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[Kapten Kapsell]

It seems likely that the Fort Street sidewalk in front of the building will be ready to open by the end of the month (if not sooner).

I suppose no retail tenants are confirmed for the ground level...?

[VicHockeyFan]

I suppose no retail tenants are confirmed for the ground level...?

IKEA and Urban Fare are both rumoured.

[Rob Randall]

947 Fort Street open for business

By Robert Randall • Published on Sunday, October 3, 2010

After only 16 months of construction, Harris Green’s newest mixed-use project is completed and ready for occupancy.

Workers raced against the clock to meet an October 1 completion date when the primary tenant, The Province of British Columbia, was given the keys to the six-storey, 44,000 square foot concrete and brick building.

[klukkluk]

What an ugly building. The brick work looks like sheets of plastic.

[D.L.]

It's a great looking building

If only something could be done about the protruding fire wall between it and the neighbouring building to the west.

[yodsaker]

Its a good building IMO, much better than the old clock bulding. Now just unblock the sidewalk!

[Phil McAvity]

What an ugly building. The brick work looks like sheets of plastic.

Looks like brick to me.

The only thing I don't like is the setback although setbacks seem to be pretty much mandatory on every new building over four stories in Victoria.

[Rob Randall]

Setbacks are part of the Harris Green guidelines.

Its a good building IMO, much better than the old clock bulding. Now just unblock the sidewalk!

The sidewalks are clear on Fort and Meares now, if that's what you mean.



I don't have a photo of the Meares townhomes but there's four (I think). One is drywalled, the rest are being framed up. The main change is deHoog/Kierulf are using white metal panels on the exterior, similar to the ones on their offices next door and the Soma building on Broughton.

[UrbanRail]

IKEA and Urban Fare are both rumoured.

both would be welcomed additions. Urban Fare is a little more expensive than the Market on Yates.

[Phil McAvity]

Setbacks are part of the Harris Green guidelines.

It's not just Harris Green though. Name another mid-rise/high-rise built in Victoria in the past 5 years (or under construction) that doesn't have a setback of some kind.

[Rob Randall]

Name another mid-rise/high-rise built in Victoria in the past 5 years (or under construction) that doesn't have a setback of some kind.

I don't think it's possible. Even the old Belmont building is probably set back unless it's built right up to the property line.

[G-Man]

It is not whether there is a set back that is the issue. It is whether the building aligns with other buildings in the same block and that the sidewalk comes right up to the facade. My beef with this building is the brick pillars on the front.

[VicBooster]

Is this a de hoog kierulf design problem? their prominent buildings have terrible ground floors (The Wave, 947 Fort, the design for the Emaar tower on Yates). Their suburban designs are great but in an urban setting they just cannot get the ground floor right.

[Rob Randall]

^I think your first two examples were inherited from previous firms.

[julienne]

It's official, Dan Hayes aka The London Chef will be opening an interactive cooking school and retail food shop on the ground floor. Looking at February opening. Yeah! http://thelondonchef.com/

[concorde]

Because the english are famous for their excellent cooking. I can't wait for fish and chips, sheppards pie and boiled meat....yuck

I pray to god he wasn't trained in England.

[gumgum]

This isn't the eighties. Food in the England has improved immensely.

[yodsaker]

Because the english are famous for their excellent cooking. I can't wait for fish and chips, sheppards pie and boiled meat....yuck

I pray to god he wasn't trained in England.

They don't cook that one in England.

[aastra]

They even have sidewalks in England now.

[G-Man]

Interesting that two cooking class plus places are opening within weeks of each other. Is there a market for two places such as this?