10-15-2015, 09:45 AM
(10-14-2015, 08:53 PM)mpd618 Wrote:(10-14-2015, 09:44 AM)insider Wrote: Incredibly disappointing and mediocre (as usual). 3 storeys, single use, immediately next to an ION station. Ugh.
It's both office and retail, right? That's not single-use. I'm OK with that, personally. There's plenty more parking lots to be redeveloped, and 3 storeys that interacts well with the street is fine in my book.
(10-15-2015, 01:30 AM)modernizt Wrote:(10-14-2015, 09:44 AM)insider Wrote: Incredibly disappointing and mediocre (as usual). 3 storeys, single use, immediately next to an ION station. Ugh.
You're disappointed by a mixed-use commercial/retail building with urban massing and streetscaping being built here?
Office and retail = commercial uses. Yes, not entirely single use but many times office and retail are grouped into the commercial category, so in that sense yes, it is single use.
Yes, the street facing facade is passable - it will frame the street and I appreciate that. What I'm saying is that at this location, which is probably the most prime in the City of Waterloo, I would've really appreciated that 3 storey commercial podium, but with at least a 4 floor residential component with greatly reduced parking requirements. It would've worked and sold in a second.