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HAMILTON | The William Thomas Residence | 21 FLOORS


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Built in 1855, the original William Thomas Building came down in 2010 as part of the renewal of the Lister Block. The four-storey William Thomas building will be reassembled, with 16 storeys of condos added on top.


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- $35 million, 200,000-square-foot development

- Ground floor retail

- Three floors of office space

- About 100 residential units in total

- Sales centre and campaign in place for summer 2014

- Construction planned to begin in Fall 2014



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This project is getting ready to launch. A new sign went up on the property today with the project's logo and website on it, artizencondos.com
     
     
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anybody heard any news on this development recently?
     
     
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thespec.com: LIUNA planning 20-storey student highrise next to Lister Block

By Matthew Van Dongen

A long-promised residential tower near the restored Lister Block is back on track — now as a home for hundreds of students.

Laborers' International Union of North America hopes to begin construction by the fall on a 20-storey tower for students behind and beside the Lister Block, with the preserved façade from the 1855 Thomas building incorporated into the James Street frontage.

The L-shaped building will have ground-floor retail facing James Street, said secretary-treasurer Riccardo Persi, with an entrance for up to 380 students on Rebecca Street.

Persi said the union initially planned for an 11-to-15 level condominium, but switched gears to look at student housing based partly on McMaster University's growing downtown presence and the attraction of a "steady cash flow."

"We've done the demand study and we think it's the perfect time to do something like this," he said, pointing to tight rental rates, the James Street GO Station and soon-to-open McMaster health campus, which should serve more than 4,000 students.

The proposal doesn't have a public price tag attached yet and still needs to go through the committee of adjustment for a hoped-for zoning amendment to allow greater height.

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The development is now called "The William Thomas Residence". This thread needs a name change from HAMILTON | Artizen Condos | ? M | 20 FLOORS to HAMILTON | The William Thomas Residence | ? M | 20 FLOORS
     
     
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Site of The William Thomas Residence as of October 8th.

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Here's some updated plans. There is now a setback at the 19th floor, and the building got a height increase from 20 to 21 floors.


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It's confirmed that the building did get a height increase to 21 storeys. There is a public meeting next week...


William Thomas Building Public Meeting Notice by ActivismHamOnt, on Twitter



This thread needs a name update from HAMILTON | The William Thomas Residence | ? M | 20 FLOORS to HAMILTON | The William Thomas Residence | ? M | 21 FLOORS
     
     
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New renderings and elevations:


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The building was approved today

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@AndrewDreschel - "#HamOnt planning cmt approves 21-storey student housing project beside Lister building on James North, worth about $45 million."
     
     
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Excavation is beginning...


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a question: I noticed on the original image that 2/3s of the building had been covered up, and when they took that down the original awnings had been sheared off - have these been reconstructed to go back on the building?

Also were they in bad a shape as the building beside it? Because those are rusted to HELL. I am hoping they do some sort of restoration on those, although I don't know what they can do..
     
     
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a question: I noticed on the original image that 2/3s of the building had been covered up, and when they took that down the original awnings had been sheared off - have these been reconstructed to go back on the building?
Any pieces of the original building that are missing will be replaced with replicas.
     
     
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