New article today about the Lifestyle Communities and Neighborhood Launch Condos from The Dispatch: Developments Downtown tout urban convenience, suburban feel.
Additional information and progress updates on each of these Downtown Projects can be found here:
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The northern most units on the east side side of Front Street are getting all bricked up on the outside and closer to completion. I can’t say I’m a big fan of the way they’ve built the lower-level facade along the east side of Front Street. The half-underground garage is at street level at this side, and they way they’ve designed it looks as if there used to be windows there and they’ve been bricked up. Not that you can make a brick wall look too attractive, but this is one glaring mistake on this project that has otherwise grown on me quite a bit since it was first announced.
Hopefully the addition of 250+ new residents in this area will help to add some pedestrian-activity vibrancy to make up for the “big brick wall” issue.
Maybe they will put some awnings up…but it doesn’t look like it
i wish they looked more like these in denmark…
Ever wanted to see the inside of the Annex units but don’t have time for an open house or dealing with pesky salespeople? Then tonight is your night!! I rode my bike by and at least a dozen units have the doors wide open! And not a person in sight!
Some more photo updates from The Annex at Riversouth. Looks like most all of the exterior work on the east half of the development is wrapping up. Not sure what the insides are like, or when people will start moving in to that side. Gotta be fairly soon.
it just seems like this side doesn’t have as much ground-level attraction as the other side. I wish it had more doors.
Yeah, since it’s built on an incline, they essentially stuck the garage in the basements, and did nothing for the street-level facade on the east side of Front. I hate how those faux-windows look like they used to have glass and have been bricked up. Ugh. I’m still happy that we’re going to have lots of new residents living there, but I think they shouldn’t have skimped on the sidewalk-level appeal.
ya, because that is the exact reason you live downtown, to get that street-level interaction. You don’t live downtown if you want to be secluded or drive everywhere. Who knows, maybe in the future they can chop into some of them, take away some car space and throw in a restaurant…we’ll see
Some more photo updates from today. The East Side looks very much complete on the outside except for a few finishes here and there. I’m really liking the streetscaping done along Front. Benches and bike racks and shrubs and planters and trees. Will really make the sidewalk feel cozy once everything starts turning green next spring.
One more new one on LC’s Annex at Riversouth. Looks like the final touches are going in around the outside. Not sure how finished the interiors are, but I have to imagine they’re about finished. Just need to resurface the streets. The construction took quite a toll on Rich & Front.
Couple of new photo updates from today: