HomeDiagramsDatabaseMapsForum About
     

Go Back   SkyscraperPage Forum > Regional Sections > Canada > Ontario > Hamilton > Downtown & City of Hamilton


Reply

 
Thread Tools Display Modes
     
     
  #561  
Old Posted May 24, 2022, 2:01 PM
SteelTown's Avatar
SteelTown SteelTown is online now
It's Hammer Time
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Hamilton
Posts: 19,872
I know there have been issues with getting supplies since COVID. One Mac project is basically done, but they can't get the lighting fixtures since it's been back-ordered for months. I believe getting elevators is months and months behind.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #562  
Old Posted May 24, 2022, 4:35 PM
Innsertnamehere's Avatar
Innsertnamehere Innsertnamehere is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Hamilton
Posts: 11,526
it's at such an early stage still I think that is unlikely. Things like windows are custom orders you order months and months in advance and shouldn't be seeing supply delays like off-the-shelf items like elevators or finishes.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #563  
Old Posted May 25, 2022, 12:58 PM
ScreamingViking's Avatar
ScreamingViking ScreamingViking is online now
Ham-burgher
 
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Hamilton
Posts: 6,466
The labour issues?

With this being a hotel, it's not like the hold-up will affect individuals except Vranich and he won't have to worry about operating a hotel sooner in a travel market that's still soft (presuming he's going to be running it).

I also wonder if it's a little FU over the fight about the residential tower.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #564  
Old Posted Jun 6, 2022, 12:25 AM
johnnyhamont's Avatar
johnnyhamont johnnyhamont is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 1,115
Did not get a photo, sorry, but the crane was back in action on Friday and there are now windows installed on the hotel tower.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #565  
Old Posted Jun 6, 2022, 12:32 AM
TheRitsman TheRitsman is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Hamilton
Posts: 3,016
Quote:
Originally Posted by johnnyhamont View Post
Did not get a photo, sorry, but the crane was back in action on Friday and there are now windows installed on the hotel tower.
Thank God. The hotel is an eye sore of epic proportions. If it gets finished at least it will look less trash
__________________
Hamilton Downtown. Huge tabletop skyline fan. Typically viewing the city from the street, not a helicopter. Cycling, transit and active transportation advocate 🚲🚍🚋

Follow me on Twitter: https://x.com/ham_bicycleguy?t=T_fx3...SIZNGfD4A&s=09
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #566  
Old Posted Jun 6, 2022, 4:50 PM
Markus83's Avatar
Markus83 Markus83 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Hamilton
Posts: 478
Taken last week.
















Last edited by Markus83; Jun 6, 2022 at 5:12 PM.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #567  
Old Posted Jun 13, 2022, 7:29 PM
Innsertnamehere's Avatar
Innsertnamehere Innsertnamehere is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Hamilton
Posts: 11,526
https://www.thepublicrecord.ca/2022/...t-development/

Quote:
City Council and Vrancor Reach Deal on 354 King Street West Development

The City of Hamilton and Vrancor developments have reached a settlement which will end the ongoing Ontario Land Tribunal appeal regarding Vrancor’s plan to build a 25-storey building at 354 King Street West on the northwest corner of the intersection of King Street West and Queen Street North.

Council approved the settlement during their May 31 Planning Committee meeting. It was ratified by Council on June 8.

The Planning Committee vote to approve the settlement was 5-1. Ward 1 Councillor Maureen Wilson voted against it.

The settlement details are not yet public. They will be presented to the Ontario Land Tribunal on June 20th. The appeal was scheduled to be heard starting on June 20th.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #568  
Old Posted Jun 13, 2022, 7:48 PM
TheRitsman TheRitsman is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Hamilton
Posts: 3,016

__________________
Hamilton Downtown. Huge tabletop skyline fan. Typically viewing the city from the street, not a helicopter. Cycling, transit and active transportation advocate 🚲🚍🚋

Follow me on Twitter: https://x.com/ham_bicycleguy?t=T_fx3...SIZNGfD4A&s=09
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #569  
Old Posted Jun 15, 2022, 1:32 PM
johnnyhamont's Avatar
johnnyhamont johnnyhamont is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 1,115
Thread title change?

