Unless I am crazy... they are doing the facade of this building in prefabricated panels. I pass by on the SE transitway occasionally and I have yet to see any type of scaffold or swing stage. They covered the entire southern tower and 6 story centre podium section in what feels like 3 months.
I will reserve final judgment until I see the glazing finished but so far its very underwhelming appearance wise. The only highlight of this building seems to be the bulbous glass SW corner of the south tower. It is very reminiscent of the twin towers around the same height down the street at Heron and Bank.
I wish they would have done something with the roofline, even just a simple coping stone or banding of some sort.
They sure are building this thing quickly, I'll give them that. I think it's important to remember that these are the current version of all those old school brick and prefab rental towers from back when. In the end I think it serves it's purpose which is more units located on the train line. I'd imagine it's only a matter of time until the Salvation Army lot across the street gets redeveloped as well.
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It's no great beauty but it's good to see some density around here. With the new Walkley LRT station this area is set for a major transformation
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