Encore Tower | 138m | 43s | Westrich Pacific | Dub Architects

[Daveography]

Mar. 27 - Getting the shoring rig ready!

 

[archited]

Nice to see the effort to protect the street trees!

 

[tele75]

Man...so much going on DT and in the DT area. It's just incredible.

 

[Jarodsc17]

Edmonton is evolving into something incredible!

 

[archited]

And this is going to be another architectural first -- thanks Gene Dub!

 

[Daveography]

PERMIT_DATE March 23, 2017
PERMIT_NUMBER 134240188-016
JOB_CATEGORY Commercial Final
ADDRESS 10180 - 103 STREET NW
NEIGHBOURHOOD DOWNTOWN
JOB_DESCRIPTION To construct a hoarding fence for the shoring and excavation for future multi use building - Encore Condominiums.Expiry date: August 15, 2017
BUILDING_TYPE Hoarding (910)
WORK_TYPE (01) New
FLOOR_AREA 1
CONSTRUCTION_VALUE 1,000
ZONING HA

PERMIT_DATE March 24, 2017
PERMIT_NUMBER 134240188-015
JOB_CATEGORY Commercial Final
ADDRESS 10180 - 103 STREET NW
NEIGHBOURHOOD DOWNTOWN
JOB_DESCRIPTION To construct PARTIAL shoring and excavation for future multi use building - Encore Condominiums.
BUILDING_TYPE Office Complex (522)
WORK_TYPE (04) Excavation
CONSTRUCTION_VALUE 10,000
ZONING HA

 

[Daveography]

Construction starts on downtown Edmonton's tallest condo-only tower
Construction has started on a 43-storey downtown luxury tower set to be Edmonton’s tallest condominium-only building.

The Encore Tower was slated to begin going up last fall, but developer Westrich Pacific Corp. pushed back that date to deal with internal planning and complete its Ultima Tower a block north, co-chief executive David Sanche said Thursday.

“We wanted to focus on one thing at a time … That tower is 100 per cent sold, 100 per cent occupied. Now we’re starting on Encore.”

The glass-walled building, on a former parking lot at the corner of 103 Street and 102 Avenue, will have 179 units featuring three-metre-high ceilings and “over-the-top” kitchens with stainless steel appliances, flat-panel drawers and cabinet doors, and quartz countertops, Sanche said.

The three-storey lobby is outfitted with marble walls and a waterfall, while the fifth floor on top of the podium has an outdoor wading pool and lounge with indoor-outdoor fireplace as well as an indoor gym and bar.

Drawing of the lobby in Edmonton's Encore condominium tower, a 43-storey building scheduled to be finished in fall 2019. SUPPLIED

Drawing of the fifth-floor outdoor patio in the Encore condominium tower, a 43-storey building scheduled to be finished in fall 2019. SUPPLIED

http://edmontonjournal.com/news/loc...n-downtown-edmontons-tallest-condo-only-tower

 

[Momin]

Update: http://edmonton.skyrisecities.com/news/2017/04/westrich-pacifics-encore-tower-begins-construction

 

[Daveography]

Maryanne W‏ @uptown_one 30 minutes ago
Drilling at the Encore site, through rocks and these plugs of Edmonton history! #yegdt pic.twitter.com/nkoShJ3gpt

 

[Das Ponto]

What exactly are we looking at here?

 

[Daveography]

@Das Ponto Looks like a brick foundation from a previous building on the site.

 

[archited]

or maybe a well casing?

 

[Daveography]

@archited Looks a bit solid for that. I think the roundness is attributed to the shoring rig cutter. It occurs to me this may slow down the shoring a bit; I imagine it takes a bit more time to cut through brick than clay.

 

[archited]

The mortar bleed suggests that the form was round -- and the fact that the centre of the section is filled with dirt doesn't dispel the possibility of it once being a void. This would be a good question for Edmonton Archivist or museum curator.

 

[Daveography]

@archited Really not sure, I thought that was just residual clay on the edges. Maybe I'll try to see if I can get a closer look today if it's still there.