rdaner
Senior Member
Taken 12 August.
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karledice
Senior Member
Beautiful! I love the bricks and integration of heritage townhouse facade! One of my favourites in Ent District
Vminkov
Active Member
that stretch of road is absolutely mangled
far9521
New Member
Taken August 29th.
Not much difference from previous pictures on this thread, other than the townhouses being closer to completion, which means that (hopefully) the stretch of sidewalk on Widmer will be fully reopened.
Not much difference from previous pictures on this thread, other than the townhouses being closer to completion, which means that (hopefully) the stretch of sidewalk on Widmer will be fully reopened.
UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
...those egg cup planters though.
far9521
New Member
A few more photos, this time taken September 2nd. Wondering when the Victorian rowhouses will be occupied, and by whom..
maestro
Senior Member
I feel a little dirty asking but, my curiosity is getting the best of me. Anyone have any inkling on the progress of the hotel and decided not to post it here? I've done my share of google search in the last couple months to no avail. It just seems strange to me there isn't a "coming soon" posted anywhere.
DSC
Superstar
Yes, the City is about to start a watermain replacement and then street will be repaved.
far9521
New Member
far9521
New Member
Been wondering this as well.. yesterday when I looked from the outside of the building it seems that the hotel portion is very much still a construction site, and even looking online there doesn't seem to be anything updated. Would have thought that they would have wanted to open by fall/winter in time for the Taylor Swift concert in Toronto/other city events, but from a layman's point of view it doesn't look like it will be ready by then.
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Superstar
The notice re watermain is Adelaide to Richmond but these projects often have 'spill-over' effects, particularly with post-work repaving.
rdaner
Senior Member
The Google listing for the Rui Hotel says that it will open in December but not taking reservations yet.
AHK
Senior Member
The main visible work at the site is the rehabilitation of the legacy townhouse units. Short note for anyone not familiar with the background on these units. The initial plans for this development would have included a full site basement garage, with these buildings deconstructed brick by brick, and then rebuilt for commercial / retail use on top of the garage structure, raising them up so they would have ground level access from the street, along with elevator access to a common corridor behind the units.
After the site was sold to the current developers, the plans were revised, the excavation for the foundations and garage went around the townhouses - they were maintained in situ, and are being refurbished. As they no longer meet AODA requirements for retail / commercial use, my understanding is that they are now going to be restored as residential accommodation.
After the site was sold to the current developers, the plans were revised, the excavation for the foundations and garage went around the townhouses - they were maintained in situ, and are being refurbished. As they no longer meet AODA requirements for retail / commercial use, my understanding is that they are now going to be restored as residential accommodation.
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maestro
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Kinda ugly lower middle class family homes will be multi-million dollar condos wedged between skyscrapers. It's all weird and very Toronto. The attention given to these to renovate and restore while other significantly grander structures and where the replacement is the neighbourhood oddity face the wrecking ball.
harbour
New Member
What are these things on the top of the hotel building? Are these industrial fans? Do they make big noise?
