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General Urban Cambridge Updates and Rumours
#76
(11-10-2016, 01:23 PM)gomesjustin Wrote: Maybe this calls for a "Landord and Tenant Act" thread?

I think that would be very good (some posts on this topic also in the Belmont thread).  Maybe one of the mods can make this happen?
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#77
(11-07-2016, 08:59 PM)Lens Wrote: HIP is also the new owner of the Harmony Lunch property. They must have some pretty deep pockets, but frankly they haven't really proved themselves yet.

HIP did all the Solstice student residences in Guelph, they must be getting close to complete now .. http://www.solsticecondos.ca/ and http://www.hipdevelopments.com/projects

They work with Melloul Blamey a lot, not sure if they share ownership or something.
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#78
I thought that they were a division of Melloul, but could be wrong.
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#79
This probably belongs more in heritage, but the river side of a long stretch of red brick buildings on Water Street has been covered by hideous brown metal siding. People on Facebook are not happy, and for once I agree with them.

https://www.facebook.com/krajewskigaller...61/?type=3
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#80
(11-16-2016, 10:57 PM)LocalEngineer Wrote:
(11-07-2016, 08:59 PM)Lens Wrote: HIP is also the new owner of the Harmony Lunch property. They must have some pretty deep pockets, but frankly they haven't really proved themselves yet.

HIP did all the Solstice student residences in Guelph, they must be getting close to complete now .. http://www.solsticecondos.ca/ and http://www.hipdevelopments.com/projects

They work with Melloul Blamey a lot, not sure if they share ownership or something.

HIP is a subsidiary of Melloul Blamey - same ownership.

And for the record, both Solstice student condo buildings developed by HIP in Guelph are now complete.
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#81
Linden Crossing on Eagle Street in Preston is now inhabited.
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#82
Newest rumour: Dickson Bowl is going to close in May and be torn down with a condo tower replacing it.
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#83
Given the opposition thrown at the Southworks proposal, it'll be interesting to see how this goes down. Location would fit well with the end of ION phase 2 line and the redevelopment it is primarily built to promote.
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#84
(03-06-2017, 12:45 PM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: Given the opposition thrown at the Southworks proposal, it'll be interesting to see how this goes down. Location would fit well with the end of ION phase 2 line and the redevelopment it is primarily built to promote.

It can join in with Petes Junk and the laundromat across the street and what I presume was an old factory located behind pete's junk.
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#85
Sometimes I wonder if the bus terminal itself wouldn't be a good redevelopment site. A site closer to the highway would probably suit intercity buses much better, and LRT should mean fewer bus routes terminating in Galt.
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#86
A new low-rise "affordable condo" development is under way near George Street and Blair Road in Galt. The existing low-rise apartment building has been demolished and the site cleared for the foundation pouring.

Also in Galt news: the pedestrian bridge architects have walked away from the project: http://www.therecord.com/news-story/7228...m-project/
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#87
http://www.therecord.com/news-story/7228...m-project/

Cambridge politicians went with the cheapest option for a pedestrian bridge over the river, and destroyed the design so much that the architects are backing away, refusing to have their names on this piece.

Let this be of note, coincidentally, that on this day in Kitchener, we hear of a proposal on Margaret (http://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/s...9#pid34839) where in order to please Heritage, one of two adjacent buildings will be 60% shorter, and contain less than one fifth of the units of its neighbour. For the sake of heritage in a very tucked away area will we defend this choice.

But in Cambridge, crossing the river, being one of the few objects able to be seen up and down the shoreline, and one of the only structures crossing the river, well, we actually don't need the heritage features and details we originally said were critical, because that costs some money, and it's clearly not worth it.

*facepalm*
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#88
Sad sad decision on the bridge. Opportunity wasted IMO
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#89
Amazing how the politicians' opinions of the project alter with the change in price...
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#90
Sounds like the bridge was drastically over budget.

Some architects will work with you on value engineering. Others won't.  It seems like this one didn't want to compromise their vision.

There's nothing wrong with trying to build to budget.
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