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Old Posted Jun 19, 2010, 6:08 PM
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I think this is a project that deserves a thread of its own. Great to see this is finally going to get off the ground.

http://www.leaderpost.com/office+tow...581/story.html

I count 18 floors of office space plus 2 floors of entrance,but looks more like 3 floors. Include the top part where the Mosaic symbol will be (mechanical room?)that looks like about 1 floor and this will probably be a new tallest for office buildings if they build it as per rendering.
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Here are the development plans for the Mosaic Tower which indicate that it is indeed 20 storeys and taller than the twins:
http://www.regina.ca/Page4859.aspx

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The City of Regina has received a Discretionary Use Application for the development of a 20-storey office tower on the subject property. The proposed office tower contains space for commercial tenants on the main floor along portions of the 12th Avenue and Hamilton Street frontages with an atrium space located at the corner of the main floor and extending mostly along the 12th Avenue frontage. The proposal contains a 2-level underground parking garage with 50 parking stalls and access to the parking garage is proposed from the lane at the rear of the subject property. The building requires approximately 240 parking stalls. The applicant is proposing to provide the remaining required parking stalls in an existing parkade located at the northwest corner of Rose Street and 12th Avenue through an off-parking agreement which is permitted in the Downtown zone. Office use is permitted in the D – Downtown zone. However, developments which exceed a floor area ratio of 2.0 and a height of 12.0 metres are discretionary uses in the Downtown zone. The proposed development has a floor area ratio of approximately 16.8 and a height of 84.5 metres. Floor area ratio is determined by dividing the area of the building by the area of the lot and excluding areas below grade (i.e., underground parking levels) and space for mechanical equipment, stair wells and shafts. The surrounding land uses include a commercial use to the north, a high-rise apartment building to the east, a mixed use office/residential tower to the south (TD Bank Building), and an office tower (Hill Center Tower II) to the west.
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Here are the development plans for the Mosaic Tower which indicate that it is indeed 20 storeys and taller than the twins:
http://www.regina.ca/Page4859.aspx
Thanks for posting!
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Booooooooo! on the height. 84.5 meters is squat considering floor-to-ceiling heights these days.
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Booooooooo! on the height. 84.5 meters is squat considering floor-to-ceiling heights these days.
it is better than 12 stories , which is what we thought the new tower would be
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it is better than 12 stories , which is what we thought the new tower would be
Sure, given the low expectations.

But I guess this would be a new tallest, no ? I think Delta is 83.8
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Hard to believe, but it looks like it edges out the Delta and Capital Pointe.
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Hard to believe, but it looks like it edges out the Delta and Capital Pointe.
...but I guess if you are going to count the parapet thingy on Mosaic Tower, you should count the spire on CP. From cbc.ca:

according to the designer, Chamberlain Architects, the building will be topped with an eight-metre spire that will push its height to around 90 metres giving it bragging rights over the 84-metre-tall Delta Regina Hotel
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The landscape plan looks decent for an office tower. It includes mayday trees and amur maples, which are different for Regina's downtown. They intend to use coloured stamped concrete walks with granite inlays. Unfortunately it appears that they intend to remove the faily mature exisiting ash trees. Note there is space for public art in the corner courtyard.


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Would be nice if the lobby was cut down in size and that space dedicated to another CRU which acted as an active use. Nearly half the main floor is dedicated as lobby space. Too much! That space will be empty the majority of the time....
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Would be nice if the lobby was cut down in size and that space dedicated to another CRU which acted as an active use. Nearly half the main floor is dedicated as lobby space. Too much! That space will be empty the majority of the time....
A go to any larger city and you will find that more prominent business towers (such as how this will be in Regina) have larger more grande lobbies. It's part of the selling point and the desirability of the space. If you are a large company would you want to rent space in a building that had a tiny lobby almost as an after-thought or would you prefer something that had a more grande feeling?
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A go to any larger city and you will find that more prominent business towers (such as how this will be in Regina) have larger more grande lobbies. It's part of the selling point and the desirability of the space. If you are a large company would you want to rent space in a building that had a tiny lobby almost as an after-thought or would you prefer something that had a more grande feeling?
I would prefer the building that had the most ammenities, such as ground floor retail.

If they want a lobby of that size, then the appropriate design would be to set it back deeper into the heart of the building and maintain the front facade as active commercial uses.....exactly what the new downtown plan requires.
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I would prefer the building that had the most ammenities, such as ground floor retail.

If they want a lobby of that size, then the appropriate design would be to set it back deeper into the heart of the building and maintain the front facade as active commercial uses.....exactly what the new downtown plan requires.
Check out page 2 of the development proposal, ( http://www.regina.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=5158 ) the downtown plan encourages street level use density similar to the rest of the block on Hamilton, north of the site. Going from 7 CRUs to 2-3 CRUs on this site is a big loss for downtown.
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The lobby doesn't look too overly large. Remember that part of the corner is an outdoor public courtyard. Also recall that Harvard put the NWL Store accross the street in the formerly abandoned and decrepit Leader Building and also put Colin Obrian Man Shoppe in the Conexus Plaza next door in what was a computer office. Those are two of the nicest store fronts in downtown.

In order to have development downtown, we need to make compromises. The people this tower and other developments will bring downtown will result in other vacant storefronts filling in and perhaps more retail where there are now parking lots.
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The lobby doesn't look too overly large. Remember that part of the corner is an outdoor public courtyard. Also recall that Harvard put the NWL Store accross the street in the formerly abandoned and decrepit Leader Building and also put Colin Obrian Man Shoppe in the Conexus Plaza next door in what was a computer office. Those are two of the nicest store fronts in downtown.

In order to have development downtown, we need to make compromises. The people this tower and other developments will bring downtown will result in other vacant storefronts filling in and perhaps more retail where there are now parking lots.
finally some common sense ,this is an 80 million dollar tower ,it does not happen every day ,other cities could be so lucky to have such a major project,it is a very well thought out and most beautiful tower ,remember there has no no office towers in 20 years we should thank the hill family
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80 Million?!.... If they are going to spend 80 million dollars on an office tower, then I disagree with you^^^. They could easily just 'get it right' and set aside more room for retail at the base. I mean complete redesign of the lobby and surrounding space could mean big bucks for the Hill's considering more tenants would be renting space. Whereas the lobby is a white elephant of space, that will never give a return. Ever.
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finally some common sense ,this is an 80 million dollar tower ,it does not happen every day ,other cities could be so lucky to have such a major project,it is a very well thought out and most beautiful tower ,remember there has no no office towers in 20 years we should thank the hill family
Some common sense? I take some offence to that seeing how I have a background in planning.

I am citing what is best practice amongst planners all over the world. The lobby area will comprise close to 50% of the front facade. Best practices again would suggest that the lobby be tweaked so a great percentage of the facade will be an active use.

I am not saying this won't be a welcome addition to downtown Regina. It of course will be, however, I'm not content on just settling. I want Regina to be a leader in city building.
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I also agree. Main floor retail should be a KEY component with frontage to the street (or direct access to).
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