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Originally Posted by Horsell
I live in the West End and I too think it is poor use of that site! A prime example of trying to put lipstick on a pig. As a City (ie: Council) we should stand up to these "take it or leave it" developers.
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Yes. You've said before. I however, think it's a perfect use to mitigate what's there and add some colour. Allowing that there's some subjectivity to any design, I fail to see what all the hysteria surrounding it is. It's not like it's a huge new development. It's a colourful capping basically of what's there.
The existing garage will not be torn down anytime soon. It's structurally sound. So sound they wanna build a hotel on it. You may live in the West end but most of the opposition is from the same crowd as always. They also opposed the BrewDock, which thankfully has passed.
If I was a developer in this case, I would have a take it or leave it attitude as well. They've been jerked around by council for awhile over this.