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[Baro]

The interior is great but few people take a short cut through there because the whole place gives off a real "You aren't supposed to be here" vibe. I always feel like some security person is going to kick me out for not having a level gamma-7 security pass. It doesn't feel like part of the street or public sphere, but rather as off-limits secure government office.

[VicHockeyFan]

The interior is great but few people take a short cut through there because the whole place gives off a real "You aren't supposed to be here" vibe. I always feel like some security person is going to kick me out for not having a level gamma-7 security pass. It doesn't feel like part of the street or public sphere, but rather as off-limits secure government office.

Ya, the entry has to be spiced up like the entry to St. Andrew's Square.

[gumgum]

I think that entrance is the best thing about the entire exterior of the building. It's a beautiful minimalist design.

[Coreyburger]

I think that entrance is the best thing about the entire exterior of the building. It's a beautiful minimalist design.

I like its look too, but the building hasn't really been designed in such a way that tells people that there are more shops inside.

[VicHockeyFan]

Now YOU can have an office in The Atrium for $299/mo.

http://www.regus.ca/...oria-the-atrium

[Mike K.]

Why they don't use photos of the actual office space on their website is beyond me. You'd think they'd want their potential clients to see what the space looks like.

And for $300/month to rent a desk, that's a bit steep.

[VicHockeyFan]

What's with the circus tents on the Atrium? Is that a smoking pit? Kinda makes the whole building look cheap.

[SamCB]

^BC Ferries hosted the AGM of the Cdn Ferry Operators association. They had a meet'n'greet on the 6th floor balconies. Temporary measure, they're down now.

[VicHockeyFan]

^BC Ferries hosted the AGM of the Cdn Ferry Operators association. They had a meet'n'greet on the 6th floor balconies. Temporary measure, they were up for 1 day.

Ah, that's good to hear.

[dasmo]

Great building. The Rifflandia concerts in there show off it's potential. Habit sat mornings with the kids playing on the wooden blobs-great. Made Zambri's space match the food. Great retail environments. Great addition to the city. More please.

[VicHockeyFan]

The I ❤ Downtown Victoria on Facebook worldwide HQ will be moving a substantial portion of our considerable North American operations to the Atrium later this month.

We'll be test-driving a unit or two at REGUS for at least a few weeks, to see how the upper-end lives.

The only hold-up right now is while engineers see if they have enough bandwidth coming into the building to support us, and BCF. We don't want to be responsible for knocking the fleet monitoring infrastructure offline, while someone is having sex on the bridge of the Northern Expedition right as it heads for Gil Island.

[sebberry]

Wow, I didn't know a facebook page needed an office as luxurious and as cutting edge as that one

[VicHockeyFan]

Wow, I didn't know a facebook page needed an office as luxurious and as cutting edge as that one

Need might not be the right term. But it is all about appearance. The fact is, we run the operation off an old iPhone 3G, so we don't even need a large drawer, yet alone a desk, yet alone an office. We did get some favourable terms.

[VicHockeyFan]

With 16,407 fans, I ❤ Downtown Victoria now has more fans than the populations of each of:

Esquimalt
Metchosin
Central Saanich
North Saanich
Sidney
Highlands
Colwood
Sooke
View Royal

So soon we'll need an office larger than the CRD building.

Inching towards 1/3 the circulation of the Times-Colonist.

[Mike K.]

Regus is having a heck of a time finding occupants for their offices at the Atrium. I remember that before we leased our current office in Saanich our office mates (who we shared our previous office with) looked at Regus' offerings before leasing their own space elsewhere. That must have been back in late 2010 or early 2011.

[amor de cosmos]

Jury Comments

"The Atrium provides a thoughtful and elegant intervention in downtown Victoria that promises to provide considerable social, ecological and economic value to a previously largely abandoned urban block. The proposition and resulting design of this new high-density office and retail complex embodies all of the ambition and spirit of the emerging notion of regenerative design that emphasizes the catalytic role of buildings can offer in increasing the social and natural capital of the places where they are situated."

"The Atrium is a very well rounded project which should have a significant effect on the urban renewal of this district of Victoria and through its on-going education program should have a profound influence on the way the developer community views construction, management, and marketing of highly sustainable energy efficient rental buildings. The bright transparent open feel of the spaces will provide an enjoyable shopping and work environment for its occupants and visitors. In my opinion the Atrium development definitely raises the bar for this type of commercial development."

http://www.raic.org/...nts/green_e.htm

[seymour201]

http://www.raic.org/...nts/green_e.htm

I really noticed the rejuvenation of the block today after reading this quote.
Father and daughter jumping through the steel 800 "art" taking pictures.
people hanging out chatting all over, the bike rack in front of habit was almost completely full with 15-20 bikes.

Quite the difference from the grey fencing and stone walls that were there before.

[amor de cosmos]

old news coverage

http://www.worldarch...upload_id=18059
http://www.archdaily...cture-urbanism/

[D.L.]

Interesting to see these sections

[Mike K.]

Land Title and Survey Authority of BC is relocating it's ground floor point of service office space at the Atrium to its main space on the second floor.