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Originally Posted by Zarley
You are correct that they have done great work in the past, including the Riverwalk, central library, Simmons Building revitalization among others. However, those projects were designed years ago and the team at CMLC has almost completely turned over since then.
Recent CMLC projects including the Platform parkade, BMO expansion, and the first incarnation of the arena project have been extremely weak from an urban design perspective. I think they were in over their head in managing a project of that scale.
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CMLC couldn't go wrong in their first few projects, everything they touched felt like an urban design homerun. These days, everything feels like a giant swing-and-a-miss. Not sure if it's a personnel/budget issue, but it's been a pretty big fall from grace.