakowski, VibrantVictoria.ca
http://vibrantvictoria.ca/local-news...l-city-centre/

Construction at Colwood’s Capital City Centre mixed-use multi-phase residential, commercial and office project is at a near standstill as developer League Financial Partners awaits loan documentation for the remaining elements of phase 1a, the current phase being built.

“We are still three-to-four weeks away from having [our] final documentation done for the senior construction loan for phase 1a. We just received confirmation of our updated disclosure statement being filed with the superintendent of real estate yesterday,” wrote League co-founder Adam Gant when asked about recent activity slow-downs at Capital City.

Until the loan documentation is in hand, Gant says, “work will appear to be progressing very slowly.” [Read more]

[Phil McAvity]

This news isn't exactly shocking to me since i've been pretty pessimistic about this project all along given the last skyscraper project in Colwood:



I'm actually surprised this project has gotten as far as it has.

[Mike K.]

Latest update for The Hudson Mews on Fisgard. Note that in the third photo when you look down the street you can see the Promontory tower and crane.

[kw5150]

I think people in BC get out more than people in other provinces. Nice photo updates! Thanks.

[aastra]

Aerial shot of Douglas Street showing Beacon Hill Park at the top:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyyj/9498012547/

[Mike K.]

Some impressive figures for our local condo market.

Downtown Victoria rising: 900 condos and apartments under construction with 3,600 planned
By Mike Kozakowski, VibrantVictoria.ca
http://vibrantvictoria.ca/local-news...-3600-planned/

Nearly 900 condominium and rental units are currently under construction throughout downtown Victoria and peripheral neighbourhoods within the City of Victoria (not including construction activity in 12 other municipalities that comprise the Greater Victoria metropolitan region).

Currently the most voluminous project underway with 177 units is Bosa Properties’ 21-storey Promontory condo tower in Vic West that will also become Victoria’s tallest building. Runner up is Concert Properties’ 15-storey 157 unit Era condo tower rising in the central business district on Yates Street. In Chinatown spanning a property between Pandora Avenue and Fisgard Street is Anthem Properties’ five storey Union lowrise comprised of 133 condo units split between two buildings. Further east along Fisgard Street Townline’s 12-storey The Hudson Mews tower will introduce 120 all-rental units. And the most recent start-up is James Bay’s two-building, eight and four storey Duet by Chard Development comprised of 90 condo units which itself is a stone’s throw from the Q Apartments renovation, also in James Bay, that will potentially result in as many as 100 rental units. A number of smaller projects combined add up to over 200 additional homes. [Read more]

[giallo]

^ Good news!