Closure permit says until 2028, so 2 years. Seems like an absurdly long time though, and if bikes can't get through then there's almost no good north/south routes between Bay and Victoria.
 
I bike through here all the time. It's pretty easy to detour by cutting through Beasley Park and taking either Mary St (northbound) or Elgin St (northbound and southbound). FWIW I actually prefer biking on those roads becasue they're quiet side streets and they're not paved with irritating loose bricks like Ferguson is. Also, the Mary St footbridge is a more pleasant way to cross the train tracks than the Ferguson bridge.
 
This forum lists the project at 33 storeys but the City's Building Permit report for December says 34!
 
Alectra here, it appears they are getting temporary electrical to the site, new poll installed
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andrewhann7 said:
Couldn't grab a picture, but the crane is going up on site today.
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Is it a tower crane? Have they already dug down and started the foundation? Aren't they going multiple floors underground here?

Edit: I was mistaken, it's 5 floors *above* ground of parking (which I hate). This really didn't need that much parking. Not to mention above ground sucks. The city really needs to force parking to be subgrade only or none in the inner city.
 
Chris R. said:
Is it a tower crane? Have they already dug down and started the foundation? Aren't they going multiple floors underground here?

Edit: I was mistaken, it's 5 floors *above* ground of parking (which I hate). This really didn't need that much parking. Not to mention above ground sucks. The city really needs to force parking to be subgrade only or none in the inner city.
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Looks to be a tower crane, they were assembling the vertical pieces at around 9:30 this morning.
 
Chris R. said:
Is it a tower crane? Have they already dug down and started the foundation? Aren't they going multiple floors underground here?

Edit: I was mistaken, it's 5 floors *above* ground of parking (which I hate). This really didn't need that much parking. Not to mention above ground sucks. The city really needs to force parking to be subgrade only or none in the inner city.
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ultimately a big reason Hamilton has managed to attract as much development as it has is because it's so permissive with that kind of thing. Underground parking (especially in hamilton which has water table issues!) is over double the cost, and like it or not market demand for parking in Hamilton is still quite substantial. A developer needs parking to sell / rent their buildings and to force it underground forces millions of extra costs on the project.

If the parking can be effectively shielded from view I have no real issue with it. Cobalt, 75 James, McMaster Graduate Res, 1 Jarvis, and Design District all have large above-grade structures that are not overly visible and I have no real issue with. Even Marquee isn't too bad. The only one that really doesn't work from my view is 154 Main.
 
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