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[Bingo]

Are those the only suites being used?

[VicHockeyFan]

Are those the only suites being used?

 

I'm going to guess that some type of renovation or repair is happening that means they have to take one of the stairwells out of service.  View Towers just has two sets of stairs, one at each end of the long hall.  So this one is required for safety.

[Nparker]

There's virtually nothing that could make this building look worse.

[Bingo]

I like the look of those stairs and I think we need to bring back the fire escapes on the outside of the building to keep people from urinating in the stairwells.

[Sparky]

I'm going to guess that some type of renovation or repair is happening that means they have to take one of the stairwells out of service.  View Towers just has two sets of stairs, one at each end of the long hall.  So this one is required for safety.

 

This is exactly correct. They will be blocking off the east part of the lower floors for remediation after the fire. Access to the temporary stairs will be through one of the suites on each floor.

Additional fire alarm detectors, lighting etc will be installed to meet the codes.

[Nparker]

...They will be blocking off the east part of the lower floors for remediation after the fire...

Glad they got right on that. It's only been 15 months since the fire after all.

[johnk]

I like the look of those stairs and I think we need to bring back the fire escapes on the outside of the building to keep people from urinating in the stairwells.

Umbrella advisory!

[Sparky]

Glad they got right on that. It's only been 15 months since the fire after all.

There are a lot of engineering and permit hoops to jump through with a building like this.

Rome wasn't wired in a day.

[Redd42]

Was in this neighbourhood this evening. The building looked awfully dark. Are most of the suites vacant? It sure looked that way, particularly the lower flours. What would be the reason for owning this building but not renting out most of the suites?

[Bingo]

There are a lot of engineering and permit hoops to jump through with a building like this.

Rome wasn't wired in a day.

 

Nero was.

[Mike K.]

Perhaps it's still being remediated following a fire about two years ago. I see the scaffolding is still up.

[sdwright.vic]

^ The windows are still burnt out in the suite that had the fire.

[Mike K.]

This is taking an overly long time.

[sdwright.vic]

Ya think? The suite above has its windows boarded up at least.

[sdwright.vic]

They boarded them up finally!

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[sdwright.vic]

^Now I know what you mean about phone uploads.

[VicHockeyFan]

I was looking at it last night, it looked like 35% of the Fort side was vacant.

[Baro]

How has this taken so extremely long with the units still not available for occupancy?

[Rob Randall]

Just shy of three years since the fire.

 

Compared with the 10 storey Escher condo, which broke ground April 2015 and should be completed sometime this summer. That's just over two years.

[VicHockeyFan]

How has this taken so extremely long with the units still not available for occupancy?

 

I think the are just plain strange owners.