Performance Court (150 Elgin) | 90.5m | 21 fl | Completed
150 Elgin St. - Leasing
27 storey mixed use tower and 900-seat concert hall Developer: Morguard Location: 150 Elgin St. Web: http://www.150elgin.com/ http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=33550 Rendering: http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2/Reersmeer/150E.jpg from the developer's website Quote:
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I have a gut feeling that this is never going to get built. :(
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Centretown News Online - October 12 Edition
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:previous: Like I said, I have a feeling it won't be built. Sadly. :(
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i tend to agree that this will never get built. Its been 3 years already...initially the City of Ottawa (when they awarded Morguard the winner of the property) put a clause in that construction would have to begin by May, 2006.....that didn't pan out and they obviously haven't leased any of the office space yet.. I really wish this would happen, but I thiink we would have been better of with Teron's cylindrical buildings/plan
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God, this is so stupid. The city or someone should convince a firm of some kind to invest in this development. It looks sweet adn will help inject some more life into downtown.
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It's too bad this building hasn't been built already(and it's really too bad the city didn't go with Teron's proposal to fully fund a concert centre himself, back when they sold it). But this lot is too prime for it not to be built on now that it is in private hands. For those that want to see 40+ story buildings on the skyline, I think this would be a great place to put one.
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http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2/Reersmeer/150E.jpg
I believe this building has already been built in Tampa, only taller. http://www.emporis.com/images/6/2002/05/149650.jpg http://www.emporis.com/images/6/2004/10/309130.jpg AmSouth Building - Height (struct.) 176 m 579 ft, 42 Fl I'm not bashing here, i just find it uncanny the resemblence sometimes between buildings. |
Maybe SSP: Local Ottawa should lease out some of the office space and help keep this project alive. I remember when the design first came out, it was one of very few projects in Ottawa that we could all agree was pretty nice. Could be a bit taller though.
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Well, this project is even closer to being dead now.
City Council is recommending to pull its funding for this Downtown Concert Hall part unless the Chamber Music Society contributes more than its $6M share by the end of the month... |
Well, let's get some new designs for a 40-storey + tower in the same location. Something that can compete with the massiveness of Place Bell Canada. I think it's a great location to start our battle with Ottawa's height restrictions. How about something like this?
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:previous: I definately wouldn't mind something like that, but I'd like 150 Elgin to get developed first with the Concert Hall. I can't believe city hall is serious about cutting out culture from a prime site in Ottawa!
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Hopefully this project is kaput
Ottawa deserves a gorgeous, free standing concert hall and not a low key nook top heavy with condos and retail in a narrow side street. YES! to this project dying! Build something spectacular and world class in Lebreton Flats, Rockliffe Base, Landsdowne, wherever! Please, NOT another GCTC squished under an ugly apartment tower!!
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Here's a thought: if the Concert Hall has fallen through at that location, could the city put together a proposal for the National Portrait Gallery at that location instead?
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If they didn't want to spend 40 million on a renovation project for the portrait gallery then there is no way they will shell out the cash for a whole new building. They wouldn't be able to skimp on the construction as people are expecting (and rightly so) something nice for this often-debated portrait gallery.
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The only think I would say is that the Concert Hall need not fall through for the Portrait Gallery to locate in this building. The office space is relatively small compared to otehr downtown towers that are on the books, and Morguard is not exactly seeing a stampede of potential lessors. With a street entrance and an escalator, there is no reason why the Portrait Gallery could not enjoy a location on the second and third storeys, for example, featuring a full-windowed café overlooking Nepean Street. I'm all in favour of your idea, ajldub. |
Guys, do you really think the city, in it's current financial state and financial mission, going to bid for the Portrait Gallery?
I hate to say it, but Ottawa can kiss the Portrait Gallery of Canada goodbye. |
Why have we lost it? Our credit rating is still A. If O'Brien wants to walk the walk he could borrow for the cash to put this together; the federal funding for years to come plus added tourist revenues and a nice destination to kick start a little development on that somewhat boring corner of downtown would pay it all back in time.
The portrait gallery should be ours as the national capital, and if we want to get aggressive over it I really believe this city could put together a very competitive proposal. It will be interesting to see how badly O'Brien wants it. Then again, the competition may well be nothing more than a political plum for a constituency on the fence in the federal election on the distant horizon. I think they have their eyes on giving it to either Quebec City or the GTA, but maybe I'm being pessimistic. |
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We have -A location on Confederation Boulevard -The parent staff at Library and Archives Canada just down the street -A signature building project at 150 Elgin where the City's contribution is... the land! We did our part! There is a building plan, all it's looking for is tenants. The Gallery would be a tenant. -The ability for Public Works to service the lease thanks to its proximity. -A cluster of related cultural institutions that are complementary with the Portrait Galler, such as the National Archives, the National Gallery and the Museum of Photography. |
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