GREAT news! thanks for sharing - keep us updated if your friend shares anything else.

wow, thanks for the picture! Looks like things are actually moving along at a good pace now. Is this the parking garage they're working on, and does anyone know how many levels of parking there are? I recall 2 but I can't be sure. Will be really excited when they get to the 1st floor.

wow, thanks for the pic! this is for the parking garage?

my understanding is that the Standard Lofts(the pre-existing apartment buildings), Phase 1 and 2 will all share a parking garage.

just visited the site and took this picture. seems like a lot of work has happened in the last two weeks :)

Thanks for the updates! I'm so glad work has finally begun. I drove by the site the other day and saw the huge crane on the site. Hope they work fast!

thanks Rikk. At least SOMETHING is happening on the site. but I really thought they would go full force through the summer. Hope it picks up soon. I don't know if they're doing phase 2 at the same time, but when i visited the site a few weeks ago the entire area looked like it was being...

Rikk, is there literally nothing happening on the site on a daily basis, or is it just really slow? I was sure things would pick up, and they seemed to be going so well...

i went by the site today, and it certainly looks a lot deeper than it did a few weeks ago. Not sure how fast they've been moving, but its good to see some progress at least.

Any further site updates? Also, did anyone go to the Fuse opening this past weekend?

thanks for the updates everyone! Has anything been happening the last week or two?

we got the call re: mortgage documentation as well last week. To be honest, I wouldn't read too much into it. If anything its likely a positive sign that they are lining up all the financing now, and need to get all the documentation in order. Seems like progress. My guess is that if they are...

i have not emailed him yet, so feel free if anyone already had been communicating with him. I wonder what the standard wait time for permit approval is? I was thinking maybe not much gets done over the summer at the permit office, so maybe we can expect approval in the coming weeks? Thats being...

Checking on the City website, the permits for the building are: 09 199695 BLD 00 NB Phase 1 building Status UNDER REVIEW 09 199687 BLD 00 NB Phase 2 building Status UNDER REVIEW These were submitted in December 2009. There are a handful of HVAC and plumbing ones that were submitted in...

I was just at the site, no progress since the last updates. The hole is large, but there haven't been any changes in the past month, no activity today at the site, no equipment etc. I am really frustrated by the lack of communication on the project. I wish someone could fill us in on the...

That's too bad. I wonder why the delay? I thought once they started digging it would go quickly. Maybe they're waiting for more permits?

Any updates? I haven't been by the site in a few weeks so I hope some progress has been made?

Thanks Rikk for confirming. I agree the office staff aren't really helpful.

Rikk, are they doing work every day, or if not how often do you see them? What types of work are they doing? I asked the sales centre and they weren't very helpful. She said they hadn't starting digging yet but will soon. I said I saw it for myself and she just said they were moving earth around...

Wonderful news! I went by the site on Thursday to see for myself. Any work done since then? Do we know when the real "digging" will begin? looks like they moved the earth to survey the ground?