Courtyard 33 | 21.64m | 6s | RNDSQR | 5468796 Architecture

[gsunnyg]

Haven't seen this rendering shared on the forum. A straight-on look.

 

[adamyyc]

Haven't seen this rendering shared on the forum. A straight-on look.
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Waiting with bated breath to see what the external panels will look.

 

[MissingMiddle]

Impressive that they got that window/wall ratio to pass NECB

 

[haltcatchfire]

Impressive that they got that window/wall ratio to pass NECB

Why, it’s not even 50%?

 

[Mountain Man]

And you can take your limiting distance to the middle of the street. They could probably come close to 100% glass if they wanted to.

 

[haltcatchfire]

And you can take your limiting distance to the middle of the street. They could probably come close to 100% glass if they wanted to.

They're talking energy code not fire code.

 

[Chinook Arch]

Impressive that they got that window/wall ratio to pass NECB

Part of it might be the rendering. The rendering looks close to 50%, but in real life I estimate the amount of window space is more around 40%

 

[Mountain Man]

OH right, NECB... You can have buildings entirely clad in glass and meet NECB as long as the electrical and mechanical systems are efficient.

 

[Patrick.1980]

This has probably already been discussed, but is this going to be rentals?

 

[LloydBraun]

This has probably already been discussed, but is this going to be rentals?

Like a lot of developments this shifted from condos to rentals in the downturn.

 

[Always_Biking]

That's correct. It was originally going to be condos, but was changed to rentals early in the construction. That's the market these days. In 5-10 years who knows, we might see all of these projects being converted to condos.

 

[Urban Outdoorsman]

That's correct. It was originally going to be condos, but was changed to rentals early in the construction. That's the market these days. In 5-10 years who knows, we might see all of these projects being converted to condos.

This might be a dumb question, but how would a developer go about converting rentals to condos?

 

[haltcatchfire]

This might be a dumb question, but how would a developer go about converting rentals to condos?

Get all your tenants to move out. Set up a condo corporation. Legal and condo docs. Set up reserve fund. Register all units as condominium property with land titles. Sell them.

 

[Surrealplaces]

Get all your tenants to move out. Set up a condo corporation. Legal and condo docs. Set up reserve fund. Register all units as condominium property with land titles. Sell them.

Pretty much how I remember it, expect from my experience the tenants didn't move out until after (If I'm remembering the events correctly)

I lived in an apartment building in Mission that went condo. I remember the landlord told everyone he was turning the building into a condo, and then I believe the landlord turned the building into a condo, but was the sole owner of all the units when he did it (though I could be wrong) ... about 6 months later multiple 'for sale' signs went up and several units were suddenly for sale all at once.
My landlord stayed the same as he kept about a dozen or so units. Some of the units were purchased by new owners, and from what I recall, the situation with renters was different depending on the new owner. Some got to stay until their lease run out. Some stayed but rented to a new landlord.

 

[Mountain Man]

Most buildings were gutted and renovated weren't they? Rentals typically had a common laundry room and most conversions had in suite.