Canadian City Proposals - Page 272

cjbs1 · #**5421** Posted: **Jul 9, 2012, 10:05 AM**

On the site of a currently abandoned paper mill, 'Le Canal', will feature several buildings ranging from 8 to 14 floors. A sales office is currently opened in the paper mill, which is to be demolished:

Rico Rommheim · #**5422** Posted: **Jul 9, 2012, 12:17 PM**

Solid projects all around. One trend is making itself clear lately: Lachine canal is exploding with condo projects, some tall some not, some nice some...not so much. Is Lachine Canal on its way of becoming the country's first waterway "canyon"?

Sherbrooke street is finally returning to its original status as an afflulent artery.

Thanks!

Dmajackson · #**5423** Posted: **Jul 9, 2012, 4:29 PM**

HALIFAX BOOM TIME

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Originally Posted by Dmajackson

All Information As Of: July 9th, 2012
Number of Projects With Cranes: 21 (17 listed, 4 unlisted)*
Total Number of Cranes: 21

RED (Red) - Proposed/Planned
ORANGE (Orange) - Approved/In Sales/Site Prep/Recently Approved
GREEN (Green) - Under Construction (Construction Permit to First Occupancy)
BLUE (Blue) - Recently Completed (Stays in this category for six months following completion of construction)
PURPLE (Purple) - Rejected/Abandoned/Outdated/Expired (Stays in this category for six months following announcement date)

Com - Complete
DA - Development Agreement
Dem - Demolition
PH - Public Hearing
PIM - Public Information Meeting
UC - Under Construction

- With a known height: Height (m) -> Name ; Without a known height: Floors -> Name
- Blank spaces (_) and asterisks (*) indicate not applicable or unknown
- Asterisks (*) are also used as place holders (to keep projects lined up) and as construction crane markers (if at the end of the entry)

HAPPY FOURTH BIRTHDAY HALIFAX COMPILATION LIST!!!

In preperation of this event I have reformatted the list be a bit more interesting and quick to read.

Some new features are the colour coding system (see legend at top), ranking of height on a community basis (Peninsula, Mainland, ect), links to HRM Planning website (Case # underlined if available), and links to the project's website (last column underlined if available).

I have quoted only the "core" area projects to save space. Please see the first post in THE MAIN THREAD for a listing of all of the projects.

Crane listings are based on as accurate information as I can get (personal visits to sites). However cranes are moving almost weekly in Halifax now so some may be recorded inaccurately.

I welcome any feedback and would love to see similar lists for other cities across Canada if there are any active ones.

- DJ

caltrane74 · #**5424** Posted: **Jul 11, 2012, 4:52 PM**

4 Additional Floors of Retail to be added to the busiest most retail intensive intersection in Canada

http://www.atriumonbay.com/?page_id=426#&panel1-4

Atrium on Bay gets approval for 4 new retail floors

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

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The Atrium on Bay is set to get a lot bigger.

Long the underappreciated younger sister of the Eaton Centre to its immediate south, the mall is set to add four floors of retail.

The owners, H&R Real Estate Income Trust, received community council approval for the project. H&R REIT also recently bought the Corus Quay building on the waterfront.

"It was largely supported by planning staff, as well as the downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area," says councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam. "There is going to be significant improvements to the street, a part of their application is really putting in almost three million to public realm improvements. They’re going to be internalizing the Dundas exit, the one that sits right in front of the Dundas and Yonge. So where you have those stairs leading up onto Dundas on the northwest corner will be removed. Which means we're going to recapture width. They're redesigning, repainting, re-landscaping Dundas, Bay, Edward as well as Yonge."

Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Kristyn Wong-Tam

Watch out Ginza, Shinjuku, and Times Square. ( hmmm. Saks Fifth Avenue? Nordstrom? Macy's? ...who knows who's getting that space. But it's gonna be huge)

LeftCoaster · #**5425** Posted: **Jul 11, 2012, 5:21 PM**

Surprised the article didn't mention it but they will also be adding office floors.

Rico Rommheim · #**5426** Posted: **Jul 11, 2012, 5:42 PM**

I really love Toronto, but Dundas square is awful. Just plain awful. My girlfriend and I stumbled upon it by accident last year and ran the hell away like a couple of deers.

Vaillant · #**5427** Posted: **Jul 11, 2012, 5:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

I really love Toronto, but Dundas square is awful. Just plain awful. My girlfriend and I stumbled upon it by accident last year and ran the hell away like a couple of deers.

that sounds like my last visit over there

The_Architect · #**5428** Posted: **Jul 11, 2012, 6:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by Vaillant

that sounds like my last visit over there

I'm surprised you get internet under there...

yaletown_fella · #**5429** Posted: **Jul 11, 2012, 7:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by cjbs1

A small but classy proposal. This one is almost sold-out and should start construction anytime soon:

I'm feelin this overall! I hope the developer dosen't use standard grey cladding and mullion caps though. That could cheapen it.

