Huh. Why would that even be a concern to them (other than that it would obscure the Scotiabank logo on the western end of the Duke Tower, he asked snarkily)?
There are bylaws with respect to tower separation.
There are bylaws with respect to tower separation.
Surely a bylaw violation would have been caught before that stage. And it certainly doesn't appear they would've been any closer together than, say, the CIBC and TD Bank buildings.
The perspective in the Westhill rendering is totally fake. It makes the sidewalk on the west side of Albemarle look 25 feet wide. In reality this part of the street will be a dark wind tunnel.
The perspective in the Westhill rendering is totally fake. It makes the sidewalk on the west side of Albemarle look 25 feet wide. In reality this part of the street will be a dark wind tunnel.
LOL - yeah... looks like the edge of a nice broad, flat, plaza.
The perspective in the Westhill rendering is totally fake. It makes the sidewalk on the west side of Albemarle look 25 feet wide. In reality this part of the street will be a dark wind tunnel.
So true.
Here's a link to the actual perspective from google. Where did the beautiful urban plaza go?
It's hard to tell from that rendering how close it comes to the office tower. Google maps shows a good 200 feet from Abermarle street edge to the Scotiabank tower, so there could be a 50 foot separation and still leave plenty of room for Westhill.
Still pretty blah street presence on Albemarle--way too much blank wall (though obviously a million times better than the present situation) but overall I like this design a little more. It's not a standout but it's clean, simple, unfussy, and coherent with the mid-century aesthetic of the surrounding buildings and Scotia Square.
It's not a standout but it's clean, simple, unfussy, and coherent with the mid-century aesthetic of the surrounding buildings and Scotia Square.
Agreed. Decent looking and much needed density, happy to see this finally moving forward. Interesting enough, it's listed as an Active Development on their website slated for a Spring 2023 start, it looks like we may see activity on this site soon?
Yes, AllNS has had a couple stories about the new Crombie CEO in the past few days and all the stories have mentioned this being one of three active residential projects for them. It's expected we'll see action on the site imminently.
I agree that the street level at corner is a little unfortunate, but I guess that's the constraint of working with what's there? Overall this seems like a solid project.
Hopefully having something other than service entrances on Albermarle will give the city some incentive to give the streetscape a little love.
Yes, AllNS has had a couple stories about the new Crombie CEO in the past few days and all the stories have mentioned this being one of three active residential projects for them. It's expected we'll see action on the site imminently.
I agree that the street level at corner is a little unfortunate, but I guess that's the constraint of working with what's there? Overall this seems like a solid project.
Hopefully having something other than service entrances on Albermarle will give the city some incentive to give the streetscape a little love.
[Halifax] The Marlstone (1871 Albemarle) | ? M | 19 FL | Proposed
This is on Saltwire. Jen Taplin. May 18 Crombie REIT replacing what seems to be the SS parkade
"Scotia Square developer Crombie REIT recently released images and some details on their big plans for a 291-unit residential building in downtown Halifax..." https://www.saltwire.com/halifax/new...ax-100854873/#
Crombie REIT replacing what seems to be the SS parkade.
No, not the parkade. This is immediately south of the parkade, on top of the mall and west of Duke Tower. Marlstone is the new name. It used to be Westhill on Duke, If you scroll down a few inches on the home page you'll see there's already a thread open under that name.
No, not the parkade. This is immediately south of the parkade, on top of the mall and west of Duke Tower. Marlstone is the new name. It used to be Westhill on Duke, If you scroll down a few inches on the home page you'll see there's already a thread open under that name.
Oops, my bad. Edit: In my defence it never occurred to me that saltwire would write an article announcing a 'new' proposal that is actually seven years old.
Mixed Use & Commercial Building Permit - New Building - In Review - 1871 ALBEMARLE ST, HALIFAX - $72'876'108 - Mixed Use - Residential & Other Use(s) - Service Use - 291 Units - 20 Floors - This is the Construction of a 19-storey high-rise on top of the existing scotia square building. This will be a concrete building with a window wall exterior. This building will have two levels of parking garage, 291 residential units and residential amenity spaces.
Edit: Can't delete post, thought the above was referencing another development on Albemarle, but there's only one at this moment, if I am not missing anything.
Edit: Can't delete post, thought the above was referencing another development on Albemarle, but there's only one at this moment, if I am not missing anything.
There was two threads for the same project. I merged them into the more established thread. Albemarle only has one project.
Mixed Use & Commercial Building Permit - New Building - In Review - 1871 ALBEMARLE ST, HALIFAX - $72'876'108 - Mixed Use - Residential & Other Use(s) - Service Use - 291 Units - 20 Floors - This is the Construction of a 19-storey high-rise on top of the existing scotia square building. This will be a concrete building with a window wall exterior. This building will have two levels of parking garage, 291 residential units and residential amenity spaces.
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So true.
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