PROPOSED Victoria PARC Uses: rental, commercial Address: 829-899 Fort Street / 846-856 Broughton Street Municipality: Victoria Region: Downtown Victoria Storeys: 10 |
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[Downtown] Victoria PARC | Seniors rentals; commercial | 10-storeys | Proposed
#101
Posted 13 January 2018 - 11:29 AM
#103
Posted 13 January 2018 - 05:59 PM
I am no senior but have eaten there numerous times. It's a good restaurant but is heavily patronized by seniors.
#104
Posted 14 January 2018 - 08:59 PM
I've eater there!
Twice!
Both times the food was quite alright.
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#105
Posted 01 February 2018 - 01:31 PM
An 8-page FAQ has been posted at http://fairfieldcomm...INAL-180117.pdf. Apparently there will be some 'all ages' market rentals offered (dependent on demand) that will not have meal or care amenities included.
#106
Posted 01 February 2018 - 01:32 PM
That's right! There is a workforce housing component to the project.
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#107
Posted 26 February 2018 - 02:06 PM
The latest update is now posted: https://tender.victo...Number=REZ00613
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#110
Posted 26 February 2018 - 02:45 PM
Ahh I see. This looks a billion times better!
Edit: Which, of course, means the proposal will be rejected.
Edited by jonny, 26 February 2018 - 02:46 PM.
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#111
Posted 26 February 2018 - 03:08 PM
...This looks a billion times better!
OMG yes! It has a more traditional feel. Perhaps it will get approved.
#112
Posted 26 February 2018 - 03:38 PM
The various setbacks and variations in massing definitely make this a more interesting design.
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#114
Posted 26 February 2018 - 07:17 PM
Yeah, the old one just looked like a bunch of facades glued together. Just a big long monolith that ignores the transition from downtown to the park/residential section of Fairfield. It's projects like this that make me wonder how many site visits the out-of-town architect actually made.
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#115
Posted 26 February 2018 - 07:32 PM
The massing is definitely more interesting now. The Quadra Street side's former issues seem to have been addressed. I like the mix of different colours of brick with cladding panels. The variation in the frontage along Fort is probably about as good as you're going to get on a single unified project such as this. They've made it better, for sure. I can live with it, but my concerns would be:
- the corner treatment at Fort & Quadra being so bland as compared to the original concept
- having ~ten stories along Fort without a balcony in sight
- the overall institutional look/feel/scale of it on the Fort Street side
- the way the back side of Escher is still quite blocked in, though not as much as before
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#117
Posted 27 February 2018 - 11:57 AM
You're not concerned about the sheer amount of plain brick there? Dark brick on the bottom levels, yellow brick almost right to the top? And no balconies or ornamentation or greenery or anything else to break it up or liven it up?
#118
Posted 27 February 2018 - 12:08 PM
You're not concerned about the sheer amount of plain brick there? Dark brick on the bottom levels, yellow brick almost right to the top? And no balconies or ornamentation or greenery or anything else to break it up or liven it up?
Not on the Fort Street side. I suspect balconies wouldn't be especially well-used (except for storage) on this street frontage and that is probably why none were included. Some minor tweaking to the cladding might not be a bad idea, but overall this is such an improvement to the previous "giant wall" in previous incarnations that I don't think it needs significant changes.
#120
Posted 14 March 2018 - 01:59 PM
I found this interesting tidbit in some recent minutes of the Fairfield Gonzales Community Association:
...There were some comments about how a building of this size might impact the Cathedral, however the Asset Manager of [Christ Church] Cathedral was present and spoke about their plans to develop a multi storey building on some of the land they own around the Cathedral.
http://fairfieldcomm...ORT-ON-PARC.pdf
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