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BUILT The Argus Uses: office, commercial Address: 615-635 Fort Street Municipality: Victoria Region: Downtown Victoria Storeys: 4 |
Posted 13 September 2014 - 08:49 PM
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Posted 14 September 2014 - 05:52 AM
Posted 15 September 2014 - 09:52 AM
The city saved us from another tower. The rentals at 6 stories would have absolutely overshadowed the 6 story building next door!
Also not liking the facade on this. Looks very flat, cheap, and bay-centre-esq. Which is odd because the rendering looked ok.
Posted 15 September 2014 - 10:18 AM
It was a five storey rental proposal. Six would have destroyed Old Town as we know it.
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Posted 15 September 2014 - 02:26 PM
Here are a couple more photos. The bridge doesn't look too too bad in person. I'll await final judgement for when the ground floor is completed.
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Posted 15 September 2014 - 02:33 PM
It would be a nice office building in Vernon.
Posted 15 September 2014 - 08:12 PM
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Posted 16 September 2014 - 06:33 AM
Posted 16 September 2014 - 07:21 AM
Everyone here forgets there is little demand for office space in Victoria right now. When Midtown Court completes shortly there will be 4.5 of the 6 floors empty. 3 complete floors in the CIBC tower have been vacant for several years
Posted 16 September 2014 - 07:42 AM
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Posted 16 September 2014 - 07:45 AM
Wow, this is shockingly mediocre and totally out of place. I am very surprised that this was allowed to be built. I'll have to wait to see it to make a final verdict but this looks like a major mistake. The windows are awful.
Posted 16 September 2014 - 10:34 AM
Everyone here forgets there is little demand for office space in Victoria right now. When Midtown Court completes shortly there will be 4.5 of the 6 floors empty. 3 complete floors in the CIBC tower have been vacant for several years
Its true and I heard that Colliers, who is currently in the CIBC building, will be moving to 1515 Douglas.
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Posted 16 September 2014 - 10:51 AM
Its true and I heard that Colliers, who is currently in the CIBC building, will be moving to 1515 Douglas.
All this tells me is that whoever owns the CIBC building needs to up their game.
Posted 16 September 2014 - 10:58 AM
Wow, this is shockingly mediocre and totally out of place. I am very surprised that this was allowed to be built. I'll have to wait to see it to make a final verdict but this looks like a major mistake. The windows are awful.
Let's hope the ground floor changes that. It still remains to be fully outfitted with exterior materials.
Its true and I heard that Colliers, who is currently in the CIBC building, will be moving to 1515 Douglas.
You don't say. Well then that will bring the CIBC tower to nearly 50% empty.
Last year a long-time government tenant vacated the tower and moved out to Selkirk Waterfront. Downtown Victoria has lost a substantial amount of workers to Selkirk, but at least that still in the City of Victoria.
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Posted 16 September 2014 - 03:56 PM
Let's hope the ground floor changes that. It still remains to be fully outfitted with exterior materials.
You don't say. Well then that will bring the CIBC tower to nearly 50% empty.
Last year a long-time government tenant vacated the tower and moved out to Selkirk Waterfront. Downtown Victoria has lost a substantial amount of workers to Selkirk, but at least that still in the City of Victoria.
Was is bcIMC?
“To understand cities, we have to deal outright with combinations or mixtures of uses, not separate uses, as the essential phenomena.”
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Posted 16 September 2014 - 04:13 PM
Was is bcIMC?
Land&Water BC used to be in there, so my guess would be MoE or MoFLNRO.
Posted 16 September 2014 - 04:30 PM
I'm not 100% sure which ministry it was but I will ask.
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Posted 16 September 2014 - 07:39 PM
The CIBC is a dinosaur with crazy high lease rates.
Office is doing well. Boardwalk at Selkirk is fully leased, Argus is fully leased, and crap but expensive inventory is finally able to sit empty (as it should) as tenants look elsewhere. The Midtown Court project is in a bad location for office space but it's built with a secondary purpose and will eventually pay off.
Meanwhile Jawl is moving forward on 1515 soon and Capital Park in James Bay is more like a build-to-suit for the province which means it will be occupied once built. All's good
New office for the government is a false economy. Besides its not even worth my time trying to compete against the Jawls for the provincial government
Office in the private sector, the real economy, is doing very poorly
Posted 16 September 2014 - 09:07 PM
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Posted 16 September 2014 - 09:30 PM
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