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This is moving along quickly. Looks like the basement foundation for the new build was done by last weekend.
 
Considering how long it took them to get started, it's positive to hear they're now working in relative overdrive.
 
This is going up quick! I talked to one of the guys on site and he said that that isn't the finished exterior cladding for the laneway suite, so it won't look like that. Big ceiling heights on the commercial space.

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torplanner said:
This is going up quick! I talked to one of the guys on site and he said that that isn't the finished exterior cladding for the laneway suite, so it won't look like that. Big ceiling heights on the commercial space.
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I have seen some questionable construction practices here. Namely, powering of construction tools on the site was being done by extension cords running out of the house at 356 Huron St, south of Glen Morris. With the cables running across a street with active traffic. Makes me concerned with the speed with which this is going up.
 
Lovely shade of green but that's about the only nice thing I can say about that cladding. Quite literally looks like shed panels from a big box hardware store. And what happened to the brick?

Eh, why am I even asking these things anymore? I know the answer.
 
...the chickens they'll be raising there don't do well with brick? 😼
 
Not that the last rendering that was released is a masterpiece, but what we're getting here is next level cheapness.
 
Spoke with someone on-site. Commercial spaces should be open within a week or two. Laneway suite is rented to a family (4 bedrooms) and they've started to move in already. There will be different cladding on top of the green.
 
The big HVAC unit positioned between the buildings overshadowing the daycare playground is unfortunate. That wasn't in the renderings. But I guess neither was the industrial looking exterior staircase or the fence enclosing the greenspace between the buildings. I thought the original renderings looked pretty nice but the execution, particularly the visual impact of the space between buildings on neighbors to the north, seems pretty bad and not very true to the vibes of the renderings.
 
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