The first Foster and Partners residential offering in North America; a hallmark of sustainable excellence design

Jameson House is a 37-story high-rise mixed-use residential building located in Vancouver, British Columbia. The lower levels of the building there are devoted to a retail and office uses while the upper levels there are home to 131 luxury apartments, condominiums, and penthouses. Directly across the street, is the exclusive Terminal City Club, which includes a restaurant, library, fitness center and spa open to all residents of Jameson House. This project was designed around the principles of LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and incorporates sustainable materials and a waste-and energy conscious approach to construction and management.

Jameson House will be a model for sustainable living with the tower’s waste and energy-conscious approach and environmental systems from energy efficient heating and cooling to the lighting controls that offer 30 – 40 per cent savings in energy.

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Located in Vancouvers' heritage district, the mixed-use residential Jameson Tower is designed to engage with the built fabric of its historic surroundings, and exemplify sustainable living. This project continues Foster and Partners practice of designing contemporary interventions in historic structures that began with the New German Parliament at the Reichstag and the Great Court of the British Museum, and has recently been explored in a high-rise context with the Hearst Tower in New York.

The Jameson Tower project involves restoring the A-listed 1929 Ceperley Rounsfell Building, retaining the facade of the B-listed Chamber of Mines, and adding a new tower with 10 storeys of retail, restaurant and commercial accommodation, and twenty-five storeys of residential accommodation with subterranean parking. The formal massing of the tower refers to its urban setting, in particular, the adjacent 33-storey Terminal City Club tower, and the street-level two-storey heritage buildings.

The Ceperley Rounsfell Building will be restored to its original appearance, with the front and rear mezzanines returned to their original shape. Signage and fixtures to the new retail space will be consonant with the historic character of the building. The materials and scale of the office accommodation will contrast with the residential levels above, while referring to the architectural precedents of the surrounding 10-storey commercial buildings.

Sited within walking-distance of workplaces, shops and leisure facilities, the Jameson Tower offers an ideal model of sustainable urban living by reducing the carbon emissions resulting from transport and balancing energy consumption between its mixed-use program of day- and night-time activities. Its mix will reinforce the economic and social activity of the precinct area by bringing in new shops and services for existing businesses and residents.



- This mixed-use residential proposal was first submitted to the City Planning Department on October 15, 2004.
- The "green" project carefully restores, and integrates, two heritage buildings to create a mixed-use building with retail and restaurants on the bottom three floors, eight floors of office space, and then followed with 25 levels of condominiums.
- The building will generate its own power and have a water recycling system.
- Structure was designed to LEED Gold standards.
- Plans include full restoration of the A-listed 1921 Ceperley Rounsfell Building and retention of the front facade of the B-listed 1929 Chamber of Mines.
- City approved project on July 28, 2005.
- Located immediately east of the Credit Foncier Building.
- The building features Vancouver's first cogeneration plant, which is powered by bio-diesel.
- The building's exterior form and design of the facade have been determined by the direction of prevailing winds as well as solar exposure.
- Photovoltaic cells are employed on the south facade where there is maximum exposure to sunlight.
- First residential high-rise in North America by Foster and Partners (design architect Nigel Dancey).
- The building's underground parking facilities are augmented by a European-style, fully-automated non-pallet parkade - the first in North America; cars are mechanically stacked and racked and can be retrieved in around 90 seconds.


Height: 116 metres/381 feet
Floors: 37
Architect: Foster & Partners
Cost: $114 million

Construction start: July 2007
Construction end: 2010

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Oh my gawwd this is awesome...I don't think it looks as cool as Calgary's Bow, but an automated mechanical parking system?? :O Amaazing.

wow very nice building,only if it were over 200 meters it would have been more than perfect.

Construction site incredibly tight and preservation of the heritage buildings takes a good quarter of the lot. Looks very challenging technically.

I love this building. Foster never does crappy work.

The majority of the units will have a problem getting a direct water view though, as the building directly across the street is pretty substantial. Maybe only the top ten floors will clear it. Views in other directions pretty awsome, including a straight facade view of the Marine Building. Only one block from Waterfront Canada Line station also.

I am no fan of those automated parking lots. I know they have numerous fail safe features, but I am afraid it would "eat my car".

Any news on this beauty? I discovered it a few days ago browsing through Foster's portfolio.

It's an old photo but here is the excavation progress of Jameson House back in mid-August.

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Pics taken by vanman today:

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Pender street elevation. The two heritage buildings are fully braced now. The cream coloured one on the left is only having its facade preserved while the old mining museum building beside it is being saved in its entirety.
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Detail of the bracing and I guess a nice promo BelPacific (For all your excavation and shoring needs, call BelPacific today!)
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Why is BelPacific on site? Because there is excavation underway. Finally. For real this time.
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Good to see that this project is finally on site.

