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While the pic below is not the Design District, it is Emblems most recent project in Mississauga, wondering if we will see same fit and finish here.
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I've been watching this progress and have to say that I'm happy with the glazing. It's higher quality than I had anticipated and it looks good at a variety of times of day and light conditions. From the pictures posted by Chris R., above, glass distortion seems to vary a bit from panel to panel (compare those in the centre of the first image to those on the right in the second image), but overall it looks pretty good.
 
I for one simply appreciate a no-nonsense developer in the City. Too many come with extra baggage around here; sketchy funding, no funding, cheap builds, thumb twiddlers, heritage vultures… the list goes on, it’s likely we get the worst of the bunch.

By contrast, Emblem is one of a few giving us a ‘standard’ product. Not exceptional or as great as it could be, but leading the pack regardless. I hope this does well, for their and our City’s sake.
 
There are certainly one of a small handful that are plugging through and bridging across the falloff in multi unit starts (thinking they join Core Urban, Liuna, and Lamb in condos sales and rental builds) in the downtown. Wonder if other second tier cities have similar number of posers and vapour developers as Hamilton seems to attract. Then you have Vrancor, seemingly deep pockets, and builder of filler projects (save 20/22 George, I like that one)... categorized in the don't ask don't tell pile.
 
KingJames said:
There are certainly one of a small handful that are plugging through and bridging across the falloff in multi unit starts (thinking they join Core Urban, Liuna, and Lamb in condos sales and rental builds) in the downtown. Wonder if other second tier cities have similar number of posers and vapour developers as Hamilton seems to attract. Then you have Vrancor, seemingly deep pockets, and builder of filler projects (save 20/22 George, I like that one)... categorized in the don't ask don't tell pile.
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Comparable in that they are present, yes- Kitchener/Waterloo, London, and other cities have their share of local builders that don’t play friends and have ‘unique’ practices. But even in my lifetime, the overrepresentation of these types in Hamilton has become clear.

This would easily be explained by the city’s economic challenges, if not for the fact that Hamilton’s real estate market is hotter than its peers.

Shaking off the old rhythm continues to be a challenge, as can be seen in Gore Park after yesterday.
 
Having spoken to someone from the church, it appears that construction related ground shaking has resulted in some cracks in the church's foundation, so much so that weeds were growing on the inside! Emblem came with two men armed with a caulking gun... And since then, nothing to remedy the situation. So I've heard...
 
Pulkvedis Pods said:
Having spoken to someone from the church, it appears that construction related ground shaking has resulted in some cracks in the church's foundation, so much so that weeds were growing on the inside! Emblem came with two men armed with a caulking gun... And since then, nothing to remedy the situation. So I've heard...
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To be fair, many of these old buildings don't get the attention they need. They're technically fine until something more substantial occurs. The foundation shouldn't be cracking from the work being done next door, if that's the case the church has been putting off necessary repairs. My house is 150 years old, and some of the shit the prior owners did blows my mind. Fixing things by covering them up is not a solution and often makes things worse. Proper repair is needed.
 
KingJames said:
How many floors to go on base all around until we see if all three towers are going up?
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They are already on the towers. Working on the third tower floor along Cannon already - but that one is sold out and is not a surprise.

Tower two along John looks like the podium is basically done, and they will start forming the tower soon. This one is also expected to go immediately as it's mostly sold.

The third tower is a bit behind. They are working on the 5th floor of 7 for the podium there. This is the one that is a question mark as we are not sure how much they have sold of it. Probably won't see forms for the tower part until the new year.
 
Chris R. said:
To be fair, many of these old buildings don't get the attention they need. They're technically fine until something more substantial occurs. The foundation shouldn't be cracking from the work being done next door, if that's the case the church has been putting off necessary repairs. My house is 150 years old, and some of the shit the prior owners did blows my mind. Fixing things by covering them up is not a solution and often makes things worse. Proper repair is needed.
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That would be hard to prove one way or another. But in this case I'll put my bets with the church, since this problem didn't exist prior to construction with accompanying vibration from machinery. On one occasion a behemoth of a something was dropped producing an earthquake like tremor. To be fair, church councils tend to be quite fastidious with their properties and give regular accounting of repairs needed. I know they're not perfect, and sometimes skimp, but in this case a whole new set of factors were introduced that go beyond, say, automobile traffic on Wilson.
 
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