[Downtown Victoria] The Mozart condo & office | 39.5m | 12-storeys | Canceled
#1
Posted 01 August 2006 - 12:51 AM
Mozart Building
726-728 Yates Street
Victoria BC Canada
Status: cancelled
Floor Count: 12
Floor Area: 6,596 m²
Units/rooms: 20
Building Uses
• office
• residential
• retail
Heights : Mechanical roof 44.3 m
The Roof 39.5 m
Developer: Eric Charman
Architect: Jim Aalders, CEI Architecture
This proposal was for the 700-block of Yates street it was a mixed-use, curved tower with columns and a metronome "Mozart" clock. An integrated plaza for musical performances was to be included as well as $100,000 of public art. The tower would have included groundfloor retail, six floors of office space and 20 units of condominiums on the upper floors.
The development hoped to revitalize and spur further development in a once vibrant shopping and retail district in the 700-block of Yates Street.
Construction was expected to be finished by Spring of 2007.
The main reason this proposal failed was due to the fact it was unviable. With such a small foot print, such few units, & construction/Labour increase costs, the project never got passed the aproval stage.
Too bad cause I really like it. :cry:
#2
Posted 01 August 2006 - 05:24 AM
#3
Posted 06 September 2006 - 03:08 PM
#4
Posted 18 March 2007 - 08:41 PM
Article in Sunday's T/C on developer Eric Charman has only this to say about Mozart:
Since retiring, he keeps busy in real estate development and has been criticized by city hall for shelving plans for Mozart House (named for his favourite composer) near the Odeon Theatre, where a huge hole stands full of stagnant water.
"Eric has been a wonderful citizen, but perhaps we have higher expectations of him than other developers," says city councillor Pam Madoff, who hopes he'll clean the site soon. But Charman is focused on a $15-million redevelopment of the Brentwood Bay shopping centre.
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#5
Posted 20 March 2007 - 08:30 AM
#6
Posted 20 March 2007 - 10:08 AM
#7
Posted 20 March 2007 - 10:15 AM
#8
Posted 20 March 2007 - 10:18 AM
#9
Posted 20 March 2007 - 10:21 AM
You're criticizing somebody for not going forward with something that isn't viable? Does that really mean you have higher expectations of the guy? Sounds more like you're trying to play him for a sap.
#10
Posted 20 March 2007 - 10:24 AM
#11
Posted 20 March 2007 - 11:45 AM
#12
Posted 21 March 2007 - 10:10 AM
A mid-block walkway is still a pretty sweet amenity, even if there are no buildings around it.
#13
Posted 21 March 2007 - 10:13 AM
Know it all.
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#14
Posted 21 March 2007 - 10:15 AM
#15
Posted 21 March 2007 - 10:15 AM
A mid-block walkway is still a pretty sweet amenity, even if there are no buildings around it.
Yes, that's true. Even if you have to spray paint it on the ground and imagine the other buildings.
Theatre Alley
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#16
Posted 21 March 2007 - 07:19 PM
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
#17
Posted 22 March 2007 - 09:08 AM
I do miss the option to hoof it through Market Square and off to "the Bean" instead of having to deal with the traffic lights at Pandora snd Store etc...
The DRA's little note about it's presence is smart, but, it still doesn't cut across the block...
#18
Posted 18 September 2007 - 02:19 PM
http://www.jjb.com/client/JJB/JJB_LP4W_LND_WebStation.nsf/resources/PDF+5/$file/726+Yates+Street+Marketing+Brochure+Fall+2006.pdf
Upon seeing the good rendering, I'm more than a bit flummoxed by the enormous setback on the left side of the facade. What the heck was that all about? Vehicle entrance?
There would have been a 7-story blank wall on the east side. Just in case the Royal Theatre and St. Vincent de Paul weren't blank walls enough for you.
#19
Posted 18 September 2007 - 02:56 PM
#20
Posted 18 September 2007 - 03:34 PM
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