A few shots I took on the 16th September. I also went to the show suite thing but no photography was allowed, they do give out an awesome booklet with floor plan posters and a nice writeup though.
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NICE update. Until RC finishes their excavation, this is the most exciting project in Vancouver so far in my opinion. Are they still going with robotic parking?

From what I saw in the brochure it definitely seems that way. Sounds like a good system too, based on ones used in Europe for decades but thoroughly improved apparently. Foster is my favourite architect so this is one of the local projects that interests me quite a lot.

this is the most exciting project in Vancouver so far in my opinion.

Foster is my favourite architect so this is one of the local projects that interests me quite a lot.

My favorite also. Foster fan clue in my avatar.

My favorite also. Foster fan clue in my avatar.

Haha yeah, he's created some beautiful and highly original buildings for sure. Just looking at the renderings Jameson House will be another one and something for the city to be proud of; though, not likely to be as iconic as 30 St. Mary Axe (The Towering Innuendo).

Very cool. Sweet area for that building too.

wow, very impressive, and great location

It's hard to tell how deep the excavation is... it's like that for a lot of vancouver projects actually, cuz it's usually a dense site and there's never an unobstructed aerial shot.

Yeah, the site was closed off right to the edge of the road last time I was there so I had to go down the alley behind to get any good shots of the hole and even then they were all oblique because of obstructions between myself and the hole, damned fences and boards... I think next time I visit (possibly tomorrow) I'll have to try to get into an overlooking building or something.. anyone ever had any luck sweet talking someone working on site into letting you in, at any project? I may have to try that there so any tips would be appreciated...

updates?

I'll probably be getting a few more pics today

While you're down that way, please please take pics of georgia, rc, patina, west pender place, etc. Haven't seen new pics in SO LONG!!!

Sorry, dleung I didn't get many other pics and I left home before you posted, next time though I shall get as many as I can, though not totally sure where a few of those you mentioned are. I also got a few RC pics that I'll post in that thread later on.

Anyhoo.. let's begin shall we?

The project directory.
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The older facade from the side.
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And now for several pictures of rebar...

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And that's about it for now

Nice pics! West Pender Place is down towards the Bayshore area where Pender merges with West Georgia, and Patina is up Burrard near Wall Centre. The Residences on Georgia should be easy to spot along Georgia near Pacific Centre as they have a 12-storey render hung over the heritage building. I keep hearing about some insanely-deep pit there and am dying to see pictures!

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Construction has been halted :ohno: :ohno:

Unfricking believable! With 73% of the units sold! Total bull!
Full article from G&M:


Economic turmoil halts glitzy condo project
FRANCES BULA
Special to The Globe and Mail
November 14, 2008

Tony Pappajohn's Greek immigrant parents spent half a century building up a modest empire of apartment and commercial buildings in Vancouver.

After taking that business into big-time development, Mr. Pappajohn this week had to sit down with contractors and tell them that his latest project - a cutting-edge new condo tower - has become another casualty of global economic turbulence.

Working with his two brothers, he had taken his parents' empire to an ambitious new level in the past decade. They built a couple of small, attractive apartment buildings in Kitsilano and South Granville that sold or rented immediately.

Then, five years ago, they decided to climb even further up the ladder in Vancouver's booming development world. They bought property downtown and, as plans progressed, found themselves the developers of a 37-storey, London-architect-designed glass tower with condos priced between $500,000 and $5.3-million.

Mr. Pappajohn loved the project, the Jameson House, which combined cutting-edge environmental architecture by a team from the prestigious Norman Foster firm with the chance to restore two heritage buildings next door. Although it was in the city's business district - an unusual location for a condo tower - and not on the waterfront, it had the cachet of being on the same block as two of the city's most exclusive private clubs, and brochures promised stylish Italian fittings.

But on Wednesday, he told his contractors he was stopping construction because one of his key lenders from a syndicate of three had backed out of the $180-million project.

The lender, a major Canadian bank that Mr. Pappajohn declined to identify, pulled out Oct. 28, telling the Pappajohns only that "market conditions" weren't good. There was no reference to any doubts about his ability to sell remaining condos and Mr. Pappajohn said their presentation centre had still been getting steady business.

He has spent the past two weeks looking for another lender and been unable to find one.

While he's still frantically working with his lead lender to fill in the missing major piece, he decided he couldn't keep people working when he might run out of cash with which to pay them.

"We made the hardest decision to stop," Mr. Pappajohn said yesterday in an interview at the downtown office of his family's company, Jameson Holdings. "But I had to ask myself, 'Is that fair to keep them working when you don't know if you can pay the bills? What if it doesn't work out and I can't get the financing and I can't pay these people? They have families.' "

About 40 people were working on the site, and had just finished digging a 21-metre hole.

Mr. Pappajohn now has to decide what to do for the people who bought 105 of the 144 condos.

His marketer, Bob Rennie, said he's waiting to hear the results of Mr. Pappajohn's efforts at financing before figuring out what to do for the original purchasers, who had to provide deposits of 15 to 25 per cent of the price.

