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[Downtown Victoria] 947 Fort | Mixed-use | 23.1m | 6-storeys | Built - completed in 2010
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Posted 03 February 2009 - 10:05 PM
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Posted 24 February 2009 - 03:15 PM
The tear down of the existing building is well underway. I give them 2 weeks to be done and down to bare site. Though I am guessing that there is not an extensive underground garage. Does anyone know?
Could see excavation start by April - May-ish??
Could see excavation start by April - May-ish??
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Posted 24 February 2009 - 03:36 PM
There is no basement to this building, just a very shallow foundation.
I don't think excavation will start until late April at the earliest.
I don't think excavation will start until late April at the earliest.
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Posted 24 February 2009 - 11:09 PM
Correct - the existing building has very limited basement area.
Easy part of demo is completed (the east wing that was a seventies addition - block and wood frame) - more serious work required on the remaining building which has extensive concrete hidden under the mock-Tudor facade.
Excavation permit applied for - demo will likely run into mid-March with excavation and shoring immediately following.
Easy part of demo is completed (the east wing that was a seventies addition - block and wood frame) - more serious work required on the remaining building which has extensive concrete hidden under the mock-Tudor facade.
Excavation permit applied for - demo will likely run into mid-March with excavation and shoring immediately following.
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Posted 25 February 2009 - 11:28 PM
De Hoog Kierulf architects tell me this is the clock tower building! It was 'tudorfied' a few years ago, I guess. That neon must have been spectacular.
You can see how the left side of the Seaboard building became the clock tower. Everything to the left of the clock tower was added later.
You can see how the left side of the Seaboard building became the clock tower. Everything to the left of the clock tower was added later.
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Posted 26 February 2009 - 07:56 AM
good thing no heritage mob tried to preserve the tudor facade!
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Posted 27 February 2009 - 09:11 AM
^ Wow that original building was amazing! On the topic of neon did anyone see the renovation to the Pennsylvania Hotel in Vancouver?
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Posted 28 February 2009 - 02:59 PM
Its just rubble now. Victoria's faux tudor heritage disappearing bit by bit...
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Posted 28 February 2009 - 05:57 PM
I like the NEON much better than the fake Shakespeare.
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Posted 28 February 2009 - 09:07 PM
anyone know who the GC is on this project
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Posted 28 February 2009 - 10:38 PM
anyone know who the GC is on this project
Homewood
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Posted 01 March 2009 - 09:09 AM
Homewood is affiliated with Tri-Eagle (dev of Gateway Green), no?
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Posted 01 March 2009 - 07:54 PM
Homewood is affiliated with Tri-Eagle (dev of Gateway Green), no?
No, the only affiliation Homewood has with Tri Eagle is they are contracted to build Tri Eagle's office building on West Saanich Rd. Homewood will not be building Gateway Green thou.
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Posted 01 March 2009 - 09:01 PM
Thanks, concorde.
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Posted 05 March 2009 - 01:21 PM
Demolition looks just about complete. Wow that was fast!
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Posted 05 March 2009 - 02:04 PM
Demolition is done today. They are moving the excavators off the site this afternoon.
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Posted 05 March 2009 - 04:37 PM
The excavators aren't needed to dig the u/g parking? (There will be an u/g for this building, no?)They are moving the excavators off the site this afternoon.
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Posted 05 March 2009 - 07:04 PM
^ probably a different company doing excavating.
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Posted 06 March 2009 - 07:17 PM
Now that the site has been cleared you can plainly see the slope from Meares down to Fort.
Here's a cell phone pic of the Seaboard/Clock Tower building shortly before it came down. Note the rounded top to the concrete column that was hidden behind the tudor clock tower facade:
Here's a cell phone pic of the Seaboard/Clock Tower building shortly before it came down. Note the rounded top to the concrete column that was hidden behind the tudor clock tower facade:
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