Here's Bing Thom's newest vision for the West End. It's a pure luxury building being developed by Westbank. Unlike the two towers this project is replacing, there will be multiple units per floor. As shown, the upper floors will have two 3-bedroom units per floor. The lower units will have two 3-bedrooms as well as a 1 bedroom unit that, unlike the family units, will have no balcony.
The podium is still under design, though it is expected to be composed of town home style units (2 floors). Originally there was talk of each town home having it's own pool, but the City nixed that idea as unsustainable. That said, each unit in the building will have it's own private two-car garage. There will be a spa located in the building as well.
The reason the top of the building has been lopped off is due to shadowing on a small part of Marina Square. Apparently this shadowing only occurs for a small portion of the day at a certain time of year. Also of interest is that Bing Thom originally desired to keep the 1668 tower and re-purpose it into either rental or strata. However, due to city policy requiring 80 feet between towers (these two would have only had 30 feet), that proposal was rejected, and both existing towers will be demolished.
The meeting had a small yet fair turnout. I didn't hear anything negative, but one can only overhear so much.
Personally, I think it's a very visually pleasing design; it definitely has the feel of a Bing Thom project. Frankly, I can't imagine what the prices will be in this building given it's location and the unit space, however it's important to note that the City should get one heck of a good CAC contribution out of this project.
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