175 Robson | 62.6M | 19Fl | Completed - Page 4

officedweller · #61 Posted **Jan 24, 2013, 7:28 PM**

From Downtown thread Jan 24, 2013:

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Originally Posted by Built Form

Crystal Blu hotel/condo 175 Robson

pic by Built Form

officedweller · #62 Posted **Mar 3, 2013, 1:59 AM**

Pics by me today:

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You can see the cantilever for the projecting space above the entrance shown on the model:

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Originally Posted by Built Form

all pix by Built Form

Jimbo604 · #63 Posted **Mar 15, 2013, 5:57 AM**

Photo credit: me

Prometheus · #64 Posted **Mar 15, 2013, 6:31 PM**

Thanks for all the updates.

officedweller · #65 Posted **Mar 30, 2013, 2:53 AM**

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Originally Posted by osirisboy

Anyways back on topic... The building going up at the end of robson that was going to be a Hilton has installed what looks like precast panels. Looks good. The only other project that I can think of that uses precast is the one going up at ubc

Pic by me today (didn't notice the precast panels though)

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osirisboy · #66 Posted **Mar 30, 2013, 5:00 AM**

I noticed it on the robson side by the lane behind the hoarding. It was only on the first floor

officedweller · #67 Posted **Apr 5, 2013, 6:24 PM**

Pic today by a coworker from across the street:

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Note that the open air courtyard shown in Built Form's pic (below) has been eliminated.
Previously, plans were for 2 glass enclosed walkways to the other side of the podium (previously proposed conference facility).
Now it looks like one large block - where all the hotels rooms are located (which would be 3 floors of hotel rooms).
That's the result of the DP application we saw some time ago.
http://vancouver.ca/files/cov/commit...t-DE415323.pdf

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Jimbo604 · #68 Posted **Apr 15, 2013, 3:10 AM**

Photo credit: me

officedweller · #69 Posted **Apr 17, 2013, 7:11 PM**

Pics by me today.
The precast looks very plain (and drab), but okay.

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officedweller · #70 Posted **Apr 25, 2013, 9:08 PM**

http://www.biv.com/article/20130423/BIV0111/304239944

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Residential units subsidizing Vancouver hotel developments
By Glen Korstrom
Tue Apr 23, 2013 12:01am PST

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Mayfair Properties Ltd. is developing the Crystal Blue Hotel and Residences at the corner of Cambie and Robson streets as part of a project that will also have 112 strata residential units that Mayfair will own and rent.

The project makes sense, said Mayfair Hotels and Resorts vice-president Zack Bhatia, because the residential market is strong enough for the rental units to be profitable.

Mayfair was saddled with city requirements to put commercial space in the building. It was restricted to building a multiple of three times the site’s footprint in residential space. The remaining multiple of twice the site’s footprint had to be commercial space.

“It could have been a hotel or a small office building,” Bhatia said, “but the area around BC Place is not an office area.”

Mayfair owns two other hotels in the vicinity, so its new hotel will enjoy cost savings from synergies such as shared accounting and management.

Because the Crystal Blue Hotel’s residential units will be for rental, Mayfair is not following the path of other recently developed downtown Vancouver hotel-and-condominium projects that secured an established luxury hotel brand to anchor the development and help drive up the value of the accompanying condominiums.

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Homeowner · #71 Posted **Apr 28, 2013, 4:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

http://www.biv.com/article/20130423/BIV0111/304239944

Wonder what the rents will be ? Maybe higher than average with use of hotel amenities?

officedweller · #72 Posted **May 8, 2013, 12:04 AM**

Pics by me today of the Cambie side:

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Spork · #73 Posted **May 8, 2013, 5:55 AM**

Source: heyuguys.co.uk

Anybody else?

I'm a fan of this kind of detail, but I really hope that they do more to tie it in with the building than just slapping it on there (e.g. with a different colour paint like the model).

Jimbo604 · #74 Posted **May 25, 2013, 8:37 PM**

Photo credit: me

officedweller · #75 Posted **Jun 7, 2013, 10:09 PM**

Pics by me today.

Dark glass! on the podium hotel rooms - wonder if the tower will be the same?
There are dark blue spandrel squares above the driveway entrance (barely decernible in the pic).

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Prometheus · #76 Posted **Jun 7, 2013, 11:35 PM**

Thank you for the update.

officedweller · #77 Posted **Jun 15, 2013, 10:21 PM**

Pics by me today - more precast being installed (each piece is huge!).
Still no glass curtain wall installed yet.

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officedweller · #78 Posted **Jun 24, 2013, 8:50 PM**

Pic by me today:

Played with the contrast to show the precast detail on the 4th level podium.
You can also see the dark blue squares below the operable windows and the narrow dark blue spandrel band.
The windows looks good. The 4th level precast, not so much. The proportions look off with the detailing.

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officedweller · #79 Posted **Jun 26, 2013, 7:17 PM**

Pic by me today:
BTW - looking from Cambie Bridge, I think this one has topped out.

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Prometheus · #80 Posted **Jun 26, 2013, 8:10 PM**

Thank you for the update.

The glass looks quite dark.