BUILT The Sawyer Block Uses: rental, commercial Address: 840 Fort Street Municipality: Victoria Region: Downtown Victoria Storeys: 6 |
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[Downtown Victoria] The Sawyer (formerly The George) | Rentals; commercial space | 6-storeys | Built - completed in 2020
#21
Posted 02 October 2009 - 09:20 PM
(Why do I expect Goldie Hawn to be coming out of the building.....?)
#22
Posted 05 November 2009 - 08:55 AM
#23
Posted 05 November 2009 - 10:01 AM
#24
Posted 05 November 2009 - 10:12 AM
Modern condo building, you mean?
Ya. There have been some heritage conversions etc. that have no parking, there was no excavation.
And I suppose there is little excavation here either, but you are building an awful lot of it from scratch.
I can't think of any new condo that has zero parking. The micro-condo zoning around downtown is .6 stalls per suite, I believe, like the Metropolitan.
#25
Posted 05 November 2009 - 12:00 PM
#26
Posted 05 November 2009 - 12:10 PM
I would say most of oldtown was built with no parking.
I said NEW CONDO. Name a residential building built since 1970 that has no parking. This will be the first in 40 years, at least.
#27
Posted 06 November 2009 - 08:10 AM
City condo rezoning tabled
Times Colonist
November 6, 2009
http://www.timescolo...1285/story.html
A proposal to rezone a property in the 800-block of Fort Street to allow a mix of retail and 28 small loft condominiums has been tabled by Victoria's planning committee.
Committee members said they wanted more information about the project's proposed density and proximity to adjacent properties before recommending it go to public hearing.
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#28
Posted 06 November 2009 - 09:21 AM
#29
Posted 06 November 2009 - 09:43 AM
#30
Posted 06 November 2009 - 09:46 AM
#31
Posted 06 November 2009 - 10:09 AM
#32
Posted 06 November 2009 - 10:13 AM
#33
Posted 02 December 2009 - 10:19 AM
#34
Posted 03 December 2009 - 10:36 PM
The architect pulled the building further away from the nearest condo tower; a few centimetres short of the minimum guidelines but the City let it pass. Density is slightly less, with 24 suites (eight one-bedroom and the rest studios).
#35
Posted 04 December 2009 - 06:24 AM
#36
Posted 04 December 2009 - 09:11 AM
#37
Posted 04 December 2009 - 10:26 AM
Tuesday, May 3, 1910
DELAY IN WIDENING OF FORT STREET
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Council to Ask Property Owners
to State Amount of Their Claims
to Compensation--Returnable
in Six Weeks
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The main item of damage for which compensation will have to be made lies in the cutting off of a portion of certain substantial buildings and as to the claims which may be made in respect of this work.
The portion of Fort described is between Douglas and Cook. I believe the Sawyer was a victim of this widening as the architects claim: the fact that the pillars are so close to the front of the existing building instead of being toward the centre and the basement that extends under the current sidewalk.
#38
Posted 04 December 2009 - 10:37 AM
The Daily Colonist
Tuesday, May 3, 1910
DELAY IN WIDENING OF FORT STREET
---
Council to Ask Property Owners
to State Amount of Their Claims
to Compensation--Returnable
in Six Weeks
---
The portion of Fort described is between Douglas and Cook. I believe the Sawyer was a victim of this widening as the architects claim: the fact that the pillars are so close to the front of the existing building instead of being toward the centre and the basement that extends under the current sidewalk.
What were they putting in in 1910? Bike lanes? Traffic calming measures? "Green" sidewalks? "Sustainable" sewers?
#39
Posted 04 December 2009 - 10:43 AM
#40
Posted 04 December 2009 - 10:50 AM
(Current site of the Robbins Parking building)
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