Today's spec article indicates the addresses for these projects will be 7 Queen St N + 354 King St W
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #570  
Old Posted Jun 15, 2022, 6:20 PM
Markus83's Avatar
Markus83 Markus83 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Hamilton
Posts: 478
Quote:
Originally Posted by johnnyhamont View Post
Thread title change?

Today's spec article indicates the addresses for these projects will be 7 Queen St N + 354 King St W
So does that mean that the 12 is obviously built within the settlement already, but really it also means that Vranich's settlement of 25 stories was approved by the city of 5 to 1?
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #571  
Old Posted Jun 17, 2022, 3:29 AM
King&James's Avatar
King&James King&James is online now
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Hamilton
Posts: 1,263
Quote:
Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere View Post
Will be fascinated to see just how over a barrel Vrancor has the City
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #572  
Old Posted Jun 21, 2022, 3:12 PM
LikeHamilton's Avatar
LikeHamilton LikeHamilton is online now
Registered User
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Hamilton, Ontario
Posts: 2,701
Has anyone heard the outcome of the meeting at the Ontario Land Tribunal yesterday?
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #573  
Old Posted Jun 21, 2022, 7:25 PM
johnnyhamont's Avatar
johnnyhamont johnnyhamont is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 1,115
Here's the settlement plan that was approved with the key changes from the latest public submission highlighted by the shadow dwellers. 25 floors confirmed.

Reply With Quote
     
     
  #574  
Old Posted Jun 21, 2022, 8:13 PM
ShavedParmesanCheese's Avatar
ShavedParmesanCheese ShavedParmesanCheese is offline
It's a nickname from work
 
Join Date: Oct 2020
Location: Ontario
Posts: 358
What a dreadful design...
__________________
I really, really like trains.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #575  
Old Posted Jun 21, 2022, 8:21 PM
TheRitsman TheRitsman is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Hamilton
Posts: 3,016
So much surface parking... Ugh, the city really needs to bad surface parking and remove parking minimums...
__________________
Hamilton Downtown. Huge tabletop skyline fan. Typically viewing the city from the street, not a helicopter. Cycling, transit and active transportation advocate 🚲🚍🚋

Follow me on Twitter: https://x.com/ham_bicycleguy?t=T_fx3...SIZNGfD4A&s=09
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #576  
Old Posted Jun 21, 2022, 9:44 PM
King&James's Avatar
King&James King&James is online now
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Hamilton
Posts: 1,263
so, ... height not really an issue. shoulda gone for 30
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #577  
Old Posted Jun 23, 2022, 1:50 PM
jonny24 jonny24 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Hamilton, formerly Norfolk County
Posts: 1,142
Reducing/limiting glazing for energy efficiency seem awfully prescriptive. If they want to impose an efficiency requirement/LEED style certification or something, okay, but let the designers figure out how to achieve that.


*I know LEED has its issues, maybe something like EnergyStar is a better example
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #578  
Old Posted Jun 23, 2022, 2:36 PM
TheRitsman TheRitsman is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Hamilton
Posts: 3,016
Quote:
Originally Posted by jonny24 View Post
Reducing/limiting glazing for energy efficiency seem awfully prescriptive. If they want to impose an efficiency requirement/LEED style certification or something, okay, but let the designers figure out how to achieve that.


*I know LEED has its issues, maybe something like EnergyStar is a better example
This kind of goes back to this video: https://youtu.be/3C5ow6UU9oI

I also find it weird that the low density townhomes fronting the street were desired to be removed.
__________________
Hamilton Downtown. Huge tabletop skyline fan. Typically viewing the city from the street, not a helicopter. Cycling, transit and active transportation advocate 🚲🚍🚋

Follow me on Twitter: https://x.com/ham_bicycleguy?t=T_fx3...SIZNGfD4A&s=09
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #579  
Old Posted Jun 27, 2022, 1:35 PM
Innsertnamehere's Avatar
Innsertnamehere Innsertnamehere is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Hamilton
Posts: 11,526
https://www.thepublicrecord.ca/2022/...354-king-west/

Quote:
Ontario Land Tribunal Approves Council – Vrancor Deal, 25 Storeys Approved at 354 King West

The City of Hamilton and Vrancor developments agreed to a settlement allowing a 25-storey tall building on the northwest corner of the intersection of King Street West and Queen Street. The property is within the Strathcona neighbourhood, but across the street from the Downtown Secondary Plan zone and at a planning Light Rail Transit system.

