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[Kapten Kapsell]

A 46-unit rental building is proposed for 837 Broughton, a little west of the YMCA development.

[Nparker]

It's lovely...

[aastra]

I mentioned this one in the Y towers thread but nobody took me up on it. The rendering above seems to show a building next door to the east but wouldn't that spot actually be the Y project's vehicle entrance? Would the vehicle entrance be at the base of a ~4-story wing? I assume a rendering that shows this project and the towers together would address my confusion, but I don't know if such an image is out there.

Edited by aastra, 18 March 2024 - 05:56 PM.

[GaryOak]

This project looks to be the parking lot to the west of the YMCA development

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[aastra]

Yeah, but if the vehicle entrance for the Y towers development would be next door then why does the rendering for this little building show a lowrise ghost building in that spot? Anyway, the answer is found on page 15 of Concert's submission document. The vehicle entrance will have levels 2 and 3 over top of it in that corner of the property.

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[aastra]

I guess I was confused because I wasn't expecting this little building at 837 Broughton to be taller than the podium of Concert's tall tower. That would actually be quite a short podium on the Broughton Street side.

[conga]

Some shots from the Quadra Village Area. I'm pretty sure neither of these projects have a thread, so I believe this is the proper place to share. First is the new self-storage place across from Crystal Pool, and then the new build at 1025 Kings Road, which looks just about finished.

 

Edited by conga, 23 March 2024 - 02:18 PM.

[Nparker]

The Fifth/Kings project has turned out quite nicely. It definitely has more visual appeal than the generic 1970s low-rise it replaced.

[conga]

Yea, it's nice enough. Matches it's neighbour quite nicely as well. I'll try to get another shot or two from other angles when its 100% done, and the bin out front is gone.

[Mike K.]

Thanks Conga!

[Nparker]

The Fifth/Kings project has turned out quite nicely...

I am curious to know what aastra thinks about the white/grey panel cladding. In this situation and at this scale, I think it works quite well. However, between this project and the adjacent "Friends" building on Fifth, any additional such finishes would be too much.

[aastra]

From now on when conga takes pictures around town I'm going to refer to it as "doing the conga beat".

 

(Sorry, I couldn't control myself any longer)

[conga]

The new build at 1025 Kings looks about ready for move-in. The side that faces Kings is very meh, but as a whole it's a nice enough building. I understand the immediate area will be densifying soon enough, and hopefully new builds will pay a little more attention to all sides of the street-level.

 

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[aastra]

 

The side that faces Kings is very meh, but as a whole it's a nice enough building.

 

That's exactly how I've been feeling about it.

[Nparker]

For a low-rise rental in Hillside-Quadra it's extraordinary.

[conga]

That's exactly how I've been feeling about it.

 

It's like they thought Kings was an alleyway!

[PPPdev]

That space was originally a CRU but the community association fought it hard citing traffic/noise into the neighbourhood so it got converted to a bike room later in the game. It was an unfortunate outcome that we weren't thrilled about 

[Victoria Watcher]

The public art is decent.

 

[Mike K.]

It's meant to blend in like that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seriously though, nice project. We need more of this scale, and this calibre. 

[Sparky]

The joint venture university at Goldstream and Peatt in Langford is well underway. I am intrigued with the mass timber construction.

 

 

Here is a closeup of the mass timber construction.