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Originally Posted by Joat
Any idea when we might see any renders? This project is probably the one I'm most excited for. |
Probably mid to late summer. They don't even exist yet but with Sears out Oct 31st this project will be moving very fast.
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Originally Posted by J. Will
There's no way all of it becomes retail. You could try to turn some of the top floors to office space, but it would be anything but prestigious space with the lack of windows. I really hope they tear the ugly, near-windowless box down and build something more appropriate for a downtown environment there.
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If the top floors are turned to office space they will be fully glass. The chances of this building NOT getting a re-clad are essentially 0.
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Originally Posted by jsbertram
So who could use a 7 story building on a 3/4 block site in the heart of Downtown?
Perhaps the Vancouver Art Gallery can use this space instead of spending another decade of planning and hundreds of millions of dollars to build a brand-new building further down Georgia?
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The Art gallery can't afford the building. CF paid a large sum of money to get Sears out, and in turn need decent rents to make that payment financially viable. The VAG just cannot afford the rents needed to make CF whole.