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Christie Point, building A
Use: rental
Address: Craigowen Road
Municipality: View Royal
Region: Urban core
Storeys: 6
Christie Point, building A, is a six-storey purpose-built rental complex part of the eight-phase Christie Poin... (view full profile)
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#1 gkz

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Posted 03 January 2017 - 11:54 PM

https://christiepoint.ca/

 

https://christiepoin...m-161108-v1.pdf

 

Looks great! I hope it's built

 

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Edited by gkz, 03 January 2017 - 11:55 PM.


#2 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 04 January 2017 - 07:12 AM

That's ambitious, I think that will not pass council.   What municipality is this in?


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#3 sdwright.vic

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Posted 04 January 2017 - 07:58 AM

View Royal?
Predictive text and a tiny keyboard are not my friends!

#4 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 04 January 2017 - 08:04 AM

View Royal?

 

Right, it is.  I can hear some of the councillors already, "not human scale" etc.


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#5 Redd42

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Posted 04 January 2017 - 08:22 AM

I'm pretty sure there is also a thread about this property already. Too lazy to try to find it though....



#6 Mixed365

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Posted 04 January 2017 - 09:29 AM

Wow. Designed by D'Ambrosio - cool! 


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#7 amor de cosmos

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Posted 04 January 2017 - 12:01 PM

359 units more than what's there now for a total of 520  :banana: that's about 32 units/acre or 81 units/hectare
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#8 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 04 January 2017 - 12:45 PM

Protest group:

 

As Realstar drives ahead with their pitch to redevelop Christie Point, I would like to come together as a community to share information. They have created www.christiepoint.ca to communicate with residents. Let's use this Facebook group as a way to connect amongst ourselves as residents and neighbours about our concerns.


Please share this group with other residents, in Christie Point and around Portage Inlet. If we can't stop the redevelopment, let's ensure we are protected and our community concerns are addressed by Realstar and View Royal Town Council.

 

 

https://www.facebook...18352775269006/


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#9 sdwright.vic

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Posted 04 January 2017 - 12:51 PM

and a closed group...
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#10 jonny

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Posted 04 January 2017 - 01:29 PM

This looks like a slam dunk to me, which probably means years of bitter dispute and controversy are ahead of us.


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#11 amor de cosmos

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Posted 04 January 2017 - 01:31 PM

one possible downside to this is the increased traffic on the old island highway, regardless of whatever improvements they're planning for the road & intersection at shoreline & old island hwy.

#12 jonny

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Posted 04 January 2017 - 01:44 PM

one possible downside to this is the increased traffic on the old island highway, regardless of whatever improvements they're planning for the road & intersection at shoreline & old island hwy.

 

It's only 359 net new rental units, so maybe 1,000 people or so. The impact to traffic won't be significant, but you can bet a donut that this oppositional scapegoat will be trotted out!


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#13 Nparker

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Posted 04 January 2017 - 02:22 PM

one possible downside to this is the increased traffic on the old island highway...

Perhaps they'll take a cue from the CoV and install some "smiley face-frowny face" traffic sings; This solves all traffic problems.



#14 dasmo

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Posted 04 January 2017 - 06:50 PM

This is a good spot for a redevelopment. Looks like they will do so shoreline restoration too. My only complaint would be the sameness. It would be nice to mix the massing.
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#15 LJ

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Posted 04 January 2017 - 06:56 PM

Why are they building rentals though? This would be a slam dunk for condo's, it's a terrific area but right now it looks like low income rentals.


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#16 sdwright.vic

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Posted 04 January 2017 - 07:37 PM

^It is native land I believe? The can only build on existing footprints, can not build new... or that's what the crazy lady on VV's Facebook page is chanting. Oh and traffic. Oh and birds....
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#17 nagel

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Posted 05 January 2017 - 08:05 AM

Perhaps they'll take a cue from the CoV and install some "smiley face-frowny face" traffic sings; This solves all traffic problems.

They don't have the same speeding problem here.  Traffic moves so slow a granny on a walker averages a faster speed than cars on the old island highway.



#18 nagel

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Posted 05 January 2017 - 08:07 AM

^It is native land I believe? The can only build on existing footprints, can not build new... or that's what the crazy lady on VV's Facebook page is chanting. Oh and traffic. Oh and birds....

Doesn't show up as FN land on the federal FN map:  http://fnpim-cippn.a.../index-eng.html



#19 Nparker

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Posted 05 January 2017 - 08:55 AM

They don't have the same speeding problem here...

Still, is there ever a wrong place for smiley-frowny signs?  ;)



#20 amor de cosmos

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Posted 05 January 2017 - 09:59 AM

This is a good spot for a redevelopment. Looks like they will do so shoreline restoration too. My only complaint would be the sameness. It would be nice to mix the massing.


it looks to me that they're using the trees & shoreline to determine what form the buildings take, they sort of grow naturally out of the landscape. if that's their goal then they couldn't mix up the massing any more than they could mix up the massing or heights of the trees, or straighten out the shoreline.

Edited by amor de cosmos, 05 January 2017 - 10:04 AM.


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