What do you think of the design?

  • I like it a lot

    Votes: 19 52.8%

  • I like it

    Votes: 13 36.1%

  • I neither like nor dislike it

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I dislike it

    Votes: 3 8.3%

  • I dislike it a lot

    Votes: 1 2.8%
  • Total voters
    36
Marcolangzi said:
Here is another update on the Varsity project.

We presented to EDC on Monday and received a letter of support. As I said earlier, the design has evolved.
This is a view looking south from Whyte Ave.

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This is a view looking north from 81 Avenue.
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Love it!! You guys really knock it out of the park with simple yet elegant and effective designs. This along with your McKernan projects are adding some great stuff to the south side.
 
I really like it. For some reason the building wouldn't be the same without the CRU, I don't know how else to put it. I like the design of the townhouses, in such a busy area they definitely need to be raised like that.
Masonry is great. I am on the fence when it comes to the grey bricks, though. Without knowing how it would look with all red bricks on the podium I am forced to wonder if all red would match the existing feel/heritage of the area better? (This isn't a major complaint of mine, I'm just throwing it out there). Please don't take this as actual criticism, this building is on my shortlist for favourite Edmonton midrises now.

I'm interested if you guys are going lean on parking? I know Sync 111 ended up overbuilding pretty significantly and the LRT isn't even at their doorstep yet. Without getting too much into specifics, has the consideration of parking being a massive drag on cap rate been a big part of this development?
 
Barnaby said:
I really like it. For some reason the building wouldn't be the same without the CRU, I don't know how else to put it. I like the design of the townhouses, in such a busy area they definitely need to be raised like that.
Masonry is great. I am on the fence when it comes to the grey bricks, though. Without knowing how it would look with all red bricks on the podium I am forced to wonder if all red would match the existing feel/heritage of the area better? (This isn't a major complaint of mine, I'm just throwing it out there). Please don't take this as actual criticism, this building is on my shortlist for favourite Edmonton midrises now.

I'm interested if you guys are going lean on parking? I know Sync 111 ended up overbuilding pretty significantly and the LRT isn't even at their doorstep yet. Without getting too much into specifics, has the consideration of parking being a massive drag on cap rate been a big part of this development?
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All good points. The design still needs DP-level refinements to move forward after rezoning.

Also, the developer is not quite lean on parking but is committed to providing parking for residents and limited paid parking for Whyte Ave patrons .
 
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For someone who doesn't have or want a vehicle this is a good area to consider. The bus service on Whyte Ave to the Unversity and LRT is fairly good and a variety of goods and services are walkable to nearby.

However, if you have or need a vehicle to go elsewhere in the city, you probably really want a designated parking spot as street parking is not easy to get around here.
 
Can`t wait!

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