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Yello on Yates
Uses: rental, commercial
Address: 819 Yates Street
Municipality: Victoria
Region: Downtown Victoria
Storeys: 15
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[Downtown Victoria] Yello on Yates | Rentals; commercial | 15-storeys | Built - completed in 2018

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#501 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 19 January 2018 - 04:41 PM

Ya I think this building is a looker. You might even smile when you look up at it. With the colours.
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#502 Nparker

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Posted 19 January 2018 - 05:38 PM

Perhaps when it is all done and the scaffolding is removed I will like it better. At the moment I find it blocky, heavy and kind of dark despite the presence of the boxes.



#503 jonny

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Posted 19 January 2018 - 06:25 PM

I don't think it looks heavy at all.

#504 Mike K.

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Posted 21 January 2018 - 06:24 PM

January 20

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#505 Nparker

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Posted 21 January 2018 - 06:44 PM

Is it just me or does the View Street entrance feel like an emergency exit only?

 

I should also add that where the scaffolding has come down, the overall look is pretty decent. I would have framed a few more of the "boxes" in yellow, especially on the lower floors, but there's definitely a funky vibe to this project. I imagine it will appeal to a young-ish demographic.



#506 Rob Randall

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Posted 21 January 2018 - 07:00 PM

Is it just me or does the View Street entrance feel like an emergency exit only?

I imagine it will appeal to a young-ish demographic.

 

I think you would be surprised at the number of people around retirement age that are horrified at the thought of traditional dishwater-dull "senior living" communities.

 

And yes, I find the ground floor underwhelming. It's like it's missing some sort of design element, a visual anchor at the ground floor. But overall I like it.



#507 Rob Randall

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Posted 21 January 2018 - 07:03 PM

The hits of bright colour that accent and actuate the facade are the thing that's missing from the V1488 project on Pandora.


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#508 jonny

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Posted 21 January 2018 - 07:03 PM

The ground floor on Yates is going to look good, IMO.

#509 Nparker

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Posted 21 January 2018 - 07:06 PM

I think you would be surprised at the number of people around retirement age that are horrified at the thought of traditional dishwater-dull "senior living" communities...

Oh for sure, but at least locally, I don't imagine a large number of them are looking to "downsize" into a rental building.



#510 gstc84

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Posted 22 January 2018 - 11:20 AM

Is it just me or does the View Street entrance feel like an emergency exit only?

 

 

Agreed. I live on that block and am very disappointed with the streetscape on the View St side. Otherwise, I'm really loving the look of the building and can't wait to check out the units. 


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#511 Rob Randall

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Posted 29 January 2018 - 11:01 AM

Today is the ten year anniversary of Dubai-based developer Emaar unveiling their public plan to build a high-end condo on what was to eventually become the Yello site.



#512 Mike K.

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Posted 29 January 2018 - 11:06 AM

Wow, it's bee a while, hey.

 

We have massing studies from back in September of 2006, or over 11 years ago: http://vibrantvictor...oreys-canceled/


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#513 Nparker

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Posted 29 January 2018 - 11:16 AM

Today is the ten year anniversary of Dubai-based developer Emaar unveiling their public plan to build a high-end condo on what was to eventually become the Yello site.

Are these the massing models for the Emaar proposal?

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#514 Rob Randall

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Posted 29 January 2018 - 11:18 AM

^No, that was Fraser McColl's earlier plan. I can't recall the Emaar one, I think it was two wide towers facing a courtyard.



#515 Nparker

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Posted 29 January 2018 - 11:20 AM

This?

819 Yates proposal.jpg

 

I lost track of all the earlier (better) proposals for this site.



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Posted 29 January 2018 - 11:25 AM

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#517 Rob Randall

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Posted 29 January 2018 - 12:22 PM

^No, I don't think it was the Sally "Flying Nun" Field version.

 

This was an early Emaar concept:

 

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I can't recall if Emaar made further modifications before it was cancelled and sold to Chard. I believe there must have been about a dozen designs (not including minor tweaks, modifications and height variations)

 



#518 Kapten Kapsell

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Posted 31 January 2018 - 04:46 PM

The sculpture / public art was attached to the building today.

#519 Nparker

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Posted 31 January 2018 - 06:55 PM

The sculpture / public art was attached to the building today.

What is the public art component here? Please tell me it's better than that atrocious mural that adorned The Wave.



#520 Rob Randall

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Posted 31 January 2018 - 08:40 PM

Photo by CBC Victoria:

 

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It's by Illarion Gallant, who's sort of Victoria's go-to guy for reliable, safe art. He did the avacado chopsticks on Belleville and the Bastion Square tulip canoe among others.


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