One Hundred | 21 & 17 fl | U/C

[dtkvictim]

I think the cheaping out became prevalent with Circa and Arrow II which looks like a nicer 90s rental apartment and retirement independent living home married together (per renderings).

So I'm not surprised. Just sucks as this is KWs opportunity to really become a leader in high rise design and quality before going cheap 2 or 3 dozen buildings into the boom. If going cheap, At least go good looking cheap with pure glass a la Lakeshore Toronto ha.

Disliking the appearance doesn't make it cheap. I know I'm in the minority, but I prefer the appearance of Circa over some of the more generic glass filled projects in the region. That said, Circa could be cheap for all I know. Has anyone here been inside it yet?

So ... "prevalent" means "widespread in a particular area", and two buildings can't really do that on their own. While there are buildings targeting different markets, I don't see any serious cheaping out in DTK at the moment. We'll know in a few months what Arrow 2 (or 100) will look like, but Mayfair, Market Lofts, Scott St and Young all look decent. Too early to tell with Drewlo given the renders, but they are not targeting high-end rentals in any case.

And, finally, every developer makes independent decisions. It's not so easy for the city staff (or council) to impact the architecture, let alone detailing, of privately-owned developments.

The same as my above point, but in the opposite direction: Young may look good (not for my tastes, but for most I suppose), but the only person I've met who lived there did not have anything good to say about the quality of it.