Just this week I saw a building described as student housing that surprised me. Can't remember what it was.
edit: it was the one on the corner of Shelbourne and McKenzie.
Edited by aastra, 19 June 2020 - 05:43 PM.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION 975-983 Pandora Avenue Uses: rental, commercial Address: 979-983 Pandora Avenue Municipality: Victoria Region: Downtown Victoria Storeys: 15 |
Posted 19 June 2020 - 05:30 PM
Just this week I saw a building described as student housing that surprised me. Can't remember what it was.
edit: it was the one on the corner of Shelbourne and McKenzie.
Edited by aastra, 19 June 2020 - 05:43 PM.
Posted 19 June 2020 - 06:14 PM
Do we really think five students would band together in a five bedroom unit to rent an apartment next to Our Place?
As someone who just one year ago was a student illegally living with four others in a 3 bedroom apartment in Saanich (+2 of my roommates' girlfriends that spent most of their time there), I can confirm that yes, that is exactly what students would do. Another friend of mine at UVic is living with six others in a 4 bedroom house.
I now live with one roommate kitty corner from this church in one of the affordable units at 1008 Pandora and would take this location over anywhere in Saanich without a second thought.
Edit: And this "3 bedroom apartment" I lived in included one "bedroom" that was just a loft without a door or windows, and overlooked my "bedroom".
Edited by Brantastic, 19 June 2020 - 06:17 PM.
Posted 19 June 2020 - 06:53 PM
Posted 19 June 2020 - 07:23 PM
Let's hope it isn't a great barrier building. The landlords can be real sharks.
In order to estimate how much the CoV would pay I suppose we'd need to know the value of the ready-to-go building and then roughly triple it. But do you really think they'd dare to have four buildings in close proximity like that? Forget comparisons to the DTES if that happens. Pandora Ave. would officially be in the big leagues.
I hope it does end up getting filled with students. Having a mix of students coming and going with their wide-ranging student hours could be a good counterbalance to some of the other things happening on the avenue. (But considering what our overlords are doing to in-person education these days, I'm not optimistic.)
Posted 27 July 2020 - 01:44 PM
The western portion of the FotoPrint building is being demolished right now. I would assume the rest of the building and the church should be coming down soon then.
Posted 27 July 2020 - 02:40 PM
Yes, the church is already being hollowed out so we should be down to an empty lot soon.
Posted 29 July 2020 - 01:47 PM
Edited by Promontory Kingpin, 29 July 2020 - 01:47 PM.
Posted 29 July 2020 - 02:03 PM
I am not sure if dropping a thermonuclear device and starting over from scratch could revitalize the 900 block of Pandora.
Posted 01 August 2020 - 11:38 AM
Posted 01 August 2020 - 04:22 PM
Yes, the church is already being hollowed out so we should be down to an empty lot soon.
Posted 01 August 2020 - 04:47 PM
Word on the street is demolition will start on Tuesday, but don't quote me on that!
So you're saying I shouldn't take this as the Gospel truth.
Posted 01 August 2020 - 06:56 PM
Pray that it happens.
Posted 01 August 2020 - 07:07 PM
"So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city."
Joshua 6:20
Posted 01 August 2020 - 07:28 PM
^Quite a revelation, that.
Posted 01 August 2020 - 07:42 PM
"So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city."
Joshua 6:20
Posted 01 August 2020 - 07:54 PM
I'm not sure if that's spiritual meat or just food for thought.
Posted 02 August 2020 - 01:23 PM
So you're saying I shouldn't take this as the Gospel truth.
Posted 04 August 2020 - 01:16 PM
The SDA church is coming down right now. From my vantage point I'd guess that at least 50% of it is now rubble.
Posted 04 August 2020 - 01:35 PM
Posted 04 August 2020 - 01:36 PM
Holy smoke!
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