Pre-leasing has begun for 6112 Quinpool. There will be four retail pads with the anchor pad having 9'800sq ft accessed off of Quinpool. Existing businesses have until the end of the year to relocate. Completion is aimed for Winter 2017.
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Have there been any new, more detailed renderings? The previous one was seriously lacking in detail (and I'm hoping, probably in vain, for that awful rounded corner portion to be turned into a right angle).
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That'd be decent (if not exactly landmark-worthy) if not for that awful rounded bit.
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I saw drawings for this project recently and it does still have the rounded bit. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
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So we are protesting the rounded corner like the rounded corner on the YMCA building that everybody wanted preserved?
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It's better than what's there now of course, by a longshot—I just don't like the design much, and I think it's going to be kind of a gateway on the eastern edge of Quinpool. |
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I like the curve, but I don't like how awkward the glass in the curve is. If they replaced every other glass pane with brick I think it would look a lot better.
This building does a really good job of being sensitive to the residential side of things on Pepperell. I am a little curious though as to who they expect to take the commercial space on that street; it's not very visible. |
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What the heck is the point of passing development criteria manuals when city council doesn't have the b***s to make anybody stick to them?? I suppose some consultants could line their pockets AGAIN to come up with something that city council would screw up on their first chance....
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That's not to say that staff couldn't use the development agreement process to impose similar or new criteria for buildings like this outside of downtown, but, like Waye says, the critique has to come from citizens... instead of the comments at public information sessions and meetings being related only to height and traffic counts, people need to care enough about what their neighbourhoods will look like and, I'd argue, how they support healthy complete neighbourhoods. |
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It is too bad that the glass/aluminum, curtain walled, rounded section clashes with the red brick section but my first reaction was that it looks good. The initiation report indicates that they are using real brick and masonry so to be fair to the developer they are not using cheap materials. Here is the previously posted report - http://www.halifax.ca/council/agenda...0110ca1115.pdf . I think this is just a matter of one's personal taste as you pointed out. "Clunky" (i.e. short and rather massive) and clad in red brick is a style that has been around for at least a couple hundred years so saying it is from the 90's isn't a fair statement. I would say it is from a hundred years ago (except for the glass/aluminum section) and therefore is a conservative style as opposed to a contemporary style that will be dated within 10-20 years. |
FWIW, I like the space at street level that looks oriented for retail. :)
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