Paradox Hotel and Residences | 188m | 67 Fl | Completed

[jlousa]

The date I've heard for the Ritz project is actually 2011, same as the residence at Georgia. The hotel will not be open until the project is completed, The Ritz is pretty upscale and you wouldn't want their guest walking through a construction zone.

[entheosfog]

Originally Posted by ScottFromCalgary

Once the facade was removed and demolition started in earnest, the York Hotel at The Bow site was gone in a few weeks. I think it was about 7 stories.

But the Bow excavation is under an intense deadline to get 6th ave open up again.

[deasine]

Originally Posted by jlousa

The date I've heard for the Ritz project is actually 2011, same as the residence at Georgia. The hotel will not be open until the project is completed, The Ritz is pretty upscale and you wouldn't want their guest walking through a construction zone.

yeah that's exactly the case... I remember those documentaries on National Geographic about the Ritz Hotel in France. What a beauty!

omg whenever I place posts... it turns out a lot slower on the forum... then my questions get answered making me look like an idiot to ask again....

[SFUVancouver]

The old Shell Building is nearly gone.

Preparing the pit to begin construction of several levels of underground parking and mechanicals may take a little longer than usual because the Ritz-Carlton will use a ground-source heat exchange system. This will provide the tower with heating and cooling but will require the drilling of a couple hundred bore holes for the heatpipes.

[vanman]

^ Oh no, remember how long it took Cielo to rise above street level.

[towerguy3]

How many underground levels and how deep below street level will the footings be? Shangri-La's footings were 91 feet down.

And no I didn't hear that from some guy in orange coveralls

[Canadian Mind]

Originally Posted by towerguy3

How many underground levels and how deep below street level will the footings be? Shangri-La's footings were 91 feet down.

And no I didn't hear that from some guy in orange coveralls

Thats the kinda ifo I'd expect a guy in orange coveralls to accurately know. o.O

Just playing with ya buddy, cheers!

I would hpe the footings for this tower are at least 80 feet down. thats 600 feet of structure and in needs to be reasonably stable for earthquakes.

[towerguy3]

Will the rock they run into be of a volcanic / precambrian origin like they ran into with Shangri-La and therefore have to do some blasting? No doubt we could expect the same type of deep down rock on either side of W. Georgia? It is virgin untouched ground.

I assume they'll be doing some pre drilling to find out the consistency of the rock under Ritz, but apparantly at Shangri-La running into volcanic rock was a bit of a surprise to the excavators.

I remember one big chunk right under the church that they were messing with. It looked stubborn. It was like the rock was saying to the blasters "how dare you unearth me after 10,000 years"!

Are the two building on either side or the residential towers behind designed to withsttand blasts? Unlike Shangri-La other than the church which was braced, blasting at Ritz may present some challenges

[jlousa]

Blasting rock does not effect neighbouring buildings, the rock is drilled into and the charge placed inside, the only effect is possible flying debris and they sheild against that. They only blast large unmoveable rocks, most are able to be excavated or broken down via drilling.

[mr.x]

Originally Posted by jlousa

Blasting rock does not effect neighbouring buildings, the rock is drilled into and the charge placed inside, the only effect is possible flying debris and they sheild against that. They only blast large unmoveable rocks, most are able to be excavated or broken down via drilling.

Damage by flying debris is quite a low risk. They used 5,000 kg tire mats to cover the explosives for the Canada Line blasting. Instead of a dramatic explosion, all you could hear was a soft "whoosh".

[mr.x]

updates by look@round from SSC:

Originally Posted by look@round

Yesterday:



Ritz Carlton & Shangri-La:

[bils]

i spoke with one of the realtors yesterday. she reports that approx 50% of units have been sold. surprisingly, a large percentage of buyers are local. there have been inquiries from prospective buyers about buying two penthouses and joining them (in excess of 14,000sqft).

[jlousa]

The 2 of the 3 penthouses are already sold, and they have sold closer to 70% of the units.

[MolsonExport]

That is one heck of a nice tower for Vancouver.

[nathan6969]

Anyone else register for this with Rennie, got an invitation to some reception their holding next week, but the invitation was printed on this lucite tile, it looks like an oversized coaster with a big picture of Arthur Erikson, kind of a different marketing idea...

[tradlak]

Could someone please explain how to post a jpeg image here. Thanks

[deasine]

Originally Posted by tradlak

Could someone please explain how to post a jpeg image here. Thanks

u need to find your own image hosting... then use their links and press the picture icon OR type <img></img> (replace <> with []).

[vanhattan]

Originally Posted by nathan6969

Anyone else register for this with Rennie, got an invitation to some reception their holding next week, but the invitation was printed on this lucite tile, it looks like an oversized coaster with a big picture of Arthur Erikson, kind of a different marketing idea...

Yes, I got mine today. Different like you said. I am surprised and then not at all that they reportedly sold 70% already like jlousa claims. I am going to try to go to the event posted on the lucite "coaster" just for fun. See you there?
I have not seen the inside plans, but if I had the money I probably would buy there. Guess I need to play the lotto this weekend!

[nathan6969]

^^Although I am enticed by the "complimentary valet parking" I don't if I'm gonna make it to this one, but do let us know how it goes...

[mr.x]

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