LocalCPT
New Member
great infill size!
vistaway
Active Member
Ground floor now being enclosed.
Chris R.
Senior Member
I'm very excited to not only see this finished but to see some commercial here. The Westdale area has been needing new commercial space with very little vacancy. My only hope is one of the banks or more franchisee places shifts here to give more space for local spots in true Westdale commercial strip.
Also, not that Phin Coffee needs more customers from my experience, but will be glad to see more customers living across the street keeping that place going strong. They have some of the best coffee (and most interesting) in the city. If you're a coffee lover, you have to check it out if you haven't already, especially for one of their specialty pour overs.
I'm just always excited about new commercial spaces in the urban area. Takes pressure off commercial supply, keeping commercial rents lower and bringing in more interesting and niche retail.
Chronamut
Senior Member
I do love that look of the glass erupting out of the top like that - reminds me of that one restoration in downtown that was similar looking by core urban, the witton lofts, which imo looks more beautiful and noticeable NOW than it ever did originally..
Chris R.
Senior Member
I live basically next to this building and it's so nice, and one of my favourite examples of how density in neighbourhoods is actually fine.
Chronamut
Senior Member
It's fine when you DESIGN it properly for sure. It's just the right height and not monolithic. And yes it's absolutely gorgeous.
BrenWilson
Active Member
Yeah this little corner of westdale has great potential, just needs some added density and better road design. Buildings like this are perfect for the area.
vistaway
Active Member
From yesterday:
Chris R.
Senior Member
Red October
Senior Member
Ha, I looked at a unit in this building. It was nice.
PaperSun
Active Member
Looking forward to seeing this complete, I like what they did on Robert Street nice little infill
Chris R.
Senior Member
They seem to be really serious about continuing to move forward with small infill projects like this. They're kind of like a more modern mini Core Urban in that they take on smaller low risk projects one or two at a time, and rent them quickly, including the retail (Hamilton developers don't seem to understand the Toronto lesson of cheap rent for a cafe on the ground floor attracts tenants faster). Yoke seems to understand that and filled their retail space on Robert before the building was even done, selling a "lifestyle" to people renting in the building. It's just smart marketing.
Chronamut
Senior Member
... but which design is being implemented?
Because one is clearly better looking than the other:
Looks like it's the brown design that is being implemented due the lack of curtain wall on the corner. The brown panels on the penthouse level are kinda meh for me - kinda makes the finish look dirty.
But I dunno.. if I look at the forming it doesn't even look like THIS render EITHER... soo I'm honestly just confused.. mm I dunno.. I'm torn.. it COULD be the red one and they just couldn't do a solid curtain wall all the way down.. what do you guys think.. it's not matching EITHER render perfectly.. I hate when the image isn't the actual result..
Because one is clearly better looking than the other:
Looks like it's the brown design that is being implemented due the lack of curtain wall on the corner. The brown panels on the penthouse level are kinda meh for me - kinda makes the finish look dirty.
But I dunno.. if I look at the forming it doesn't even look like THIS render EITHER... soo I'm honestly just confused.. mm I dunno.. I'm torn.. it COULD be the red one and they just couldn't do a solid curtain wall all the way down.. what do you guys think.. it's not matching EITHER render perfectly.. I hate when the image isn't the actual result..
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IamNotaRobot
New Member
I'm pretty certain it is the red version - that was the most up to date render
Chris R.
Senior Member
They rarely have actual curtain walls like they show in renders. It's the red one to the best of my knowledge based on the actual placement of the structure. The actual finishings are unknown until they go up, but Yoke seems to be taking a page out of Core Urban and Emblem's books using real brick in an attempt to provide the local community with some nicer materials to placate complaints of density.