[Halifax] Maritime Centre Podium | ? m | ? fl | Completed

[someone123]

A new mural:


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I wonder how this fits in with the remaining construction work around that part of the podium?


https://maritimecentre.ca/

[Keith P.]

Is that just a construction wall or another bad public mural we will be saddled with for years?

[coastalkid]

[RoshanMcG]

[ns_kid]

I'm impressed with how the podium project is turning out. Speaking as someone who worked in this building for a few years, it is a vast improvement. The transformation would be complete if only a prominent destination retailer would occupy the visible main storefront.

[someone123]

Originally Posted by ns_kid

I'm impressed with how the podium project is turning out. Speaking as someone who worked in this building for a few years, it is a vast improvement. The transformation would be complete if only a prominent destination retailer would occupy the visible main storefront.

Maybe I'm misinterpreting the floor plan but it appears to be lacking any prominent Barrington-facing retail space, which seems like a missed opportunity. The "lobby level" has a restaurant space opening onto the street and then a 1,400 square foot retail space that opens onto the lobby rather than Barrington. There is a large leasable office/commercial space in the interior. Maybe it was hard to create a large retail space due to the concrete structure of the existing tower.

https://maritimecentre.ca/wp-content...Rationale_.pdf

[OldDartmouthMark]

Originally Posted by someone123

Maybe I'm misinterpreting the floor plan but it appears to be lacking any prominent Barrington-facing retail space, which seems like a missed opportunity. The "lobby level" has a restaurant space opening onto the street and then a 1,400 square foot retail space that opens onto the lobby rather than Barrington. There is a large leasable office/commercial space in the interior. Maybe it was hard to create a large retail space due to the concrete structure of the existing tower.

https://maritimecentre.ca/wp-content...Rationale_.pdf

Yes, it sounds like the plan is for several smaller retail entities, rather than one large one. Also, I can see the rationale of filling several small spaces might be more practical than attracting and retaining one large retailer, finding a larger 'name' retailer that would want to commit long-term to that space seems like a riskier move - but then I don't consider myself to be a business-head, so I could be wrong on that.

GUIDELINE 3.1.1 PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED
COMMERCIAL
A: The commercial spaces will be immediately
accessible off the sidewalk.
B: They will be clad with a minimum of 75%
glazed opening.
C: Two primary entrances are proposed: one at
the interstation of Salter Street and Barrington
Street, one at the intersection of Barrington Street
and Spring Garden Road. These main entrances
are framed or capped with curtain walls in order
to further distinguish them. Retail uses that front
along Barrington Street will includes secondary
entrances to the street. Overall entrances are
proposed frequently throughout all street
frontages

[Hali87]