Seems they've removed the recessed first floor in this render. I don't know, I think I like this a lot. It's not too much a copy of historical, but it has modern elements. It's CoreUrban, so you know they'll use real stone and real brickwork, so I'm pretty excited to see this go up. With the speed they're going now, it's likely we'll see something substantial within 12 months, which is good, since other mid density buildings in this city seem to take years to complete (I'm looking at you Jamesville).
A lot of people talk about King William, but Augusta Street has a lot of potential too. There's a bunch of vacant restaurants, and a few commercial places slowly getting fixed up, as well as empty parking lots, that could really fill in and give this spot King William vibes. The main thing is that James S needs to be adjusted to copy James N, but because the mountain Terry's use it to get to King St highway, it'll likely never happen until we get new councillors or enough Toronto residents move here and give Hamilton residents who have given up a second wind to fight for these improvements.
Add that this development and the one at 75 James and Corktown will be injecting thousands of residents into this area, it has the potential to really fill in, in the next couple years.
Has Core Urban ever done residential like this before? And does this development contain office space?
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