[Langley] Charleston Place | 15 Floors | Approved

[TheEmotionalstone]

Also, I wonder how they fooled anybody into thinking that that was at all close to a 1920's heritage design... The arched windows and the pyramid roof were only EVER popular in the 80's and early 90's (even though they were hideous then too!).

[dleung]

This isn't faux-heritage, but faux-pomo. As with all faux styles this can only look worse... yes worse than the 80's.

[invisibleairwaves]

Hey, it's gonna be great when they demo the site, fail to get enough sales, and leave a giant brown field in the middle of an already decrepit part of town. Should do wonders for the neighbourhood.

[SFUVancouver]

Wow that's bad. I'm trying to figure out at whom this is targeted. The 1920s Charleston dance-inspired dance floor makes me think this is retiree focused, even though anyone who was old enough to dance the Charleston in the 1920s would be well into their 90s at this point and probably not keen on dropping $400K+ on a condo in what I understand is an industrial area of Langley City. If they are pursuing young first-time buyers, why are the price points so high? If they are pursuing boomers and empty-nesters, why the so-called 1920s "inspired" aesthetic? And of all the places for a Calgary-based developer to get a toe hold in Metro Vancouver, why Langley City? And why a concrete high-rise in a sub-market that has historically had no appetite for them?

[Nites]

Looks like shit

[Whalleyboy]

Originally Posted by SFUVancouver

Wow that's bad. I'm trying to figure out at whom this is targeted. The 1920s Charleston dance-inspired dance floor makes me think this is retiree focused, even though anyone who was old enough to dance the Charleston in the 1920s would be well into their 90s at this point and probably not keen on dropping $400K+ on a condo in what I understand is an industrial area of Langley City. If they are pursuing young first-time buyers, why are the price points so high? If they are pursuing boomers and empty-nesters, why the so-called 1920s "inspired" aesthetic? And of all the places for a Calgary-based developer to get a toe hold in Metro Vancouver, why Langley City? And why a concrete high-rise in a sub-market that has historically had no appetite for them as a first project?

Maybe for those boomers who like the 1920 style and cause you gotta think when they were young 1920 wasn't that old. Baby boomer age was 1946 to 1965. So some 1920 building were still around then and maybe they grew up liking that style and always wishing to have a house or place like the grew up in when they were younger.
In fact I asked my own dad what his thoughts on this building were and he likes it. Hes a baby boomer who grew up his young life in Holland.
So maybe it could also be connected to older European boomers who grew up in cities where a lot of old building still stand.
But thats just a thought in my mind. Guess only time will tell who wants to buy into this building.

[mezzanine]

Wow, this is a real PoS!

[DKaz]

What. The. Fuh. Seems like this was designed back in the 90s but was scrapped in the down economy then, but now it's been revitalized and the developer is too cheap to have the design modernized.

[geoff's two cents]

Sadly, a design like this also represents a colossal step backward design-wise compared with some of the more recent condo projects constructed in Langley's downtown along Fraser highway. In fact, given their design quality, I'm downright confused as to why something as awful as this could ever be approved in the first place!

[invisibleairwaves]

Originally Posted by geoff's two cents

Sadly, a design like this also represents a colossal step backward design-wise compared with some of the more recent condo projects constructed in Langley's downtown along Fraser highway. In fact, given their design quality, I'm downright confused as to why something as awful as this could ever be approved in the first place!

I wouldn't go that far, a lot of the new stuff in the area is pretty awful in its own right. At least this monstrosity sorta-kinda works at street level...

[Cypherus]

Originally Posted by geoff's two cents

Sadly, a design like this also represents a colossal step backward design-wise compared with some of the more recent condo projects constructed in Langley's downtown along Fraser highway. In fact, given their design quality, I'm downright confused as to why something as awful as this could ever be approved in the first place!

Langley city council has been pushing density around the Cascades Casino as if it's some be all end all edifice for development. The whole area has an inner city feel complete with a dodgy bar that attracts mentally ill people, and a crappy cowboy-themed nightclub complete with overweight cougars in their late thirties. Might as well throw in some retarded looking condo and you got yourself a fitting urban plan.

[queetz@home]

Goodness gracious what were they smoking when they designed this monstrosity????

If they take out the residential top, it maybe a bit more tolerable. But at its current form....yuck!

[logan5]

Originally Posted by Cypherus

Langley city council has been pushing density around the Cascades Casino as if it's some be all end all edifice for development. The whole area has an inner city feel complete with a dodgy bar that attracts mentally ill people, and a crappy cowboy-themed nightclub complete with overweight cougars in their late thirties. Might as well throw in some retarded looking condo and you got yourself a fitting urban plan.

There looks to be a pretty good base of retail to build around. With some more density, you would get a better mix of retail tenants and create a decent, urbanized town centre.

I like how the Shaughnessy area in Port Coquitlam is shaping up, maybe Langley should look there for an example on how to redevelop.

One thing I didn't really notice before, but is very apparent in the rendering, is the fact it is surrounded by parking lot. How did the city approve this?

[SpongeG]

langley already has a nice downtown and the areas to the east and south are where most of the residential is, why not dense that part up first? i really like downtown langley its quite quaint

[TheEmotionalstone]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

langley already has a nice downtown and the areas to the east and south are where most of the residential is, why not dense that part up first? i really like downtown langley its quite quaint

Actually, the area this will (won't, I hope) be built is actually on the edge of what is the downtown of the City of Langley. You can find more information here - http://www.city.langley.bc.ca/index....wn-master-plan

[SpongeG]

yah i know where it is - it's a bizarre location - it should have been built more to the east or south perhaps