The Cardero | 81m | 26Fl | Completed

[Vin]

Still a lot faster than the Burrard Gateway project.

That one we even see the skeleton crew taking selfies.

[Graham_Yvr]

Originally Posted by Vin

Still a lot faster than the Burrard Gateway project.

That one we even see the skeleton crew taking selfies.

Naw, the Cardero began excavation before Burrard Place which has a much large hole, and is now above ground. The Cardero seems like it's kids playing in the dirt. It's bizarre. If I'm wrong in my time line, so be it. I still maintain that this project is the slowest I've seen in my 3+ decades living in downtown.

[mcminsen]

For what it's worth, here's a comparison of the Cardero and Burrard Place from first serious excavation to nearing grade. About 18 months for the Cardero and about 21 months for Burrard Place. This is just a rough measure because of how you might judge "first serious excavation" and "approaching grade". They're both slow and have had long stretches of little visible progress.




Cardero, Jan.28 ’17, my pic


Cardero, Aug.1 ’18, my pic





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Burrard Place, July 9 ’16, my pic


Burrard Place, April 2 ’18, my pic

[mcminsen]

Here's a comparison of the two projects at about the same date.



Cardero, Jan.28 ’17, my pic




Burrard Place, Jan.21 ’17, my pic

[mcminsen]

Originally Posted by mcminsen

June 26 '18, my pics

Two months later...




Aug.27 '18, my pic

[mcminsen]

Aug.27 '18, my pics

[LeftCoaster]

Looks like we're finally up to grade, exciting. Very curious to see how the exoskeleton on this one plays out.

[officedweller]

I think it more like fancy fins, rather than an exoskeleton.

Originally Posted by urbancanadian

On the right/boring side of the building, there are two rows of spandrel that run the length of the building. Hard to tell, but I think they've just disguised it well to make the building more appealing-looking...

[LeftCoaster]

Well whatever it is... im curious!

[retro_orange]

Lets hope they end up on the final product...

[officedweller]

August 16th overhead shot from Bosa Construction:


https://twitter.com/BosaConstruct

[mcminsen]

Oct.20 '18, my pics

[vanman]

Nearly two years to go from excavation to barely above grade!

[LeftCoaster]

Finally!

Now for the exciting bit.

[Klazu]

I thought you were kidding about two years, but nope, it has indeed taken that long!

How is that possible? I feel like they have been working all along, but progress has been just super slow. Who pays for the extra expenses coming from such a delay?

[mcminsen]

Dec.10 '18, my pics

[Klazu]

Thanks for an update. Finally this tower is having a street presence.

[MrFreeze]

Off topic but does someone knows why they transformed the parking lot by a dog 'park' on the other side of Georgia? We can see that in the 3rd picture.
I know that the whole lot (including White spot and the former gas station) is in project for new development but haven't seen anything new on the topic, at least nothing that explain why they need to get rid of a busy parking space to an empty dog park...

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by MrFreeze

Off topic but does someone knows why they transformed the parking lot by a dog 'park' on the other side of Georgia? We can see that in the 3rd picture.
I know that the whole lot (including White spot and the former gas station) is in project for new development but haven't seen anything new on the topic, at least nothing that explain why they need to get rid of a busy parking space to an empty dog park...

Almost certainly that's a 'tax avoidance' or 'meanwhile' park. As a parking lot they pay property tax at a higher rate than a public open space. BC Assessment determine the tax category that the land is taxed at. The city sets the rate that the property then pays - which will be low as it applies to all parks and gardens. See a discussion about 9 years ago. Presumably the income from parking isn't enough to be worth keeping it; cutting 70% of the tax bill is financially advantageous.

[MrFreeze]

Very interesting, thank you!