Those are Johnson Chou-designed amenities, and I gotta say, he is amongst the very best designers in Toronto, so this will likely look amazing when completed.
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Barrie Debut Waterfront Residences | ?m | 33s | Gary Silverberg | Oleson Worland
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Towered
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Getting? These buildings still have to sell, and I'm a bit skeptical that they'll pull it off. These buildings seem too classy and sophisticated for a dump like Barrie.
smably
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The lake view is east-facing, right? Seems a little early in the morning to be drinking champagne by the pool in that one render...
Amare
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Tell us how you really feel about Barrie!
Northern Light
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I'm slightly mixed here.
I really like the overall design; I think, taken as a whole these buildings would be highly beneficial to DT Barrie.
But the loss of the old theatres is something I mourn.
I think DT Barrie would really benefit from having a cinema.
I wouldn't want to make a hash of that podium trying to work one in.............
But it would make sense in this spate of redevelopments to look at giving DT Barrie a modern 10-screen cinema.
To, the wishlist for that area, beyond heritage restoration and quality architecture/intensification is a modern supermarket, a cinema, patio-culture retail; some class-A office space, and ultimately, nearby, a new Undergraduate University.
I really like the overall design; I think, taken as a whole these buildings would be highly beneficial to DT Barrie.
But the loss of the old theatres is something I mourn.
I think DT Barrie would really benefit from having a cinema.
I wouldn't want to make a hash of that podium trying to work one in.............
But it would make sense in this spate of redevelopments to look at giving DT Barrie a modern 10-screen cinema.
To, the wishlist for that area, beyond heritage restoration and quality architecture/intensification is a modern supermarket, a cinema, patio-culture retail; some class-A office space, and ultimately, nearby, a new Undergraduate University.
Towered
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Ha! Honestly, it has one of the smallest, most un-impressive downtowns for a city of its size (180,000) in Ontario. The downtown is something you'd expect to see in a town the size of Cobourg (18,000) - the rest unfortunately is a bunch of garbage sprawl. A city like Guelph for example, blows it away.
kali
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leftfieldto
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And Parkdale has a lot more street life, both good and bad, than Barrie does. Or will, in the foreseeable future.
kali
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^lol sure great
Towered
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No.
That being said, Parkdale alone has far better architecture and more character than Barrie could ever hope to have.
Amare
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Well if we're being honest, both areas need desperate help in their own right.
Barrie at least has a scenic waterfront they can do something special with, that's unless they want to screw it up like Toronto has done with their waterfront. Completely up to them on that.
Barrie at least has a scenic waterfront they can do something special with, that's unless they want to screw it up like Toronto has done with their waterfront. Completely up to them on that.
AlbertC
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AlbertC
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After 7-year break, Silverberg builds Début condos in Barrie | RENX - Real Estate News Exchange
Gary Silverberg is selective about the projects he develops, so Début in Barrie is his first since Toronto’s ART Condos was completed in 2013. “What I really enjoy doing is finding emerging neighbourhoods,” Silverberg told RENX. “This was the first
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1.3 million for a condo in...Barrie.
Clearly at some point I unknowingly entered a mirror dimension.
Clearly at some point I unknowingly entered a mirror dimension.
bmiller
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Take a look at these in the town of Paris, Ontario that is. $1 - $1.6 mil. Who'd have thunk this would happen.
Suites - The Royal Paris
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