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[DC83]

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Located at 1094 Ironstone Dr in north Burlington around Appleby & Upper Middle area

Website: http://www.ironstonecondominiums.com/

[DC83]

^^ Ok, so I'm not gonna lie... I'm super jealous!
I want this bldg downtown Hamilton, it looks really nice!

We were picking up a friend in this area on our way to Toronto this weekend and I saw a sign for this. So I had to post it (obvi).

Thoughts? (that aren't related to sprawl, please)

[SteelTown]

This is the one under construction right? At some corner by the waterfront?

It's REALLY nice.

[raisethehammer]

no, this is up in sprawlsville (haha..sorry, I had to).
BUT it's GREAT for sprawlsville. Jeez. I'd take it downtown, let alone on the south Mountain somewhere.

[flar]

This is the one downtown:

[raisethehammer]

that's like all the TO condos.
I'm guessing that it's dirt cheap to build these types of buildings these days?? They all seem the same.
The area in TO around the Skydome is horrible. Way too much of this with a cold, bland street presence.

[DC83]

Originally Posted by SteelTown

This is the one under construction right? At some corner by the waterfront?

It's REALLY nice.

It IS really nice. Unfortunately it's up at Appleby & Upper Middle in North Burlignton.

The one downtown Burly is nice, too.

[raisethehammer]

so, check out the website of the builder:

http://www.davies-smith.com/

they do tons of condo buildings in suburbs.
I wonder if it's cheaper out there? We should try to get builders like this downtown instead of the batch of Hamilton crap-builders we have building Twenty Place.

[raisethehammer]

Originally Posted by DC83

It IS really nice. Unfortunately it's up at Appleby & Upper Middle in North Burlignton.

The one downtown Burly is nice, too.

wow...horrible.
So in other words, expect everyone to drive in and out of this place.
Still, I'd take a dozen of them on the Mountain or East Hamilton....better than low density sprawl.

[SteelTown]

Originally Posted by flar

This is the one downtown:

Yea that's the one, I have a friend who has a condo in downtown Burlington and I see this one being built most of the time. Downtown condos are expensive! Starting average price is something like $450,000.

[oldcoote]

I just can't understand how anyone would want to live in that location, regardless of the building.

Old Burlington I could see, but....

[raisethehammer]

yea, it's weird.
If it sells out it should make a case for condo buildings in similar suburban areas in the Hamilton area.

[flar]

There are a lot of condos in Dundas already.

[DC83]

^^ as well as Burlington, downtown Stoney Creek (although most are from the 90's).

For some reason, edgy (or even nice) architecture doesn't take place downtown? It's all brick wall crap or historic reno/restoration.

To be fair though, Montreal concentrated it's condo developments on reno'ing old/decrepid blgds into lofts/condos THEN started to allow new builds. It makes sense considering just how dense and old downtown Montreal is.
Hopefully once all our older bldgs are reno'd into residential/mix-use new ATTRACTIVE builds (such as Ironstone Condos) will be built... most likely concentrating around the approved LRT routes.

[flar]

I like this one in Dundas:


And there are some really nice loft conversions, for example:


And some that I don't like (you can see where the next one will go at the extreme left:




I'd take any of them in Downtown Hamilton though.

[SteelTown]

Originally Posted by flar

And there are some really nice loft conversions, for example:

My parents a few years ago had an amazing deal on these lofts. I bitch to them still to this day for not taking it haha.

[thistleclub]

http://www.newsbureau.ca/Content.aspx?item=1764

Does a bedroom community need to be central? Ironstone is a hell of a lot better than the 60s-era towers sprinkled across the mountain. Plus: Short hop to Glen Abbey, down the street from a provincial park, sweet rooftop patio...

[DC83]

Originally Posted by raisethehammer

The area in TO around the Skydome is horrible. Way too much of this with a cold, bland street presence.

It's called City Place by Concord. Although the building designs are nice (especially their signature Parade Condos) I agree it's very cold and doesn't promote much street life, especially along Spadina which is rediculously busy just north of the City Place developments in (new)China Town.

They didn't add enough street-front retail, and the retail they do have is like Fido or Rogers and they completely lack the ability to add a patio for a resto.

[JT Jacobs]

Originally Posted by SteelTown

My parents a few years ago had an amazing deal on these lofts. I bitch to them still to this day for not taking it haha.

I love this building (Bertram lofts, Dundas, that is): great job, great location. It astounds me that more developers don't do similar-style lofts in Hamilton. Does anyone know who did this development?

[fastcarsfreedom]

It's a terrific building--looks great and adds density to an area this Forum is very critical of. Of course I'd love to see more of this type of development in Hamilton--take note that it's part of the trend of development moving westward out of the the GTA. All the massive suburban single-family housing currently being created in Hamilton is part of the same trend--such housing was built wildly in Peel and Halton in the past 10-20 years--now the trend has moved to Hamilton...a few years down the road the influx of these types of developments will be begin...particularly with expanded GO service.