One of the harbingers of a new breed of mid-rise, high-design condos is nearing completion at College and Shaw.
Cube, designed by Raw and developed by Neilas Inc., is 21 units and six storeys. It's structurally complete, and the windows are up to the fifth floor, and the mechanical systems are being installed.
Completion is scheduled for September, which, according to architect Richard Witt, is "not unreasonable" though he wouldn't be surprised if it extended to the end of the year.
"Design sells," Witt says of the new breed of condo. "People buy iPhones and iPods because they're objects," a fascination that he says is now extending to the places people live.
"I think the thing with mid-rise architecture is that it takes a lot of creativity to make it work financially," Witt says, "so projects like that attract people who are more creative." And as for the developers, "It attracts more people who are interested and have big ideas, but aren't necessarily as set in their ways as the big developers."
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Richard Witt
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