HAMILTON | The William Thomas Residence | 21 FLOORS

thomax · #1 Posted **Jun 4, 2014, 8:12 PM**

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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

[LINK] Location in Google Street View

thomax · #2 Posted **Jun 4, 2014, 8:15 PM**

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

thomax · #3 Posted **Jun 5, 2014, 1:14 AM**

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McLaryst · #4 Posted **Oct 22, 2014, 1:35 PM**

anybody heard any news on this development recently?

thomax · #5 Posted **Apr 17, 2015, 9:32 PM**

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.

More to come.

thomax · #6 Posted **Oct 17, 2015, 5:38 AM**

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Dwils01 · #7 Posted **Oct 20, 2015, 5:44 AM**

Site of The William Thomas Residence as of October 8th.

Picture by me.

thomax · #8 Posted **Nov 10, 2015, 9:00 PM**

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Website: urbanshare.info/william-thomas

More Info - Resource Downloads:
- Notice of Complete Application (pdf.)
- Site Plan (pdf.)
- Urban Design Report (pdf.)
- Heritage Site Plan Review (pdf.)
- Sun Shadow Study (pdf.)
- Pedestrian Wind Letter of Opinionn (pdf.)
- Parking Study (pdf.)

thomax · #9 Posted **Jan 24, 2016, 5:51 PM**

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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thomax · #10 Posted **Feb 10, 2016, 9:24 PM**

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

thomax · #11 Posted **Feb 11, 2016, 5:54 PM**

New renderings and elevations:

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thomax · #12 Posted **Feb 16, 2016, 6:22 PM**

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."

thomax · #13 Posted **Feb 28, 2016, 4:02 PM**

Excavation is beginning...

Photo by interr0bangr

thomax · #14 Posted **Mar 31, 2016, 10:15 PM**

William Thomas Building Excavation Work - 3/30/2016 by Joe, on Flickr

thomax · #15 Posted **May 16, 2016, 3:30 PM**

William Thomas Residence Construction - 5/13/2016 by Joe, on Flickr

Chronamut · #16 Posted **May 23, 2016, 3:53 PM**

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..

thomax · #17 Posted **Jun 29, 2016, 6:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by Chronamur

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.

thomax · #18 Posted **Jun 29, 2016, 7:02 PM**

William Thomas Residence Construction | 6/29/2016 by bobcreek, on Instagram

thomax · #19 Posted **Aug 16, 2016, 4:14 PM**

William Thomas Residence Construction by Joe, on Flickr

thomax · #20 Posted **Sep 7, 2016, 10:32 PM**

The crane went up today!

William Thomas Residence Crane | 9/7/2016 by JasonThorne_RPP, on Twitter

William Thomas Residence Crane | 9/7/2016 by courtneymake, on Twitter