SOHO Italia - Preston | 112M |35 fl| Proposed - Page 19

cityguy · #**361** Posted: **Jan 4, 2013, 1:33 PM**

Any idea when sales will start?

waterloowarrior · #**362** Posted: **Apr 2, 2013, 3:21 AM**

Also significant is the sale of 488 &
490 Preston Street by 2110801
Ontario Inc to 486 Preston Ltd for
$3,300,000 or $265/sf. The property
is proposed to be developed with a
thirty storey, 254 unit condominium
building with ground floor
commercial uses.
http://www.juteaujohnsoncomba.com/ne...uary_Sales.pdf

waterloowarrior · #**363** Posted: **Apr 19, 2013, 5:17 PM**

Mastercraft Starwood now proposing to go back to a 35 floor tower
http://t.co/YYgsJg1L4o

Postmaster · #**364** Posted: **Apr 19, 2013, 5:55 PM**

As close to a height contest as Ottawa has ever had. Precedents can be good when you are behind the times.

Harley613 · #**365** Posted: **Apr 19, 2013, 5:56 PM**

amazed it took so long for that to happen! saw it coming from a month away!

kevinbottawa · #**366** Posted: **Apr 19, 2013, 5:59 PM**

What a beautiful building! I prefer this design to the Claridge Icon one. I could stare at this building for hours.

K-133 · #**367** Posted: **Apr 19, 2013, 6:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by kevinbottawa

What a beautiful building! I prefer this design to the Claridge Icon one. I could stare at this building for hours.

Or the other SoHo buildings...

McC · #**368** Posted: **Apr 19, 2013, 7:07 PM**

just so everyone's clear, the reason this building got shorter in the approvals was the removal of the 5 storeys of above-ground parking that had no good reason to be there. Anyway, those curves could be sexy (and more so than the Icon, which I don't love); but that one little pic from that angle isn't a lot to go on.

ac888yow · #**369** Posted: **Apr 19, 2013, 7:41 PM**

Very nice. It looks "Aqua"-esque (Chicago).

J.OT13 · #**370** Posted: **Apr 19, 2013, 9:34 PM**

I really like this design and I am also a fan of Icon and the Dow Honda site, but won't this end up an overkill of curvy towers/balconies? As for height, 35 and 45 floors gives us some good variation, but if Dow Honda, and maybe even whatever gets built on the CIBC site, is approved at 45-48, it will again just be multiple buildings of the same height. Seems we can't have variety anywhere in this city.

McC · #**371** Posted: **Apr 20, 2013, 12:52 AM**

Darwin pours some cold water: http://www.westsideaction.com/soho-i...ave-some-more/

rocketphish · #**372** Posted: **Apr 20, 2013, 2:24 AM**

Now this is the beautiful, curvaceous, design that the Icon tried for and failed miserably to achieve. I like it!

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Originally Posted by waterloowarrior

JackBauer24 · #**373** Posted: **Apr 21, 2013, 5:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by rocketphish

Now this is the beautiful, curvaceous, design that the Icon tried for and failed miserably to achieve. I like it!

Completely in 100% agreement.

I'd love to know the cost difference in construction and design to create these rounded balconies vesus the typical balcony designs we usually see. I can't imagine it's that much more expensive.