The Jameson House is one of a growing number of condo projects in the Vancouver region that have been hit by a storm of bad economics: high construction costs, an abrupt condo sales slowdown that started in June, and a global financial crisis that has resulted in some lenders collapsing entirely while remaining banks are reluctant to lend.

Two projects in Surrey have been halted, while the Olympic athletes village has been making headlines because of its difficulties in getting additional financing for cost overruns. And major developers like Concord Pacific, Westbank, ParkLane and others say that they are simply putting projects on hold until the market steadies.

"It's not a project failure," Mr. Pappajohn said about his situation. "It's a market failure."

Analysts say it could be months before the condo market becomes stable.

That's a long time for a developer to hold expensive land and outstanding construction loans from a project halfway done.

Mr. Pappajohn said he'd like to find a solution sooner than that.

"Would I sell the project? In a heartbeat. I need to do what's prudent for everybody. If I could pay everybody's bills and be back to where I was five years ago, I'd have the world's most expensive MBA and be happy."

In the meantime, "I'm out there. I'm looking for an angel. I'm looking for help to finish a beautiful project."

Unfricking believable! With 73% of the units sold! Total bull!

West Pender Place is sold out and that project's going nowhere anytime soon.
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If the banks do not come to their senses soon, we will go from a recession to an economic calamity that will undo our civilized world.

This project is nearly sold out at over $1,000/ft. The price of steel, fuel, cement, etc has come down. It is a no brainer to get this built and have both the builder and the bank make a healthy profit. The prices in Vancouver reflect the fact that there is definitely no excess supply.

I cannot imagine, how the bank can sign a loan document to lend and then capriciously renege midstream during construction. This is truly bullcrap, after the banks have been lending to people without even jobs for mortgages. SOBs. I hope that their entire loan portfolios crap out on them, as they are fueling a depression, and they all go broke. The banks are doing themselves in now. Of course, then they will come to me, Joe Taxpayer, to bail their sorry rears out.

Well that would explain why there was nobody on site on Thursday... Damn

Sad, sad, sad...:(

Update from the Sun:




Ceperely Rounsfell building, a model of heritage development, is up in the air. Literally

By john mackie, VANCOUVER SUN
January 15, 2009

When the Jameson House development was recently put on hold at 838 West Hastings, a 1921 building that was part of the project was left suspended in mid-air. It currently hangs several storeys above a deep pit that was dug for a parking garage. For many Vancouverites, the symbol of the Great Depression was the Hotel Vancouver. Construction on the hotel began in 1928, but was stopped in 1930, and the building wasn't finished until 1939. Which means the shell of the building loomed over downtown for a decade before it finally opened, a highly visible reminder of the world economic collapse.

Some might think the symbol for the current economic downtown would be the Olympic Athletes' Village, which is mired in financing problems. But a more apt symbol might be the Ceperely Rounsfell building, a handsome two-storey structure at 848 West Hastings, which is suspended in mid-air.

Literally.

The 1921 building was supposed to be restored as part of the Jameson House development, a cutting-edge condo/office tower that seemed to have everything going for it: a great downtown location, striking architecture by the world-famous Norman Foster and a much-praised "green" design.

In November the financing fell through for the $180-million project, which is now in limbo. But construction had already started for the 37-storey tower with a 21-metre deep pit for the building's foundation and parking garage.

To keep the Ceperely Rounsfell building from falling into the pit, it was enveloped in a $2-million steel truss. This was supposed to be temporary, but could stay indefinitely while the developer (Jameson Holdings) tries to line up new financing for the project.

Hence you have one of the most bizarre construction sights in an era of bizarre construction sites: an old building hanging six storeys in the air.

"It can stay like that for many, many years, it's not going to deteriorate," said Bruce Simmonds, an engineer with LNS Services, which built the truss.

"It's a pretty massive structure that's there. It has no corrosion protection on it, so the only thing that would eventually take it is if the beams were to severely corrode. But that would take 10, 20 years before something like that would even be significant. So it could stay there, there's nothing unsafe about it."

The 40-metre long, eight-metre high, nine-metre wide, 70,000-kilo truss was put up on Nov. 17, 2007.

It was a complicated affair.

"We drove 70-foot [21 metre] deep pipe caissons [a retaining, watertight structure] into the sidewalk and into the back lane, and they were concrete filled," Simmonds relates.

"Then we put a steel truss over the top of the building. Hangers, so to speak, come down on [the east] side of the building. The [west] side of the building is tight to the adjacent building, so we had to go through the [adjacent] building with those hangers.

"Then there are large needle beams underneath the foundation. When the building was just sitting there and there was no excavation, we had to dig slots underneath the building, put the needle beams in, erect the truss over the top and put the hangers down."

The building and steel truss are also hooked up to hydraulic jacks.

