10-30-2020, 06:27 PM
(10-30-2020, 12:19 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: I mean, I'm all for reuse, but a warehouse isn't exactly a great formfactor for that area. That being said, my bigger concern is the giant surface parking lot...but given UWs parking policy both on their main campus and next door at the Pharmacy building, I'm not hopeful.
$35M buys a lot of warehouse renovation. I can see the project being a renovation like Breithaupt Block phase 2, which is barely recognizable as the former building. Probably without the added storeys on top, but still. It may not be super dense, but I don't think UW needs that much space just yet.
You're right that the parking policy is more of a problem. I think that rules out that corner of Victoria/Joseph for any redevelopment any time soon, UW loves their surface parking. Given the hints made here about a redevelopment project on that corner, I wonder if the owner of The Tannery is thinking about something for the Deloitte parking lot.
(10-30-2020, 03:01 PM)westwardloo Wrote: I would love to see them build a new building in the existing parking lot or in the field near the tracks. I assume that is the eventual plan as they expand their health sciences department over the coming decades.
The university doesn't own the field by the tracks. There's three properties here, the current pharmacy/med school property, the warehouse property, and the landlocked property by the tracks. The field by the tracks is so heavily contaminated that the owner couldn't sell it for $1, as no one wants to take on the liability for cleaning it up. Nevermind the problems of being landlocked. It'll be a long time before we see anything happen in that field.