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RE: Drewlo Downtown project | 22 & 18 fl | U/C - jeffster - 08-18-2020
Drewlo was busy today, with the crane operation the entire day. So it looks like it’s going back up to speed.
RE: Drewlo Downtown project | 22 & 18 fl | U/C - tomh009 - 08-19-2020
Half a dozen people working there this morning. It looked like they were organizing the site, hopefully in preparation for a full restart.
RE: Drewlo Downtown project | 22 & 18 fl | U/C - Spokes - 08-24-2020
How many workers would constitute a full site?
RE: Drewlo Downtown project | 22 & 18 fl | U/C - mastermind - 08-24-2020
(08-24-2020, 06:28 AM)Spokes Wrote: How many workers would constitute a full site?
On a site this size it could be 30-40 concrete/rebar guys plus a few electricians, plumbers, and general labourers.
RE: Drewlo Downtown project | 22 & 18 fl | U/C - DK519 - 08-27-2020
Pretty steady stream of cement trucks this morning.
RE: Drewlo Downtown project | 22 & 18 fl | U/C - tomh009 - 08-27-2020
Excellent!
RE: Drewlo Downtown project | 22 & 18 fl | U/C - taylortbb - 09-04-2020
I think this is now a floor taller than the thread title states.
Quote:Permitno 19108690
Issue Year 2020
Work Type New Construction - Residential/Commercial
Permit Description Permit is for a 14 storey and 18 storey residential towers on top of a 5 storey mixed use podium.
Was just issued in August, so construction can now proceed beyond the foundation (which was a separate permit).
RE: Drewlo Downtown project | 22 & 18 fl | U/C - ac3r - 09-05-2020
14 and 18? The thread says 22 and 18. I guess it was changed at some point?
RE: Drewlo Downtown project | 22 & 18 fl | U/C - Bjays93 - 09-05-2020
(09-05-2020, 10:33 AM)ac3r Wrote: 14 and 18? The thread says 22 and 18. I guess it was changed at some point?On top of a 5 story podium. Therefore 23 and 19. Got taller not shorter.
RE: Drewlo Downtown project | 22 & 18 fl | U/C - jeffster - 09-05-2020
(09-04-2020, 04:53 PM)taylortbb Wrote: I think this is now a floor taller than the thread title states.
Quote:Permitno 19108690
Issue Year 2020
Work Type New Construction - Residential/Commercial
Permit Description Permit is for a 14 storey and 18 storey residential towers on top of a 5 storey mixed use podium.
Was just issued in August, so construction can now proceed beyond the foundation (which was a separate permit).
Interesting. I wonder if that was the cause of the hold-up. Not covid-19 related, but permit related.
Why the extra floor, though, I'd have no idea.
RE: Drewlo Downtown project | 22 & 18 fl | U/C - Momo26 - 09-05-2020
The entire 5 floors of the podium are mixed use? Or street level one commercial and the 4 above it units start?
RE: Drewlo Downtown project | 22 & 18 fl | U/C - panamaniac - 09-05-2020
(09-05-2020, 02:30 PM)Momo26 Wrote: The entire 5 floors of the podium are mixed use? Or street level one commercial and the 4 above it units start?I thought it was just the double height ground floor facing King St that was commercial.
RE: Drewlo Downtown project | 22 & 18 fl | U/C - taylortbb - 09-05-2020
(09-05-2020, 02:30 PM)Momo26 Wrote: The entire 5 floors of the podium are mixed use? Or street level one commercial and the 4 above it units start?
"Mixed use" means mixed residential and commercial. So street level commercial and residential above means the podium is mixed use. If all 5 floors were commercial it wouldn't be mixed use anymore, it would be a commercial podium with residential towers.
So yes, the whole podium is "mixed use", with the mix being commercial ground floor and residential above.
RE: Drewlo Downtown project | 23 & 19 fl | U/C - Momo26 - 09-06-2020
Makes sense! The commercial on ground floor should almost be a pre-requisite now as DTK tries to inject life and vibrancy into the core.
RE: Drewlo Downtown project | 23 & 19 fl | U/C - panamaniac - 09-06-2020
(09-06-2020, 09:44 AM)Momo26 Wrote: Makes sense! The commercial on ground floor should almost be a pre-requisite now as DTK tries to inject life and vibrancy into the core.
I'm waiting to see whether more developers don't apply to eliminate/reduce the amount of commercial space in their mixed-use proposals, given the new economic situation. One hopes that it doesn't happen, but it won't be a big surprise if it does.