11-28-2018, 10:36 AM
(11-28-2018, 01:52 AM)GtwoK Wrote: So, uh
Looking at the date of the first post, construction here started May 2017. According to the OneHundred Victoria thread, groun was broken there 3 months prior.
Why on Earth has it taken them as long to add one floor to a building as it took for a 17 story condo + underground parking garage and 4 story podium to be built? This will be going on 2 years by the time it's finished. To add one story?
The work was stopped for a while last year due to labour and safety violations around asbestos removal.
I'm not sure for how long or what impact it would have had, but it contributes to the length of time it is taking.
https://www.therecord.com/news-story/768...enovation/
Also, the owners are not an experienced development company (Jay Shah's background is tech, I'm not sure what his father's is) so that may contribute as well. If the classic "fast good cheap pick two" PM triangle is true, perhaps they've sacrificed fast.