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One thing about Halifax being mostly rentals (apparently around 10k apartments under construction at this moment and only hundreds of condos) is that the pre-construction marketing is limited compared to condos and they don't put the same effort into the materials. Early renderings often look little like the completed project or sometimes there are no renderings at all. This development in Dartmouth is not being directly "marketed" right now to people who might rent it in 2029.

The municipality isn't very particular on aesthetics most of the time so unless you have something like a registered heritage building you probably won't have very specific design requirements. They do care about servicing, densities, and height limits.

The quality of development has generally been going up over the past 20 years and in general the final products are a bit nicer than the last round of construction and whatever early materials are available.