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[Nparker]

Will the new development encompass all of the massive parking lot that currently occupies this space?

 

 

 

I would think underground parking is a must.

[RFS]

Does any one know what they are building next to the queens manor homeless shelter on douglas? There seems to have been a fair bit of progress recently

[Mike K.]

Oh yeah, right, I saw something was going on over there. Looks like a single storey structure, whatever it is.

[sdwright.vic]

It looked the the foundation for a oil change place. You know thr deeper section that allow someone to stand under your car?

Edited by sdwright.vic, 11 April 2016 - 06:14 AM.

[RoadRunner]

A small townhouse development at St. Lawrence and Michigan is nearing completion.

 

 

[allstonj]

All four units had sold stickers on them until recently. The window cleaner removed them a few days ago.

 

Up the street at 300 Michigan, the sign says only two units are left.

[Mixed365]

A small townhouse development at St. Lawrence and Michigan is nearing completion.

Do you have a link to the project? Looks cool. 

[Mike K.]

We don't lots of info, but here's some: http://victoria.citi.../4-at-the-park/

[Hotel Mike]

Just a block or so away, the Dallas Pointe townhouses on Ontario aren't being snapped up quite so quickly. The fact they are right across the street from the FAS fish operation could be what's holding them back.

[RoadRunner]

Just a block or so away, the Dallas Pointe townhouses on Ontario aren't being snapped up quite so quickly. The fact they are right across the street from the FAS fish operation could be what's holding them back.

 

Dallas Pointe.  It looks nice.

 

FAS across the street, but it is a quiet street.

[VicHockeyFan]

^ Why the small top-floor windows?  Odd.

[Nparker]

Dallas Pointe.  It looks nice. DSC03511.JPG...

Can we get a row of these along the entire north side of the 1000 block of Mason Street please?

[VicHockeyFan]

Can we get a row of these along the entire north side of the 1000 block of Mason Street please?

 

I have always advocated more like, this for the 1000-blk. Mason, north side:

 

[Nparker]

I'd love to see that on Mason Street VHF, but I thought I'd set the benchmark a little lower.

[Hotel Mike]

Actually those Dallas Pointe townhouses seem very well built. That part of Ontario is generally a quiet street, but the fish store is a seven-day-a-week operation and can be pretty noisy. The number 31 bus goes down that block to come back around down St. Lawrence and then to Erie for its terminus stop. That could be eliminated when BC Transit irons out its plans for new James Bay routes.

[VicHockeyFan]

Actually those Dallas Pointe townhouses seem very well built. That part of Ontario is generally a quiet street, but the fish store is a seven-day-a-week operation and can be pretty noisy. The number 31 bus goes down that block to come back around down St. Lawrence and then to Erie for its terminus stop. That could be eliminated when BC Transit irons out its plans for new James Bay routes.

 

I always thought James Bay would be the perfect place to experiment with a smaller, lighter "collector bus".  Rather than running those big 30/31s through.  A couple nice collector buses feeding the Legislature terminus could probably cover a bit more ground more frequently in James Bay, which could be a help to its senior population.

[manuel]

James Bay would be a great place for BC Transit to both run a loop collector bus, and trial an electric bus.  See if electric buses work in a low speed area of Victoria, get the rumbling, polluting diesel engines out of a highly populated neighbourhood (thereby increasing willingness for people to have buses go down their street), and better serve the population. Run a loop from behind the leg, down Superior, up Ontario, along Niagara, do a loop around James Bay Square, back to Niagara and down Government to Blashard, run quickly to downtown (for connectors) and back to the leg.

 

Wrong thread though

[Nparker]

Several properties at Johnson and Chambers, on the northwest corner, has been fenced off...Cascadia Architects has this project designed for that lot...

Anything further on this project? It seems like the lot clearing/demolition took place and then nothing.

[Mike K.]

My understanding is Kang and Gill are still moving forward on this project.

[amor de cosmos]

what's happening at the old farmer's construction office & the building with the marine supply place next door? they've both been torn down. there's also a new building going on the wedge-shaped lot on douglas next to the bay st armoury.