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Originally Posted by SaskScraper

I bet they would be more energy efficient yet again if there were no windows at all.

Anything that is broad or thick set when it does not have to be qualifies as stubby or stubbed.
Also stubbing a cigarette automatically makes it shorter by default, makes cigarette safe but ugly too, yet another good analogy to the Baydo project. No one will ever call these buildings sexy (& slender).

I just think that sheer glass, while having a place, doesn't really make a whole lot of sense for every building in this climate. Maybe it makes me unpopular but my view is that energy efficiency is a desirable aspect when considering architecture, and that aesthetic concerns, while important, do not necessarily carry the day every time. It should also go without saying that buildings need windows. I also don't think that every building needs to be AON Tower skinny in order to be meritous.

[The Bess]

This was taken from CTV news so not sure how accurate



A local real-estate developer has its sights set on erecting the largest residential building in Saskatchewan’s history in downtown Saskatoon next month.

On May 5, Baydo Development Corporation announced a new project, Baydo Towers, slated for a lot at the bottom of University Bridge at Fifth Avenue and 25th Street East, the company said in a news release.

“We are very excited to be building a project of this magnitude in downtown Saskatoon,” Chris Luczka, vice president of finance for Baydo Development Corp., said in the release.

Baydo Towers will have two towers, 25 stories each, and will consist of 426 residential units ranging from one and two-bedroom units.

The company said the project will have a large rooftop patio, a gam2es room, fitness centre, yoga studio, pet wash station and a tenant lounge area.

The structure will also include four levels of underground parking with 513 parking stalls, secure bicycle parking and a bicycle tune-up room.

The developer said the main floor will have 11,000 sq. ft of commercial space.

The company said construction is scheduled to begin next month with completion of the Baydo Towers expected in late 2022.

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Originally Posted by The Bess

This was taken from CTV news so not sure how accurate

The structure will also include four levels of underground parking with 513 parking stalls, secure bicycle parking and a bicycle tune-up room.

I heard Chris Luczka on CBC radio this morning. He said there would be 513 spaces on 4 underground levels and 2 podium levels, and the stalls would be big enough for full size pickup trucks (this is Sask. after all).

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I wonder if the siding is (aluminum panels?) like that seen on the Arc in Vancouver

I know that stucco was discouraged in the city's Architectural Guidelines for this site (p. 84):

https://www.saskatoon.ca/sites/defau..._fi_051216.pdf

[Wyku]

I think this render really shows how uninspired the design is--it pretty much blends in with the other existing 40(?) year old buildings around it. But I know, not my investment, be happy it's something, yadda yadda yadda. At least it has some commercial space to look a little better at street level.

[BlackDog204]

Saskatoon keeps on winning. It's a city I would not mind moving to if rent is affordable.

[The Bess]

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oh how perfect.. they'll blend right in with their neighbours. seriously, it's 2020... that's the best design they could come up with?

Hey didn't I just see your name in the Regina construction thread with Regina as your location?? did you switch cities lol

[The Bess]

sorry you were just bashing Regina so nothing happening in Brampton ??

[Marksman]

Unsure if I'm the only one who feels this way, but I feel that they should have planned to stack those complexes on top of each other and create one tall tower. It's about time Saskatoon cracks the 100 meter mark. I understand there are regulated height limitations in place, although I feel like it's time to move forward, reconsider those guidelines, and allow for substantial and progressive growth opposed to recreation of adjacent apartment complexes completed 40 years ago. Not to mention the view from the top apartments would be outstanding. Are there other factors that I am missing? (such as disproportions, shade, community feel, etc.). Although, I am happy to see Saskatoon continue to build upwards downtown and am hopeful this continues to snowball into a continued trend of modern, metropolitan living downtown.

[YXE]

I suspect we’ll top 100m or come close to it on the upcoming River Landing Parcel with something mixed use. One floor with street presence for a restaurant etc. Maybe some office floors/hotel, with condos on top. Toronto, where I currently live, is full on these mixed-use towers comprising of all the aforementioned.

[Ricopedra]

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[The Bess]

They might not be the best looking but obviously you haven't been to Calgary, Edmonton or Vancouver in awhile, they have their share but then again beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

[Ricopedra]

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[The Bess]

yup there are many lol Ricopedra, but it doesn't matter we are just stating our views Alt and we all can choose to agree or disagree, like the man said we don't even know if this is the real render yet. Would be nice to know which company did the drawings, Crisis you always seem to come through with your knowledge and the people you associate with.

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[GTR200]

$100,000,000 is a lot of money.

[roryn1]

1. regarding the person that mentioned the price of rent at no1 river landing - that unit must have been 600 sqft because every single older building downtown is 3x the rent price. Family’s in SK already struggle justifying living in a condo in suburban and widely available 2,000 sqft house Saskatoon with two kids.

2. regarding traveling across the world not seeing drab towers. you must have missed the more suburb areas of every city in the world lol. Toronto for example.

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Summary of my position:

• I have seen the awful commie blocks in China, Russia, Europe, South America, Toronto, and many other places with my own eyes
• Baydo's proposal is just another cheap commie block (in a prominent location).
• Some small tweaks during planning (i.e., colour, staggered height, 45 degree rotation, etc) could have helped a lot at minimal additional cost but clearly Baydo only cares about the bottom line and it shows
• For many reasons (mediocrity inspires mediocrity) other Canadian cities have stopped (i.e., discouraged developers from) building these commie blocks in the last decades
• Saskatoon should too, but...

[roryn1]

Here's a great example of the shallowness outward architecture costs. This unit for rent at No1 RL is 4th floor for $1,700/673 sqft.
https://www.kijiji.ca/v-apartments-c...ent/1498038386

My mortgage plus condo fees for my TWENTY floor 1,000 sqft condo is ~1,700/month in my commie block.

These buildings are expensive here because concrete is so expensive here. We have no gravel in Sask to make concrete. My 1965 building was actually quite uglier and more "commie" and then they later added glass balconies and some brighter pizazz to it 20 years ago. It definitely wasn't affordable to add glass.

Anyone that pays $1,700/month in rent for a 1 bed 1 bath is cray imo. I remember back in university myself and 3 other guys paid $1,400/month for a beautiful 4 bedroom 3 bathroom house in Willowgrove in a great neighborhood a 10 min drive from downtown. You have to be pretty superficial and also have very rich parents that also had rich parents to afford No1 River Landing.

There's 20 units for sale on Kijiji at No 1 River Landing. I averaged their prices with their psqft cost and they are ~$700/psqft. My concrete building averages ~$280/psqft right now. I averaged a few condos in willowgrove - a easy ten minute drive to downtown, $150-250/psft.

This is why commie blocks exist. The beautiful buildings are solely for the ultra rich that seem to go beyond doctors and lawyers, because my old building is full of doctors and lawyers.