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The frosted balcony glass with black frit pattern is different and could look really nice when it's all installed.

Interesting that a large condo building with a hotel component is being proposed on this site as it is not on a major road and tucked away on a quiet winding street. I agree an affordable hip hotel would be good in this location. I was thinking more in the line of Alt Hotel, ALoft, or Ace Hotel...

must be the protective plastic film, just like that red panel.

That dark grey spandrel panel is perhaps the nicest coloured spandrel panel I have ever seen. I really like that faint teal tone in the grey and it's dark enough to blend in with the tinted glass. And that curtain wall is so sleek and sexy! I'm not quite sure about the random white and pale...

How many guest suites are in this building? And for how long does each owner have to pony up this monthly charge? There's almost 1000 units in this building, possibly more if the developer seeks more floors. These guest suites are typically small studio units akin to hotel rooms and often placed...

Looks broken or been through a major earthquake. It's not bold enough to make a statement, it looks rather meek so far.

The building has the qualities of a suburban business park commercial building. Why can't they bring some historic warehouse cues into this building? The west end of Liberty Village has so much going for it but there seems to be the plague of mediocre uninspiring design taking over this entire...

I wonder what the inside is going to look like? Maybe this to match the entrance: photo: travelingwithjc.blogspot.ca

Those houses held out selling to Freed long time ago and I would think they are regretting it now. The grey house tried to sell a while ago unsuccessfully. It's a beautifully renovated house with a nice swimming pool in the backyard. I believed it was originally offered for $1.7million, but was...

Talking to a couple of the agents there they are pretty satisfied with the sales they had so far. These are not typical investor's units so they don't expect to sell out in a matter of weeks. It was clear in their marketing material that they are targeting families, empty nesters, couples, and...

I also like the look of this too. It has a certain cool midcentury modern look to it, but I was disappointed about the layouts of the units. If there was a nice 1 bedroom with den unit overlooking the park I would have bought it, but the building is comprised mostly of units under 700 sf with...

I went around lunchtime and I was pleasantly surprised. The sales centre was constructed in a cool warehouse space. There were touch screens everywhere to view floorplans, renderings, amenities, and views, and there was a separate room which you can do a virtual walk through of the development...

is that rendering some kind of placeholder design? Looks like HP collaged together dumbed-down versions of their other buildings: the office building on St. Thomas Street, Ivory on Adelaide, and the brick base kept from the previous design for Context. Meanwhile the top four floors look like...

The end users/buyers of these luxury condos often have higher standards and more specific tastes, for better or worse, and developers can never satisfy their every needs and wants when there are hundreds of units they have to construct. So these units are often blank canvases for these buyers as...

I couldn't agree with you more, SP!RE. These industry awards really have little merit and it's often driven by politics, self promotion and marketing, and run by their own industry. The boards of BILD and OHBA consists of presidents and CEOs of development companies. Gary Switzer co-chairs...

The number 13 is lucky in numerology and some cultures, including Chinese culture, interestingly enough. The unlucky perception of the number 13 is not as apparent these days, especially amongst younger generations. I think eliminating many of the floors that contain the number 4 is ridiculous...

There is nothing to worry about it here, this is just a very minor obstacle. It's a typical strategy that developers will bring their developments to the OMB, as (for better or worse) the OMB will eventually pass all applications. MOD has strategically formed an alliance with most of the...

An view of an orange textured wall is much better than a view of a grey brick or concrete wall. I'm sure there's plenty of that view of greyness all over the city by now.

These towers seems to be almost triplets, though not identical, attached at the hip. The other half dozen or so highrises being planned or in construction in the immediate area will make for a very dynamic and ever-growing neighbourhood.

The tower looks like a watered down version of Garrison Point, while the podium looks like a very squat version of the parking podium of Massey Tower. It's an interesting design so far and I hope there will be more refinement and development of it.