The Barrel Yards | 25 fl | U/C

[robdrimmie]

I would have thought that neighbourhood amenities like outdoor cafes, performance spaces, high-end retail and services go with those income levels/lifestyle preferences, but Barrel Yards seems devoid of same, unless you include Proof.

So, this is groundless speculation and definitely biased, but my impression of the Barrelyards is that the people who buy there, as a broad and unfair in any number of ways generalization, are the same people who would typically live in suburbs but don't have children (either won't ever or no longer do). I don't think they get out and explore, I think they drive to work and then drive home and maybe they drive out to the Boardwalk to watch a movie or they drive to the St Jacob's market on Saturday mornings, but I don't think they walk to a cafe. Maybe they'll drive downtown to checkout the Starbucks when it opens.