Mountain Man
Senior Member
They must have confidence that they will be able to move ahead as planned. Probably had extensive pre-application meetings with the city...
Probably. The location is solid, but highrise condos are a struggle these days.This is a new 'condo for sale' project which is unusual in today's inner city market. With lower price points, they must be targeting the customer who is on the fence about renting versus buying.
Overall, looks great. The only concern is the podium looks really ugly from all sides but the front entrance. Really hoping they change that to something a little less plain than just a grey wall.
Why retail? 14Ave is a quiet street with little foot traffic, townhomes are perfect there. 14St is a block away, there's lots of retail there, 12th and 11th aves have a good amount of retail already, and 17th is 3 blocks away and 11 st has some retail as well. Not every single block in the inner city is appropriate for retail, it should be focused on existing retail streets until those streets are built out.Are those townhouses or retail bays on the podium? Look like townhouses, but retail bays would be great.
It's probably the same people who appealed the rental tower on 16Ave and 12St. I remember they tried to get me to sign their appeal of that one and got really mad when I laughed at them for saying this wasn't the appropriate place for a tower lol.I'm assuming it was appealed for the usual reasons, traffic/parking and maybe shadowing? Interesting thing is that it's in the Beltline surrounded by other high-rises. Surprised anyone would bother to appeal.