Hopefully they rethink more than just the roundabouts. I noticed that they made most of the best land in the plan, the land within spitting distance of the station, into greenspace, which in itself is not terrible. It's just that it takes the land best suited to high rise, high density TOD and turns it into a park, pushing any developments further away from the station and limiting their usefulness in terms of being Transit Oriented.
I feel like I missed the original plan being discussed... can anyone link it?
"Ground was broken on the second building in the spring. When the ribbon is cut in late 2020, its 15 storeys will feature street retail and commercial, 75 apartments, a fitness centre, rooftop terrace, commercial kitchen and a parkade with the capacity to hold 132 vehicles.
The capital expenditure for the two buildings will be about $48 million."
I wish they would just finish the first building. I hate the missing glass pieces at the top.
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"But a city can be smothered by too much reverence for its past. The skyline must keep acquiring new peaks, because the day we consider it complete and untouchable is the day the city begins to die." - Justin Davidson - May 2010 Issue of New York
This was from a while back. Don't know if anything has changed.
Floor 1 is commercial, Floors 2-5 are parking with one residential unit per floor, Floor 6 is office, gym and roof deck, Floor 7 is office, Floors 8-15 are residential.
Noticed today that the excavator sitting on site that didn't move all winter was moved out of the hole and adjacent to the building. maybe something will start happening..?
O Station Cafe has remarkably survived and even reopened since COVID. Still doesn't look like a single other tenant has moved in.
I bus/bike past the site on a not infrequent basis, and the only change I've noticed since about this time last year (in terms of either new tenants or construction on phase 2) is that the excavator on site has moved spots. And even then it doesn't look it has done any new digging...
Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't it agains bylaws to not have decorative fencing between the parking lot and sidewalks? Maybe they're just behind... it's just all really weird over there right now. Especially with the city's poor signage for bicycles.
Looks like 265 Osborne has undergone some generally minor design updates since the Sept 2018 plans posted above. Facade is a bit different looking and there might be a little less glazing than before (they need a variance to drop under 50% glazing threshold). The latest set of plans is dated July 2019 and will be going for the trifecta of subdivision/rezoning, conditional use and variance all during the upcoming June 19 meeting of the City Centre Committee.
There was mention here before that the residential part was being scrapped. Is that why its dark in those new renders or is the material just different now? Lol
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