KingJames
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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.
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.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.
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.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...
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.How many floors to go on base all around until we see if all three towers are going up?
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.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.