"To ensure nothing moved, the hydraulic jacks are on a self-levelling system, such that each jack would take its appropriate amount of weight to keep the building level," said Simmonds.

The 1,200-tonne building has no floor, which was taken out so that the steel needle beams could be attached. Which makes it look all the more unusual.

Why go to all the bother? Because the Ceperely Rounsfell building has Heritage A status, the city's highest ranking. It is one of the only examples of what a city report dubs "Regency Georgian Revival architecture" left in Vancouver.

It has a gorgeous interior with a double height ceiling, elaborate plasterwork and a skylight. It was built by Vancouver pioneer Henry Ceperely, a major player in real estate from the 1880s to the 1920s. (Ceperely Park is named after him.) It had been a mining museum in recent years.

The facade of another heritage building at 840 West Hastings was also to be retained and partly rebuilt in the Jameson House development. Another old building which housed the Jolly Taxpayer Pub was torn down.

The developer was given a heritage density transfer to help pay for the restoration costs, which were estimated at $7,934,000 in 2005. They also purchased another $5 million in heritage density transfers off the Yip Sang building, the oldest building in Chinatown. The Yip Sang building is being restored by realtor Bob Rennie, who was marketing the Jameson House development.

The density transfers meant Jameson Development was able to add several storeys to the Jameson House building. The plan was to have retail and offices on the bottom of the building, then 144 condos from floors 14 to 37. More than 100 condos had been sold when the financing fell through.

The tower was designed to LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) gold standards, the benchmark for green buildings. It was supposed to generate some of its own power, and have a water recycling system. The aerodynamic shape of the building took advantage of the wind for ventilation, and was angled to get the maximum heat and cooling from the sun and shade.

But whether it will ever be built, and what will happen to the Ceperely Rounsfell building, is up in the air.

The 2nd of my two-part series on empty holes... sigh:
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Breaks your heart to see no workers here.

True case of "suspended animation" in more ways than one.

Keep the faith, ye faithful!
Some hope of hooking up with Bosa.
From The Sun:


Downtown condo project tries to dig itself out of a hole
By Derrick Penner, Vancouver SunMarch 4, 2009

The Jameson House development currently hangs several storeys above a deep pit that was dug for a parking garage.Photograph by: Jenelle Schneider, Vancouver SunVANCOUVER — Attempts to refinance and resurrect construction of the landmark Jameson House condominium project in downtown Vancouver are alive until at least April 30, although a group of pre-sale buyers is fighting the process in a bid to get out of their contracts and recover their deposits.

B.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Donald Brenner on Wednesday signed an order allowing Jameson House developers to secure $6 million in interim financing to start work on the 37-storey tower’s parking garage.

Brenner also extended until April 30 the developers’ court protection from creditors under the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act allowing them to try to replace the construction financing they lost last November when a key lender pulled its support for the $180-million tower.

“I’m satisfied [the developers] are making reasonable progress,” Brenner said about the developers’ attempts to shore up their financing and put construction on track for a Dec. 31, 2010, completion date that would satisfy terms of the project’s pre-sale contracts with buyers.

And keeping those pre-sale contracts in place, John Sandrelli, the developers’ lawyer argued, is essential for refinancing the project.

But a substantial minority of those buyers, initially enamoured of Jameson House’s design by world-famous architect Norman Foster, petitioned the court on Wednesday not to allow a continuation of the developers’ court protection so they could try to rescind their contracts and get their deposit money back.

Diana Becker, one of the buyers who fell in love with the Jameson’s design and specifications, said she and others have lost confidence that the developers, Vancouver’s Pappajohn family under the name Jameson House Properties Ltd. and Jameson House Ventures Ltd., can deliver the project.

“I clearly believe the reason the building didn’t go forward [although] it had all the components of being a beautiful building, a landmark building for the city of Vancouver, was because the developers did not have the capital required,” as they stated in the project’s disclosure statements, she said.

Michael Bertoldi, the lawyer acting for a number of the buyers, argued that after four months of trying to come up with a plan to carry construction forward, his clients didn’t see enough evidence that a plan was even possible.

The developers halted construction when the project, on Hastings Street between Hornby and Burrard, was a hole in the ground. A unique truss structure holds a two-storey heritage building, being restored as part of the project, suspended in mid-air.

Becker is also skeptical that the luxury tower can be delivered as promised within its now approximately 18-month timeline for completion.“It’s never been done before,” she said.

But Brenner’s decision noted the buyers’ deposits made were held in trust and protected, and they had binding contracts that give the developer until the end of 2010 to deliver on them.

Brenner said the purpose of the CCAA is to allow a company time to work with its creditors on a plan to carry business forward, and at this point the Jameson’s creditors are co-operating with a plan.

Sandrelli, the developers’ lawyer, said they hope to have a plan complete by the beginning of April that would be approved by the end of April. So far, he said, four key creditors in the project’s consortium of lenders, have not opposed measures proposed for the plan.

