Gateway Green | 15-storeys; 58m | Office, commercial
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Gateway Green will utilize energy-saving and environmental design techniques to minimize its footprint on the environment. Approved at 15-storeys, it will also become the Capital Region’s tallest office building. A “living wall” is planned to be built along the north and east faces of the podium.
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This project's public discussion on VibrantVictoria.ca
Below are the five latest responses to the dedicated discussion thread for this project:
aastra
Mar 09, 2011 at 1:30 pmI'm shocked.
jonny
Mar 09, 2011 at 1:36 pmQuote: ^If I had to choose between the Atrium and GG, yes, I would choose GG without theslightest hesitation. Given the height lover I am, that must come as a shock.
Generally I prefer towers over shorter buildings, but given the prominence and importance of the Atrium's location I would have chosen to invest in that location first. That lot was derelict and an awful eyesore before the Atrium. At least where GG is located there are a couple of decent looking businesses and not abandoned buldings and vacant property. The GG location just isn't as important as Yates/Blanshard and Johnson/Blanshard.
The Atrium, in combination with the Juliet and soon the 834 have drastically changed that part of downtown, which is in my opinion more important than having GG. I will be very excited if we see some activity at the GG site. A bigger office presence is vital in continuing to build the core.
Phil McAvity
Mar 16, 2011 at 4:49 pm^Like I said a while ago, there's no question the Atrium is a massive improvement over what existed before but I also think the current building at Blanshard and Fisgard is old, dumpy, rundown, and in dire need of replacement and Gateway Green would have been more efficient use of valuable downtown land than the Atrium. It's just too bad there isn't enough demand for both.
ZGsta
Mar 17, 2011 at 9:44 amQuote: ^Like I said a while ago, there's no question the Atrium is a massive improvement over what existed before but I also think the current building at Blanshard and Fisgard is old, dumpy, rundown, and in dire need of replacement and Gateway Green would have been more efficient use of valuable downtown land than the Atrium. It's just too bad there isn't enough demand for both.
I agree with your sentiment about the current building at Blanshard and Fisgard, but I actually think that I'd still take the Atrium over Gateway Green given the choice.
Getting something useful on that bombed-out abandoned corner has been great. That area around the theaters has really improved with the Atrium, Juliet, Wave (yes, even with all it's shortcomings), and upcoming 834. If only the abandoned lot/lake a few buildings down from the Odeon would get developed.
I'd argue that getting more vibrancy on that corner is more valuable then the improvement down the street where GG would go.
Of course I'd love if BOTH were built.
Mike K.
Oct 21, 2011 at 7:47 amThe developers of Gateway Green tell us that they've been fielding calls lately from the provincial government about the time required to build this project, when shovels would hit the ground, and estimates for occupancy.
With news of Jawl Properties purchasing the Centro (Roth Site) land and their intent to use it for an office development, I wonder if we'll see the same scenario play out like we did with Gateway Green and Atrium: Atrium was proposed last, but Jawl signed the tenant Gateway was courting (which would have been BC Ferries).
