University City - What's Your Opinion - Page 3

bookermorgan · #41 Posted **Sep 29, 2010, 6:06 PM**

Hmm I wonder when the sales centre for University City will open....

mersar · #42 Posted **Sep 29, 2010, 6:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by bookermorgan

Hmm I wonder when the sales centre for University City will open....

Not long based on their facebook page, I'm curious as to where it is (probably in an empty bay in the mall there?). We're probably a year away from construction still, at the absolute least.

Wooster · #43 Posted **Sep 29, 2010, 6:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by mersar

Not long based on their facebook page, I'm curious as to where it is (probably in an empty bay in the mall there?). We're probably a year away from construction still, at the absolute least.

I had heard a while back that it was going to be in that car or dog wash or whatever it was between the strip mall that's coming down and the main mall.

Me&You · #44 Posted **Sep 29, 2010, 7:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by Wooster

I had heard a while back that it was going to be in that car or dog wash or whatever it was between the strip mall that's coming down and the main mall.

Booo! That's a great car wash and I seem to remember several empty retail bays that would be much better suited to a sales centre.

Riise · #45 Posted **Sep 29, 2010, 7:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by Bassic Lab

Really, double-decker trains seem much better suited to commuter rail systems with fewer stops than rapid transit systems.

In my last post, I was just using double-decker trains as an example. There could be other infrastructure changes that would need to be considered during system upgrades.

bookermorgan · #46 Posted **Sep 29, 2010, 8:32 PM**

Hopefully this sells quickly, and sparks more projects.

My main reason for posting was to try to break up the deRAILment of the thread...

atlas_inc · #47 Posted **Sep 29, 2010, 9:27 PM**

I was down there the other day and there is a large bay that has been painted black next to the car wash. Someone should go down and take some pictures!

atlas_inc · #48 Posted **Oct 12, 2010, 4:32 PM**

Found this in the Sun on Saturday:

DizzyEdge · #49 Posted **Oct 12, 2010, 5:14 PM**

^^ I dig it.
Anyone know what parcels other than the KFC will be included in this?

ksnaden · #50 Posted **Oct 12, 2010, 5:39 PM**

I have been told that it's not stucco

polishavenger · #51 Posted **Oct 12, 2010, 5:55 PM**

Not too shabby. For the low price point and given the location, I think it will do well. I'm not 100% on the colours, but all in all thumbs up from me. I want to see a more detailed drawing of the main floor, would be nice if it had some retail bays.

Wooster · #52 Posted **Oct 12, 2010, 6:37 PM**

^ There are retail bays on the north side of the building, fronting onto what is planned as a commercial main street across the length of the TOD area.

You can see it on this rendering:

rapid_business · #53 Posted **Oct 12, 2010, 6:51 PM**

/\ that is a little better. I was worried about the building disconnect from the street as it appeared in the rendering above.

CorporateWhore · #54 Posted **Oct 12, 2010, 8:06 PM**

I like how the tenants went out and bought fancy Audi SUV's from all the money they saved on the condo purchase.

DizzyEdge · #55 Posted **Oct 12, 2010, 8:08 PM**

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I like how the tenants went out and bought fancy Audi SUV's from all the money they saved on the condo purchase.

That's vehicles of the investors who snapped up all the low cost condos before entry-level homeowners could. They're checking on their rental properties.

DizzyEdge · #56 Posted **Oct 12, 2010, 8:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by Wooster

^ There are retail bays on the north side of the building, fronting onto what is planned as a commercial main street across the length of the TOD area.

You can see it on this rendering:

I kind of wish the curviness of the coloured part was actually that way rather than perspective distortion.

atlas_inc · #57 Posted **Oct 12, 2010, 8:18 PM**

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That's vehicles of the investors who snapped up all the low cost condos before entry-level homeowners could. They're checking on their rental properties.

You're both wrong. They're all stopping by Starbucks for a coffee!

CorporateWhore · #58 Posted **Oct 12, 2010, 8:42 PM**

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That's vehicles of the investors who snapped up all the low cost condos before entry-level homeowners could. They're checking on their rental properties.

It's probably that Josh W. guy....I heard that fatcat bought up all the land, and then went and designed some fancy-pants plan to reap the benefits. He's probably trolling on these very boards, pimping it up every chance he gets.

polishavenger · #59 Posted **Oct 12, 2010, 8:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by CorporateWhore

It's probably that Josh W. guy....I heard that fatcat bought up all the land, and then went and designed some fancy-pants plan to reap the benefits. He's probably trolling on these very boards, pimping it up every chance he gets.

The guy is a bloody menace.

ksnaden · #60 Posted **Oct 12, 2010, 11:41 PM**

The building will also have two floors of parking.