[jimmyboy95]

Wow, quite the demand for office space in Kelowna. Good to see another new building planned for the financial district. However, like Landmark 6, I personally feel it is a bit bizarre looking with one quadrant of the building being a few stories higher than the rest of it. Still, it will add to the skyline and be another unique building for Kelowna's identity. The Landmark Centre has come a long way since the first one was built around 1992. And that one is only a mid-rise! Then came Landmark 2 around 1996 or 97, which was Kelowna's fourth high rise. Then they just kept building. This complex is Stober Construction's pride and joy.

Lets be honest though, the neighbourhood around Landmark Centre needs serious work. Forget the poor road connections for a second, some of the roads still have gravel shoulders and no sidewalks! Fortunately the city has a long term plan in place to spruce the neighbourhood up. One of the components, which should be fast tracked, is to extend Sutherland through to Spall. It would snake through from Burtch to join up with Dolphin Avenue, then on to Spall at Kent Rd. A few buildings and houses would need to go, but they are all older anyways. And then there are other plans for this area too, like a big park south of the Landmark Centre. Not sure how many more Landmark buildings will be constructed by then, but hope they make it to 10!

Then, even further in the future, Sutherland should be pushed through from Spall to join with Baron Road. It would go up Kent and Agassiz Roads then through Orchard Plaza and Orchard Park. Those malls ain't gonna stay the same forever, and this would happen many years from now anyways. The oldest part of Orchard Park will be 70+ years old by then!