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[Kapten Kapsell]

Thanks for the clarifications Mike and VHF... do we know when excavation will actually start then?

[Nparker]

The developer confirms this is a temporary closure for soil testing. The spots will be made available again in about two weeks.

Unless they plan on repaving a large section, quite a number of parking spaces could be lost based on the size of the current excavation. I suppose these might be covered in gravel until the project gets officially underway. Has a development permit been issued? I can't seem to find this project on the Development Tracker website.

I also noticed as I walked past today, that the planters dividing the property next door are being completely stripped of their soil. IIRC, several sections of the planter will be removed as part of the YonY development.

 

Edit: According to the May 11, 2017, CoV Council Meeting Minutes, the DP was approved.

Edited by Nparker, 13 July 2017 - 10:32 AM.

[jonny]

Yup all approved and ready to go.

[punk cannonballer]

It will take me a long time to get over what is certain to be the loss of the Ryan Adams releasing a jellyfish mural.

[VicHockeyFan]

Dear VHF,

Thank you to so many of you for attending The Yates on Yates Registrant Preview Event. We are pleased to announce that The Yates on Yates is now over 65% sold thanks to overwhelming support and interest from our community.

An amazing variety of homes is still available at this urban address located in the centre of it all.
  

Two Bedroom City Homes Priced from $645,900
Two Bedroom View Homes Priced from $789,900

 
Our remaining homes are sleek, modern and enviably sophisticated. Brought to you by Chard Development with over a decade of development experience in Victoria, The Yates on Yates has everything you need to live a convenient, walkable lifestyle in the soul of downtown Victoria.

Our Presentation Centre is open daily from 12-5pm except Fridays. If you haven’t yet had an opportunity to drop by - or would like to take a second look - please stop by. We look forward to showing you what all the fuss is about!

Sincerely,

The Yates on Yates Sales Team

 

[Nparker]

... The Yates on Yates is now over 65% sold ...

Wow!

[MarkoJ]

Looks like they sold all the one bedrooms!

[VicHockeyFan]

A Chard sales agent told me this afternoon there might be 1 or even 2 1brs left now, a couple sales did not proceed.

 

Just Yates St. is selling now, Johnson has not begun sale yet.

Edited by VicHockeyFan, 13 July 2017 - 03:38 PM.

[Nparker]

...Just Yates St. is selling now, Johnson has not begun sale yet.

Has it been confirmed whether the Johnson Street building will be condos or market rentals?

[VicHockeyFan]

Has it been confirmed whether the Johnson Street building will be condos or market rentals?

 

It's all condos.  One strata plan for the whole works.

Edited by VicHockeyFan, 13 July 2017 - 03:49 PM.

[Kapten Kapsell]

Perhaps the sales success of the Yates building will encourage Chard to move up the marketing for the other tower (Johnson on Johnson)? 

 

According to the Citified entry, construction will start this year, so the surface lot will soon be *permanently* on its way out...

[DavidSchell]

Just walked by ... excavator on site and their is a pile of dirt there now where it was digging.

[Mike K.]

It will take me a long time to get over what is certain to be the loss of the Ryan Adams releasing a jellyfish mural.

Is that who the mural is of, and not the local musician who passed away last year (or maybe 2015, even)?

[punk cannonballer]

Is that who the mural is of, and not the local musician who passed away last year (or maybe 2015, even)?

 

I have no idea, really. I doubt it's supposed to be Ryan.

[magmazing]

I have no idea, really. I doubt it's supposed to be Ryan.

It's of Daniel Kingsbury. Musician (was in a local band called Mindil Beach Markets (or Mindil Beach)), was a founder of an environmental education non-profit, The Jellyfish Project. He died in June 2015

http://victoriamusic...bury-1987-2015/

[Mike K.]

That's it! 

 

I spoke with the fellas who were putting up the mural. They knew it would (fairly soon) get covered up.

 

One interesting tidbit is the amount of paint budgeted by the financier of the mural wasn't enough to cover the entire space of the mural, so the artists opted to create the vertical stripes on either side of Kingsbury.

[Kapten Kapsell]

The entire surface lot has reopened for parking.

[Nparker]

The entire surface lot has reopened for parking.

And has been re-paved and lines re-painted.

[jonny]

Booooo, because that means they aren't planning on starting excavation for at least a few months (I guess).

[VicHockeyFan]

And has been re-paved and lines re-painted.

 

Ya, looks good!