[AlbertC]

Aug 20, 2020

 

[Gphorce]

It's pretty rough at street level. The columns feel heavy and the colour palette at the lower levels is dark and drab. The overhang just makes the whole space look shady. Honestly I'm pretty disappointed this is at such a prominent corner. Maybe the commercial tenants will spruce it up a bit, but I don't know how much they can really do, especially with those 2 columns right at the corner, maybe they can paint them or something.

 

[cd concept]

love the way those two buildings complement each other in the first few photos up above !

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

They're are not perfect...but they do show with some degree of effort and love how far buildings can go in the pleasing category.

 

[innsertnamehere]

While this is far from a bad project, the Centrecourt building to the north just puts it to shame.

 

[AlbertC]

This gets a solid B+ for the tower in my books, but the podium really misses the mark at grade level to around a C rating. Agreed that the pillar placement is especially clumsy at the corner.

 

[Skorpyo]

The podium units look like fish bowls. You can see into the units and they look very sloppy with all sorts of furniture and stuff up against the windows. It's real shame.

 

[khris]

Ugh, the street level is so disappointing. I absolutely hate exposed columns like this.

 

[isaidso]

I assumed they weren't finished yet. Agree that it's a let down. Stuff like that is a red flag. I wonder where else they cut corners and/or didn't do things properly.

 

[AlbertC]

Aug 30, 2020

 

[snyberTO]

dang. The banks strike again!

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

I know I am being selfish since I am not the landlord having to lease out these retail spaces, but I would love it if the banks found homes on the second floor of new mixed-use developments, and more interesting retail occupied the ground floor. Though nowadays with the state of the retail sector being how it is (and especially post-covid), it would probably end up being leased to yet another dispensary if not a bank branch.

 

[TossYourJacket]

I know I am being selfish since I am not the landlord having to lease out these retail spaces, but I would love it if the banks found homes on the second floor of new mixed-use developments, and more interesting retail occupied the ground floor. Though nowadays with the state of the retail sector being how it is (and especially post-covid), it would probably end up being leased to yet another dispensary if not a bank branch.

It's gonna be wild when the dispensary market adjusts to how over-saturated it's becoming and tons of them close. Gonna be a lot of empty retail downtown.

 

[condovo]

I see tagging on one of the columns. Hopefully, Scotiabank will cover them with something. Anything would be better than how they look now.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

I see tagging on one of the columns. Hopefully, Scotiabank will cover them with something. Anything would be better than how they look now.

White paint would do very well (and it will help lighten the columns up) - though not as a deterrent to tagging for sure.

It's gonna be wild when the dispensary market adjusts to how over-saturated it's becoming and tons of them close. Gonna be a lot of empty retail downtown.

Hallelujah! Dispensaries have got to be some of the most unproductive storefronts around - even adult stores have more engaging displays and frontages, and they don't reek, which is a big plus.

AoD