[Downtown Victoria] SoMA condo | 6-storeys | Built - completed in 2009
#41
Posted 26 October 2006 - 07:39 PM
#42
Posted 26 October 2006 - 07:39 PM
#43
Posted 26 October 2006 - 07:40 PM
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#44
Posted 26 October 2006 - 07:46 PM
#45
Posted 26 October 2006 - 08:07 PM
Anyways, I like the proposal with the building flipped, so it is not smack up against the Sussex!
However, then Rohani (the Scotia bank glass tower) would be literally boxed in at the south, and would have no view from ANY of their tenants on the Southwestern corner.
Ouch.
But hey, its a tall building. Im for it!
#46
Posted 26 October 2006 - 08:15 PM
#47
Posted 26 October 2006 - 08:26 PM
#48
Posted 26 October 2006 - 08:36 PM
That's the building I'm talking about that's for sale. It'd be a perfect sibling for redeveloping the small parking lots to its left. The large parking lot in Ox's other photos shows the potential for the eastern parking lot which is already large enough for a decent podium and a slender tower that won't wall in other buildings.
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#49
Posted 26 October 2006 - 08:50 PM
I think when this goes forward we should stand up against it.
We are loosing more and more prime lots for grade A office space. This block should be saved for offices. And the block should have a plan.
#50
Posted 26 October 2006 - 08:59 PM
#51
Posted 26 October 2006 - 08:59 PM
Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think office buildings are required to have parking, are they? Because if the building didn't have parking, the streetfront would look much better with either more retail or a grander entrance to the building.
#52
Posted 26 October 2006 - 09:02 PM
#53
Posted 26 October 2006 - 09:19 PM
#54
Posted 26 October 2006 - 09:46 PM
#55
Posted 26 October 2006 - 09:47 PM
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#56
Posted 26 October 2006 - 09:49 PM
#57
Posted 26 October 2006 - 09:52 PM
#58
Posted 26 October 2006 - 09:55 PM
B.C. Ferries has been looking for more space, The B.C. government is all over the place and there is still the wish to consolidate offices closer to the Leg. This block should be saved for future projects. Not 6 story condo buildings.
Heck look at the size of that call center on Keating, that could have been home to a massive narrow tower downtown.
#59
Posted 26 October 2006 - 10:13 PM
But what I have ask myself is whether I'd want to live in a unit any higher than what is proposed? And the answer is no. Some might, but I'd be willing to bet most wouldn't. Imagine waking to the view of a sussex office in you bedroom/ living room, whatever.
The developer made a judement call. I think I would have made the same decision.
Even if they removed all windows/ balconies from the sussex side, they's have a hell of a time having to deal with the sussex people with the blank wall they;d be faced with.
I think this one should be accepted for its height.
#60
Posted 26 October 2006 - 10:24 PM
I have mixed feelings about this proposal.
But what I have ask myself is whether I'd want to live in a unit any higher than what is proposed? And the answer is no. Some might, but I'd be willing to bet most wouldn't. Imagine waking to the view of a sussex office in you bedroom/ living room, whatever.
The developer made a judement call. I think I would have made the same decision.
Even if they removed all windows/ balconies from the sussex side, they's have a hell of a time having to deal with the sussex people with the blank wall they;d be faced with.
I think this one should be accepted for its height.
You don't think the existing planned units will be looking at the Sussex? What difference does it make if they added some more floors of the same? This building is obviously not about having a nice view.
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