[Halifax] Richmond Yards | 103-47-41-40-32 m | 31-13-12-10-8 fl | U/C

[kph06]

And another one on Westwood's Site

[Drybrain]

Nice to see the corner occupied this way, though I do prefer the earlier design for the tallest tower. Cleaner and less busy-for-the-sake-of-it.

[OldDartmouthMark]

Kinda "meh" for me, but at least it will add housing density for the area.

[Drybrain]

Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark

Kinda "meh" for me, but at least it will add housing density for the area.

Yeah, this would be a perfectly good background building on a side street, but for a major corner like this it's underwhelming.

[OliverD]

Originally Posted by Drybrain

Nice to see the corner occupied this way, though I do prefer the earlier design for the tallest tower. Cleaner and less busy-for-the-sake-of-it.

Yeah, that previous design is way, way better.

[Keith P.]

Some of you are absolutely hilarious in your criticisms of building design.

[Saul Goode]

Originally Posted by Drybrain
Nice to see the corner occupied this way, though I do prefer the earlier design for the tallest tower. Cleaner and less busy-for-the-sake-of-it.

Originally Posted by OliverD

Yeah, that previous design is way, way better.

Huh. I prefer the newer design. Go figure.

And, to my eye at least, it makes the building look taller.

[someone123]

I find buildings in Halifax are often very busy. The one on the corner doesn't have that many colours or materials but it has the "boxes" popping out in various places (why on just floors 5-7?). In any case, better for that corner now than Mister Transmission.

[KMcK]

Does this mean Almon Street will be getting public transit?

The new tall building reminds me of the Central Trust tower.

[bartekci]

Originally Posted by KMcK

Does this mean Almon Street will be getting public transit?

The new tall building reminds me of the Central Trust tower.

I don't imagine these renderings from a developer have any particular insight that has not already been shared by planning docs, so my guess is no. The stretch of Almon between Agricola and Dublin is slated for two travel lanes and two bike lanes (one lane per side) so I think that's what we can expect in the future.

[bartekci]

Streetscape on these new renderings looks nice.

[atbw]

I like the industrial look of it.

I was about to say it makes for a good transition to the lower rise neighbourhood around it, but the 3 other corners of the intersection are currently parking lots.

[KMcK]

Originally Posted by fatscat

I don't imagine these renderings from a developer have any particular insight that has not already been shared by planning docs, so my guess is no. The stretch of Almon between Agricola and Dublin is slated for two travel lanes and two bike lanes (one lane per side) so I think that's what we can expect in the future.

I was being facetious to point out that the developer was implying an endorsement by Halifax Transit by using an image of what looks like a Halifax Transit bus running where no current route exists.

[mleblanc]

Yeah, hard disagree with the folks that preferred the old look of the main tower. It looks great with more glass, IMO. The building on the corner is decent - I like the warehouse style, but doesn't quite fit with the rest of the development. Not quite sure if that's a bad thing yet, but I'm excited about this development in general.

[LikesBikes]

I think it's fine looking. Not great but not bad. Like others, I think it's just cool to see so much happening in the relatively small area.

Are there any plans for developing some of those parking lots across the street from this?

[Arrdeeharharharbour]

I think it's a decent looking building. I find it interesting that the lower two levels show no retail/service signage as is often seen in renderings where the intent is comercial space.

[Jonovision]

The protruding boxes are a bit odd I agree. But I do like the almost loft style design with the segmented windows.

And I also prefer the new design for the tower. I think the older design fell into the always typical Halifax design of emphasising horizontal elements on a tall building and therefore making it look fatter and squatter than it is. The new design does a better job of emphasizing the vertical articulation. I think it could still go further in that direction but its better.

[bartekci]

Originally Posted by KMcK

I was being facetious to point out that the developer was implying an endorsement by Halifax Transit by using an image of what looks like a Halifax Transit bus running where no current route exists.

Ah, thanks for clarifying

[teddifax]

Shoppers Drug Mart is rumoured to be a tenant!

[Wannabe Economist]

I also heard Shoppers will move into the Richmond Yards retail space. This developer also owns the Shoppers property there and once they move over he will develop that as well is my guess