04-21-2016, 09:14 AM
(04-21-2016, 08:55 AM)MidTowner Wrote: I like how this is looking, and I think it's good to bring more residents to Belmont...but it's actually a fair hike from these rental buildings to Belmont Village, and there aren't that many amenities in very near proximity to them. It would have been nice for a development of three towers with over 400 residential units to have some commercial component to serve them, and to extend the commercial zone south on Belmont.
It's only about half a kilometre to Glasgow St/Belmont Village, no? It's certainly not in the middle of an urban hotbed, but there is a convenience store and food store just up and across Belmont, the Legion Hall across Gage St, and a pastry shop/café a short hike up Gage. More amenities will come, hopefully (I wonder what will happen with the big, empty lot directly across Belmont from this development?), but it's not a walker's desert, especially with the Iron Horse Trail right at your doorstep.
I also think this is the best looking new rental building in town. Has anybody been in to see the units?