[Moncton] The Three Sisters - 20 Record Street | 3x58m | 3x15s | Under Construction

[MonctonRad]

First Rendering of the "Two Brothers."



DyAm00394 beat me to it by about 15 minutes. .

I tried to count floors, and, I think I came up with 16.

From Mayor Dawn Arnold's summary of the evening's city council meeting:

Agreed to declare land surplus (a ditch between Hal Betts ball fields and Foundry Street to allow for a major, mixed-use riverfront development)

This explains two things:

1) - why I saw them pile driving on the other side of Foundry Street next to the Hal Betts Complex.
2) - why there were rumours floating around of a sale of the two easternmost fields in the complex. They weren't sold, but the ditch immediately adjacent is going to be sold.

[MonctonRad]

First Thoughts:

1) - The two towers are distressingly similar in style to the Three Sisters. Aside from being perhaps marginally taller, they are otherwise virtual clones. I get that this is a way to decrease costs, but, it gives the neighbourhood a bit of a monocultural look.
2) - The podium on the other hand looks very interesting. Lots of glass, and, lots of room for new CRUs. The overhead pedway between the two towers, and the walkway underneath leading from Assumption Blvd to the Riverfront Trail looks very nice.
3) - I like how they are trying to integrate the development into the afjacent trail system.

[Monctoncore]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

First Thoughts:

1) - The two towers are distressingly similar in style to the Three Sisters. Aside from being perhaps marginally taller, they are otherwise virtual clones. I get that this is a way to decrease costs, but, it gives the neighbourhood a bit of a monocultural look.
2) - The podium on the other hand looks very interesting. Lots of glass, and, lots of room for new CRUs. The overhead pedway between the two towers, and the walkway underneath leading from Assumption Blvd to the Riverfront Trail looks very nice.
3) - I like how they are trying to integrate the development into the afjacent trail system.

It would have been nice to see a bit of extra height even 18, but can survive with the height. Definitely would have been nice to see a differed design just to make things less , as you said monocultural.

Still another nice addition to downtown, and the podium looks like it will be very interesting. With the three sisters and now this.. that will be a huge change to this area of downtown.. now bring on Ashford, St.Bernards and Infinity.

[Dieppe98]

"Two Brothers" render from Acadie Nouvelle

[Leroy321]

Originally Posted by Dieppe98

"Two Brothers" render from Acadie Nouvelle

That render is way easier to count and I’ve counted 16 stories

[Dieppe98]

Originally Posted by Leroy321

That render is way easier to count and I’ve counted 16 stories

I counted 16 too, but the article says there will be 17 stories and nearly 400 units.

[new kid in town]

Jeff on Retail Talk said the Two Brothers official name is Gateway Towers.

[Nashe]

I think this needs to be a new project thread. It's getting confusing having it split across 2 existing ones.

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by new kid in town

Jeff on Retail Talk said the Two Brothers official name is Gateway Towers.

This is initially from MonctonPerson, as read in l'Acade Nouvelle, first posted in the [Moncton] Downtown thread on SSP. I was the one who told Jeff. Lots of cross pollination between the two sites.

News spreads fast.

[new kid in town]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

This is initially from MonctonPerson, as read in l'Acade Nouvelle, first posted in the [Moncton] Downtown thread on SSP. I was the one who told Jeff. Lots of cross pollination between the two sites.

News spreads fast.

Oh right lol, I figured. I can tell some of the fb profiles have the same phrasing and writing style as some of the members here, it gets confusing sometimes.