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Uses: condo, commercial
Address: 1100 Yates Street
Municipality: Victoria
Region: Downtown Victoria
Storeys: 12
Condo units: (1BR, 2BR, 3BR)
Sales status: now selling, move in-ready
NEST is a 12-storey condominium tower with ground and second floor commercial space at Yates and Cook streets ... (view full profile)
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[Fernwood] Nest & Haven | Condos; office; retail | 12 & 6-storeys


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#1 Citified.ca

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Posted 19 November 2018 - 12:33 PM

Downtown daycare, affordable condos pitched as part of three-building redev of high-profile Ithaka Greek Restaurant block.jpg

An aerial view downtown Victoria and the Fernwood neighbourhood. The outline (in blue) of Chard Development's three-building project site between the 1100-blocks of Yates and Johnson streets at Cook Street shows its context within the two districts. 

 

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- 1100 Yates Street (condominium)

- 1315 Cook Street (affordable condominium)

- 1009-1117 Johnson Street (rental)

 

Downtown daycare, affordable condos pitched as part of three-building redev of high-profile Ithaka Greek Restaurant block

https://victoria.cit...staurant-block/

 

A high-profile city block enveloped by the busy thoroughfares of Yates, Cook and Johnson streets is poised for redevelopment into a mixed-use residential and commercial node, Citified has learned.

 
Vancouver-based Chard Development has unveiled plans to transform several parcels surrounding the Victoria Professional Building at 1120 Yates Street into a condominium tower at the corner of Cook and Yates streets, an affordable condominium along Cook Street, and a rental complex fronting onto Johnson Street.
 
The aged mixed-use office and retail building will undergo an interior and exterior modernization along with a comprehensive expansion of its on-site parking via a multi-storey underground parkade accessible to commercial tenants, their clients and future occupants of the three residences. [Full article]

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#2 Nparker

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Posted 19 November 2018 - 03:30 PM

I look forward to seeing some renderings.



#3 Casual Kev

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Posted 20 November 2018 - 12:59 PM

It'd be weird to see the professional building gone before all the dealerships in the area...



#4 tjv

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Posted 20 November 2018 - 01:43 PM

Doesnt sound like the professional building goes anywhere just an 'exterior and interior moderation'
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#5 Mike K.

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Posted 20 November 2018 - 02:45 PM

Right. It’ll be retained and upgraded.

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#6 Kapten Kapsell

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Posted 14 December 2018 - 09:21 AM

No attachments are in the system yet, but it looks like a hard has filed for resining and a development permit for this property (1100 Yates).

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Posted 14 December 2018 - 11:56 AM

 

...it looks like a hard has filed for resining...

 

So are things clear or is it a sticky situation?


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#8 Jackerbie

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Posted 14 December 2018 - 12:06 PM

Plans are now up. Developer is Chard, architect is Proscenium. This project is referred to as Cook Street Plaza in the plans.

 

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#9 Nparker

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Posted 14 December 2018 - 12:10 PM

I notice the "no-go" shacks at the corner of Cook & Johnson are mostly absent from the above renderings.



#10 Jackerbie

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Posted 14 December 2018 - 12:12 PM

Notable bits:

  • Existing building to be retained as medical offices
  • There will be an affordable condo component similar to Vivid, with support from BC Housing (47 units)
  • There will be a market rental component (47 units)
  • There will be 107 market condo units (total 201 housing units)
  • An 8,700 sq. ft. childcare facility is proposed

And a second set of renderings

 

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#11 Kapten Kapsell

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Posted 14 December 2018 - 12:15 PM

This will be a good addition for the neighbourhood.
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Posted 14 December 2018 - 12:15 PM

FWIW, one of the requested variances is for height. OCP permits up to 8 storeys, but 15 storeys is permitted across the street. Chard is asking for a variance allowing 12 storeys in one of the buildings for a more gradual height transition (and avoid a tabletop)


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#13 Nparker

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Posted 14 December 2018 - 12:18 PM

...There will be an affordable condo component similar to Vivid, with support from BC Housing (47 units)...There will be 107 market condo units (total 201 housing units)...

Unless the SJW's on Victoria council hold the project hostage for all "affordable" rentals.

And let's not forget the Fernwood NIMBYs who will likely present both gentrification and height as issues.



#14 Nparker

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Posted 14 December 2018 - 12:19 PM

This will be a good addition for the neighbourhood.

Assuming it gets built anything like the renderings.



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Posted 14 December 2018 - 12:51 PM

Well this is also Fernwood so will be interesting to see what they have to say about the height. DRA did not like the height across the street from this. I want to see some more pictures but I am liking this first look.
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It has a whole new look!

 


#16 Mike K.

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Posted 14 December 2018 - 01:25 PM

Of note is Chard's use of Proscenium. This is the first time he's used their services for a local project, and other than using DHK for the four-storey Duet building and the Duck's Block/Canada Hotel development, the architectural firm has been exclusively MCMP.


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Posted 14 December 2018 - 03:34 PM

The medical building and the building behind it look like they'll be almost touching. Anyone who wants to fire pellets at the taller condo building from back there would have a very narrow line of sight.



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Posted 14 December 2018 - 03:51 PM

The medical building and the building behind it look like they'll be almost touching. Anyone who wants to fire pellets at the taller condo building from back there would have a very narrow line of sight.

 

They do look reaaally close, even when you consider that one of them is 5 storeys and the other is 6, so there's an illusion of equal height because of the perspective. According to the drawings, the buildings are 13.77 m (45') apart. The overhead view is more forgiving.

 

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#19 Nparker

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Posted 14 December 2018 - 03:56 PM

If the 12-storey building gets chopped down, this project will be abysmal.


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Posted 14 December 2018 - 04:03 PM

Of note is Chard's use of Proscenium.


I thought you meant his use of the word 'proscenium'. it's the area between the orchestra & the curtain in a theatre, so I guess he's saying that if you're travelling into town on yates st, cook is the curtain, and past there is the stage, where all the action happens. :P actually just across the street is pacific mazda, where that jawl project is, the one with the fire hall, etc. then a block away is the mondrian & the wade. that's going to be a pretty lively neighbourhood when it's all done. :muching_out:


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