03-11-2015, 01:40 PM
(03-11-2015, 12:53 PM)JCnb Wrote: I realize building with wood is cheaper, as a building consultant I am aware of all of its challenges & drawbacks however. As an office we are staying away from mid-rise wood construction until the bugs have been sorted out so to speak. As an owner of one of the townhomes in this development I am surprised that they have increased the height of the second building, that probably explains the lack of work on it compared to the first. I guess this should be a positive in creating more density and hopefully supporting a lively "central park" area with what I am hoping to include decent commercial uses.
apparently phase 1 of the condos was going to be two 4 storey condos and then after that were completed they would consider doing a phase 2 with 2, 6-10 storey buildigns and phase 3 a 12 storey condo. Phase 2 and 3 are still a few years out before they even hit the market so to accumolate the current demand of phase 1 adding another 2 storey's now made more sense for them. Apparently they were able to go deeper with the parking garage and purposely planned for more parking spaces so its almost as if they planned to go higher from the begining by creating extra parking. IMO i think a 4 storey and 6 storey building are great for the site. the more the better!