Council set to vote on project backed by city planners, but opponents say it clashes with neighbourhood's century-old style
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.At the corner of 9th Avenue and 12th Street, a firm called Rndsqr wants to build a $50-million, 12-storey building on the used-car lot, nestled up against a century-old Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce building, which it also owns.
But first, it needs council’s blessing to exceed the limit of six storeys on new buildings in the zone. City administration has recommended councillors support the exception; public hearings and the vote are scheduled for Monday. The proposed building is asymmetrical, with steel beams creating patterns of glass diamonds and triangles. The geometric design calls for commercial and office space, as well as residential units. Technically, this week council is only voting on whether to allow the developer to exceed the six-storey cap, but the overall design has become part of the debate.
“The charm of Inglewood has to do with its lower-scale buildings,” said Dan Allard, the co-owner of Cold Garden, a popular craft brewery in Inglewood. Mr. Allard is also the chairman of the Inglewood Business Improvement Area, which hired a design and planning consultancy firm based in Toronto to review the pitch for the proposed tower. The BIA said it pledged to accept Urban Strategies Inc.‘s opinion, regardless of whether it was supportive or dismissive.
The BIA’s strategy to claim it is presenting an unbiased opinion from a top-notch firm, however, has antagonized people it is trying to win over.
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