One of the two next
CityPlace projects to come online has
just sent out notices to buyers to delay an original March occupancy to May and
June.
According to postings on urbandb.com, buyers in
Concord Adex's Panorama tower, the rounded, 28-storey, 385-unit condo building at 38
Dan Leckie Way, have just started receiving their occupancy notices and are
expecting their pre-delivery inspection (or PDI) packages to arrive about now.
Designed by Quadrangle Architects, the curved building, with construction costs of about $75 million, according to its developer, was
tucked into a small, odd-shaped lot.
"When we first bought the site, we liked it because it was
kitty corner to the Douglas Coupland three-hectare park we built," says Concord
Adex VP Alan Vihant. "You can cut through the park to get downtown but also
immediately to the south, Lower Portland Street is where the Portland quay
comes in, so the site's really close to the water's edge as well.
The idiosyncratic site imposed a greater than average number
of design constraints on Quadrangle, however, including an extreme proximity to
the Gardiner Expressway; the building's distinctive shape was their response.
"The space under the Gardiner
became a large outdoor vestibule for the building," says principal architect
Brian Curtner. "The curved podium facade follows the Lake Shore Boulevard to
the south and the curved form of the tower suggests a billowing sail as it
extends above the Expressway. The oval floor plans takes full advantage of the
stunning lake and city views while rising above the adjacent Gardiner
Expressway."
Scotiabank Nuit Blanche fans may recall Ottawa artist Adrian Gollner's piece staged in the tower this year, during which strobe lights were placed in 600 of the building's windows.
Writer: Bert Archer
Sources: urbandb.com, Concord
Adex, Quadrangle Architects