OTIS | 6 fl | U/C

[dtkvictim]

[westwardloo]

Nice looking infill!

[SF22]

Really interested to see what retail/commercial goes in here. There's one commercial unit, but it's underground and isn't street-facing at all.

[Votemac]

I really like this!

[Lens]

4 years to build a six story building... Incredible.

[ac3r]

That's capitalist efficiency for ya. 10 guys to do 1 task: 9 stand around watching while the 10th swings a hammer.

Anyway I really like this building. Neo Architecture did a good job on it. The material choices for the façade should hopefully ensure it doesn't age too poorly. Vive Development is addicted to EIFS which is just trash. I mean just look at how quickly 659 Stirling fell apart. There are Soviet era apartment blocks in Khazakstan that don't look as bad.

[tomh009]

4 years to build a six story building... Incredible.

Construction started in early 2021, so two years. Some time elapsed pre-construction in 2019-2020, due to COVID and project ownership change.

[panamaniac]

Really interested to see what retail/commercial goes in here. There's one commercial unit, but it's underground and isn't street-facing at all.

Really?  That’s odd.

[SF22]

Really interested to see what retail/commercial goes in here. There's one commercial unit, but it's underground and isn't street-facing at all.

Really?  That’s odd.

I thought so, too. When I first saw the posting for the commercial space, I stared at the floorplan for ages before it finally clicked: https://www.coupalmarkou.com/assets/uplo...1_2023.pdf

Realtor.ca listing here: https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/24987...-kitchener

[SF22]

Listing for the commercial unit is live now. Still under construction, but you can see how it's an underground unit: https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/25476...-kitchener

[CP42]

Also a few listings on realtor for million dollar 1 and 2 bedroom units…

https://realtor.ca/real-estate/25487195/...arelisting

https://realtor.ca/real-estate/25487731/...arelisting

[westwardloo]

hahah those units are pathetic. 1 million dollar brand new units should not have "Luxury" Vinyl, cheep generic cabinetry with a gap between the top of the cupboard and the ceiling,  and Boob lights everywhere.  The building looks cool and unique from the exterior which is actually all I care about, but those are some pretty sad looking units.

[ac3r]

Ew, the interior design is terrible. The building itself looks fine, but the inside looks like a generic suburban home. Why design a very contemporary building only for the inside to not match? I don't know if it was Neo Architecture who did the work or whether a separate interior design was contracted but it looks like generic stuff you'd pick up at Home Depot. Normally, you design a building and make sure the interior finishes match the aesthetic of it. For example, you see this building from the outside and see it's wood. So, on the inside you would expect more of it...rather than drywall, vinyl, plastic etc: https://divisare.com/projects/478591-byr...e-the-town

Lmao at the size of the units in relation to the cost as well. The rooms are actually unusable. Just looking at the second link for example...I don't know where you'd put anything. The two main big rooms are so small you would struggle to put more than 1 couch and maybe some bookshelves in there...a chair if you're lucky. No real room for plants or storing anything else. The Kitchen is absurd. You'd almost need to stand up to eat. The entry way is literally no more than like 15cm wider than the main door. The bedroom is enough for a tiny bed and basically no additional furniture of any sort. The bathrooms are pathetic. I've flown on airplanes with bigger and nicer bathrooms than these things.

What a joke. The crazy thing is the idiots out there with 1 million dollars who are like, yeah, this is great, where do I sign? Which I guess I can't complain about, they're paying me (not that I'd design this). But jeez if you have a million dollars, take a little extra time to look around. Do your own due diligence, don't hire some shitty realtor who is just going to try to fast talk you into buying something they show you. You can get a big and contemporary place for that price without being one of those cucks who buys pre-sale in a new building.