It seems that in addition to the really large project Vive has proposed near the hospital, they have brainstormed further development of property they also own downtown. These include:
The two proposed at College and Weber are interesting. Vive renovated the 2 historic buildings on College, so I would speculate that they don't have any intent to turn these properties into a tower anytime soon.
The one on Weber is similar in that it was renovated in recent years. This may also be hard to redevelop because if I remember correctly, both of those buildings are heritage protected. If anyone recalls, they ended up getting painted black back in maybe 2015. They tried doing the second one and had to stop before getting half of the job done because they realized they couldn't do it. I think...I forget the details. It was reverted back, thankfully. These are actually very nice old buildings, so I'd hate to see them demolished for a shitty Vive tower. What they could do, though, is plop a mid or high rise tower in the back where the parking lot is and then put the parking in the podium. There's more than enough space. 1/3rd that city block is parking lots.
The Crowne Plaza property they have proposed is interesting due to the size. News to me that Vive owns this. It's long, but very skinny. Does anyone from Vive lurk this forum? Hit me up when you need an architect, I'd make a really cool building in that space. Working within constraints is very fun. I'd have a living wall and the most badass CORTEN sculptural facade, something that thousands of people going by in the LRT each day would notice, along with staggered heights to the building so it doesn't become a huge wall... :'p
I won't bother making a thread for any of these, they are very clearly not proposals they expect to happen anytime soon and more studies/information they provided to the city for studying zoning compliance if they ever do go ahead with redeveloping these properties. The Crowne Plaza one is likely to possibly see light of day in the future since it's just a parking garage, but there is no detailed proposal for anything yet. I'd prefer to see them finish at least a couple of the 8 thousand other projects they have been planning for years.
- 46-56 College Street - A 32 floor tower.
- 58 Weber Street West - A 32 floor tower.
- The long, skinny parking garage at the Crowne Plaza that fronts Charles - A 20 floor, long and skinny tower.
The two proposed at College and Weber are interesting. Vive renovated the 2 historic buildings on College, so I would speculate that they don't have any intent to turn these properties into a tower anytime soon.
The one on Weber is similar in that it was renovated in recent years. This may also be hard to redevelop because if I remember correctly, both of those buildings are heritage protected. If anyone recalls, they ended up getting painted black back in maybe 2015. They tried doing the second one and had to stop before getting half of the job done because they realized they couldn't do it. I think...I forget the details. It was reverted back, thankfully. These are actually very nice old buildings, so I'd hate to see them demolished for a shitty Vive tower. What they could do, though, is plop a mid or high rise tower in the back where the parking lot is and then put the parking in the podium. There's more than enough space. 1/3rd that city block is parking lots.
The Crowne Plaza property they have proposed is interesting due to the size. News to me that Vive owns this. It's long, but very skinny. Does anyone from Vive lurk this forum? Hit me up when you need an architect, I'd make a really cool building in that space. Working within constraints is very fun. I'd have a living wall and the most badass CORTEN sculptural facade, something that thousands of people going by in the LRT each day would notice, along with staggered heights to the building so it doesn't become a huge wall... :'p
I won't bother making a thread for any of these, they are very clearly not proposals they expect to happen anytime soon and more studies/information they provided to the city for studying zoning compliance if they ever do go ahead with redeveloping these properties. The Crowne Plaza one is likely to possibly see light of day in the future since it's just a parking garage, but there is no detailed proposal for anything yet. I'd prefer to see them finish at least a couple of the 8 thousand other projects they have been planning for years.