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RE: Manulife Development Project - Spokes - 09-18-2018
Purely speculative? Or based on something?
RE: Manulife Development Project - Spokes - 09-18-2018
Wait, was there talk of two towers? There's the silhouette of a second one to the left of this.
RE: Manulife Development Project - rangersfan - 09-19-2018
Looks very impressive, I hope this project comes to fruition.
RE: Manulife Development Project - timio - 09-19-2018
(09-18-2018, 08:32 PM)Spokes Wrote: Wait, was there talk of two towers? There's the silhouette of a second one to the left of this.
Looks like someone is envisioning a potential replacement for/addition to the existing Manulife building. Who knows if it's reality, but makes sense considering Manulife's plans for their workforce.
RE: Manulife Development Project - rangersfan - 09-19-2018
The original rumours were suggesting a two tower project but when the news agencies started generating their articles there was only mention of a single tower concept with a potential food store at street level.
RE: Manulife Development Project - Spokes - 09-19-2018
(09-19-2018, 07:37 AM)timio Wrote:(09-18-2018, 08:32 PM)Spokes Wrote: Wait, was there talk of two towers? There's the silhouette of a second one to the left of this.
Looks like someone is envisioning a potential replacement for/addition to the existing Manulife building. Who knows if it's reality, but makes sense considering Manulife's plans for their workforce.
I dont know, this image looks like a second tower in a connected podium
RE: Manulife Development Project - urbd - 09-19-2018
(09-19-2018, 07:37 AM)timio Wrote:(09-18-2018, 08:32 PM)Spokes Wrote: Wait, was there talk of two towers? There's the silhouette of a second one to the left of this.
Looks like someone is envisioning a potential replacement for/addition to the existing Manulife building. Who knows if it's reality, but makes sense considering Manulife's plans for their workforce.
Manulife Insurance and Manulife Real Estate are separate entities... their real estate division is alive and well.
RE: Manulife Development Project - KevinL - 09-19-2018
(09-19-2018, 07:37 AM)timio Wrote:(09-18-2018, 08:32 PM)Spokes Wrote: Wait, was there talk of two towers? There's the silhouette of a second one to the left of this.
Looks like someone is envisioning a potential replacement for/addition to the existing Manulife building. Who knows if it's reality, but makes sense considering Manulife's plans for their workforce.
The geometry isn't right for that - everything in this image is in the block between Joseph and Water.
RE: Manulife Development Project - panamaniac - 09-19-2018
(09-19-2018, 12:36 PM)KevinL Wrote:The block between Water and Francis, I think you meant. Both the tower shown in the "render" and the "shadow tower" beside it would be in that block.(09-19-2018, 07:37 AM)timio Wrote: Looks like someone is envisioning a potential replacement for/addition to the existing Manulife building. Who knows if it's reality, but makes sense considering Manulife's plans for their workforce.
The geometry isn't right for that - everything in this image is in the block between Joseph and Water.
RE: Manulife Development Project - KevinL - 09-19-2018
Francis, yes. The 'male first name' streets in that area always confuse me.
RE: Manulife Development Project - rangersfan - 12-08-2018
A building permit with the status "letter sent" is active for this project. It's hard to tell with some of these projects if there is actual intention of getting things moving in the near term or is it more or less to get the project "started' to qualify for the waived development fees before March 2019.
"Permit is for the foundation only of a new 25 storey mixed commercial-residential building." The applicant is Bird Construction.
RE: Manulife Development Project - dgoh0 - 01-18-2019
Just curious about the fate of the 4 houses on the corner of that block, one on Francis and three on Joseph... Will these get torn down, or will we just have to deal with a massive skyscraper in our back yards?
RE: Manulife Development Project - Spokes - 01-21-2019
(01-18-2019, 10:41 AM)dgoh0 Wrote: Just curious about the fate of the 4 houses on the corner of that block, one on Francis and three on Joseph... Will these get torn down, or will we just have to deal with a massive skyscraper in our back yards?
That's a good question. I'm sure the preference would be for it to be the entire block, but I have no clue if Manulife has attempted to buy the four houses.
RE: Manulife Development Project - robdrimmie - 01-21-2019
I haven't read anything specific about the houses, and a lot has changed since it was published, but an article from the Record in November, 2017 [1] includes the statement
Quote:The building would cover nearly 40 per cent of the block, mainly near the intersection of Charles and Francis streets. Surface parking will be provided on the Joseph Street side.
My guess is that the houses are not part of the development plans.
I spent a bit too much time peering at the render to try to glean hints, and I didn't come up with anything about the houses but I did notice for the first time the hints of a tower on the left side of the render and I wonder if that's any indication of plans being considered to put a tower up at the part of 25 Water between Charles and Joseph.
[1] https://www.therecord.com/news-story/7967321-manulife-looking-at-big-development-for-downtown-kitchener-parking-lot/
RE: Manulife Development Project - Spokes - 01-21-2019
I always assumed that was a second phase of the development. The first tower coming at Charles and Francis taking up 40% of the lot, the second tower taking up the rest of the lot at a later date. But I forgot that the existing building on the other side of Water could handle extra height.