Rereading this thread and I noticed many people complaining about not having any electronics stores on Rideau. Well, there is one: Canada Computers at Rideau/Friel. It's great, much better prices and service than Best Buy.
The dark coloured banding really terrifies me after what has happened at the Union of Canada site. The banding there looks so cheap and tacky. I am happy they are going with different cladding on the different buildings but the cladding they chose seems random and disjointed.
What I DO like is that it's a different style than their other projects. I also like the height variation and what looks like a substantial amount of retail.
I agree. I do not like the dark brown colour of one of the buildings. I find that it does not go well with the gray. Hopefully, they come up with a better colour than that. When are they going to start construction? Are they also going to include a hotel? Are condos expensive to live in?
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I talked to the guys in there a couple of months ago, they are opening a much larger location on Bank if I remember correctly...pretty sure it's Bank...
Height variety, new designs (not just another CP 1-4), and interesting roof feature....I'm all for it. Let's see how they can screw this one up though.
The L-shape building definitely is hideous with the two different colors with the section backing onto Georges been the worst (shades of the Pinnacle).
I love this building at ground level - there's two stories of retail and bright/vibrant storefront. Great pedestrian space. As for the design itself of the buildings... I can't even call this mediocre. The clashing colours hurt my eyes - the black on red brick building is almost repulsive.
Walking through this intersection, this is what we'll have to look at for the rest of our lives. lol.
That is funny. I actually really liked the Northern exposure of Pinacle as viewed from Lyon. Goes to show we all have different likes and tastes I suppose.
If the podium is actually built as rendered, it will look nice from street level. It's kinda rare for Claridge to put that much thought into street level. CP has a functional podium (retail right up on the sidewalk), but it's not very pretty.
Retail is concentrating on the ends. Low cost retail like Dollarama & Walmart is growing, and so is high cost retail like Nordstorm. Stuff in the middle, like Sears, is collapsing.
The white condo towers look nice, but I feel that the square brown buildings do not match well with the two white condo towers. These architects should have better taste than that, when it comes to choosing colours.
They are proposing one retail unit about 75k square feet (including storage/warehouse space), another unit just under 40k... definitely would be able to fit a replacement Metro and another major retailer.
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