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Capital Park Office, building 1
Uses: office, commercial
Address: 500-block of Superior Street
Municipality: Victoria
Region: Urban core
Storeys: 5
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[James Bay] Capital Park | Mixed-use office, commercial, residential | 5-storeys | Under construction

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#401 LV

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Posted 04 August 2017 - 08:10 AM

Exciting!  I'd love to see Fishhook set up shop in this development.  Imagine they'd do killer business during the lunch hour with all those government employees right next door.
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Fishhook operators set sights on new downtown eateries
"Operators involved in Victoria’s popular Fishhook seafood eatery are reportedly opening three additional locations in the city’s downtown core and James Bay, Citified has learned.
  
Sources tell Citified the concept for the three locations – reportedly eyed for the retail component of Jawl Properties’ nearly completed 1515 Douglas and 750 Pandora office development, a vacant retail space at the foot of Swift Street and an office complex nearing completion in James Bay – may not necessarily mirror Fishhook's Fort Street offerings, although there will likely be a seafood component to the menu."
 
 


#402 Bingo

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Posted 08 August 2017 - 03:31 PM

Today I went to see what some have been labeling as uninspiring, tacky and disappointing.

 

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#403 Nparker

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Posted 08 August 2017 - 03:36 PM

Today I went to see what some have been labeling as uninspiring, tacky and disappointing.

It's really only the residential portion that I find terribly underwhelming. I also wish there were street-level retail along Superior.



#404 sdwright.vic

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Posted 08 August 2017 - 05:27 PM

It is very suburban office park though.
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#405 jonny

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Posted 08 August 2017 - 05:39 PM

I get more of a Selkirk Waterfront vibe. Is that a suburban office park?

Again, I think the office portion looks very good.
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#406 jonny

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Posted 08 August 2017 - 05:43 PM

If the underdeveloped areas of James Bay magically transformed over night into something 75% as cool, trendy, modern and attractive as Selkirk, I would be ecstatic.
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Posted 08 August 2017 - 06:43 PM

I get more of a Selkirk Waterfront vibe. Is that a suburban office park?

Again, I think the office portion looks very good.


I actually feel it is a suburban office park... yet shouldn't of been.
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#408 sdwright.vic

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Posted 08 August 2017 - 06:45 PM

If the underdeveloped areas of James Bay magically transformed over night into something 75% as cool, trendy, modern and attractive as Selkirk, I would be ecstatic.


Say what? Selkirk is poorly designed and hardly trendy! They have Glo... and their barely Selkirk is barely known for that!

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#409 Bingo

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Posted 08 August 2017 - 08:36 PM

It is very suburban office park though.

 

The whole thing is replacing what was government offices, so the buildings are office consideration first and retail second, not the other way around.



#410 Nparker

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Posted 08 August 2017 - 09:06 PM

The whole thing is replacing what was government offices, so the buildings are office consideration first and retail second, not the other way around.

The days of designing office space at street level should be long over. It's the absolute worst for vibrancy. If retail isn't viable at grade then at least some sort of non-office use that creates activity after 5:00 PM and on weekends is a must.


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#411 jonny

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Posted 09 August 2017 - 07:42 AM

Say what? Selkirk is poorly designed and hardly trendy! They have Glo... and their barely even known for that!

 

The office spaces are great. Places like Glo and Catalyst are very nice. The townhomes are really nice. I would much rather live at Selkirk than James Bay, Harris Green, North Park or downtown. Like we have discussed before, the area needs higher density, but it's hardly done growing.

 

If this isn't trendy, modern architecture, please provide some more apt examples in Victoria, because I can't think of a more modern neighbourhood in Greater Victoria. How is it poorly designed? Ingress and egress is simple. Parking is never a problem. The buildings look great.

 

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Yes, the interior of the sky bridge is still not finished, but man those townhomes look fantastic, and big.  There are only 4 on the waterfront but I don't remember if they extend to the street or if there's another set of 4 on that side?  Oh, and there's a totem pole in the new lobby.

 

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#412 sdwright.vic

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Posted 09 August 2017 - 07:48 AM

It does little to engage as a neighborhood or the neighborhood around it. It could of been a buzzing environment at all times, not just office hours. It could of also engaged with Gorge Rd better a d added a commercial area. It was a good attempt at "trendy" office buildings yes, but failed delivery in other ways negates that.
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#413 Bingo

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Posted 09 August 2017 - 07:53 AM

If the underdeveloped areas of James Bay magically transformed over night into something 75% as cool, trendy, modern and attractive as Selkirk, I would be ecstatic.

 

Selkirk is great, but it is the waterfront setting that is the draw and and helps with the pizazz. 

I think once Capital Park is finished it will have a much better feel, but I like what I see so far.


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#414 jonny

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Posted 09 August 2017 - 08:23 AM

It does little to engage as a neighborhood or the neighborhood around it. It could of been a buzzing environment at all times, not just office hours. It could of also engaged with Gorge Rd better a d added a commercial area. It was a good attempt at "trendy" office buildings yes, but failed delivery in other ways negates that.

 

The neighbourhood around it is largely a dump of cheap strip malls, industrial lots and worn out bargain brand motels. There's not much there to engage with or that's even worth engaging, IMO. I think they were right to cut the development off from Gorge Road, which has to be one of the least inviting major thoroughfares in Greater Victoria.

 

The important aspect is that it engages very well with the Gorge waterway. The area needs more residents to have that buzzing environment, but it's hardly the architect's fault that the surrounding area has a pathetic population density and that most of the surrounding properties have vast swaths of pavement. The nearby population of crushed cars dramatically surpasses the population of human beings.

 

Anyway, my point was to compare the architecture of the commercial buildings at Capital Park and Selkirk. I find both to be attractive. A community vibe is all about population and actual human beings. Capital Park should have more of a buzz and vibe than Selkirk as the area around it is not completely devoid of life and residents.



#415 aastra

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Posted 09 August 2017 - 08:26 AM

 

It does little to engage as a neighborhood or the neighborhood around it. It could of been a buzzing environment at all times, not just office hours. It could of also engaged with Gorge Rd better a d added a commercial area. It was a good attempt at "trendy" office buildings yes, but failed delivery in other ways negates that.

 

Seriously, all the Selkirk needs to do is build on the parking lots in the middle and on the strip mall right beside. Two mini highrise apartment buildings and something like a London Drugs on the ground would work wonders.


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#416 jonny

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Posted 09 August 2017 - 09:51 AM

That's right, asstra.

 

Capital Park has a great head start as there are already thousands of residents in the direct vicinity of the development.



#417 Bingo

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Posted 09 August 2017 - 12:32 PM

That's right, asstra.

 

Capital Park has a great head start as there are already thousands of residents in the direct vicinity of the development.

 

Hmmm...I quess spell check corrected that when you weren't looking. :badpc:



#418 aastra

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Posted 09 August 2017 - 12:58 PM

The odds of that happening must be asstronomical.



#419 tjv

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Posted 18 August 2017 - 04:27 PM

Phase 2 demolition has started


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#420 Bingo

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Posted 18 August 2017 - 04:32 PM

The odds of that happening must be asstronomical.

 

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