Canadian City Proposals - Page 278

Nouvellecosse · #**5541** Posted: **Aug 10, 2012, 4:59 AM**

Move those out to Parkland drive (outer suburban area) and they'll be right at home.

Martin Mtl · #**5542** Posted: **Aug 10, 2012, 1:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dmajackson

HALIFAX - YOUNG STREET TOWERS - 2X54M

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This proposal is moving forward and will likely be approved sometime this fall.

That looks like something that could be build in St-Leonard. Not very inspiring. How close is it to downtown Halifax ?

chrisallard5454 · #**5543** Posted: **Aug 10, 2012, 3:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dmajackson

HALIFAX - YOUNG STREET TOWERS - 2X54M

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This proposal is moving forward and will likely be approved sometime this fall.

I'm loving the landscaping...wait what?

isaidso · #**5544** Posted: **Aug 11, 2012, 12:23 PM**

HOLY YUCK! What a forgettable piece of crap.

waterloowarrior · #**5545** Posted: **Aug 11, 2012, 2:26 PM**

485 Richmond in Ottawa... Wallman Architects. Looking forward to the renders (has some curves to it)

Copes · #**5546** Posted: **Aug 11, 2012, 7:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by isaidso

HOLY YUCK! What a forgettable piece of crap.

Forgettable is exactly the term. Boring, boring proposal.

caltrane74 · #**5547** Posted: **Aug 12, 2012, 6:25 PM**

Auction going on at the Britt aka Sutton Place Hotel. Selling off the old hotel wares before condo sales get into full gear.

someone123 · #**5548** Posted: **Aug 12, 2012, 6:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

That looks like something that could be build in St-Leonard. Not very inspiring. How close is it to downtown Halifax ?

It's in pretty much the St-Leonard of Halifax. This is near the edge of the core in what's currently a hideous strip mall/big box type district. The surrounding buildings are things like Superstore and a Canada Post sorting depot.

On the one hand they could do a lot better (there will be 4 curb cuts and garage door entrances for this development for some reason), but on the other it's not like this is downtown. I believe they're reviewing the planning requirements for this area (currently they probably date to the 70's), so hopefully in the future the surface parking will be out.

Nouvellecosse · #**5549** Posted: **Aug 12, 2012, 6:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

That looks like something that could be build in St-Leonard. Not very inspiring. How close is it to downtown Halifax ?

It's just on the outer edge of the layer of inner-city nabes surrouding downtown. So a few km perhaps. Near the Hydrostone for anyone familiar with that.

** ooops, never mind, lol

Andy6 · #**5550** Posted: **Aug 12, 2012, 6:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by someone123

It's in pretty much the St-Leonard of Halifax. This is near the edge of the core in what's currently a hideous strip mall/big box type district. The surrounding buildings are things like Superstore and a Canada Post sorting depot.

On the one hand they could do a lot better (there will be 4 curb cuts and garage door entrances for this development for some reason), but on the other it's not like this is downtown. I believe they're reviewing the planning requirements for this area (currently they probably date to the 70's), so hopefully in the future the surface parking will be out.

It looks fine to me. What exactly is anyone expecting? I'm sure people will be happy there.

SKYSTHELIMIT · #**5551** Posted: **Aug 13, 2012, 12:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by someone123

It's in pretty much the St-Leonard of Halifax. This is near the edge of the core in what's currently a hideous strip mall/big box type district. The surrounding buildings are things like Superstore and a Canada Post sorting depot.

On the one hand they could do a lot better (there will be 4 curb cuts and garage door entrances for this development for some reason), but on the other it's not like this is downtown. I believe they're reviewing the planning requirements for this area (currently they probably date to the 70's), so hopefully in the future the surface parking will be out.

I'm sure all the residential parking will be underground, the surface lot is for the ground level retail. Wouldn't want the other strip malls to get jealous.

someone123 · #**5552** Posted: **Aug 13, 2012, 1:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by Andy6

It looks fine to me. What exactly is anyone expecting? I'm sure people will be happy there.

The problem is that it won't be very pleasant to walk near this development.

A few blocks away from this area there's another neighbourhood with a mix of old storefront shops and newer mixed-use condos. That neighbourhood is dramatically more expensive and more desirable than this one.

I think the surface parking is a "tragedy of the commons" type of situation. Businesses and residents like the convenience of surface parking for themselves, but a large percentage of people also prefer neighbourhoods with characteristics that are incompatible with lots of parking (lots of amenities, quieter streets, greenspace, etc.). It's exactly the sort of situation where a city planning department should step in. In this particular case it also makes sense for the city to step in to correct some planning mistakes they made in the past (wide roads with poor sidewalks, buildings had excessive parking and setback requirements, rmixed-use buildings were not permitted, ...).

digitboy · #**5553** Posted: **Aug 13, 2012, 2:33 AM**

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Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

A new proposal by Canderel in the Quartier des spectacles. Desjardins, who is looking for a few hundred square feet of additional space is the likely anchor tenant. This will replace... a surface parking lot.

Nice stuff...

Chadillaccc · #**5554** Posted: **Aug 13, 2012, 4:52 AM**

Fuckin gorgeous tower!

yaletown_fella · #**5555** Posted: **Aug 13, 2012, 4:51 PM**

Here's a gorgeous more orthdox looking lo-rise proposed for Oakville. Downtown Oakville has its share of good and bad modern historicism. However, the architect has just nailed the proportions in the render.

From BuzzBee:

http://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/the-randall-residences

MTLskyline · #**5556** Posted: **Aug 13, 2012, 6:06 PM**

^I'm quite interested to see how this turns out. I guess all will depend on the materials. Although even pre-fab might look ok. It does look promising.

Here's a bigger image.

http://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/the-rand....0000_copy.jpg

yaletown_fella · #**5557** Posted: **Aug 13, 2012, 6:59 PM**

I can guarantee you the developer will use real window mullions as opposed to the tacky/fake built in muttons. That's a good start.

However, my gut is this will be done in pre-cast and have similar prefabby details like a lot of the neighboring buildings.

I really hope the it recieves a similar precast treatment to the west wall of the 1 Bedford development in Toronto. Don't forget pre-cast can be chemically treated to look 10x better.

TallBob · #**5558** Posted: **Aug 14, 2012, 5:51 AM**

Love it!

Robertpuant · #**5559** Posted: **Aug 14, 2012, 9:57 PM**

Those 3 residential towers (we don't know what'll happen with the office part),

are now turning into this, UniVers:

35 and 45 stories.

Coldrsx · #**5560** Posted: **Aug 14, 2012, 10:22 PM**

^that line of French could not be more accurate with regards to that landscape plan... lol