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This was my reaction as well. And I still feel like the upper floors along Fort Street are missing something.
It's one long building so I give them points for the amount of variation that they've tried to introduce. For Street is all about fine grain and small frontages*. Will this faux granularity work there? I suppose we're going to find out.
*Bay Centre not included
Downtown and Harris Green are losing their granularity with new developments. Fort Street was a fantastic example of granularity before tenants started leaving the 800 block. I know VV posters generally prefer massive and tall towers, but I think developments like the Sawyer Block at 840 Fort fit into a fine grained neighborhood better.
I know VV posters generally prefer massive and tall towers...
Not me. I much prefer Victoria-style small-footprint junior highrise buildings like Legato, Corazon, Juliet, 834 Johnson... the proposal for Fort Street as well. In an ideal world that's the format that would continue to be Victoria's bread and butter going forward. Wide buildings have their place here or there (just like highrise buildings do) but the context should always (instead of never) be taken into account. And where block monsters do exist, the lines should emphasize the narrow & vertical rather than long horizontals (something that I think officialdom has no grasp of whatsoever).
... where block monsters do exist, the lines should emphasize the narrow & vertical rather than long horizontals (something that I think officialdom has no grasp of whatsoever).
Agreed.
Mods: should PC Urban be listed as a co-developer of this property? They're claiming it on their website, albeit with older renderings:
https://www.pcurban.ca/fort-and-quadra-victoria-bc/
Note that PC Urban is the proponent of the 170-unit rental project at Gorge and Irma (recently mentioned in the "Construction Rumours" thread)...
Several years ago there was some involvement from one of the principals but that is no longer, and the individual is not with PCU any longer. They’ll likely update the website to reflect that at some point.
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The 800-block of Fort Street, known for generations as Antique Row for its collection of antique, used furniture and vintage houseware retailers, will undergo significant change in the coming years as multiple mixed-use development efforts aim to revive the business opportunities along the commercial corridor.
Victorians asked to weigh in on future of Fort Street's 'Antique Row' retail make-up as new devs lead storefront revival
https://victoria.citified.ca/news/victorians-asked-to-weigh-in-on-future-of-fort-street-s-antique-row-retail-make-up-as-new-devs-lead-storefront-revival/
Victorians asked to weigh in on future of Fort Street's 'Antique Row' retail make-up as new devs lead storefront revival
The 800-block of Fort Street is poised to become a thriving commercial strip once more. But what should it deliver to the community?
Antique Row mega-project to bring seniors housing and 35,000 sq. ft. of retail space to Fort at Quadra
Nearly 300-units of rental apartments and a sizeable commercial component are proposed for Fort Street's Antique Row.
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