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[MarkoJ]

Photos from Oct 30th

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[MarkoJ]

Photos from November 10th 

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Edited by MarkoJ, 10 November 2015 - 04:59 PM.

[nagel]

Has the Herald faced unit been leased yet?

[MarkoJ]

Photos from November 20th

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[nagel]

How many floors is this one again?  14?  It looks like they're on the 8th or maybe a bit of the 9th.

 

Also my brother in law is now digging around/leveling in the pit beside this one.  Is the second "tower" getting started now?

[Nparker]

16 floors (although it should have been taller). I believe the 2nd tower is scheduled to get started early in the new year.

[HB]

Ask Your brother in law

[aastra]

They aren't on speaking terms.

[nagel]

Ha they just tell him what to do. What's happening is on a need to know basis.

Actually he's often stuck in those machines literally all day so sometimes he has me pick him something up so he doesn't starve.

[Mike K.]

 

 

15-storey rental tower approved for downtown's Hudson District

http://victoria.citi...udson-district/

 

City of Victoria council has approved a 15-storey mixed-use rental and ground floor commercial tower at the southwest corner of Caledonia Avenue and Blanshard Street in downtown Victoria’s Hudson District.

 

Proposed by Vancouver-based Townline, the development, known as Hudson Walk, phase two, will include six 1,200 square foot two-storey townhomes in the tower’s podium as well as 100 apartments in one and two bedroom configurations (sized between 581 and 800 square feet). 4,000 square feet of ground floor commercial space will front onto Caledonia Avenue and Blanshard Street, with approximately 3,400 square feet occupied by a future brewpub as reported by Citified in October. However, a formal rezoning proposal for brewery usage has not yet been submitted to City Hall. [Full article]

[G-Man]

For once I don't mind the park space. It is going to be good as this whole project comes together. I do think that it is odd that there is just the one commercial space planned across from the arena.

[HB]

I am having trouble picture which corner this is on Is is near Red Hot Video Building?

[VicHockeyFan]

I am having trouble picture which corner this is on Is is near Red Hot Video Building?

 

No, top of the hill at Blanshard.  Top picture is taken from White Spot parking lot.  Second is from the lane that will run between Caledonia and Herald.

[nagel]

There's no way it's that wide.  They made it look like you could have three car lanes go down it.  This is the first I've heard that this lane is actually going to allow cars the entire distance.  

[VicHockeyFan]

There's no way it's that wide.  They made it look like you could have three car lanes go down it.  This is the first I've heard that this lane is actually going to allow cars the entire distance.  

 

Don't cars go into the underground for both buildings from this lane?  It needs to be at least double-wide.

[nagel]

Don't cars go into the underground for both buildings from this lane?  It needs to be at least double-wide.

The other Hudson lane isn't double wide, although it's a total mess.

 

And double wide I can understand, but that picture makes it look as wide as Shelbourne.

 

I think these should be ped only except for the obligatory underground parking access.  Thru-traffic seems unnecessary.

[nagel]

It might not even have thru traffic anyways.  It's hard to tell from the photo.  From Herald it doesn't look like there is room (in real life, not the images).

 

EDIT - other renderings showing no thru traffic but there is some parking on the herald side courtyard.

Edited by nagel, 27 November 2015 - 08:11 AM.

[DavidSchell]

Any thoughts on when construction will start?

 

I noticed the other days they have been excavating the area around the up ramp.

[jonny]

Mike's wonderful Citified article states a construction start of early 2016. Excavation is clearly already done, so this thing should go up pretty quick. I wonder if the one crane could work on both buildings at once? I assume so.

 

I think it's a fantastic looking rendering. This would be maybe the best looking junior highrise built downtown since the Juliet?

 

I don't mind the open space at all because this area has a congested feeling due to the obesity of the Jack Davis building. We talk a lot about how some of the buildings around Yates & View are built too close together. I think this strikes a really good balance. I'm super excited for this and the future phases of the Hudson area.

[Mr Cook Street]

Looks great. Really diminishes the imposing presence of the Jack Davis building. I like the park and nice to have a playground for families. Caledonia and Herald will be changed streets in the very near future.