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Originally Posted by Lrdevlop
If someone doesn't come back to their senses real soon - either the Spitfire team, developers, or the city - it won't take long before that whole block downtown looks like a bland and boring sea of sameness with those terrible Spitfire designs.
But who's gonna tell them and will they even care...
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I totally agree with this comment. Every building is becoming the same. Surely Spitfire has different designs in their portfolio. Yes, they do, but they still all look similar. BUT, if the city wants to look really nice, please, developers... hire a real architect and not one spitting out the same designs over and over from its computers.
Add to this the fact that people are paying a fortune in rent for these cookie cutter buildings. I live in a concrete and steel building. There is a lot to be said for this: better fire protection, better soundproofing, etc. Most, if not all, of these Spitfire buildings are just wooden prefabs that are built like Legos. Every piece lettered and numbered and lifted into and nailed in place.
I understand the vacancy rate has everything to do with what the building owners can charge for rent. Right now they can pretty much get what they ask. Moncton needs buildings with character. Can't the city put more restrictions on the types of buildings being built and their materials?
Meanwhile the downtown area especially is going to be swimming in the same designed buildings becoming like the residential housing sections of cities like New York.