14-18 Augusta Street | ? | 6 fl | Under Construction - Page 3

TheHonestMaple · #41 Posted **Mar 18, 2021, 12:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by Chronamut

*impatiently taps his foot*

Hopefully the citys requirements didn't strip away too much spirit from the design..

During the DRP meeting there was a few more firm recommendations/requests:

- No recessed front entrances
- Natural stone instead of precast on the facade
- green roof
- Add windows or mural on the side of the building that faces Pheasant Plucker
- Include some street trees
- Make the front facade and back facade more similar. Right now they appear as two different architectural styles.
- Like others said here, the DRP wants less a recreation of an old building and more of a "reimagination" of an old design.

Some thought the DRP hated the design. That wasn't the case at all. They quite liked it, just wanted a few small tweaks as mentioned above.

StEC · #42 Posted **Mar 18, 2021, 1:06 AM**

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Originally Posted by TheHonestMaple

During the DRP meeting there was a few more firm recommendations/requests:

- No recessed front entrances
- Natural stone instead of precast on the facade
- green roof
- Add windows or mural on the side of the building that faces Pheasant Plucker
- Include some street trees
- Make the front facade and back facade more similar. Right now they appear as two different architectural styles.
- Like others said here, the DRP wants less a recreation of an old building and more of a "reimagination" of an old design.

Some thought the DRP hated the design. That wasn't the case at all. They quite liked it, just wanted a few small tweaks as mentioned above.

I'm down with all of that!

Chronamut · #43 Posted **Mar 18, 2021, 6:38 AM**

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Originally Posted by StEC

I'm down with all of that!

Yeah esp the natural stone vs the precast stone - and similar styles front and back is fine.. no recessed entrances is interesting though..

and the mural is a good idea too.

Markus83 · #44 Posted **Mar 18, 2021, 12:17 PM**

Does anyone know if this is their @CoreUrban first new development from ground up?

TheHonestMaple · #45 Posted **Mar 19, 2021, 1:27 AM**

I was walking past the site earlier. There was 5 or 6 Enbridge trucks there, with probably 15 workers digging up a gas line. Things are really moving on this project.

TheHonestMaple · #46 Posted **Mar 19, 2021, 4:27 PM**

Today:

TheRitsman · #47 Posted **Mar 19, 2021, 6:57 PM**

Went by today, and saw that hole, they're not messing around.

I'm a bit surprise actually about one thing, which was that the back had to look more like the front according to DRP. It was typical for actual heritage buildings to have beautiful facades and plain backs.

I do agree with the recessed 1st floor as well though. I have some renders I had saved but never posted:

TheHonestMaple · #48 Posted **Mar 19, 2021, 7:07 PM**

Interesting. Those are some deep balconies, I can understand why they wanted them broken up. Street balconies will be a nice addition though.

For why they are moving so quickly on this.... I suspect Core Urban is a bit annoyed the DRP cost them several months with the change requests. They want this thing moving ASAP.

TheHonestMaple · #49 Posted **Mar 20, 2021, 10:18 PM**

I was down by the site earlier today, they were working on it all afternoon. They really aren't messing around here.

TheRitsman · #50 Posted **Mar 20, 2021, 11:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by TheHonestMaple

I was down by the site earlier today, they were working on it all afternoon. They really aren't messing around here.

TheHonestMaple · #51 Posted **Mar 23, 2021, 12:53 AM**

Was down there today. They have started pouring some sort of foundation.

TheRitsman · #52 Posted **Mar 23, 2021, 1:35 AM**

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Originally Posted by TheHonestMaple

Was down there today. They have started pouring some sort of foundation.

Hm, wonder if they have a permit for that...

TheHonestMaple · #53 Posted **Mar 23, 2021, 1:00 PM**

Still doesn't look deep enough to me to be the actual foundation, possibly some sort of solid platform that they can do work on?

Anyone know how deep the parking garage is supposed to be?

Innsertnamehere · #54 Posted **Mar 23, 2021, 4:48 PM**

Given the size of the building I would guess 1 level with just a handful of parking spaces.

lachlanholmes · #55 Posted **Mar 23, 2021, 4:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by TheHonestMaple

Still doesn't look deep enough to me to be the actual foundation, possibly some sort of solid platform that they can do work on?

Anyone know how deep the parking garage is supposed to be?

1 floor down, just slightly deeper than 3 metres.

Markus83 · #56 Posted **Mar 24, 2021, 2:06 PM**

Taken this morning: Mad busy with 11 dump trucks waiting to get filled, no pic of that, sorry.

TheRitsman · #57 Posted **Mar 24, 2021, 5:15 PM**

From Steve's Instagram:

Pipedreams · #58 Posted **Mar 24, 2021, 8:36 PM**

Concrete is being poured this afternoon. If they can continue to build it this fast and deliver a similar quality to some of the stuff they've build downtown I'd be happy to hand over the keys to them on any low-mid rise infill project in the city they are interested in.

TheHonestMaple · #59 Posted **Mar 24, 2021, 8:50 PM**

This must be some sort of temporary working platform, not the actual foundation. No rebar, no footings. I suspect they want a solid surface they can work on, and will eventually break this up and pour the actual structure.

ScreamingViking · #60 Posted **Mar 24, 2021, 10:17 PM**

I *LOVE* that these guys jump in with both feet and do so very fast.