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[Mike K.]

Thunderbird, a five-storey office building pictured in the post above, is now in the leasing stage. A sign has gone up on the property along West Saanich Road.

[D.L.]

Location of the new building - http://binged.it/NpdKfP

[Nparker]

I am not sure if another thread exists for this, but here's the latest rendering for a 6-storey development by Tri-Eagle in Royal Oak. Alas, it's being given a dubious name: The Radius

http://www.timescolo...anich-1.2897692

 

This isn't correct though is it?

It’s the first six-storey woodframe condo building in Greater Victoria...

 

 

Edited by Nparker, 18 November 2016 - 10:28 AM.

[Rob Randall]

^No, The Shire on Quadra near Cloverdale is under construction. One six storey component is topped out and the second is already up to the fifth floor and the third unit is about to go up. Six wood-frame storeys plus a concrete sub-basement.

Edited by Rob Randall, 18 November 2016 - 10:33 AM.

[Nparker]

...The Shire on Quadra near Cloverdale is under construction...

Was there also not a 6-storey wood frame building completed in Esquimalt not too long ago?

[VicHockeyFan]

Was there also not a 6-storey wood frame building completed in Esquimalt not too long ago?

 

Ya, near Carlton Club.  Kang & Gill developers.

 

 

https://esquimaltrev...g-up-esquimalt/

 

Building Up Esquimalt -Esquimalt’s Latest Condo Project Tests Zoning Bylaws

Esquimalt’s latest condo development sailed through the public hearing and approval stages earlier this year and all signs point to a positive outcome. The developers, Kang & Gill Construction Ltd, are calling their project “The Skyline”. The plan is for a 62-unit, six storey luxury condominium to be located at 924 Esquimalt Road off Carlton Terrace just west of Head Street.

 

An area in need of some tender loving care, the developers are promoting it with such pledges as: “…its rooftop garden is just one of the many elements that will revitalize the neighbourhood.” Esquimalt municipal planners have identified the area as a target for higher density.

Replacing a neglected land parcel, the project is seen as a key act in the gentrification (in the positive sense of the word) of Esquimalt. Casual comments among local residents indicate a negative perception of the site’s past. But, in a letter to Council dated last November, the developers wrote, “we feel strongly that investing in the area is a good thing and the first step in initiating positive change in the community. Analogous to cognitive behaviour therapy, changes in the external environment be it behaviour or the creation of an attractive building can stimulate positive growth in the internal milieu of both an individual and a community. ”

The wood-frame construction is keeping with the provincial government’s new building code that allows structures up to six storeys to now be built with wood. Previously, wood construction was limited to four storeys. Along with the rooftop garden, the project is billing itself as “green” with plans to enter into a partnership with the Victoria Car Share Co-Op program. The developers will buy the required co-op shares for each unit in the building as well as supply a fuel-efficient vehicle. The scheme is similar to that in use by Victoria’s Dockside Green community that gives members access to nineteen cars, trucks, and minivans stationed around Victoria.