Hamilton Columbia Student Residence | 49.6m | 15s | Plaza Imports | MSAi

[Paclo]

Columbia Student Residence: a proposed 15 & 15-storey mixed-use student dorm and commercial building designed by MSAI for Plaza Imports Limited on the southwest corner of Main Street West and Longwood Road South in Hamilton's Westdale area.

OLT of October 2020.

Renders from the Urban Solutions microsite:

 

[A Torontonian Now]

Could you be more specific on which MSAI is the architect? I know at least 3 firms that have been referred to with that acronym...

 

[Paclo]

Could you be more specific on which MSAI is the architect? I know at least 3 firms that have been referred to with that acronym...

Michael Spaziani Architect Inc is the MSAi here. What other firms use the acronym?

 

[A Torontonian Now]

Montgomery Sisam Architects Inc, and less frequently I've seen it used for mcCallumSather (which is also officially Architect Inc)

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

An angled cheese sandwich PoMo that somehow would be more pleasant to look at if it magically replaced CampusOne up here... >.<

 

[Amare]

It honestly seems like this project has been on the books forever. Is there actually any movement on this?

 

[ben.thebean1]

It honestly seems like this project has been on the books forever. Is there actually any movement on this?

Based on the fact that we actually have renderings now, I think it's safe to assume that it's made at least a few steps forward. No clue if we'll see these buildings anytime soon though

 

[innsertnamehere]

The project was approved about 2 years ago and the existing buildings on the site demolished about a year and a half ago, and nothing heard since.

 

[Chris R.]

Considering Columbia college pulled out of the old hotel downtown, and the new rules around international students, I'm assuming this project is dead, at least until LRT is started or complete.. I hate this section of Main St, especially this corner. The design of the building planned here wasn't actually that bad.