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Originally Posted by kevinbottawa
That looks a lot better than what they were originally proposing. Looks like a town.
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Actually, looks like a suburban shopping centre (grocery store and bank with a few 'unique' (OOOooOOo) commercial tenants that'll end up being a dentist and a cell phone store or something, with a 'unique' Kelseys or St. Hubert.
Behind this 'unique' and 'urban' 'centre of employment' (a two storey and four-storey office park intended to employ everyone who lives there) there's 25 low rise condos that will NOT fare well with time.
The flowery language on their website is insanity. And stylized with a photo of the conference centre and parliament? Yes, sorry, yes the views will be spectacular. Once you look out your condo window, past the vast parking lots and 'preserved woodland and ponds' nestled between windswept barren lawnscapes, past the adjacent condo buildings, you can start to imagine yourself anywhere else...like at the conference centre, looking towards parliament...
Tomorrow's mixed use urban community: