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raisethehammer · #21 Posted **Nov 2, 2007, 9:19 PM**

the spec has been loving this...they have an entire video on their site about the demolition.
now they have one today about the 'big bad Balmoral tavern'.
what a lame paper.

DC83 · #22 Posted **Nov 2, 2007, 9:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by raisethehammer

the spec has been loving this...they have an entire video on their site about the demolition.
now they have one today about the 'big bad Balmoral tavern'.
what a lame paper.

It WAS big & bad when it was a TAVERN! Now it's empty, totally restorable... but is being demo'd.

I didn't read the article as I don't usually waste my time on the Spec unless it's an article posted on here by Steeltown (he always highlights the useful parts) hahaha. But I'm pretty sure the HWCDSB will build a new building on it's site. Like I said b4, Cathedral has been looking to build new since like 98-99. So I'm actually optomisitic about the Balmoral Tavern demo.

raisethehammer · #23 Posted **Nov 3, 2007, 2:56 AM**

you're in Hamilton DC83...the board is using it for (get ready) parking.
They SAY they'll turn it into a park at some point in the future...yea, fat chance.
Once something goes parking in the Hammer it stays parking.
I saw HMP demo tonight...man, really sad. I didn't think I'd be as upset to see it go, but am really ticked. It was a beauty.

DC83 · #24 Posted **Nov 3, 2007, 2:59 AM**

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Originally Posted by raisethehammer

you're in Hamilton DC83...the board is using it for (get ready) parking.
They SAY they'll turn it into a park at some point in the future...yea, fat chance.
Once something goes parking in the Hammer it stays parking.
I saw HMP demo tonight...man, really sad. I didn't think I'd be as upset to see it go, but am really ticked. It was a beauty.

You never realize just how much you miss something until it's gone... unless you're Jack MacDonald... then you don't have a soul and could care less about anything of historical significance.

And now that I think about it, you're totally right, rth! Cathedral severly lacked in parking when I attended (my last 2 years they added 3 portables in the King St Lot taking up 3/4 of it's parking space). THEN they redid Wentworth St and took away ALL street parking.
Damn... I wish I were right in this case!

Can't they use the (mafia)-bombed out Vietnamese Shop across the street (s/e corner of King/Went) for parking??? UGH.

raisethehammer · #25 Posted **Nov 3, 2007, 3:07 AM**

I'm not just guessing...that's what they said in the spec article...using it for parking.

the dude · #26 Posted **Nov 6, 2007, 1:25 AM**

more demo photos.

DC83 · #27 Posted **Nov 6, 2007, 11:54 AM**

^^ sweet!! So they're working on the old Fed Bldg at the same time??
Maybe we'll start to see progress soon if this Spring'08 opening is true!

raisethehammer · #28 Posted **Nov 6, 2007, 2:59 PM**

nothing will be opening by spring 08. that's like 6 months from now.

SteelTown · #29 Posted **Nov 6, 2007, 3:56 PM**

He probably meant Spring 09, that's the goal deadline for Hilton.

DC83 · #30 Posted **Nov 6, 2007, 4:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by SteelTown

He probably meant Spring 09, that's the goal deadline for Hilton.

Ya sorry, the quote was:

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The downtown renewal division's Ron Marini has said that he would like the project to be completed by the spring of 2009.

So I guess construction wont be starting til spring 08

raisethehammer · #31 Posted **Nov 6, 2007, 4:38 PM**

here's hoping...I get nervous when we knock down buildings and then sit around HOPING that something gets built.

SteelTown · #32 Posted **Nov 9, 2007, 12:07 PM**

Concert hall, parking lot, hotel part of core revival

Nicole Macintyre
The Hamilton Spectator
(Nov 9, 2007)

Three major private projects promise to boost downtown Hamilton with lights, music and better parking.

The demolition of the old HMP dealership at the corner of Bay and Main streets is underway to make room for a new Hilton Homewood Suites. Developer Darko Vranich is behind the 15-storey hotel.

Just blocks away, Vranich's son Denis is planning to tear down a burned out apartment building at the corner of Hess and King streets to build a concert theatre the size of Toronto's Massey Hall.

"What it will do for Hess Village is huge," said Gord Moodie, the city's co-ordinator of downtown municipal incentives

He said the building's previous owner was proposing an 18-storey condo tower that didn't fit with the neighbourhood. The concert theatre, based on the House of Blues venue in Dallas, will make the village an attraction year round and help with noise complaints by bringing music inside, said Moodie. "I think we'll see a lot more restaurants instead of bars in the village."

Moodie expects the approximately $15-million project, which would qualify for a tax break, to start in the spring and take about 18 months to complete. A new parking structure already approved between Hess and Caroline will be perfectly placed to serve concertgoers, said Moodie.

On the other side of downtown, the city's new development corporation has made its first offer on a parking lot behind the old Sandbar Tavern.

Moodie said the $15-million to $20-million proposal features multiple floors of parking combined with retail and residential units.

The activity is a boost for Councillor Bob Bratina.

After months of promising action on the Hilton hotel, he was pleased to see the bulldozers last week.

The hotel will bring life and light to a dark corner. "By 2010, the downtown should be radically different," he said.

DC83 · #33 Posted **Nov 9, 2007, 1:16 PM**

^^ I always wanted that turned into a concert centre, much like Kingdom in Burlginton.

I told you guys Dennis will have tons of projects coming up since he'll be super bored on house arrest!! haha

raisethehammer · #34 Posted **Nov 9, 2007, 2:56 PM**

awesome!
I was first told about the House of Blues project months ago, but had to keep my mouth shut.
this will be great.
The project on King William behind Sandbar will be great too...I've seen preliminary drawings...looks really nice.

SteelTown · #35 Posted **Nov 9, 2007, 3:21 PM**

^ how many floors did the drawings look to have?

raisethehammer · #36 Posted **Nov 9, 2007, 11:05 PM**

it was in the 6-10 range...can't remember exactly. I think ground retail, 3 or 4 of parking and then 3 or 4 for condos. 7 or 8 would be almost exact from the drawings I saw...that was about a year ago.

SteelTown · #37 Posted **Nov 10, 2007, 2:52 PM**

Here's the new rendering!!

A 15-storey, 130-room Hilton Homewood Suites is to be built at the corner of Bay and Main streets. A wrecking crew is demolishing the old HMP dealership building on the prime property.

matt602 · #38 Posted **Nov 10, 2007, 4:29 PM**

Wow. That is freakin nice.

DC83 · #39 Posted **Nov 10, 2007, 6:04 PM**

Ya, it'll definately help out our skyline!
But it's the same as the 1st rendering, minus hmp!

raisethehammer · #40 Posted **Nov 10, 2007, 6:16 PM**

you can't see too clearly on this image, but facing Bay St is a nice big patio with a groundfloor pub.