Except for the fact that I would never rent from a private condo owner.
Why not? People seek that out often, rather than an all-rental building.
BUILT 1400 Quadra Street Uses: rental, commercial Address: 1400-1412 Quadra Street Municipality: Victoria Region: Downtown Victoria Storeys: 14 |
Posted 18 April 2018 - 04:52 PM
Except for the fact that I would never rent from a private condo owner.
Why not? People seek that out often, rather than an all-rental building.
Posted 18 April 2018 - 04:59 PM
Edited by sdwright.vic, 19 April 2018 - 05:16 AM.
Posted 18 April 2018 - 07:47 PM
Looks really good, hopefully this and the Yates/Vivid will invigorate this area!
Posted 19 April 2018 - 08:10 AM
At least they managed to get rid of the utility pole in V 4
I prefer V4 to V1 and V2, but would pick V3 if I had a choice.
Posted 19 April 2018 - 08:21 AM
That's a good point. Most people would look for some sort of progression re: sharpening and refinement, and thus arrange them in reverse order. The newest version actually looks like an altogether different project (awaiting its own process of refinement).
As always I await a better rendering in full colour that might change my impression, but the quality of these images seems to be sufficient to get the gist of it.
It becomes all the more frustrating when you check out other residential buildings by the same architects.
I find the latest rendering the most handsome and least generic of the bunch. Its darker materials for sure but it works and looks dramatic and urban. Could be taller but it looks great. Should be condos
I'm hoping that this is one of those cases where the finished product looks a lot better than the rendering. The last one thankfully returns to the sharp colour contrast of the first proposal. The third one was very washed out. I agree with RFS that the final proposal is more urban-looking. The first one is very Songhees, whereas the final one is more old town. Hopefully Johnson Street will come together with all of these new and future developments!
Posted 19 April 2018 - 08:39 AM
I'd love to be proven wrong but I feel like it's a textbook case of a design that's more concerned about not being something than about being something. The problem with being afraid to suggest even the slightest resemblance to anything being built in Vancouver or Toronto or Seattle or San Diego (or other parts of Victoria) etc. is that that you're backing yourself into a corner. What's left to do after you've ruled out so much?
Anyway, we'll see.
Posted 19 April 2018 - 09:16 AM
I like the bulkiness of it. It reminds me of office towers in American cities but obviously on a much, much smaller scale.
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Posted 19 April 2018 - 10:41 AM
So when will we see the homeless housing relocated and the property sold/redeveloped? Before or after it's surrounded by towers?
Posted 19 April 2018 - 10:53 AM
So when will we see the homeless housing relocated and the property sold/redeveloped? Before or after it's surrounded by towers?
Well after. Unless they destroy the place first. Which is possible I guess.
Posted 19 April 2018 - 10:57 AM
Well after. Unless they destroy the place first. Which is possible I guess.
Given the deterioration since the current residents took occupancy, the life span of this building might be less than 10 more years.
Posted 19 April 2018 - 06:45 PM
Posted 19 April 2018 - 09:40 PM
I find the latest rendering the most handsome and least generic of the bunch. Its darker materials for sure but it works and looks dramatic and urban. Could be taller but it looks great. Should be condos
Posted 08 May 2018 - 10:32 AM
https://victoria.cit...-quadra-street/
Posted 08 May 2018 - 10:41 AM
Are there plans for the Ming's site or the Dry Cleaner? I imagine the dry cleaner site could require some remediation, but at least the Alpha proposal should bring some life to this corner.
Posted 08 May 2018 - 10:56 AM
^It was a dry cleaner for decades and before that a garage. Short of nuclear waste it doesn't get worse than that.
Posted 08 May 2018 - 11:09 AM
Are there plans for the Ming's site or the Dry Cleaner? I imagine the dry cleaner site could require some remediation, but at least the Alpha proposal should bring some life to this corner.
I know that the owner of Ageless Living has been watching this proposal with interest. Unsure how receptive the owner of the dry cleaning property is to consolidation and redevelopment at this time, though.
Posted 08 May 2018 - 01:57 PM
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Posted 08 May 2018 - 01:58 PM
^Will we hear about it in one hour?
Posted 08 May 2018 - 02:04 PM
I’m hearing there’s so movement happening with the dry cleaner side of the equation.
Do you mean "some" movement or "no" movement?
Posted 08 May 2018 - 02:16 PM
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