[Canadian 001]

Went from a Prison to a College Dorm with the Redesign

 

[MacLac]

696 units won't be anything to sniff at - this project is singlehandedly removing an entire half block of surface parking and will have at least 696 new residents to Downtown once fully occupied.

Hopefully that many residents can chase out a shit ton of fentanyl hunchers too! At least a 10:1 ratio of residents IN and hunchers out…..

 

[Markyeg]

It’s still awful, but slightly less awful than before.

 

[Kosy123]

696 units won't be anything to sniff at - this project is singlehandedly removing an entire half block of surface parking and will have at least 696 new residents to Downtown once fully occupied.

Unsure if this was answered already, but are they planning on building this phase by phase, or just going for both buildings at once?

 

[EdmTrekker]

Unsure if this was answered already, but are they planning on building this phase by phase, or just going for both buildings at once?

It looks like prefab trailers stacked up - suitable for a camp in the oil patch. The design is lacking with the materials passable. The developer needs a fresh design effort given its location in the heart of the city.

 

[Tropical]

Remind me what the retail component of this will be?

 

[Stevey_G]

This is essentially what almost all student housing looks like. It's marginally improved, but maybe add some splashes of colour and don't be flexing on how aligned your color scheme is to what AI says is the ideal colour theory. This city is dark and grey in winter and I think architects seriously keep forgetting that.

 

[Avenuer]

Remind me what the retail component of this will be?

There is none

 

[northlands]

Yup, it'll be all glass as they need to maintain the historic character of the building.

Is this an amenity/study space for student residents then?

 

[Out of Towner]

This is the mind set. "Let's just build it as cheap as we can and explain away the complainers."

 

[TAS]

Two phases I believe - south portion first and north after that.

So buildings A/B phase 1 and C/D phase 2 then.

 

[Avenuer]

Is this an amenity/study space for student residents then?

Yes, the majority of the south part (within the historic facade) will be common indoor amenity space. I believe there is other space sprinkled within the building as well, but that is the main one (I think)

 

[Avenuer]

No retail here isn't really a big deal. Warehouse Block is going to be a block away and that has CRUs anyway.

Agreed, I'd rather have more housing units than empty CRUs, which seems to be all too common in new builds, anyways.

 

[davcocom]

Agreed, I'd rather have more housing units than empty CRUs, which seems to be all too common in new builds, anyways.

Overall, I agree with this sentiment. I just feel that for prominent sites like this one, a corner CRU would've worked great.

 

[northlands]

Excited to not have to walk by this boarded up mess of a site for much longer.

The haters can stay mad in their suburban bedrooms.