745 Thurlow St | 91m | 23fl | Completed - Page 45

officedweller · #**881** Posted **Sep 30, 2020, 11:39 PM**

That was a pretty old building for PT, wasn't it?
1970s or 80s?

s211 · #**882** Posted **Oct 1, 2020, 12:00 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

That was a pretty old building for PT, wasn't it?
1970s or 80s?

PT is still a thing, as I understand it.

officedweller · #**883** Posted **Oct 1, 2020, 12:15 AM**

I meant it must have been one of the earliest PT structures in town.

jollyburger · #**884** Posted **Oct 1, 2020, 12:53 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

I meant it must have been one of the earliest PT structures in town.

It was being built in 1974:

https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/...truction-2;rad

Just from someone who knows little or nothing about PT but it seems like there's a lot of loose wire compared to what you would expect from traditional rebar.

Like in this video of the demo:

• Video Link

jollyburger · #**885** Posted **Oct 1, 2020, 12:59 AM**

The old building on the 1550 Albeni site was also post-tensioned:

http://www.pacificblasting.com/demol...ing-demolition

That thing was built in 1972

officedweller · #**886** Posted **Oct 1, 2020, 1:18 AM**

Cool.
I remember a structural engineer friend of mine saying taht PT only spread to residential condo towers in the 1980s with Pacific Point (Pacific & Homer) being one of the first (?)

LeftCoaster · #**887** Posted **Oct 16, 2020, 8:27 PM**

Looks like a large tech user has grabbed up the entire block of Kabam games and SNC Lavalin's old space in the tower, as Kabam is moving to bigger space in 753 and SNC is well... a mess. Still confidential but will likely be coming out soon.

jollyburger · #**888** Posted **Oct 16, 2020, 9:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Looks like a large tech user has grabbed up the entire block of Kabam games and SNC Lavalin's old space in the tower, as Kabam is moving to bigger space in 753 and SNC is well... a mess. Still confidential but will likely be coming out soon.

Amazon took 80,000 square feet this year?

https://www.avisonyoung.ca/documents...3-a0c732332756

C3YVR · #**889** Posted **Oct 18, 2020, 11:29 PM**

SNC Lavalin rooftop signage has also been removed.

jollyburger · #**890** Posted **Oct 19, 2020, 2:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by C3YVR

SNC Lavalin rooftop signage has also been removed.

They took 37K square feet in the Telus boot building in Burnaby.

LeftCoaster · #**891** Posted **Oct 19, 2020, 6:07 PM**

Hmm seems cat's outta the bag, ya Amazon took over SNCs space in the tower. Yet another 80k gobbled up by the Amazon juggernaut. Last I heard the deal was still confidential, but apparently Avison thinks otherwise!

s211 · #**892** Posted **Oct 19, 2020, 6:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by C3YVR

SNC Lavalin rooftop signage has also been removed.

Good riddance, I'd say.

MistyMountain · #**893** Posted **Oct 19, 2020, 8:20 PM**

Wow, I wonder if its temporary space until The Post is finished, or they're keeping it.