Reports to the court from the Jameson project’s CCAA monitor, Ernst & Young, said the developer had reached an initial agreement to bring another developer, Bosa Properties, in as a partner in the project.

A definitive agreement, to be finalized within the extended protection period, would see Bosa acquire an equity interest in the project, take part in management of construction, offer guarantees to the senior construction financiers and fund part of a subordinate loan that would add to the financing needed to resume construction.

Lets hope... I don't see it coming back after r.c was canned.
BUT THERE'S STILL A CHANCE :)

Fingers most definitely crossed! I saw this article or one very like it being read by the dude in front of me on the bus last night and searched high and low to find somewhere with The Sun in stock so I could finish reading it... no luck until now, woohoo, there's still hope!

Is this project still going?


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davies and burrad I thought they going to built a residents and commercial building.And now it turn into a local park?


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Yes, the Patina project is live and well. You can check its own thread out in this forum.

End of April is crunch time for this project guys.
Let's keep our eyes out for any news on this.
From the March 4 article in The Sun:

VANCOUVER — Attempts to refinance and resurrect construction of the landmark Jameson House condominium project in downtown Vancouver are alive until at least April 30, although a group of pre-sale buyers is fighting the process in a bid to get out of their contracts and recover their deposits.

B.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Donald Brenner on Wednesday signed an order allowing Jameson House developers to secure $6 million in interim financing to start work on the 37-storey tower’s parking garage.

Brenner also extended until April 30 the developers’ court protection from creditors under the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act allowing them to try to replace the construction financing they lost last November when a key lender pulled its support for the $180-million tower.

“I’m satisfied [the developers] are making reasonable progress,” Brenner said about the developers’ attempts to shore up their financing and put construction on track for a Dec. 31, 2010, completion date that would satisfy terms of the project’s pre-sale contracts with buyers.

I was by the site today and there were dozens of workers on site, the columns for the bottom level looked to be a lot further along than last time I was there and there was work going on under that heritage building. The gates in the front were open and people and vehicles were coming and going. Almost got hit by a car crossing the street because I was so intent on the site itself...

Anyway does anyone know whether this means it's going ahead or is there something else up?

I'll remember my camera when I go back tomorrow and post a few pics later in the day.

According to the Skyscrapernew.com the construction of this tower is under way. I hope its true.




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The site has been a re-go for over a month now, a new developer has stepped in "Bosa". It's not w/o it's issues though the previous developer is involved in a couple of nasty lawsuits with investors. Still everyone expects it to be full steam ahead now.

Thanks for the info, jlousa!

Kk good to know, I'll get a few pics today and hopefully post this eve.

The site has been a re-go for over a month now, a new developer has stepped in "Bosa". It's not w/o it's issues though the previous developer is involved in a couple of nasty lawsuits with investors. Still everyone expects it to be full steam ahead now.

I know that this has been the assumption for a while now, but I cannot find any news source or announcement that makes the Bosa involvement as co-developer or partner official anywhere. Is a deal still in "negotiation"?

Nope, deal is done, Bosa has been busy at work for quite a while already, they have completed 2 more u/g levels and are working on the 3rd at the current pace they will be above ground by the end of June, maybe sooner.

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Truly good news. Thanks jlousa.

Now it is literally a race until December 31, 2010 to deliver the building. Bosa and Pappa John will need the best and most experienced crews to accomplish that.

It is a great news isn't it? I really like to see how this would look when it is completed:)

At last, a day off so here are some pics from the 16th!

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Now I know this is again U/C I'll probably end up going back downtown more regularly for updates on this and other projects; so if anyone has any requests or suggestions please let me know.

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Thanks to the Dude!

Much appreciated update. Can't wait to see this go to street level and start to rise. Looks like a very organized and agressive worksite (in addition to tight!). This is my favorite project in Vancouver right now.

Dude, your time and efforts are very welcomed!

That rebar in one of the last pics looks to be almost street level. Hopefully there'll be some concrete around it pretty soon and this building which is also my favorite project in the city can really start to rise!

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I was here 2 weeks ago and parked my car right in front of those red cones without knowing I was beside Vancouver's most anticipated project.:ohno:

^ At least you know it now!!!

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photo by etslee, flickr.


http://i471.photobucket.com/albums/rr71/yellowfever_2008/etslee2.jpg
by etslee, flickr.

@ The Dude

Almost a month since photo update.
I'm hoping to see something above ground (which will mean more than just the garage) being worked on.
Dude, any chance for you to get out there and snap a few sometime soon?

will apple still open in it as was long rumoured?

Finally, the news we've been waiting for!

It's a go! Houston, we have liftoff!

News broken in the Sun a few hours ago, posted on SSP, now here.


Jameson House developers win court approval to restart project
By Derrick Penner, Vancouver Sun
June 11, 2009 11:01 AM

VANCOUVER - Developers of the high-profile Jameson House condominium project won court approval for its plan to restructure and get construction back on track.

