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[King&James]

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[King&James]

Originally Posted by King&James

From this....


to this....

recall the before! and the render

[king10]

That looks great. Core Urban never disappoints.

[Hawrylyshyn]

Wow it turned out better than the render!

[ChildishGavino]

I saw it briefly on the drive to Westdale this morning, it's a beauty, especially in person. You can tell they didn't cheap out on the brickwork.

[Dr Awesomesauce]

Yep, these guys are top-notch.

It really does look better than the render. Impressive. And looking forward to the ground floor reveal, too.

[TheRitsman]

Especially on the building on the right. It looks great in person, but here's a crappy night photo:

[Dr Awesomesauce]

^They make it look so easy.

Can't quite make out the smaller building to the right. Yellow brick? Looks lovely!

Do we know what Core Urban's next project will be?

[TheRitsman]

Originally Posted by Dr Awesomesauce

^They make it look so easy.

Can't quite make out the smaller building to the right. Yellow brick? Looks lovely!

Do we know what Core Urban's next project will be?

It was hard to get a good view with all the trees and it being night time. Hopefully someone can get a better picture at some point. I'll try if nobody else does.

[lachlanholmes]

15/10. Core Urban is the best developer in the city, there is absolutely no competition.

Pictures taken this evening from my cell phone don't do this justice, but:

[SteelTown]

Originally Posted by Dr Awesomesauce

Do we know what Core Urban's next project will be?

Oh please let it be this building....

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.2564...7i16384!8i8192

Or let it be this corner....

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.2566...7i16384!8i8192

[Chronamut]

Originally Posted by SteelTown

Oh please let it be this building....

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.2564...7i16384!8i8192

Or let it be this corner....

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.2566...7i16384!8i8192

Funny I also pleaded with them on their instagram to fix that building. It would be a massive undertaking - nothing exists under those screens - they would have to rebuild the entire facade from scratch - not that that stopped them in this instance - but yes I would loooove to see them restore that building.

And yeah the brickwork looks awesome - although that brick colour on that second building made me initially think the entire facade hadn't put up yet and was plywood as it's so similar from far away to the plywood colour haha..

but yeah looking at these buildings you'd never know that they had ever degenerated to the state they had gotten to - which is wonderful - can't wait for the new building to but up to it to hide that ugly side wall

the modern in between will be nicely flanked between this and the right house classical designs

Can't wait to see the art deco mezzanines inside!

I do have to admit though the cornices look a bit.. odd.. I am guessing they are preparing for the building next door to butt right up to it so the right side has them angularly tapering off at the corners while the left side appears to just be flat cur off.

Also with the changes the building next door now no longer has balanced windows as the facade of the original looks like it ate partially into the building to the left - making the windows and cornice look a bit weird now too.. guess they had to work with what they had.

I still have not found an answer as to why the building next to this was reduced a whole floor or 2 historically.. it used to be almost as tall as the olympia club..

[thmx]

2018 vs. 2020


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[Chronamut]

*shudders at before pic*

What's that white thing under the brick facade on the building on the right? Is that going to be for a lit sign or something?

*EDIT* Ohh I think it's the old cash money sign frame.. guess they only redid the facade from above it.

[StEC]

Wow this is looking amazing so far, what a transformation!

[Dr Awesomesauce]

Originally Posted by SteelTown

Oh please let it be this building....

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.2564...7i16384!8i8192

Or let it be this corner....

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.2566...7i16384!8i8192

[atnor]

Very nice! I see why chron likes cornices.

[Chronamut]

Originally Posted by atnor

Very nice! I see why chron likes cornices.

A cornice is like a fancy dress on an old lady - it can make any building pretty

Although I am a tad disappointed they went the cemented joints route instead of butting them up so it looks more seamless like the william thomas building. I fear over time those joints will just stain and look more glaring..

Still, there is no comparison that it infinitely looks better than it did - liking the diagonal brick design patterns on both buildings too - and looks pretty awesome at night

[johnnyhamont]

So beautiful! Do we know what CoreUrban's next project will be?

[StEC]

They have done such an amazing job here! I'm very excited to see what the downtown core will look like in a few years when most of the construction in this area is complete!

Photos taken today, are clickable to see larger size.