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GMasterAres · #**161** Posted **Jul 7, 2013, 9:27 AM**

Should probably change the thread to Under Construction.

They started digging the hole a few days ago.

Jebby · #**162** Posted **Jul 7, 2013, 11:33 AM**

Threads are updated to U/C once there is concrete being poured and/or a crane is up. Digging is not construction, as we all saw during the 5 years it took to dig out the pit for the Trump Ritz-Carlton Turn Ericson building.

osirisboy · #**163** Posted **Jul 7, 2013, 2:37 PM**

Wow that's good to see them start construction I was assuming that this would take years to start lol

GMasterAres · #**164** Posted **Jul 7, 2013, 5:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by Jebby

Threads are updated to U/C once there is concrete being poured and/or a crane is up. Digging is not construction, as we all saw during the 5 years it took to dig out the pit for the Trump Ritz-Carlton Turn Ericson building.

Good to know.

tybuilding · #**165** Posted **Jul 26, 2013, 7:07 PM**

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The dumb thing is they didn't connect it to the trail on the south side of 96 ave and put a crosswalk there.

They built a trail on the south side to the road but still no crosswalk or pedestrian signals.

trofirhen · #**166** Posted **Jul 26, 2013, 10:35 PM**

Anyway, the final product looks pretty snazzy in the renders. Has sort of a elegant (and unusual) look to it. It might even help Surrey get a bit of "big city sleekness" and not fall into the rawness of, for example, current Metrotown.

canucks23 · #**167** Posted **Jul 27, 2013, 10:14 PM**

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It might even help Surrey get a bit of "big city sleekness" and not fall into the rawness of, for example, current Metrotown.

Can you elaborate on what you mean when you say the "rawness" of current Metrotown?

trofirhen · #**168** Posted **Jul 28, 2013, 1:31 AM**

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Can you elaborate on what you mean when you say the "rawness" of current Metrotown?

OK, it is largely due to current construction, but also to the hodge-podge, "ghetto-ish" (and those are someone else's words, not mine) feeling and look to it. There is little continuity or cohesion in the whole town centre, and for example, that strip of Kingsway going through Metrotown is still tacky looking. Hope that explains it a bit.

red-paladin · #**169** Posted **Jul 28, 2013, 4:07 AM**

As someone that lives in Metrotown, I agree to a point.
I love living there, and I can walk everywhere and buything near by, and of course, the skytrain is right there.
However, there is certainly a hodgepodge of building forms and eras. While some blocks are what I would consider fantastic.. others I hate.
I love Crystal Mall, I love the Library and park south of it. I can't wait to see the new Station Square and Skytrain Station, and the myriad of towers go up.
However those tiny 50s buildings across from Metropolis on Kingsway, and the little group at MacKay (the unfinished 1/4 of the crystal mall block) really need to be bulldozed. The parking lots of Metropolis on Kingsway need to be developed, as does the Old Orchard Mall, but in my view, the longer those wait, the higher quality (and higher buildings) we will get.

Millennium2002 · #**170** Posted **Jul 28, 2013, 5:27 PM**

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However those tiny 50s buildings across from Metropolis on Kingsway, and the little group at MacKay (the unfinished 1/4 of the crystal mall block) really need to be bulldozed. The parking lots of Metropolis on Kingsway need to be developed, as does the Old Orchard Mall, but in my view, the longer those wait, the higher quality (and higher buildings) we will get.

I wonder if the concrete on the outside of those older towers is considered structural or not... because if not, it opens up the possibility for some interesting recladding scenarios later on if the structural quality of the buildings isn't too bad.

In any case, most likely we'll be seeing more newbuilds of towers (and maybe midrises) on these older sites and I don't mind that either.

GMasterAres · #**171** Posted **Aug 8, 2013, 7:04 PM**

So after my first picture they kind of puttered for a few weeks digging little holes then leaving them for several days then digging another small hole.

Past 1 week though it looks like they've ramped up. Steady stream of dump trucks and 2 excavators going at it. Took the following picture as of this morning, still a lot to do but nice to see them at least progressing. Obviously need to wait until they dig the full hole then start pouring concrete but I'm happy to see a larger project in Surrey actually progressing further than from 1 corner to the other corner of a planner's desk.

Jebby · #**172** Posted **Aug 8, 2013, 9:04 PM**

Great to see this project start!

The SkyTrain station looks so outdated in that picture.

red-paladin · #**173** Posted **Aug 8, 2013, 9:13 PM**

Really too bad we are not getting a Plaza 88 style development around the station instead of the disjointed development on either side, leaving the station looking old and solitary.

Jebby · #**174** Posted **Aug 29, 2013, 4:21 AM**

Looks like digging has started

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SFUVancouver · #**175** Posted **Aug 29, 2013, 4:37 PM**

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Looks like digging has started

There's our understatement for the day.

I'm happy to see this project progress. While the full build-out will likely take a decade, the Coast Capital HQ will make a significant difference to the immediate area of King George station and, hopefully, help trigger redevelopment further north along King George.

sryboy · #**176** Posted **Aug 30, 2013, 3:53 AM**

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Should probably change the thread to Under Construction.

I agree!

Prometheus · #**177** Posted **Aug 30, 2013, 5:06 AM**

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I agree!

Why? Nothing is being constructed yet, unless it makes sense to say they are building a hole.

Jebby · #**178** Posted **Aug 30, 2013, 6:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by Jebby

Threads are updated to U/C once there is concrete being poured and/or a crane is up. Digging is not construction, as we all saw during the 5 years it took to dig out the pit for the Trump Ritz-Carlton Turn Ericson building.

I'll just repost this.

Nites · #**179** Posted **Aug 31, 2013, 7:19 PM**

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Why? Nothing is being constructed yet, unless it makes sense to say they are building a hole.

Excavation is part of the construction process. Excavation = Earthwork Construction.

trofirhen · #**180** Posted **Aug 31, 2013, 7:49 PM**

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thats the end of their downtown though isn't it? i think they look fine a nice build up to the tallers that will go to the north

Found your post in retro-research, and I agree totally. It gives a "definition" to downtown," and as you say, leads up nicely to the taller towers. Also, that curved building on the angled coner has an almost "European" (dare I say that?) symmetry and elegance to it, the way it fits that intersection.