Apparently it must be true when the DJC runs a feature article about developers dealing with the negative perception of being on Aurora. Here’s an excerpt related to the Domaine project.
Intracorp is using noise mitigation tactics for its 92-unit Domaine condo project now under construction just south of Canlis Restaurant. Like the Kauri project, it will have a single-loaded corridor on the Aurora-facing side to create a double wall between the units and Aurora.
Jay Janette, principal with Mithun, the project’s architect, landscape architect and interior designer, said there’s a “negative perception” of Aurora because of the traffic noise and emissions from idling cars. To mitigate the negatives, developers can construct with high performance but inoperable windows and high quality walls, he said, or use a single-loaded corridor, as Intracorp is doing. Once there is a “critical mass” of development that successfully mitigates the negatives, people will begin to appreciate the area’s positives, he said.
