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Odeon turned out not too bad. Although its approval predated the Marda Loop ARP, it did a better job of complying with that ARP, which was then only in draft form, than subsequent developments that were, in theory, subject to the now approved ARP. Disappointments include only a single retail...

The applicant has finally agreed to meet with the Marda Loop area CAs and BIA later this month. Wish it could have happened sooner, before they submitted their LOC and DP applications, but I guess better late than never. Looking forward to the opportunity for a fulsome discussion of the...

We will be interested to find out why the interior courtyard is raised up to the 2nd storey level. Not sure how that grade difference might impact the courtyard's ability to interact with the streetside public realm, or its accessibility for the mobility-challenged. I recall reading something...

There are currently 5 homes directly behind these 3 parcels -- 2 semi-detached infill units, 2 single detached infills and 1 older bungalow -- as well as few more homes to the east and west that would likely also be materially impacted by the building's shadow. Although some of these homes do...

We (RKHCA) have not had an opportunity to talk to RNDSQR about this project yet. As soon as we heard that they were looking at redeveloping these 3 parcels we contacted them and asked them to come talk to us as soon as possible. RNDSQR advised that they wanted to use last Sunday's Marda Gras...

I don't believe that Bucci's Kensington project has R-C2 parcels containing recently redeveloped single family homes directly across the lane to the north. Our shadow studies for ML33 suggested that at 16m tall that building's shadow would prevent those homes' south-facing main floor windows...

In terms of pedestrian realm it appears there may be some issues as well. The ARP calls for front facades to step back a further 3m above the 1st, 2nd or 3rd storey, whereas this front facade appears to step forward instead, and the support posts for this cantilever appear to fall in the middle...

With a proposed height of 22m, 6m higher than allowed by the ARP, increased shadowing of the single family homes across the lane to the north will likely be an issue.

Those 3 Marda Loop developments ended up getting appealed primarily because they did not conform to the vision set out in the Marda Loop Area Redevelopment Plan that City Council passed in 2014. What is the point of taking a community through the process of putting an ARP in place and then...

Overall, we feel that the project as approved represents both a lack of respect for the ARP and a missed opportunity to create what could have been a great "pedestrian gateway" into the Marda Loop business district.

The community would have also liked to see more variety in the unit sizes and configurations, to appeal to a wider demographic, and more thought put into the traffic/vehicle access issues. We asked the City for their suggestions on how to minimize cut-thru and other adverse traffic impacts from...

The community association would have liked this project to have been more consistent with the vision set out in the ARP, and by doing so set a better precedent for future Marda Loop developments, including: 1) 4 storeys instead of 5, with the upper storey stepped back (like The Odeon did a...

Given the desire to turn 33 AV SW into a thriving high street and the current plans to install BRT stops at the west end of the Marda Loop business district, from a planning perspective it would actually make most sense to put the most of the density: 1) on 34 AV SW, so that 33 AV SW can retain...

This actually ended up being approved as a 135-unit development as it lost some units at the back when it had to provide more clearance from the Enmax overhead wires and then lost another 10 units when it had to reduce its FAR from 2.9 to 2.6 as a condition of obtaining the land use...