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Pacific House
Uses: condo, commercial
Address: 899 Esquimalt Road
Municipality: Esquimalt
Region: Urban core
Storeys: 9
Condo units: (1BR, 2BR, 3BR, townhome)
Sales status: pre-sales
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[Esquimalt] Pacific House | 12-storeys | Condos, commercial


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#301 Nparker

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Posted 15 July 2024 - 07:42 PM

I wonder where else they forgot to use rebar.

Presumably, a thorough inspection of all the concrete poured before the incident with the stairs, has now taken place. 



#302 nrtphotos

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Posted 16 July 2024 - 08:40 AM

Presumably, a thorough inspection of all the concrete poured before the incident with the stairs, has now taken place.


Nope. From the report I have read WorkSafe only made them scan the stairs, nothing else. This is evident from street level as you can see where they spray painted the stairs to confirm the rebar. I think it’s crazy that they weren’t forced to do inspections for all structural concrete considering they somehow managed to pour concrete without any rebar in the stairs.

Hopefully EGBC will bring more heat and inspections down on them.
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#303 Nparker

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Posted 16 July 2024 - 08:50 AM

If I were a buyer in this project, it would definitely concern me if no additional concrete inspections are done.


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#304 nrtphotos

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Posted 09 August 2024 - 08:41 PM

It appears (from my limited understanding) that there were corrections performed to deficiencies that were discovered after the stair collapse and inspections by an engineering firm. From what I have read it’s been properly addressed and shouldn’t be a cause for concern moving forward. I’ll give credit where it’s due, it appears they’ve taken it seriously.

 

The paperwork points towards issues with the hired sub-trades as opposed to Lexi themselves. Obviously not a situation that anyone wanted as I’m sure it was costly to have the deficiencies addressed and work paused.

 

Progress still seems slow, I don’t think there’s been any work on the townhouse side for roughly a month? Not really sure what the deal is. It will be nice to see the fill in/out progress and the final vision take shape! 
 


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#305 Sparky

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Posted 20 September 2024 - 04:42 AM

Progress as of yesterday.

 

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#306 Mike K.

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Posted 20 September 2024 - 06:08 AM

Great angle!
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#307 Nparker

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Posted 20 September 2024 - 06:50 AM

Appears to be reaching its full height.

#308 Mike K.

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Posted 20 September 2024 - 06:58 AM

It’s topped out now.
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#309 nrtphotos

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Posted 20 September 2024 - 06:55 PM

Tower is topped out, they are making slow progress on the townhouse side - it’s almost level with the lower parking as of today. Not sure what happened to the rooftop event they had promised online, getting late in the year at this point to host anything outside. 
 

I’d be surprised at this point if we will even see possession by March, I can’t see that much work happening in less than six months at this rate. 


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Posted 08 October 2024 - 10:19 AM

Very surprised to see a massive mobile crane parked on Head street today, according to a worker they are pulling down the crane. I’m surprised it’s coming down at this point, townhouses are nowhere near done and the main structure is still a long ways to go and missing lots of heavy, big pieces that will need to be lifted somehow. The worker I spoke to said it was supposed to be there for at least another three months and said it was costing too much? Seems like they will have to hire a lot of mobile cranes on a regular basis to make up for not having this one on site? Who knows…

#311 HarrisonGreene

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Posted 08 October 2024 - 10:30 AM

If they can't afford the crane they need, who knows where else they will cut costs...



#312 nrtphotos

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Posted 08 October 2024 - 12:09 PM

That was based off what the worker doing flagging told me, who knows if it’s true or not. It does seem pretty early to pull a crane off the site though considering how much still needs to be done.

#313 DavidSchell

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Posted 08 October 2024 - 12:41 PM

Photos on Instagram the other day showed the roof being completed...they were before council last night and said it would be April/May time frame for completion.

They also asked for a couple of variances

#314 Mike K.

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Posted 08 October 2024 - 01:52 PM

There is a freight elevator, for hauling materials to all floors.

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#315 nrtphotos

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Posted 08 October 2024 - 03:48 PM

Photos on Instagram the other day showed the roof being completed...they were before council last night and said it would be April/May time frame for completion.

They also asked for a couple of variances

I figured they would need/want the crane for the townhome construction, I’ve seen them using the crane to bucket in concrete in the last few weeks, I guess they will have to use a pump truck with a boom from here on. Not sure how they will unload some of the trucks either, I’ve seen them unload quite a bit with it. I guess I was just surprised to see it leave without the full structure being completed. The guy I talked to said it was needed at another site and was supposed to be around for another three months. 
 

I’m glad you mentioned the council meeting, hadn’t seen that. It’s a bummer that it’s not wall to wall glass anymore - figured this would have been caught earlier?



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Posted 06 November 2024 - 09:20 AM

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#317 Contractorguy

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Posted 06 November 2024 - 09:39 AM

Photos on Instagram the other day showed the roof being completed...they were before council last night and said it would be April/May time frame for completion.

They also asked for a couple of variances

Granted I haven't been over there in awhile, but good luck with that completion time frame.  I will take a closer look when I am in the area next time

 

Btw, in construction at this stage "variances" means they overbuilt


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Posted 09 November 2024 - 09:15 PM

Granted I haven't been over there in awhile, but good luck with that completion time frame.  I will take a closer look when I am in the area next time

 

Btw, in construction at this stage "variances" means they overbuilt

Yeah… I don’t think it’s going to happen either. I asked a guy there a couple days ago if there’s any way that ETA will happen, he burst out laughing. I asked about Summer 2025 and he said unlikely too. He wasn’t one of the Lexi guys and I don’t really see any reason for him to lie. He reminded me too that in these type of builds the final build out typically takes six months once all the doors and windows are installed, he pointed at the incomplete townhomes and missing windows and smiled. 
 

Progress is being made on those townhomes but there’s still an awful lot of concrete work to be done before that’s mated to the rest of the tower - I’d be surprised if this is done before February. I do wish that there would be more communication from Lexi and MLA - crickets these days. I’d imagine by the end of December they will give us another ETA that is beyond the current estimate of March. 
 

I also noticed that as of right now the Lexi website is down. 



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Posted 10 November 2024 - 05:35 PM

Today

 

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