However, B.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Donald Brenner's decision came over the objection of presale buyers in the project who argued that they should have been given the right to change their minds about their purchases.

Jameson House developers sought court protection from bankruptcy last November when a major lender pulled out from its consortium of financiers.

© Copyright (c) The Vancouver Sun

love it! :banana:

from G&M, now set for completion by May 4, 2011. :)

At last, it's above ground...


http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq248/le_thieu/jimmysawarddanielsbdaygoldenebri-4.jpg

At last, it's above ground...


http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq248/le_thieu/jimmysawarddanielsbdaygoldenebri-4.jpg

Fabulous!
Really fast from pit to ground level!
The crews are busting. I hope they can keep up this pace mistake free.

Pic from today by me:
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/6512/dsc09648.jpg

I think the heritage buildings are no longer in danger of falling into an excavation hole, =)

I think the heritage buildings are no longer in danger of falling into an excavation hole, =)

Yes, project no longer "in the air". :lol:

This is even more exciting, now that we don't take it for granted.

Anyone see any work being done on weekends? That's the surest sign of a really tight construction schedule.

thanks for the update :)

Anyone see any work being done on weekends? That's the surest sign of a really tight construction schedule.


Passed by today, there was nothing new. I took these pics while I was driving. :D


http://i471.photobucket.com/albums/rr71/yellowfever_2008/StanleyParkEnglishBay022.jpg


http://i471.photobucket.com/albums/rr71/yellowfever_2008/StanleyParkEnglishBay024.jpg

Hello! any body working here?




http://i471.photobucket.com/albums/rr71/yellowfever_2008/deepcove035.jpg


http://i471.photobucket.com/albums/rr71/yellowfever_2008/deepcove036.jpg


http://i471.photobucket.com/albums/rr71/yellowfever_2008/deepcove037.jpg

All photos are mine!!!

^^
I can't discern much visible progress in a month. Not a good sign. I wonder what the holdup is.

YF could you see any progress?

Not really. :(

Not really. :(

Yellow, I don't like this.

Nothing still on the Rennie Marketing website showing units for sale.

Construction is progressing, they are cutting away the supports that were holding up the heritage building. Should be a while still before we see upward progress again.

Construction is progressing, they are cutting away the supports that were holding up the heritage building. Should be a while still before we see upward progress again.

Sigh of relief ....

Thanks jlousa :master:

:banana:

Photos taken today.





http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq248/le_thieu/Aug2009011.jpg


http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq248/le_thieu/Aug2009012.jpg


http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq248/le_thieu/Aug2009013.jpg

^^
New equipment on site. :banana:

Reports of concrete being poured.

YF, when you're in "da hood":

Your job, should you choose to accept it (like the old Mission Impossible
TV series would always begin, LOL), is to discreetly take an update photo.

My pleasure! :)

DrT, these photos are "For Your Eyes Only"! :D



http://i471.photobucket.com/albums/rr71/yellowfever_2008/sept2009028.jpg


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http://i471.photobucket.com/albums/rr71/yellowfever_2008/sept2009020.jpg

oh my god yellow fever,you always up hands me.this is today Iam bout to post a bunch of pic but you already did.:ohno:

http://i28.tinypic.com/1z70jnm.jpg

http://i27.tinypic.com/2igyjnm.jpg

does anyone know this name on the building?

http://i31.tinypic.com/21cfpzk.jpg

I watched global tv last night, one of the builder guy said they will reduced the size of the unit so will be a lots of units will be under 1 mils.

http://i26.tinypic.com/b9j57l.jpg

oh my god yellow fever,you always up hands me.this is today Iam bout to post a bunch of pic but you already did.:ohno:


:cheers: It's always nice to have competition!

I heard on the news that construction may be hampered before, during, and after the olympics because they don't want to clog up the roads for the tourists. I think they quoted from between Jan to March, which is a long time and will seriously delay this project.

In fact, I think they will close all the roads to construction vehicles, the only way around this is to apply for a waiver. Jameson House already applied and was apparently denied because it's too close to the media centre.

^^
Wow, it's out of the ground! Fantastic.

Thanks for the update pics guys.

The Olympic pause will push their schedule tighter. Kimike over at The Georgia said they would have to stop construction truck deliveries also. Not much room on this site to stock pile materials either, construction will be halted.

Steady progress:

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/xapbpoh/P1040730.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/xapbpoh/P1040731.jpg

Can't believe they're already working on the 6th floor.

Taken over the fence around front.
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb295/van-arch/SSC%20Update%20251009/DSC00925.jpg

A few from the alley behind.
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb295/van-arch/SSC%20Update%20251009/DSC00927.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb295/van-arch/SSC%20Update%20251009/DSC00930.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb295/van-arch/SSC%20Update%20251009/DSC00932.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb295/van-arch/SSC%20Update%20251009/DSC00937.jpg

And a few of the facades of the old buildings
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb295/van-arch/SSC%20Update%20251009/DSC00948.jpg

Anyone know when that part of the old facade was broken?
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb295/van-arch/SSC%20Update%20251009/DSC00947.jpg

Sorry for grainy pics, my camera and low light do not get along well.

