Boardwalk-Revillon Revitalization | ?m | 6s | Allied Properties REIT | DIALOG

[Clearshades]

Too bad the LRT will cause disruptions the next 4 years here. Might hurt some of the leasing efforts. In 6 years this area will be amazing though.

This area won't take six years as it abuts the current end mark, so it will be the first portion of the stretch to be dug up and construct. Perhaps 2 or 3 years.

 

[Aaron_Lloyd]

 

[Gronk!]

 

[Gronk!]

 

[EdmTrekker]

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Are the restaurants on the East side impacted?

 

[Dubas]

Are the restaurants on the East side impacted?

No

 

[Greenspace]

Looks like they’re sandblasting the paint off the Revillion, exposing the lintels and painting the brick again. The brick under the sandblasted part isn’t red from what I can tell.

 

[dunno]

 

[Greenspace]

 

[Greenspace]

They're applying an air barrier to the brick and painting over that I believe.

 

[mcr]

They're applying an air barrier to the brick and painting over that I believe.

Ugh, really? The bricks coming back to life was maybe what I was most excited for with this project. That's very disappointing to hear.

 

[kcantor]

Ugh, really? The bricks coming back to life was maybe what I was most excited for with this project. That's very disappointing to hear.as it's

Once the original glazed layer ,which is very thin, has been removed (whether by sand-blasting or chemical means or even simple exposure to weather over longer periods of time for poorer quality brick) it is virtually impossible to "bring it back to life" as it's become porous and no longer water-tight.

 

[archited]

The building has a brick wall structure and so there was a choice -- either retain the interior brick design (for renting aesthetics with existing tenants) or the exterior brick facade. The exterior wall rightfully lost in that gambit. They can improve the insulation through-the-wall numbers (R-value) and at the same time make the wall "breathable" with what is called a rain-screen approach. The design possibilities are potentially exciting -- it will be more complex than just a "paint job"... the overall design solution could be extremely profound... we will have to wait to see what that is.

 

[Clearshades]

Who are you calling old and who are you really describing Mr Canter?

 

[David A]

I noticed this a few days ago and was intrigued. I haven't seen this before, what they are doing to the exterior brick, but it is interesting and I hope it will work out nice aesthetically too.