[Saint John, NB] 99 King Street | 13 storeys | Under Construction

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Originally Posted by adamuptownsj

It all looks bland. I'll come out and say it.

-The front entrance takes more inspiration from auto dealerships or nice malls than the market next door.
-Beige paneling is doing a lot of work masquerading as sandstone over a giant surface area. Let's not kid ourselves, this is functionally beige concrete.
-Not a foot of stepback from podium, makes podium look even faker. Podium exhibits no detailing, it's as plain as the RBC building across the street. No floor by floor variation in window height, no decorative brickwork, nothing.
-King Square face is atrocious. Everything about it
-Middle section of King St podium looks like a kid's drawing.

Worst part is the treatment of views.

To the west is... office towers next door and Douglas Avenue on the horizon. Penthouse might get the mill, haha. Balconies are loaded to this side. Second worst views after the north side, which doesn't really have anything, even distance.

The views to the east (two mature parks!) and of course the south (the peninsula and ocean) are basically neglected.

Someone had to say it.. The height.. win.. great I'll give it that.. I like the side profile with the glass balconies.. the rest you can already tell from the renders will likely be poor quality material wise which probably won't age well. The podium is ok.. but just ok. I would have prefered something more along the lines of what's being built in Halifax .. a little more polish on this.