Your photos are great Dude! Thanks for the effort of taking those close up pics!

Doesn't look like much has changed in the last week, but nicer weather for photos today:

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/xapbpoh/P1040784.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/xapbpoh/P1040786.jpg

^^
Talisker, thanks for the photos.

Glad to see the progress and the Bosa logo out front.

Glad to see you back, DrT!

Glad to see you back, DrT!

Thanks YF!
Work seems to have taken over my life here lately, but I still follow all of you guy's postings. Will be in Toronto this week for a visit, so won't be posting much.

Hey, the developer must have bought the air rights over that small heritage building next to Jameson House. They are building right OVER it!

Hey, the developer must have bought the air rights over that small heritage building next to Jameson House. They are building right OVER it!

You mean the two buildings at the bottom right? they're just the facades now, nothing behind but JH itself.

they're just the facades now, nothing behind but JH itself.

Never noticed that, its nice!

You mean the two buildings at the bottom right? they're just the facades now, nothing behind but JH itself.

Really? Then what was suspended in that steel cage all those months? (/s)


http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/7842/jamesonhouseexcavationjot6.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, July 21st, 2008.

Actually you're only partially right. It looks like the building furthest from the base of Jameson was completely saved and only the facade was saved on the other building.

http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq248/le_thieu/JBPacifica.jpg
photo by JB in Pacifica

Yeah the second one there is at least partially complete still though it looks fairly hollowed out overall, while the one closest is almost gone. Pretty awesome job keeping the second one suspended over that pit for the last year.

that picture is awesome makes the city look good and dense

This is fairly flying up now, with more floors than the georgia. The shape of the building is now really starting to show:

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/xapbpoh/jamesondec282.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/xapbpoh/jamesondec28.jpg

^^ Thanks for the updates! It is getting exciting!

They should start the semicircular shaped floor edges now above this height.

I prefer curves!

Great update Talisker, thanks!

wow, this is going to be great!

http://agentwill.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/jameson-house.jpg

And at 37 stories, its not small by anyone's standard.

is it about the same height as the bell building?

^^No, Bell is over 140m and Jameson is under 120m.





Looking good....



http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq248/le_thieu/2010115.jpg


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http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq248/le_thieu/2010129.jpg

my photos

My pictures, taken today:

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/7372/img7754a.jpg (http://img168.imageshack.us/i/img7754a.jpg/)

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/4453/img7755c.jpg (http://img407.imageshack.us/i/img7755c.jpg/)

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/9642/img7756y.jpg (http://img707.imageshack.us/i/img7756y.jpg/)

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/2508/img7762n.jpg (http://img21.imageshack.us/i/img7762n.jpg/)

Cladding: looks not too bad!

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/7587/img7763w.jpg (http://img297.imageshack.us/i/img7763w.jpg/)

^Awesome update thanks!

Another update. Great to see cladding has started.

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/xapbpoh/P1050625.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/xapbpoh/P1050626.jpg

My pictures, taken today:

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/1636/img8467a.jpg (http://img715.imageshack.us/i/img8467a.jpg/)

http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/9438/img8465a.jpg (http://img708.imageshack.us/i/img8465a.jpg/)

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/5193/img8464a.jpg (http://img27.imageshack.us/i/img8464a.jpg/)

Does this count as an update?

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/687/dsc06212hb.jpg

No, but this does:

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/xapbpoh/P1050678.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/xapbpoh/P1050677.jpg

Some updates...


http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/april2010016.jpg


http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/april2010019.jpg


http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/april2010021.jpg


http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/april2010023.jpg

Taken today....


http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/may2010b014.jpg


http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/may2010b016.jpg


http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/may2010b018.jpg


http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/may2010b019.jpg


http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/may2010b021.jpg
my photos

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b314/fastidious_android/Development%20-%20Local/CIMG0441-1.jpg

Looks like about another 10 floors to go. Thanks for the update

@ themovement, thanks for the update and the photo is great!


@Talisker, long time no see, so you move back to London.

BLAM! Here's a few snaps from the other day!

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b314/fastidious_android/Development%20-%20Local/CIMG0443.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b314/fastidious_android/Development%20-%20Local/CIMG0444-1.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b314/fastidious_android/Development%20-%20Local/CIMG0462.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b314/fastidious_android/Development%20-%20Local/CIMG0464.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b314/fastidious_android/Development%20-%20Local/CIMG0466.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b314/fastidious_android/Development%20-%20Local/CIMG0468.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b314/fastidious_android/Development%20-%20Local/CIMG0472.jpg

Enjoy the sun Vancity! :cheers:

I was driving through Hastings today and I noticed that there are actually a lot of historical looking buildings. Many from the early 1900s and some which have good height 4+ stories. I hope they can keep some of the facade as the city begins building into the downtown eastside.

