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[Mike K.]

Rental and strata? Urbanistco, can you confirm if that's indeed the case?

[gumgum]

 Anyone get those renderings yet????

[amor de cosmos]

Heard this will offer 62 residential units with a mix of rental and strata.

How many is that over what's there now? If that's true it would be about 65 units/acre, or 168 units/hectare. Pretty good for cook st village.

Edited by amor de cosmos, 18 December 2014 - 11:00 AM.

[Mr Cook Street]

How many is that over what's there now? If that's true it would be about 65 units/acre, or 168 units/hectare. Pretty good for cook st village.

About triples what is currently there for housing stock. Power to them!

[Mr Cook Street]

This has really gone quiet... I checked out de Hoog and Kierulf's website to find a contact email address and they don't have one listed. I really would love to see some plans.

[Mike K.]

Here you go: http://www.dhk.ca/#!team/c14uj

[Mr Cook Street]

Silly me looking at the contact us page.

[Mike K.]

I know, that's a bit wonky.

[KEN ROUECHE]

This would be the tallest building in the Cook Street corridor south of Johnson Street and may trigger redevelopment of other properties in the Village.  That 'might' lead to a transformative changes in the character of the Village.  Be very careful what you wish for.  This project 'might' also be indicative of the erosion of the rental inventory in Fairfield.

[sebberry]

Welcome to Vibrant Victoria, Ken!

[lanforod]

This would be the tallest building in the Cook Street corridor south of Johnson Street and may trigger redevelopment of other properties in the Village.  That 'might' lead to a transformative changes in the character of the Village.  Be very careful what you wish for.  This project 'might' also be indicative of the erosion of the rental inventory in Fairfield.

 

What? Adding inventory, whether condos or rental, does not 'hurt'. Overall, increased supply helps both markets.

[D.L.]

The city wants to accommodate a certain number of new residents to Cook St. village and this building accounts for a large portion (half?) of those new residents. So there won't be widespread redevelopment of the rest of the village.

 

Also, this building will provide more rental units than what it is replacing.

[jonny]

This would be the tallest building in the Cook Street corridor south of Johnson Street and may trigger redevelopment of other properties in the Village.  That 'might' lead to a transformative changes in the character of the Village.  Be very careful what you wish for.  This project 'might' also be indicative of the erosion of the rental inventory in Fairfield.

 

Taller by one floor.

 

Why would it 'trigger redevelopment'? Why would redevelopment of some other properties in the village be a bad thing?

[Nparker]

...Why would redevelopment of some other properties in the village be a bad thing?

Yes, I'd like to know the answer to this as well.

[sasamat]

There are a few buildings in the Cook St Village area that should be torn down and rebuilt with something newer, taller and less ugly (the creepy law firm building/optical store has been mentioned as a prime candidate). More residents = more density = more businesses that will likely thrive within the village. Is changing the character of the village a bad thing?

 

Many of the apartment buildings around there are becoming run down and are perhaps reaching the ends of their useful lives. There aren't a lot of mid-range to higher-end rentals or condos in the area to choose from. Either you rent one of the 1960s apartments with no dishwasher or ensuite laundry or you rent an apartment in a converted house (or an entire run-down house). Having a greater variety of buildings and the people that come with them would be good for the area. 

[jonny]

Properties ripe for redevelopment in CSV include the Mac's/Pic a flic property, the law firm property, the building with the medical clinic, the marketplace building, the food court space, the RBC, Oxford Foods...

[Mike K.]

When you look at the Village through the lens of a visitor or a resident who does not see that part of town often, you really do start to see what looks like a part of the city that begs for redevelopment. Many buildings are indeed reaching the end of their aesthetic lives (let's face it, much of what the village is was built as disposable architecture of little to no redeeming quality) but we're so used to what's there that we no longer see it as such.

[vicernie]

the problem is that those 60s apartments and older office spaces are affordable to people on lower income and local businesses.  new means higher rents.

[Mike K.]

Not necessarily. If you rent that apartment without being grandfathered you'll pay full market rent. You'd be surprised what an older apartment in a desirable location will rent for.

[AndrewReeve]

And it begins...

 

“It's absolutely massive,” said Wayne Hollohan, Cook Street resident, adding that he does not think the building will fit with the rest of Cook Street Village.

 

http://www.vicnews.c.../291582941.html

Edited by AndrewReeve, 13 February 2015 - 05:39 PM.