metropolis
Active Member
I just drove by this one last night....and was wondering if there will be any updates on re-start of the construction soon.
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vini007
Active Member
so no one knows when will this be starting again.. i hope by this summer .. am guessing .. as soon as they finish and correcting the original blue prints and make the proper changes...
barrytron3030
Active Member
i know it's a daunting task, but this thread already has a tone of information on this building, so try and go back a few pages.
no one knows when this thing is going to get going again. i don't think the blue prints needed corrections. this building is on hold because of the economic conditions. the tenants in phase 3 are primarily small, start-up companies dedicated to medicine and science in general. these companies depend on loaned money to rent the space. the money currently is not available.
Civdis
Active Member
I was told by a contractor this weekend that this project was to restart in the next couple of months. He is a fairly reliable source, so let's hope.
Uncle Teddy
Senior Member
That would be a great sign that things are turning around.
vini007
Active Member
so as a guess i was right i mean one had to see this one coming.. right in the heart of TO and couldn't be abandoned just like that for to long..its a great sign and hope will stick to the original building.. sky rise ..
ladyscraper
man alive
Well it's happened before. Don't forget the legendary Bay-Adelaide stump!
Anyways I really hope this is true. This was one of the announced buildings that I was looking forward to the most.
urbandreamer
recession proof
The fact they kept the construction trailers on site indicated to me this building was going ahead. Perhaps they could do a mixed use--condo/office on the site?
maestro
Senior Member
hotel/office would make more sense
Redroom Studios
Senior Member
I would doubt that any mixed use makes sense here... its designed to be a medical research building so I'd think that would be a rather specialized design. And who wants to live or stay in a building with lots of viruses and bacteria floating around in it anyways? Its more just a matter of timing for this one to get rolling again...
maestro
Senior Member
what's a few viruses in comparison to the convenience of staying within spit ball range of the nearly 4 million square feet of hospitals
egotrippin
Senior Member
Could be helpful for people who've travelled relatively far to get to downtown for family and friends of those in the hospitals. Presumably the space being built is needed as is though, considering that construction is recommencing.
golodhendil
Active Member
Because of the requirement for special ventilation. utilities and floor strength, separate access, etc., it will almost be prohibitively expensive to have residential mixed into a research building (two basically separate buildings, eg a short "podium" with lab space and a residential tower attached at one corner, could work in theory). It's not completely impossible, however; a mixed-use residential/clinical/research complex had been proposed and approved in Boston since 2003, but the original plan has since been altered after laying dormant for 4 years and the residential component was removed (the project has since stalled during the 2008 recession, like this MaRS building, but since only demolitions were completed and nothing has yet been built, it might still be possible for plans to be changed again and the residential component added back when the economy recovers, but it's doubtful).
Sir Novelty Fashion
Senior Member
...though 'Residential/Pathological' is really the ultimate in progressive mixed-use planning.
Sir Novelty Fashion
Senior Member
Also, what on God's green earth are you talking about?
