(07-21-2022, 11:56 AM)Bytor Wrote: How is floor space ratio calculated?

Its it to the size of the entire lot?

Or just to the 55% of lot size from the maximum lot coverage rules in the zoning bylaws?

Like, with a 16,000 sq ft lot, are you using 16,000 as the denominator, or 8,800?

(07-21-2022, 10:14 AM)Acitta Wrote:

(07-21-2022, 10:11 AM)Lebronj23 Wrote: From the top floor of Sun Life Tower

Lots of room for more giant condo towers there.

(06-12-2015, 10:17 AM)Owen Wrote:

(06-12-2015, 09:47 AM)BuildingScout Wrote: I'm afraid that even then it won't be enough, judging from other urban examples. We are going from 0 buildings to 1 (Kaufman) to 3 (Kaufman+One Victoria+City Centre) so while the increase sounds like a lot, density is still extremely low in that area as far as downtown urban districts are concerned. We will need the other City Centre tower as well as the two towers in One Hundred Victoria before we start seeing critical mass. The transit hub will help a lot as the fact that a trip to downtown will be a breeze away when the LRT is in place. Then we'll see a clear pickup.

This brings up my biggest issue with the LRT - "a trip downtown is a breeze away when the LRT is in place"  ... for who??  Maybe a few folks who happen to live around the line, but not for most residents of the city (and by most I mean everyone in Wards 1, 2, 6, 7, and 8).  I understand the planning rationale for creating a corridor that induces development (and a long-term shift in population from the suburbs to condos along that corridor), but I really wish the LRT as more useful for more existing residents - meaning it had lines that extended out into the existing suburbs to the east and west and made it easy for people to come downtown as a destination.  I get it - that was way out of the budget - but presently I have a hard time seeing how the LRT would help me get anywhere I want to go (have you ever found yourself on King street saying "gee, I really wish I could hope on a train and get to uptown waterloo?")  ... most of the city's residents (again, everyone in Ward 1, 2, 6, 7, and 8) live outside walking distance from the LRT, which means they will have to keep driving everywhere they want to go.   

Since the province is now providing 100% funding for this sort of thing we should be lobbying for a Phase II LRT that adds loops from the outer areas into the core to augment the main line!

(07-22-2022, 09:13 AM)CitizenX Wrote:

(07-21-2022, 10:14 AM)Acitta Wrote: Lots of room for more giant condo towers there.

Does it make sense for the hospital to buy the Sun Life parking lot and CTV Land across the street for expansion?

(07-22-2022, 09:15 AM)neonjoe Wrote:

(07-22-2022, 09:13 AM)CitizenX Wrote: Does it make sense for the hospital to buy the Sun Life parking lot and CTV Land across the street for expansion?

I would much rather this than have the new hospital out in the boonies.

(07-22-2022, 02:17 PM)Zoo Wrote: This is complete hearsay and industry rumours... so take it with a grain of salt.  

I just finished having a coffee with a good friend of mine who mentioned a few interesting parts about the market. We all know that the market has slowed completely everywhere. On a few of the launches downtown, she says that it has been very difficult for most projects to do anything outside of one condo project (didn't say which one and I forgot to ask). The interesting points that she made were that a project that JD Developments has launched hasn't sold anything to outside purchasers (only internal deals supposedly) and it has supposedly flopped pretty bad compared to others (yikes).  Next, she mentioned that there seem to be some 30 Francis buyers cancelling their deposit cheques that are coming due shortly as they are well under water.  

Interesting times.  Even if this is hearsay, that is the market sentiment. I am curious if any condos get cancelled in KW.

(07-22-2022, 09:13 AM)CitizenX Wrote:

(07-21-2022, 10:14 AM)Acitta Wrote: Lots of room for more giant condo towers there.

Does it make sense for the hospital to buy the Sun Life parking lot and CTV Land across the street for expansion?

(07-22-2022, 04:56 PM)Acitta Wrote: There seems to be a number of big projects that were announced years ago that haven't shown any evidence of starting. The Metz and Virerra Village come to mind.

(07-22-2022, 09:01 PM)ac3r Wrote:

(07-22-2022, 09:13 AM)CitizenX Wrote: Does it make sense for the hospital to buy the Sun Life parking lot and CTV Land across the street for expansion?

I don't know if that would work because Sun Life uses half the lot, while the hospital uses the other half for staff parking. Plus, from what I remember hearing they are aiming for a 50 to 60 acre site for the new hospital which is huge, so they wouldn't really fit a whole lot there since that block is even smaller than the one the current hospital sits on. Of course they could build up - something like 12-15 floors - which would grand them a lot of space but there are disadvantages to building a hospital that way. They could also use - as you said - the CTV lot across the street but that's pretty small.

(07-22-2022, 09:11 PM)ac3r Wrote: As for Vierra Village... I imagine it'll be tricky to work on that project because the overhead wires for the train are there and construction sites often see fairly large trucks such as larger cement trucks (the ones with the giant arms), mobile cranes or flatbeds that transport the tower cranes.

(07-22-2022, 09:11 PM)ac3r Wrote:

(07-22-2022, 04:56 PM)Acitta Wrote: There seems to be a number of big projects that were announced years ago that haven't shown any evidence of starting. The Metz and Virerra Village come to mind.

The Metz is an Auburn project so I am sure it will take them a while to get started - then likely 10-15 years to finish it because they not only work very slowly, but it's also a large project.