09-26-2014, 10:09 AM
I was always thinking that the properties that were opposed to this were the row houses on the North side of Arthur and this never made sense to me. Looking at the map again, its clearly the five properties on the South side. Not sure what I was thinking.
TMKM94 makes a good point, Momentum should definitely look into buying these, but given that the owner owns all five homes, he'll want a significant sum of money I'm guessing. I'd prefer a second project rather than an expanded 100 project.
My guess is that as soon as the election is done this goes through. Momentum clearly has a good relationship with council, staff approved this, this is what the City needs.
Whatever happens, Arthur Pl needs to be addressed moving forward. This is going to be a major entrance into the Innovation District, and it needs to be interesting. Having the south side of the street with low rise (4 storey) mixed use buildings would create interest fronting the street, and across the street has a lot of potential too. Changing these from residential units to small commercial units would be very interesting. Imagine little shops and restaurants/cafes/pubs in these.
TMKM94 makes a good point, Momentum should definitely look into buying these, but given that the owner owns all five homes, he'll want a significant sum of money I'm guessing. I'd prefer a second project rather than an expanded 100 project.
My guess is that as soon as the election is done this goes through. Momentum clearly has a good relationship with council, staff approved this, this is what the City needs.
Whatever happens, Arthur Pl needs to be addressed moving forward. This is going to be a major entrance into the Innovation District, and it needs to be interesting. Having the south side of the street with low rise (4 storey) mixed use buildings would create interest fronting the street, and across the street has a lot of potential too. Changing these from residential units to small commercial units would be very interesting. Imagine little shops and restaurants/cafes/pubs in these.