Council approved the settlement in closed session on May 25, 2022. Ward 1 Councillor Maureen Wilson was the only councillor to vote against the settlement.

The deal allows Vrancor, the property company of Darko Vranich, to construct a 25-storey tower on the northwest corner of Queen Street North and King Street West. The revised building will comply with the City’s tall building guidelines.

During the Ontario Land Tribunal settlement approval hearing last Monday, the City’s planner on the file stated the changes represent good planning because of the location of the tall building being on a primary corridor beside the planned Queen Street B-Line LRT stop.

The City’s position is that the tower would be approved by the OLT and the settlement now represents good planning.

The Strathcona Secondary Plan, passed in late 2013, zoned the land for mixed-used medium density.

Since that time, the Provincial Growth Plan has changed to require significant intensification in Major Transit Station Areas, which are the areas within 500 to 800 metres of LRT stations.

The primary change is the creation of a six-storey podium below the tower, with the tower now including some step back in conformity with the City’s tall building guidelines.

The agreement states the podium shall be cladded with materials complementary to the historic Scottish Rite across King Street, have recessed balconies to decrease overlook of neighbouring houses, and no more than 60% glazing for energy efficiency.

Local neighbours in the Strathcona community, who organized against the proposal as the Strathcona Shadow Dwellers, state the settlement failed to protect their neighbourhood and the concessions from the developer are “all table stakes and hardly tough concessions on the part of Vrancor.”

Spokesperson Wayne MacPhail states the concessions are all items that should’ve been expected of the developer in an initial submission.

MacPhail distributed a document comparing the City’s expert witness statements of May 6, when the City was opposing the development, to their statements on May 27, after the City agreed to the settlement.

On May 6, the City’s expert stated “It is my opinion that in the above noted considerations, scale and massing should be given a greater weight than the other elements, as a reduction in scale and height would have a much more substantial impact on reducing the impacts on adjacent uses than providing landscaping, trees and fencing (particularly on the Subject Proposal). While useful, these considerations should not be considered as an alternative to a meaningful reduction in the building scale and massing.”

On May 27, the opinion changed to “It is our opinion that the revised design:
Provides reasonable regard for the intent of the UHOP and Strathcona Secondary Plan
policies, as well as the relevant urban design guidelines, subject to a future site plan application.”

Vrancor has applied for a zoning bylaw amendment and official plan amendment for their property one block north of this site.

The proposal for 200 Market Street is “To rezone to permit a mixed-use development comprised of two 15-storey towers and two 27-storey towers above a 3 to 7-storey base building (82m max height). Includes a total of 762 dwelling units, 1,003 m2 of commercial space and 369 parking spaces.”

The Market Street plan was submitted to the City on January 19, 2022.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #580  
Old Posted Jul 4, 2022, 12:48 AM
Chronamut's Avatar
Chronamut Chronamut is offline
Hamilton Historian
 
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Hamilton
Posts: 3,130
"The agreement states the podium shall be cladded with materials complementary to the historic Scottish Rite across King Street"

Oh god, HIM doing faux heritage? I shudder to think of how horribly he's gonna butcher THAT..
Reply With Quote
     
     
This discussion thread continues

Use the page links to the lower-right to go to the next page for additional posts
 
 
Reply

Go Back   SkyscraperPage Forum > Regional Sections > Canada > Ontario > Hamilton > Downtown & City of Hamilton
Forum Jump


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 9:51 PM.

     
SkyscraperPage.com - Archive - Privacy Statement - Top

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.