I like the design, just really don't like the materials and colours chosen. To provide constructive criticism, I think it could be really good and still hang on to that mid-century vibe it is giving off. I'm guessing it is a whole lot of Hardie Panel and aluminum trims as drawn. For the front...

Who did the railings for this one? They seem nicer than the typical Mclean’s railings in town. Want to find nicer ones more similar to what I’d see elsewhere without it costing way too much.

I only just looked at the Plan Views for these. What in the world were they doing with all of the intersection designs? 14 Ave is re-designed as a 2-way street with 1 lane for vehicle travel and a parking lane on each side. At every intersection they could have chosen to shorten the pedestrian...

If they stacked the modular units shortly after that, without adding the elevator and stairwells up to 6 storeys prior to the modular units being placed, how are they doing the stairswells and elevator shafts after the modular units are erected. Interested in how this works

Could be! The reveals looked like colour-matched Easy Trim, but not having exposed fasteners makes me think this couldve been Hardie Panels and Easy Trim with something like a sub-girt rainscreen system if that is what they used, or you could be right that that it is a metal panel system. Will...

I toured this development and good lord is the execution ever good. The integration of the drainage systems is the best i have seen anywhere, really nailed the details in every aspect as well. Kudos to whoever did the Carisbrooke development it was very good work...

I dont understand what they are doing with that corner. The bike lane goes up a ramp, over a depression for pedestrians to get to asphalt level and over a curb wall to run into another curb wall, if you ride in a straight line. Someone needs to explain how this is better than the temporary bike...

All good, but go look at the concrete work at the corner of this development, it doesnt work with the bike lane and mustve been a mistake. Will grab a pic, if someone else who is closer cant get one first. Youll immediately see what I mean

It is, but it doesn't actually have a whole lot of retail there that you would use consistently if you lived by. I live near here now and I end up having to walk into Montgomery, Kensington or up to Market Mall or UD for most things. It is kind of like a Britannia, but with way less options...

Ok Skyrise, looks like the retail spaces are being pre-leased: 5 small CRUs between 442-521sf are what CBRE has listed. Question 1: What retailers would you want to see in here, considering it's location? Question 2: What retailers do you actually think will end up leasing here? I think...

Am I correct in understanding that this temporary sod area is only for the River Run Townhomes site? If so, an estimated cost of $750k for the project is pretty wild if they are just grading and adding loam/sod to City specs. like 2.5-3X what I would guess for the same scope (permitted that is...

The hardie panel and easy trim section that is white turned out a lot better than most. If they use brise soleils and an exterior window jamb extension I think it would really improve that portion. But it’s pretty good as is considering the materials

Miss the old apartment building, but this turned out nice. This with more retail on the ground floor is ideal infill

Having lived in places with very limited street parking it can be a challenge. What would be your ideal solution of curb side parking demand management, as I agree it’s probably not sustainable to make it a DP issue. I wouldn’t mind paid street parking, but those with residents passes are good...

Hope the brick is more brown than grey, the BMO being charcoal could make the streetscape a bit monotonous if the brick is too similar on this. Nice though

The problem was that Matco was dead set on concrete mid rise out of preference and it was too expensive to build compared to the revenue. Density was high, so land price was based on FAR achievable with the expectation towers would be built. Realistic scenario for redevelopment is 3FAR so...

DP is in, I’d guess they are excavating in May or June next year

Matco had the land and couldn’t make the numbers work for concrete. I literally did the numbers and submitted an RFP to build it out when they owned it. Was going to do all five and six storey buildings with commercial at grade, if that deal happened two buildings would be done by now. The owner...