Thank you for the heads-up, Kapten!
25-storey Bayview Place tower to go before council, will rise as Island's second-tallest building
https://victoria.cit...llest-building/
APPROVED E&N Building Uses: condo, commercial Address: Kimta Road at Sitkum Road Municipality: Victoria Region: Urban core Storeys: 25 Condo units: (studio/bachelor, 1BR, 2BR, 3BR, penthouse, townhome, 1BR + den, 2BR + den, 3BR + den) Sales status: in planning |
Posted 29 September 2018 - 08:29 AM
Thank you for the heads-up, Kapten!
25-storey Bayview Place tower to go before council, will rise as Island's second-tallest building
https://victoria.cit...llest-building/
Posted 01 October 2018 - 07:44 AM
Just eclipses the 24-story, 78.5 meter tall Marcielo condo building that was just approved in Nanaimo.
Posted 01 October 2018 - 08:22 AM
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Posted 01 October 2018 - 08:24 AM
I guess the Lime Bay phase will have a different look. No brick or spandrel glass from I can see.
Posted 01 October 2018 - 08:29 AM
I guess the Lime Bay phase will have a different look. No brick or spandrel glass from I can see.
Looks to me like both are present. In the first image the lower floors and the verticle segment in the middle are brick.
In the second image the whitish vertical segment in the middle of the lit windows and the horizontal panels beneath the windows look like spandrel.
Posted 01 October 2018 - 08:52 AM
I guess the Lime Bay phase will have a different look. No brick or spandrel glass from I can see.
Looks to me like both are present...
If I have any concerns about this proposal is that it isn't different enough from the 3 existing Bayview towers. I was hoping a curved element might be introduced to complement the Roundhouse building. Perhaps in execution the overall project will appear more unique.
Posted 01 October 2018 - 08:55 AM
It will indeed follow through with much of what we've seen with the first three towers.
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Posted 01 October 2018 - 10:25 AM
I was hoping a curved element might be introduced to complement the Roundhouse building.
Architectural nods to Victoria would ruin Victoria by making Victoria too much like Vancouver.
Unless the architectural nod is yet more red brick, of course.
Posted 02 October 2018 - 08:14 PM
This is going to CotW on Thursday Oct 4; staff are in favour.
Current height is 25 storeys.
Recent renderings:
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If the brick is a darker color (not orange) and the spandrel is grey like in first pic this building could look great. If spandrel is green like all the rest they need a new designer with new ideas.
Posted 02 October 2018 - 08:17 PM
If the brick is a darker color (not orange) and the spandrel is grey like in first pic this building could look great. If spandrel is green like all the rest they need a new designer with new ideas.
Posted 03 October 2018 - 11:27 AM
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Posted 03 October 2018 - 04:40 PM
I guess the Lime Bay phase will have a different look. No brick or spandrel glass from I can see.
I hope your right!
Posted 03 October 2018 - 05:04 PM
So what do we think, completion in 2022 or 2023?
They did their big open house about tower 4 over a year ago and still haven't started sales so if it continues at the same pace could be 2024 although sooner would be better. I thought they may not go ahead with it seeing the spec tax and other changes in the market so this is a good sign
Posted 04 October 2018 - 09:49 AM
Council is taking a short break, this item is next on the agenda. You can follow the livestream here: https://pub-victoria...ed&lang=English
Posted 04 October 2018 - 10:41 AM
This has moved forward with Isitt opposed. He is concerned about the design of the E&N Trail (which staff told him is not part of this DP) and the potential impact on future rail opportunities (which staff told him are considered in the design guidelines and the masterplan agreement)
Posted 04 October 2018 - 10:44 AM
If residential development ever takes off on the Songhees then I could see it impacting future rail opportunities. It's still 1985, right?
Posted 04 October 2018 - 10:46 AM
I listened to the live stream for a couple of hours. It is tough to refrain from wanting to gnaw off a limb.
Most of the council seems to say very little with a large number of words. They wander off on all sorts of tangents that aren't directly related to the application in front of them.
Isitt spent a huge amount of time gnawing at the need for assurances that the bike trail would be built to the CRD standard. He was assured repeatedly that it would be done. Then in a split second without any discussion or questions he said he was against the proposal since he didn't feel the design was correct for the height. (In the mean time, cyclists are already just using Esquimalt or Kimta just fine without need to have a cycling trail through the property at all)
Posted 04 October 2018 - 10:49 AM
One interesting tidbit... the master development plan does require that after this latest building (Phase I of Roundhouse) the developer is required to complete the actual roundhouse before moving on to other building phases.
Posted 04 October 2018 - 10:50 AM
One interesting tidbit... the master development plan does require that after this latest building (Phase I of Roundhouse) the developer is required to complete the actual roundhouse before moving on to other building phases.
Ah, so that'll be it for Bayview then
Posted 04 October 2018 - 02:26 PM
So long Bayview.
Hello Harbourview.
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