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Riviera Gate III | 1300 McWatters Rd | 79m | 25s | Homestead | RLA
- Thread starter hoggytime
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I just drove by this one. The dig is very deep, lots of activity on site. This one will be very prominent from the 417.
Tower crane is up!!
These photos are brought to you by Angry Birds. A massive flock of small-medium sized birds almost took out the drone on this one 
This one will be quite a bit taller than it appears in renders.
originalmuffins
Active Member
This will stand pretty well then. It's a regular ol' joe type of project but the more built on Baseline the better. Plus not too far from Bayshore, so this could be seen from the highway at certain points I'd think. The smaller size towers in Barrhaven are evident when driving into Ottawa from the 416, so more of these types can add to the skyline coming into the city, which I'd appreciate myself.
originalmuffins
Active Member
Great example of how it can add to the view. Also, can I say that the uploading of images is so much easier. I took a screenshot, CTRL V'd onto here and voila, picture is up lol. Love it.
The ease of use here will lead to so much more media, information and engagement here once it gains critical mass.
This one is a lightning build!
pgagnon
Active Member
That's an efficient use of space. I wonder how many other lots around the city with existing towers (but lots of surface parking or grassy areas) could handle additional density like this.
Westbro
Active Member
Pretty much all of them. So many of those apartment parking lots could be buried under a new building. Especially where the majority I see aren't fully occupied with cars anyways.
We have a few such projects, like the one at Ambleside the NIMBYs fought like the devil in Holy Water, even when Leiper explained it's a 30 storey tower, or a sidescraper, they picked none of the above. Well, that's not an option, so Leiper sided with the 30 floor proposal in exchange for free transit passes for a year.
I wonder what the status of that Ambleside tower is...they haven't started clearing the trees and brush, so maybe another VapourTower.
CloudsintheSky
New Member
There is actually one directly across the street from this building.
There is a 2 apt building complex, with a large 2 story parking garage next to them AND a ton of surface parking.
You can actually see the parking structure in some of the photos above.
Definitely a prime candidate to construct where the parking structure is and bury most of the parking on the site.