International Place | ? m | 22 fl | On Hold - Page 5

Empire · #81 Posted **Dec 14, 2008, 5:21 AM**

Seems like a bit of a missed opprotunity if they do build at 400,000 sq. ft & 22 fl. I think they are approved for 650,000 sq ft. so their original design was 24 fl. and a larger footprint. Was 24 fl. the maximum height for the site based on a siteline from inside the citadel ramparts or was a calculation even done?

someone123 · #82 Posted **Dec 14, 2008, 6:19 AM**

650,000 sq. ft. is very large for Halifax. In fact, I believe it would be the largest single tower in the city, and that the Maritime Centre (which was built in stages) is the largest at 560,000 sq. ft. currently.

Personally I prefer to see multiple smaller projects instead of a few large buildings. There are a lot of holes to fill downtown and more modest projects are more likely to get off the ground and be successful (and they can still be just as attractive etc.).

Haliguy · #83 Posted **Dec 14, 2008, 3:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by someone123

650,000 sq. ft. is very large for Halifax. In fact, I believe it would be the largest single tower in the city, and that the Maritime Centre (which was built in stages) is the largest at 560,000 sq. ft. currently.

Personally I prefer to see multiple smaller projects instead of a few large buildings. There are a lot of holes to fill downtown and more modest projects are more likely to get off the ground and be successful (and they can still be just as attractive etc.).

I know what you are saying there a lot of holes to fill, but it would be nice to have a large building that would change the look of the skyline as well.

someone123 · #84 Posted **Dec 14, 2008, 9:03 PM**

I guess, but this one if built as designed will still be one of the biggest office towers and will be highly visible.

It's no taller than the others but unfortunately that's just not allowed ever because for some reason it would cause the sky to fall etc.

hfx_chris · #85 Posted **Dec 15, 2008, 1:15 AM**

If it's too high, it might hit the sky, and poke a hole in the ozone layer...

Keith P. · #86 Posted **Dec 15, 2008, 1:34 AM**

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Originally Posted by someone123

It's no taller than the others but unfortunately that's just not allowed ever because for some reason it would cause the sky to fall etc.

Dontcha know? It's because we're not Toronto, or Atlanta, or some such places that are somehow inferior because they have tall buildings.

kph06 · #87 Posted **Dec 15, 2008, 9:01 PM**

I drove by today and the drill rig was drilling on the edge of the site near one of the ramps off of Hollis Street.

Dmajackson · #88 Posted **Dec 15, 2008, 9:09 PM**

^Now that is excting to hear!

Who knos maybe well get lucky and have this and the Trillium U/C at the same time. A 22 floor and a 19 floor pair of buildings going up in downtown.

Here's to hoping

BravoZulu · #89 Posted **Dec 15, 2008, 10:29 PM**

Anyone have any idea where this would put the timeframe for construction if they were going to move ahead? Obviously it is a fairly early step, but would one expect to see something else happening soon or is this used to gather info and then go back to the engineering/planning stage?

Cheers

BZ

sdm · #90 Posted **Dec 16, 2008, 1:06 AM**

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Originally Posted by BravoZulu

Anyone have any idea where this would put the timeframe for construction if they were going to move ahead? Obviously it is a fairly early step, but would one expect to see something else happening soon or is this used to gather info and then go back to the engineering/planning stage?

Cheers

BZ

Considering the depth of underground parking, height and materials i would say 2.5 - 3 years to complete the project of that size.

Dmajackson · #91 Posted **Dec 16, 2008, 1:18 AM**

So if we are lucky it might be complete in Spring 2012?

It seems so far away

sdm · #92 Posted **Dec 16, 2008, 2:35 AM**

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Originally Posted by Bedford_DJ

So if we are lucky it might be complete in Spring 2012?

It seems so far away

It sure does, let us cross our fingers there is enough preleasing to warrant construction.

hfx_chris · #93 Posted **Dec 16, 2008, 10:12 PM**

It takes a while to plan and build something of this magnitude...

phrenic · #94 Posted **Dec 17, 2008, 4:00 PM**

The drill rig and accompanying container truck belong to Logan Geotech of Colchester and are still parked on site.

worldlyhaligonian · #95 Posted **Dec 17, 2008, 8:49 PM**

I'm concerned about the website being down.

I doubt this project will start before others that have already been put on hold.

hoser111 · #96 Posted **Dec 17, 2008, 10:54 PM**

The website is just fine!

Dmajackson · #97 Posted **Dec 17, 2008, 11:06 PM**

THe website doesn't work for me

It claims I have to sign in...

"hoser111" are you sure you're looking at the right site? There is an International Place in Boston with a similar web address.

BravoZulu · #98 Posted **Dec 18, 2008, 12:58 AM**

Hey Bedford DJ,

I was having issues with the site as well, it wouldn't load for me. I googled internationlplace.ca and selected more results under the second hit. This let me access different parts of the site by selecting them individually. The site still looks kinda screwy to me though.

hope this helps

Takeo · #99 Posted **Dec 18, 2008, 1:12 AM**

They don't have a default index filename configured... so if you just go to www.internationalplace.ca/ the web server doesn't know what to load so you get a directory listing instead... which is denied (as it should be... always a good idea to deny directory listings).

Anyway... I went to google and clicked the cached link and figured out what their homepage is. Here it is:

http://www.internationalplace.ca/home.shtml

Again... note that http://www.internationalplace.ca/ will NOT work. You need to add home.shtml on the end.

Dmajackson · #**100** Posted **Dec 18, 2008, 1:36 AM**

Thank you "Bravezulu" and "Takeo" I managed to get on and I added the working address to my favourites so I shouldn't encounter the problem again.