I don't love it, and during construction I thought it was absolutely terrible. I find in person with some context around it though it looks a bit better. I posted a picture a while back taken from Main St near Kiwi Condos, looked ok.
Photos from Friday, September 2nd. They've now added black aluminum paneling under the second floor slab, because what this tower really needed was another poorly executed cladding material. They haven't bothered lining up any of the seams in the paneling with the seams of the precast or the mullions, though—that would've required some basic attention to detail that wasn't on the plate here.
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Yeah its not great and as usual, Main Street doesn't help much.
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Went by, and it's encouraging to at least see for lease signs, no matter how unlikely these are to be leased out. I cannot overstate how ugly the parking garage is though. They really need to cover the concrete with something, even glass windows like the Marquee or Platinum. This is just terrible, and the unfinished concrete look around the garage entrance is terrible too, especially when compared with KiWi. All of Darko's builds miss out on the details leaving them looking 98% complete.
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Hamilton Downtown. Huge tabletop skyline fan. Typically viewing the city from the street, not a helicopter. Cycling, transit and active transportation advocate 🚲🚍🚋
Does anyone live here or visit here or otherwise have info on the occupancy of this building? Having never been inside, it appears from my observations travelling past that despite being completed a year ago, this building seems like it's half empty!
it's definitely occupied. No idea on the occupancy rate. I see cars coming and going from the garage and people walking in and out of the lobby all the time. What makes you think it's half occupied?
It bothers the hell out of me that Vranich couldn't be bothered to even paint the exposed concrete at the garage entrance. It looks awful.
it's definitely occupied. No idea on the occupancy rate. I see cars coming and going from the garage and people walking in and out of the lobby all the time. What makes you think it's half occupied?
It bothers the hell out of me that Vranich couldn't be bothered to even paint the exposed concrete at the garage entrance. It looks awful.
it's definitely occupied. No idea on the occupancy rate. I see cars coming and going from the garage and people walking in and out of the lobby all the time. What makes you think it's half occupied?
It bothers the hell out of me that Vranich couldn't be bothered to even paint the exposed concrete at the garage entrance. It looks awful.
Vrancor isn't known for their perfectionism. Marquee apartments still has exposed exterior blue skin wrap where a panel was never installed, and it's been open now for at least what, 2 years?
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Relative lack of lights on at night, surprising lack of balcony furniture, and the awfully slow pace at which Vrancors preceding completion, Marquee, rented up.
Relative lack of lights on at night, surprising lack of balcony furniture, and the awfully slow pace at which Vrancors preceding completion, Marquee, rented up.
They're charging bonkers rents. With these they seem to want to keep the rental market high so they're just being patient until they fill. Same with Marquee. Charging market rent can mean it takes years to rent out hundreds of units. The units here are less nice too and in a less desirable area but aren't much cheaper if cheaper at all.
I don't get it, because you could easily discount the rents then raise them later as these buildings aren't rent controlled.
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Hamilton Downtown. Huge tabletop skyline fan. Typically viewing the city from the street, not a helicopter. Cycling, transit and active transportation advocate 🚲🚍🚋
it's definitely occupied. No idea on the occupancy rate. I see cars coming and going from the garage and people walking in and out of the lobby all the time. What makes you think it's half occupied?
It bothers the hell out of me that Vranich couldn't be bothered to even paint the exposed concrete at the garage entrance. It looks awful.
Take a look at the fine sidewalk work they did along Walnut Street its updated on Google Street View. Instead of moving the fire hydrant they built an aggressive curb around it for cars and snow ploughs to hit. Also bunch of random curb cuts that dont lead anywhere.
Take a look at the fine sidewalk work they did along Walnut Street its updated on Google Street View. Instead of moving the fire hydrant they built an aggressive curb around it for cars and snow ploughs to hit. Also bunch of random curb cuts that dont lead anywhere.
Lol. What the heck is even going on there? The curb cuts look like the concrete guys had the wrong drawings.
Also agree this building is just dark any evening I’m around it which is not often but I’ve noticed it as well.
Lol. What the heck is even going on there? The curb cuts look like the concrete guys had the wrong drawings.
Also agree this building is just dark any evening I’m around it which is not often but I’ve noticed it as well.
I figured out what happened. They put the curb cuts back in the spots where the parking lot entrances were before the building.
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