Its getting taller and taller! Excellent updates!

http://i471.photobucket.com/albums/rr71/yellowfever_2008/aa-5.jpg


http://i471.photobucket.com/albums/rr71/yellowfever_2008/ab.jpg


http://i471.photobucket.com/albums/rr71/yellowfever_2008/ac.jpg
taken with my phone

I desperately hope that they keep those square concrete pillars running up the front facade uncovered-- concrete with this cladding looks amazing.

It has now gotten high enough to be quite prominent for its immediate surrounding area. I will take some pic and post it soon.

Man, too long away, I've lost track! Gonna have to go take a few snaps next week if I get a chance.

pic by me today

http://a.imageshack.us/img130/5760/dsc00518x.jpg

latest update


http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/aug152010064.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/aug152010073.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/aug152010080.jpg

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http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/aug152010084.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/aug152010085.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/aug152010087.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/aug152010090.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/aug152010091.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/aug152010088.jpg

AWESOME update. Thanks! :cheers:

^^ You are welcome! you seem quite interest in Vancouver's highrise development even you live in Toronto. :)

strange design for van but cool :)

small update


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4142/4935226587_632a89a166_b.jpg
by mike0123

Saw it up close sunday. It looks a lot taller than 116m

Saw it up close sunday. It looks a lot taller than 116m

yeah it does

big photo but small update. :D


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/4968907319_c09cbbb554_o.jpg
by keira-anne ♥

nice shot! ^^

taken today with my phone.



http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/tower4-1.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/tower3.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/tower2-1.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/tower1-1.jpg

small update... probably 3 more floors to go.


http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/sept272010013.jpg

this is going to be a larger update, so I will break it into two parts...



http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/oct42010019.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/oct42010022.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/oct42010024.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/oct42010025.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/oct42010026.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/oct42010028.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/oct42010029.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/oct42010030.jpg

Big update part 2

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/oct42010045.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/oct42010042.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/oct42010041.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/oct42010038.jpg

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http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/oct42010036.jpg

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http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/oct42010031.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/oct42010030.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/oct42010029.jpg

Hi guys,

Does anyone know if the fully-automatic parking system has been installed, and what company sold/installed it?

Thanks

Big update part 2

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/oct42010045.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/oct42010042.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/oct42010041.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/oct42010038.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/oct42010037.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/oct42010036.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/oct42010032.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/oct42010031.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/oct42010030.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/oct42010029.jpg

ha! ha! this one looks like my CD racks..nice building though..

^^ yes, everybody loves this tower and I think I should go and get a new update soon. :)

^^ yes, everybody loves this tower and I think I should go and get a new update soon. :)

See if you can get any shots of the robotic garage!

^^ I doubt it!:D because its inside the building and I can only take the pictures from the outside.

Update...


http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/DSC01488.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/DSC01484.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/DSC01481.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/DSC01480.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/DSC01478.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/DSC01477.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/DSC01476.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/DSC01475.jpg

small update..



http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4083/5167095900_c41ac55643_b.jpg
by Geoff in Vancouver

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/DSC01478.jpg
My Favorite by far. Like old meets VERY new all in one breif moment.

small update


http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5130/5222038673_3e2d2c6b64_b.jpg
by primespot1

There is something really industrial about the design I love. It might be that it reminds me a bit of the Lloyds Building in London.

its top out already. Need to go downtown to take more photos of this beauty..


http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5286/5281859794_72448e0c00_b.jpg



h

latest photos by me


http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/DSCF0037.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/DSCF0038.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/DSCF0043.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/DSCF0044.jpg

photos by me



http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/DSCF0198.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/DSCF0199.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/DSCF0200.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/DSCF0201.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/DSCF0202.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/DSCF0204.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/DSCF0195.jpg

Looks like a coin dispenser. ;)

lol, a very very expensive coin dispenser indeed.

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/DSCF0552.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/DSCF0547.jpg

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http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/DSCF0521.jpg

taken by me

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/DSCF0662.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/DSCF0663.jpg

my photos

Turned out quite good, except the concrete facade parts(?).

But what happened to the skygardens near the top we can see here in the rendering?
http://i53.tinypic.com/20z449f.jpg
http://skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/2092NoWhiskeyAtFostersJamesonHouse_pic1.jpg

the balconies side looks ok but the other 3 sides are quite ugly imo. I believe those sky gardens are the private courtyards belong to the penthouse owners on the top floor.




http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/downtown/IMG_0139.jpg

http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af28/Hongkongese/downtown/IMG_0140.jpg

Thanks for the response! Oh well, being a Foster design this building really isn't that overwhelming.
Seems like great architect studios can't be seen as permanent quality providers like they used to.