[Downtown Victoria] 710 Queens | Renovations
#1
Posted 17 November 2011 - 09:06 PM
710 Queens one of the two Travellers properties purchased by the City ($5.6 million) for it and the Gorge Property was an election issue but discussion will continue.
The City is currently planning (may be imminent) to renovate the property into 35ish small apartments.
There has been much controversy since the purchase. The hard to house from Pandora have been relocated to 710. The neighbourhood businesses have complained to the Mayor objecting to further social agencies in the area. The Mayor has put in place a couple of garbage cans and done some cleaning up.
The City will not say if plans are available to view.
I have proposed a comprehensive development of the adjacent properties based on a Woodward concept of a mixture of social and market housing as well as retail and commercial. This would assimilate the social housing into the neighbourhood and pull the rest of the neighbourhood up. The City wants no part of it.
Lets hear from you.
#2
Posted 17 November 2011 - 09:22 PM
#3
Posted 17 November 2011 - 09:56 PM
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2. I do not see how any issues which may or may not exist on Yates or Cook could translate into an assembly on Queens.
#4
Posted 17 November 2011 - 10:12 PM
#5
Posted 17 November 2011 - 10:44 PM
A lot of ducks for sure. Lets start the planning now before the city throws away more money after bad.You need to get a lot of ducks in line to bring a project like that to life. The City would play a role as facilitator and minor funder but they won't drive the bus.
#6
Posted 18 November 2011 - 09:10 AM
#7
Posted 18 November 2011 - 10:05 AM
Mr Kimpton -- do you live in Vancouver?
Media reports refer to him as a Vancouver resident but he has listed his address with elections BC as a room in his hotel at 760 Queens.
#8
Posted 18 November 2011 - 10:15 AM
#9
Posted 18 November 2011 - 10:28 AM
Robin Kimpton resides at 760 Queens in Victoria.Media reports refer to him as a Vancouver resident but he has listed his address with elections BC as a room in his hotel at 760 Queens.
His previous residence was 1349 Grant in Victoria.
Relocating to Hotel 760 just made sense.
Mr. Kimpton does own properties in the Lower Mainland.
P.S. what media report are you refering to?
#10
Posted 18 November 2011 - 10:33 AM
Thank you for your question. Robin resides at 760 Queens in Victoria. The election aside-please come on down to Hotel 760 at any time in the future and meet Robin Kimpton and his staff.Mr Kimpton -- do you live in Vancouver?
#11
Posted 18 November 2011 - 11:02 AM
Could you assist. It would be appreciated.
Robin
#12
Posted 18 November 2011 - 11:49 AM
Robin Kimpton resides at 760 Queens in Victoria.
His previous residence was 1349 Grant in Victoria.
Relocating to Hotel 760 just made sense.
Mr. Kimpton does own properties in the Lower Mainland.
P.S. what media report are you refering to?
"Vancouver based resident Robin Kimpton"
http://homelessnation.org/node/14809
#13
Posted 18 November 2011 - 11:49 AM
Just don't get Van City staff, or the unfortunate neighbours of his slummy Van properties started on the character and actions of the man.
Living at 1349 Grant previously?
Don't get the Grant Street neighbours or the Fernwood Community Association talking about the complaints and disorder that has plagued Grant Street for years because of this property.
Talking about Fernwood -- what has that poor neighborhood ever done to deserve a Slum Landlord Extrordinare like Robin K? The beautiful old character building on Yates boarded up, Cook St building trashed.
If this Vancouver lawyer and Victoria property owner would like to be of assistance to Victoria he could file a Notice of Discontinuence on his lawsuits and get to work on repairing and maintaining low income rental housing on Yates and on Cook St.
#14
Posted 18 November 2011 - 12:17 PM
#15
Posted 18 November 2011 - 01:28 PM
#16
Posted 19 November 2011 - 08:50 AM
#17
Posted 10 February 2012 - 08:37 AM
In their wisdom the city has decided ( or so they claim ) to remove some of the people from 710 Queens in order to prepare for renovations.
His Majesty Fortin the Fatuous was on CBC Radio this morning making a huge deal about how they're not in the renoviction business - heavens, they are the City and the Province, after all!
So, just so I'm good on the math, $5.6M for two buildings - so for argument's sake let's say half that for Queen's Manor plus $1.5M for renovations for 36 units. That's $120k per unit - for a renovated 1970s building. Plus $.5M in operating costs per annum (from BC Housing - you know, which means it doesn't count, not like it's our money or anything).
I'm no developer, but I've said it before and I said it again: the City could have taken over a stalled condo project, built it and still come in around that number. In Langford.
#18
Posted 16 May 2012 - 09:21 AM
Poor Nazis. Harsh words? Click the link to the TC story and look at the lampshade in the photo. Disgusting.
http://www.timescolo...9410/story.html
#19
Posted 16 May 2012 - 12:01 PM
#20
Posted 16 May 2012 - 12:16 PM
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