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RE: Manulife (King Centre) redevelopment project - Spokes - 01-27-2022
Ya they outgrew it fast.
RE: Manulife (King Centre) redevelopment project - cherrypark - 01-27-2022
(01-22-2022, 10:02 AM)ac3r Wrote: They didn't last too long in the Tannery building either, from what I remember. Feels like they opened that up and within a year or two they had the huge building on Breithaupt and now an entire office tower, this Manulife building and plans for even more expansion.
Maybe they can convert on that oft discussed tower readiness for the parking garage side of the Manulife building. Would be a nice way to add space downtown without having to redevelop a lot that could be used for something else, if it were actually feasible.
RE: Manulife (King Centre) redevelopment project - jeffster - 01-27-2022
(01-27-2022, 09:49 AM)cherrypark Wrote:(01-22-2022, 10:02 AM)ac3r Wrote: They didn't last too long in the Tannery building either, from what I remember. Feels like they opened that up and within a year or two they had the huge building on Breithaupt and now an entire office tower, this Manulife building and plans for even more expansion.
Maybe they can convert on that oft discussed tower readiness for the parking garage side of the Manulife building. Would be a nice way to add space downtown without having to redevelop a lot that could be used for something else, if it were actually feasible.
Ah yes, the Google Tower. We're closer than ever. We now have a location.
RE: Manulife (King Centre) redevelopment project - Rainrider22 - 01-27-2022
The Tower of Power, the Google Tower. Where our employees work to improve your on line experience while looking over you.
RE: Manulife (King Centre) redevelopment project - ac3r - 01-27-2022
Hell nah. They can look at me out the windows, but I'm a DuckDuckGo user...amongst other services. :^) I'm not supporting a company that openly collaborates with the US National Security Agency and the rest of the Five Eyes SIGINT agencies to spy on everything everyone does. It's unparalleled not-so-secret surveillance.
RE: Manulife (King Centre) redevelopment project - cherrypark - 01-27-2022
(01-27-2022, 02:06 PM)Rainrider22 Wrote: The Tower of Power, the Google Tower. Where our employees work to improve your on line experience while looking over you.
I've joked that their new Google sign atop the phase 1 building facing downtown is their own little tech town eye of Sauron, looking for talent.
RE: Manulife (King Centre) redevelopment project - nms - 01-30-2022
Perhaps if they end up with a non-contiguous campus, there will be a need for a monorail between buildings? :-)
RE: Manulife (King Centre) redevelopment project - Rainrider22 - 01-30-2022
Did I hear monorail ? Naw thats more like a Shelby thing...
RE: Manulife (King Centre) redevelopment project - ac3r - 01-31-2022
Shelbyville...aka Cambridge?
Of course the line to Cambridge is just elevated haha. Fun fact, though, a monorail was one of the rapid transit systems they researched prior to the LRT - in addition to a full fledged subway and a wack of other technologies. Of course, we ended up with the Dollar Tree version of an LRT.
RE: Manulife (King Centre) redevelopment project - jeffster - 01-31-2022
(01-27-2022, 08:48 PM)cherrypark Wrote:(01-27-2022, 02:06 PM)Rainrider22 Wrote: The Tower of Power, the Google Tower. Where our employees work to improve your on line experience while looking over you.
I've joked that their new Google sign atop the phase 1 building facing downtown is their own little tech town eye of Sauron, looking for talent.
Good, good! More ideas! Hopefully then Google will take this more seriously and get on with building the tower they promised in the boardroom meeting 6 years ago.