[Halifax] 5784 Charles St l 14m l Cancelled

[phrenic]

Studioworks International Inc has proposed a low-rise apartment building on the current site of Dave's Bottle Exchange. 15 units with retail space on the Agricola side. Four stories on the Agricola side, droping to three on Charles Street. See below.

http://halifax.ca/council/agendasc/d...071023ca89.pdf

[skyscraper_1]

Nothing special, but it should provide more density to the city. I wonder how much the units will cost.

[phrenic]

Its better than what is on the site now, but you're right, nothing special.

They are talking about two-level rental units. Given the area and how average the proposed construction is, I can't seem them being priced too high, but then again who knows.

[someone123]

This one was posted in the old project thread a while ago.

It's very hard to tell what the building will look like based on the rendering. I think the idea is to simulate the brightly coloured wooden houses in the area by painting it different colours in different sections. That could either be attractive or hideous, depending on how they do it exactly.

[Halifax Hillbilly]

Originally Posted by someone123

This one was posted in the old project thread a while ago.

It's very hard to tell what the building will look like based on the rendering. I think the idea is to simulate the brightly coloured wooden houses in the area by painting it different colours in different sections. That could either be attractive or hideous, depending on how they do it exactly.

Well at least if the paint job is hideous it would be easy enough to fix.

I think it's a good sized project for the area and I like the number of entrances at street level. It's nothing special but we'll see what happens.

[wow]

Has anyone seen the design for the proposed apartment building going up on the corner of North and Agricola, just north of DAve's bottle exchange. I heard it is some type of subsidized units.

[someone123]

http://www.halifax.ca/council/agenda.../Case00895.pdf

It will be a four storey, 24 unit building with a retail space on the ground floor (to be occupied by Phoenicia Foods).

[wow]

thanks. its a start. the area is really turning around. we could use more business and eyes on the street

[Dmajackson]

So has anyone been in this area lately? I know the project at Agricola and North is ongoing but I havent noticed the Bottle Exchange one.

[someone123]

I walked by this site in August and nothing had changed. Dunno if it's approved at this point or not.

[Jonovision]

I walked through the area last week, and didn't notice anything.

[Dmajackson]

I'm not sure if this project is still in the plans but heres a shot I took today of the site;

[Dmajackson]

*bump*

Time for this thread to be revived considering the demolition of the building shown above.

[Empire]

Originally Posted by wow

Has anyone seen the design for the proposed apartment building going up on the corner of North and Agricola, just north of DAve's bottle exchange. I heard it is some type of subsidized units.

The problem with the north end at the moment is that garbage developments are fyling under the radar. At this rate, 50% of prime space will be occupied with substandard buildings before anyone notices.

[someone123]

Yeah, the Agricola and North building didn't turn out very well.

For the North End I think there's a lot of benefit just to filling in the holes. To some degree I think that quality will naturally improve as the area improves, although there should be a certain standard for new developments.