Kit at Kensington | 50m | 15s | Jemm Properties | LOLA

[adamyyc]

My only complaint is that the balconies are too random. There is no pattern to the progression in balcony length. I think the upper balconies would look better if they were broken up into multiple balconies. There’s also no discernible pattern to the curved balcony railings which I don’t like. I like the curved railings, but would prefer to see a regular pattern, see the curve on the same side on every balcony, or see a snaking pattern of curves on opposite ends of alternating rows of balconies. Otherwise it looks pretty descent overall.

 

[Surrealplaces]

It does not look to me like there is any retail on the ground floor facing 3rd Ave as there are no individual bays/entrances. It appears to be one continuous building lobby.

It doesn’t look like it. Too bad as retail would really make sense for that spot.

 

[Nimbus]

Still early days, hoping maybe they could change it to add a retail unit or two.

 

[haltcatchfire]

If not retail, would rather townhomes on the base than a massive lobby.

 

[Mountain Man]

The lobby will probably end up hosting their mail room, some mechanical, fire alarm room and a bunch of other stuff, so don't expect a big empty space with empty couches and chairs. Probably.

 

[Nimbus]

How about live/work units? That way things could change with the economic situation.

 

[Mountain Man]

Is there a lot of demand for live / work units?

 

[BKha]

Is there a lot of demand for live / work units?

There might be more demand going forward.

 

[Calgcouver]

There might be more demand going forward.

I haven’t built any and don’t have any market data to support if demand is high or not but if anyone is on here from Sarina I feel like they would be the right people to speak to it as they seem to have built the most live/work units in the city recently

 

[artvandelay]

There is demand - but the current demand is more than satisfied by the available supply. Many (if not most) live/work units are "live" units in practice.

However it's a good thing to have these options in the market to offer flexibility to meet changes in the market in the future.

 

[Surrealplaces]

To me, the definition of live work units is fairly fluid, with some cases where the units are designed with a complete workspace and even a separate entrance for a business. Other times it's used to describe a unit that is more of what I would call 'home office friendly' Units that have space set aside for an office, but with sliding walls or doors, etc... so that the space can be partially integrated into living space if needed. A lot of places have this now - usually called the 'den', but maybe more focus can be put into the den portion, and there can be more of a market focus on it being used as workspace?
With recent trends of people working from home, maybe units designed as 'work from home friendly' might be more marketable. I'm not a marketing expert, but as someone who works from home, it would appeal to me.

 

[MichaelS]

Landuse for this one has been submitted:

DMAP

 

[Alex_YYC]

There’s always so much opposition in Hillhurst Sunnyside, and we’ve seen some get approved and some denied I’m keeping my fingers crossed this one gets approved.

 

[YourBoy007]

A meeting for this one has been scheduled for the 26th.

 

[Surrealplaces]

If Hillhurst Hardware was still open, they'd quickly sell out of pitchforks.