LeftCoaster · #**5430** Posted: **Jul 11, 2012, 7:24 PM**

Damn, I was going to say I hope this starts a new trend for design in toronto... then I realised it's in Montreal

Great project though!

LeftCoaster · #**5431** Posted: **Jul 11, 2012, 7:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

I really love Toronto, but Dundas square is awful. Just plain awful. My girlfriend and I stumbled upon it by accident last year and ran the hell away like a couple of deers.

It really is simply awful.

If I walk home from work my route takes me right through it and there are almost no redeeming qualities. From the dozen or so religious nutjobs hassling me to the endless stream of panhandlers it's just a very unpleasant place to spend any amount of time let alone just walk through.

someone123 · #**5432** Posted: **Jul 11, 2012, 7:30 PM**

It is kind of funny because people used to go on about how Yonge and Dundas is a ripoff of Times Square, which is basically unpleasant in the same way. When I worked in the area a few years ago there was even a terrorist threat -- it turned out to be a bag of pants.

yaletown_fella · #**5433** Posted: **Jul 11, 2012, 7:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by someone123

It is kind of funny because people used to go on about how Yonge and Dundas is a ripoff of Times Square, which is basically unpleasant in the same way.

The maritime/quebec tourists aren't as authentic as the obese fanny packed midwesterners. Also, Joey's Eaton Center can't compare to Applebees.

someone123 · #**5434** Posted: **Jul 11, 2012, 7:47 PM**

That's true, the American tourists are much fatter. I've never been to Applebee's -- why the hell would you waste meal there if you are visiting New York?

MTLskyline · #**5435** Posted: **Jul 11, 2012, 9:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by yaletown_fella

I'm feelin this overall! I hope the developer dosen't use standard grey cladding and mullion caps though. That could cheapen it.

This one is actually a re-cladding of an ugly building, so it's a win-win.

MTLskyline · #**5436** Posted: **Jul 11, 2012, 9:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by someone123

That's true, the American tourists are much fatter. I've never been to Applebee's -- why the hell would you waste meal there if you are visiting New York?

Assembled somewhere like suburban Atlanta, frozen, shipped nationwide. Oh, and tartar sauce is on everything!

Saddly, a lot of their customers in places like Time Square are filled with Canadians eating something they "can't get at home".

MonkeyRonin · #**5437** Posted: **Jul 11, 2012, 9:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Damn, I was going to say I hope this starts a new trend for design in toronto... then I realised it's in Montreal

Great project though!

Looks like a mid-rise version of a mid-2000s Pinnacle development. Its not terrible, but I'll take our Freed/Streetcar/pretty much everything else stuff instead, thanks.

MTLskyline · #**5438** Posted: **Jul 12, 2012, 12:43 AM**

Here is a round-up of some small projects on Montreal's south shore.

Proposal for the Greenfield Park borough of Longueuil. It's better than what's there now.

http://www.informationaffaires.com/I...entielles.html

Big Fiat/Chrysler dealership for Boucherville:

http://www.informationaffaires.com/N...e-Lambert.html

This is proposed for Varennes:

http://www.informationaffaires.com/I...-Varennes.html

Not bad condos for Sainte-Julie

http://www.informationaffaires.com/I...nte-Julie.html

Meh condos for Saint-Bruno

http://www.informationaffaires.com/I...int-Bruno.html

Tacky office building for Boucherville

http://www.informationaffaires.com/I...e-bureaux.html

TOD proposal for Mont-Saint-Hilaire

http://www.informationaffaires.com/I...00-portes.html

Andrewjm3D · #**5439** Posted: **Jul 12, 2012, 3:50 AM**

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Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Damn, I was going to say I hope this starts a new trend for design in toronto... then I realised it's in Montreal

Great project though!

It looks like most Toronto designed projects. I thought it was a Toronto proposal for a second.

someone123 · #**5440** Posted: **Jul 12, 2012, 11:50 PM**

They've confirmed a start to the Nova Centre in Halifax. Excavation is going to begin before August 30. It'll take about 8 months to complete -- it's a very large site by Halifax standards and they'll have to go down quite far to accommodate parking and the convention space.

There are going to be around half a dozen major downtown construction sites this summer, which is a lot for a smaller city. The Citadel Hotel site is 3 towers at once and the plan for Nova Centre is to have 3 towers, although they might not all be built at once. Across the harbour there are 4 small towers under construction at King's Wharf.

Here's a banner that went up on the (very unattractive) site today:

http://twitter.com/RemoZaccagna/stat...92800992018432