Nanaimo's (near) future skyline? - Page 4

Lyle · #61 Posted: **Nov 25, 2007, 7:56 AM**

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Originally Posted by aastra

If anybody cares, here are the latest versions of the census tract density maps:

Where do you find these, aastra?

aastra · #62 Posted: **Nov 27, 2007, 2:02 AM**

I assembled them myself from the census tract data. Check out this link:

http://geodepot.statcan.ca/GeoSearch2006/

Canadian Mind · #63 Posted: **Nov 27, 2007, 4:07 AM**

You made those things? Nice work!

Phil McAvity · #64 Posted: **Dec 2, 2007, 4:46 PM**

The only proposal of these five i can see actually happening is the shortest one in the middle (The old Malaspina hotel) and even that project has been stalled countless times over the years, so the likelihood of those other taller projects happening is remote at best.

Would sure be nice though.

Dylan Leblanc · #65 Posted: **Dec 2, 2007, 10:52 PM**

Last time I was in Nanaimo, about a month at, the project at the old Malaspina hotel site was up to about 10 floors, and the project to the right of it in that rendering has the site fenced off but the existing buildings were not yet removed.

aastra · #66 Posted: **Dec 4, 2007, 1:56 AM**

This picture is from January (from http://www.nanaimoinformation.com):

Phil McAvity · #67 Posted: **Dec 10, 2007, 12:54 AM**

^ And how many years have they been working on it? I believe Cape Development was the last company that planned a 17 or 18 story tower there, and it is still unfinished. All that is done are the little townhouses down by the water. What Nanaimo needs is to get Bosa Development into this project. If they could build the Beacon, they could probably get this thing off the ground. Nobody else seems capable.

Phil McAvity · #68 Posted: **Dec 27, 2007, 8:28 PM**

I finally found what i was looking for at Pacifica's own website. This was posted in October:

Why does the work seem to be taking quite some time/ the project so long to complete?

Until now, Pacifica has been a massive, one-of-a-kind of renovation project. In addition to encountering the unexpected, the complexity of demolition of attempted add-ons by two previous developers and a structural re-design of the building core due to the addition of three floors ~ all involving concrete ~ are part of the reason for the delay. Materials for which there was unpredicted lack of availability and delayed delivery have also contributed to the challenges which have affected the timetable, causing a ripple effect in associated trades. As well, the demand for workers exceeds the supply, as is the case across British Columbia and Alberta.

Why do the estimated completion dates keep changing?

The developer has always attempted to provide to homeowners an estimated completion date based on the information that was available at the time. Encountering unexpected situations that usually arise during a renovation project has affected many aspects of the construction process and resulted in the constant alteration of the construction schedule.

When is the current estimated completion date?

At the present time, there is no fixed completion date. Revised completion dates will be made known in the near future, when the developer can make a better assessment of the finishing construction schedule. This should be possible once the work on the eighth floor is finished and the brand new floor construction begins to progress at a predictable rate.

These pictures were taken earlier this month:

So there you have it folks. 11 years after the Malaspina hotel was torn down, this project finally seems to be moving forward with clear progress on the upper (tower) portion of the building. The only thing i am still confused about is their comment about this thing being a "renovation" project, unless they are adding to the work the previous developers had started.

Dylan Leblanc · #69 Posted: **Dec 27, 2007, 8:38 PM**

hey thanks for posting that phil. so this would be the tallest building going up on the island outside of Victoria

Phil McAvity · #70 Posted: **Dec 29, 2007, 3:52 AM**

Yeah, i'm not aware of anything even close to this height outside of greater Victoria on the island. Emporis has the height listed as 208 feet which could make it the second tallest on the island, depending on how tall Orchard House is. I've seen Orchard House listed as 203 feet and as 220 feet. The latter seems more likely given it's 22 stories. Regardless, this will be one of the tallest buildings on the island and a great addition to Nanaimo's skyline.

giallo · #71 Posted: **Dec 29, 2007, 5:12 AM**

It's a nice looking building.

shovelsauce · #72 Posted: **Jan 12, 2008, 6:30 PM**

This 8 story mid-rise is located about 1 km north of downtown on the slope overlooking newcastle channel. Because of it's location on the hillside it will be more visually prominent in the city skyline than it's modest height may suggest.
This photo was taken about 6 months ago so I am sure the building is occupied by now.

Phil McAvity · #73 Posted: **Feb 10, 2008, 1:15 PM**

Yeah, there are a couple of mid-rises there now. It's too bad the developers didn't build them downtown where they belong.

I'd love to see an update on Pacifica. Their website hasn't posted anything in a while.

aastra · #74 Posted: **Feb 26, 2008, 7:23 AM**

Here's a pic by "M" Pearl at Flickr.com:

http://flickr.com/photos/thepearl/22...7603845481700/

aastra · #75 Posted: **Mar 19, 2008, 11:59 PM**

Check out the incentive the city of Nanaimo has given the conference centre developer to try to make the hotel portion happen:

Quote:

The land is being transferred at a nominal value ($10.00). It is being provided basically for free as an incentive for Millennium/Suro to make the necessary investment. Without this incentive the economics of the hotel would not be strong enough to justify this investment by the private sector.

http://www.nanaimo.ca/uploadedfiles/...otelUpdate.pdf

aastra · #76 Posted: **May 3, 2008, 5:12 AM**

Has anybody seen a rendering of this one?

http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver.../17827684.html

Phil McAvity · #77 Posted: **May 13, 2008, 8:30 AM**

Not only have I not seen a rendering, this is the first i've heard of this. I wasn't able to find any information anywhere about it either.

82 units in a 24 story tower? Unless they are huge units, that does sound thin.

Mike K. · #78 Posted: **May 13, 2008, 5:43 PM**

This is the Insight Development Inc. condo that we have listed in the database (now called SeaWalk). When the photo gallery was up a rendering was included, too, so you must have seen it but can't remember.

jacob.maclean · #79 Posted: **May 15, 2008, 6:19 AM**

I just read about this. They have been demolishing the current site for quite a while. There looks to be a ton of activity going on there now. I've been driving by this site for the last couple of days now to see new progress. Not too much, but it's still quite exciting to see these rather big developments in Nanaimo over the past while!! This tower is going to seem huge since it's situated on top of the hill, if anyone has any renderings of this building, please post! Thanks.

Mike K. · #80 Posted: **May 15, 2008, 4:02 PM**

Nice to have you here, John. We need more folks from Nanaimo to keep us updated on going-ons and to snap the odd photo