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bigguy1231 · #41 Posted **Dec 19, 2012, 10:44 PM**

They should have left it as a strip club. At least that attracted people downtown to spend money. This is just going to be welfare housing for artists who can't make it on their own.

Dr Awesomesauce · #42 Posted **Dec 20, 2012, 12:19 AM**

^Wow. You're particularly old and crusty today.

thistleclub · #43 Posted **Dec 20, 2012, 2:17 AM**

From 95 King Street East: Proposed Artists Live/Work Development (Report #09040)

"Within the broad concept of creating artists live/work space, there are two distinct options.

The first option is to establish conventional residential units on the second and third floors and then the ground floor and basement would be devoted to the “work” including a street-front gallery to maintain a commercial presence along King Street. This option would create ten new residential units.

The second option is to create a true live/work arrangement with larger unit sizes. However, this would reduce the total number of units to seven: 3 each on floors 2 and 3 and one at the rear of the ground floor.

Staff believes the first option of the live/work concept has greater merit as 3 additional units will be created and will maintain the reception/meeting room at the rear of the ground floor. Notwithstanding, staff need to ensure that the preferred preliminary design does indeed meet the need of the artists community and will initiate a consultation process to further develop and refine the conceptual plans."

Now, instead of "a true live/work arrangement" CityHousing is apparently proposing 12 units. This seems to me like a scale model of the Gore Building, albeit with more headroom and a gallery downstairs rather than a cafe.

And in celebration of the regenerative power of the creative industries...

"Upon fiscal stability, CHH will consider either selling the property outright, possibly in tandem with the adjacent “Gore Building”, or securing a mortgage and utilizing the equity for other revitalization development initiatives."

vinchops · #44 Posted **Dec 20, 2012, 2:43 AM**

any renders?

SteelTown · #45 Posted **Dec 20, 2012, 4:56 AM**

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Originally Posted by vinchops

any renders?

http://www.tcarch.ca/projects.php?projectID=152

mattgrande · #46 Posted **Jan 23, 2013, 2:34 AM**

FYI, they've posted lots of pics of the construction on the page SteelTown posted, above.

matt602 · #47 Posted **Jan 23, 2013, 10:37 AM**

Looks great. They've also started work on the roof top addition in the back. You can see it really well from King William.

durandy · #48 Posted **Jan 23, 2013, 2:23 PM**

This is amazing! Some great pictures of the progress at the thier curran site. Now if they could just hop over to the Gore building while doing the main floor and make the ground floor space there less crappy...take out those stupid pillars. Anyway this is really exciting. Gore park in 5 years won't be recognizable.

CaptainKirk · #49 Posted **Jan 23, 2013, 2:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by durandy

This is amazing! Some great pictures of the progress at the thier curran site. Now if they could just hop over to the Gore building while doing the main floor and make the ground floor space there less crappy...take out those stupid pillars. Anyway this is really exciting. Gore park in 5 years won't be recognizable.

It's been six months since this Spec article reporting that Coffee Culture is moving into the ground floor of the gore building. What's happening there?

http://www.coffeeculturecafe.com/index-5_ontario.html

http://www.thespec.com/news/local/ar...re-in-the-core

Jon Dalton · #50 Posted **Jan 24, 2013, 2:23 AM**

They are looking for a franchise owner / operator. Maybe it's a tough sell.

drpgq · #51 Posted **Jan 24, 2013, 7:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by Jon Dalton

They are looking for a franchise owner / operator. Maybe it's a tough sell.

Knowing the city's track record as a landlord, I'm guessing the rent isn't congruent with the area.

Jon Dalton · #52 Posted **May 16, 2013, 3:26 AM**

I heard a certain developer with some recent success has taken over this project. Has there been any progress? Is CityHousing still involved?

SteelTown · #53 Posted **Oct 24, 2013, 1:42 PM**

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilt...more-1.2187564

ScreamingViking · #54 Posted **Oct 24, 2013, 5:55 PM**

It's great to see this finally coming online. That stretch of King needs more life.

Gore's revitalization is slowly happening from the outside in. It should have been the other way around, but so long as it happens. Hopefully some of the undesirable elements will get pushed out (e.g., the payday loan stores, bingo hall)