"Bland"... "Looks good from far away but looks terrible on closer inspection"... - where are these comments coming from? It's a concrete skeleton which is only 1/3rd poured!
We can see that. It's not the end of the world. We're just commenting on our initial look at the building. I thought the base would have different precast than that which is being used.
The lofts building is what I look forward to in this project.
What the Verve neighbourhood really needs: an urban pioneer like Peter Freed with his low to midrises and decent (and continuous) architecture and streetwall. The area feels very disjointed because you've got these rundown (but beautiful) rooming houses, brownstones etc mixed in with 1960s-2000's highrises. The city should mandate a height cap--10 stories?--in historic districts, encourage beautiful architecture and let the developers and market do the rest; I believe the end result would be a large urban area that looked like it had been there for centuries (consistent streetwall, mixed uses.)
I am not against highrises; but 45 floors next to a gorgeous old Victorian--Knights of Columbus building for example?
Looking South, near where Homewood Ave. will be extended through the site to meet the laneway at the North End. New assisted housing under construction on the left, just south of the future 500 Sherbourne condo site which will abut the lane as well.