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?
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.).
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.
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?
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.
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.
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: