[Halifax] Parkland at the Common (6009 Quinpool) | 78 m | 25 fl | Completed

[scryer]

Unfortunately the tower-scare is real. Anyone have anymore insight into this?

But towers can be done right, and I bring Vancouver in as an example. Generally I find that things don't get built here unless they meet the street very meticulously. Having small retail available on the ground floor, or offices; having landscaped your surrounding sidewalk (or even widening it), and other small street-scaping techniques will help keep the city walkable. The tower is just a tower, it's really the podium design and how the tower meets the street level that really positively impacts the city/area.

And from what I can see, this proposal is doing just that! The height just equals more business and the amenities will provide jobs. It's a good looking proposal. I hope that the committees can brave it and let one tower (just shy of 100 metres) pull through just to see what happens.