Downtown Hamilton condo developers making slow, steady progress
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On James North, the Acclamation and Tivoli condos have yet to materialize on what might appear to the outsider as idled sites.
But looks can be deceiving, Acclamation condo developer Patricia Roque suggests.
"This project has been in the works for six years," says Roque. "There's so much work that's required before you break ground."
Roque is the lead on the $30-million Acclamation condo project, which aspires to build an eight-storey condo building at the James North eatery of the same name.
Documents for that site plan have been in the city's hands for about a year, Roque said.
"Now, we're just down to the nitty-gritty details and finalizing everything."
There will be at least three months of environmental work ahead, depending on what the excavation unearths.
"We've been doing soil testing for about two years," Roque said.
In the meantime, sales have been promising.
Of 71 units, 50 per cent have been sold, Roque said.