75 James Street South | 108 m | 34 fl | Under Construction - Page 7

Innsertnamehere · #**121** Posted **Oct 4, 2021, 7:02 PM**

gah!

Innsertnamehere · #**122** Posted **Oct 4, 2021, 7:05 PM**

The good news is that this will provide another 635 units for downtown, or about 1,000 additional people.

Berklon · #**123** Posted **Oct 4, 2021, 7:14 PM**

I like it.
Great location, great added density and decent looking enough build.

Downtown is gonna look so good in 5-10 years.

TheHonestMaple · #**124** Posted **Oct 4, 2021, 7:28 PM**

I noticed the tent there today, was wondering what that was about. Great news!

urban_planner · #**125** Posted **Oct 4, 2021, 7:41 PM**

That rendering looks good.

king10 · #**126** Posted **Oct 4, 2021, 10:53 PM**

Is this condos or rentals?

TheHonestMaple · #**127** Posted **Oct 4, 2021, 10:55 PM**

Given that we never saw any presales for this building and there is a lack of renderings, it's likely rental apartments. Probably high end ones, similar to Colbalt.

I've wondered why Hamilton sees so many new builds end up being rental apartments instead of condos. I guess it just isn't a mature enough or desired enough market quite yet to attract buyers to justify condo builds. Hoping we see a shift in the coming years.

TheRitsman · #**128** Posted **Oct 4, 2021, 11:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by TheHonestMaple

Given that we never saw any presales for this building and there is a lack of renderings, it's likely rental apartments. Probably high end ones, similar to Colbalt.

I've wondered why Hamilton sees so many new builds end up being rental apartments instead of condos. I guess it just isn't a mature enough or desired enough market quite yet to attract buyers to justify condo builds. Hoping we see a shift in the coming years.

I can think of two major reasons why Liuna is building rentals over market units.

1) The complete removal of rent controls (which I agree with in theory, but there need to be other changes to rental laws to make this an okay system)

2) Liuna is able to hold onto multi-million dollar assets that not only will bring in rents over decades, giving the union regular revenue, but the union can sell off properties as it requires for various reasons, whether it be pension payouts, or economic downturns and recovery. Borrowing is also very cheap right now, so mortgaging out the cost of these buildings is the cheapest they'll ever be.

ScreamingViking · #**129** Posted **Oct 5, 2021, 12:33 AM**

She won't win any beauty pageants, but I think it's improved compared to the original renders... lotsa balconies, but the awkward vertical and horizontal elements seem to be gone.

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TheHonestMaple · #**130** Posted **Oct 5, 2021, 12:47 AM**

ScreamingViking · #**131** Posted **Oct 5, 2021, 12:48 AM**

Ah, a closeup! Better. Thanks!!!

The lower half won't be very visible in the skyline. I think that's the worst part... makes it slabby.

HamiltonBoyInToronto · #**132** Posted **Oct 5, 2021, 12:54 AM**

It has a very 154 Main st. East vibe to it ...hopefully not though

HamiltonBoyInToronto · #**133** Posted **Oct 5, 2021, 12:55 AM**

And what the heck is the fascination with flat roof tops in this city ?!?!??!?!! Please someone do better ...be different!!!

TheHonestMaple · #**134** Posted **Oct 5, 2021, 1:00 AM**

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It has a very 154 Main st. East vibe to it ...hopefully not though

Fortunately this one will have a blue glass curtain wall. So it will look significantly better that 154 Main.

It will end up looking a lot like this project, another G+C tower.....

ScreamingViking · #**135** Posted **Oct 5, 2021, 1:09 AM**

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And what the heck is the fascination with flat roof tops in this city ?!?!??!?!! Please someone do better ...be different!!!

My hope is that a future downtown tallest has a spire, or at least a series of setbacks on the top 10 floors.

I'm daring to dream about that. But it's a dream nonetheless.

Wigs · #**136** Posted **Oct 5, 2021, 8:37 PM**

How many units will this have? What is the mix? studio, 1BR, 2BR?

WhipperSnapper · #**137** Posted **Oct 5, 2021, 9:03 PM**

hideous.

Regardless if you like this tower or not, Hamilton is not limited on sites available for large scale intensification. The height limit is hardly restricting potential density. I'm neither for or against the height limit. 30 storeys is not short in any regards even in Toronto. The big concern is providing parking. That will likely be in a combination of above and below parking. The above grade parking can be concealed behind residential or commercial. But that requires an larger footprint. Big podiums at their very best make a bland landscape.

TheHonestMaple · #**138** Posted **Oct 6, 2021, 12:28 AM**

Just realized this building will be only about 10m shorter than Landmark Place. Looks like we'll have a new symbol of the Hamilton skyline once it goes up. Nice.

SteelTown · #**139** Posted **Oct 6, 2021, 6:55 PM**

Hopefully, with the infusion of new people, the YMCA next door will finally get its much-needed makeover. It's kind of an eyesore.

TheHonestMaple · #**140** Posted **Oct 6, 2021, 6:57 PM**

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Hopefully, with the infusion of new people, the YMCA next door will finally get its much-needed makeover. It's kind of an eyesore.

Let's hope so. It's not exactly a pleasant place to walk by, especially in the evening..