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[jonny]

So a full 1/3 taller than Promontory? Nice.

 

(I understand that they will be about the same height above sea level due to the Promontory being built on a rise)

[jonny]

Sussex is a good looking building. I really, really, really, really hope HP1 has some sort of rooftop light feature.

[Nparker]

...I really, really, really, really hope HP1 has some sort of rooftop light feature.

And a higher "glass to solid surface ratio" than we have seen in many of the projects over the past few years.

[2F2R]

The allowance for height should be reflected in the design ... 

[RFS]

Sussex is a good looking building. I really, really, really, really hope HP1 has some sort of rooftop light feature.

Yah ideally colour changing LEDs. I also think the roof of the arena need something around the perimeter

[Nparker]

Any updates regarding approval for the additional height of HP1?

[Kapten Kapsell]

I don't think they have applied for this yet...

[Mike K.]

The queue at City Hall for development permit applications is so long now that the DP has been pushed back. The current estimate for a public hearing is for some time in the fall.

[Nparker]

The queue at City Hall for development permit applications is so long now that the DP has been pushed back. The current estimate for a public hearing is for some time in the fall.

Perhaps if the city administration didn't have to deal with implementing plastic bag bans, persuading the provincial government to take away property owners' rights, drafting regulations to turn parked cars into residences, wading through hundreds of rezoning applications for illegal businesses and finding ways to ensure every other street is turned into a multi-lane bike path, they might just have time to expedite the development permit process.

[Nparker]

The city has received the development permit (with variance) application for HP1

The City is considering a Development Permit with Variance application to construct a 29 storey mixed use building facing Herald Street

https://tender.victo...Number=DPV00045

 

[Mike K.]

July 31

 

[Nparker]

Only 32 levels to go and it will be all done. 

[Nparker]

The hoardings at the corner of Blanshard/Fisgard have been updated to indicate that "luxury" condominiums are coming and that good things are worth the wait. I hope this doesn't mean there will be a delay in getting this underway. Is it too soon to know if HP1 & HP2 will be built at the same time or phased like the Hudson Walk projects? I would assume the latter.

[Kapten Kapsell]

Are updated renderings of the tower available?  I checked Development Tracker today and it looks like there have been no updates/attachments to the submission that was made in July.

[Jackerbie]

^ I think I saw some updated renderings in the windows of the old Smoken Bones when I drove past last weekend. I could be wrong, though, I wasn't paying too much attention...

[Mike K.]

We're unlikely to see anything until Townline has had a chance to review and respond to the City's feedback regarding their updated DP application.

 

The feedback they may have received could push the tower below their desired 29-storeys, hence why only the lower floors have been officially revealed to-date.

[Kapten Kapsell]

We're unlikely to see anything until Townline has had a chance to review and respond to the City's feedback regarding their updated DP application.

 

The feedback they may have received could push the tower below their desired 29-storeys, hence why only the lower floors have been officially revealed to-date.

 

The developer tracker just got updated- here's a rendering from the official plans submitted to the city.

 

[aastra]

It really bugs me when renderings show buildings dressed up in shrubs and other greenery. Is the HBC building a beauty because of all the vegetation that was worked into the design?

[Nparker]

From what I can see, this proposal respects the forms of the original Hudson's Bay building while still being contemporary. My greatest fear is the height will get chopped off at the Council table and lose its appealing massing. If they need to see a change, I'd only suggest slightly more tapering towards the top.

 

[Rob Randall]

My greatest fear is the height will get chopped off at the Council table and lose its appealing massing.

 

But the height is already approved, isn't it? Once the rezoning is granted the height is acceptable; even Madoff conceded this with Bayview and gave that one the thumbs up.