[jsbertram]

City planners have come to the realization that the railyards will stay a lot longer than they expected (or wanted).

That was acknowledged recently in the replotting of the roads for the GNW lands - See paragraph at the bottom of Page 8 here:

http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/cclerk/20120418/documents/ptec1.pdf

City planners may have come to the realization that railway lines and yards are outside their domain, therefore the city can't tell the railways what they can and can't do on their properties.
Aren't the railways regulated under federal jurisdiction?

[jlousa]

Yes they are, and thank goodness for that. The Ports do operate on a good neighbour policy and try to work hand in hand with local governments, but there are limits and they will side with regional/national interests over local ones if a choice between them needs to be made.

[East Van]

City planners have come to the realization that the railyards will stay a lot longer than they expected (or wanted).

That was acknowledged recently in the replotting of the roads for the GNW lands - See paragraph at the bottom of Page 8 here:

http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/cclerk/20120418/documents/ptec1.pdf

Does this have anything to do with what looks like current road realignment construction at 1st ave & Prince Edward ?

[jlousa]

In a move certain to lower the price of housing in Vancouver... City staff is recommending council approve a DCL increase of 10.3% this year, that's on top of the 8.8% increase they approved last year.

[s211]

In a move certain to lower the price of housing in Vancouver... City staff is recommending council approve a DCL increase of 10.3% this year, that's on top of the 8.8% increase they approved last year.

I trust you're joking with the "lower" comment!

[jlousa]

I thought it was obvious. :cheers:

[officedweller]

Does this have anything to do with what looks like current road realignment construction at 1st ave & Prince Edward ?

Probably, yes.

[s211]

I thought it was obvious. :cheers:

Emoticons always help! :tup:

[wrenegade]

In a move certain to lower the price of housing in Vancouver... City staff is recommending council approve a DCL increase of 10.3% this year, that's on top of the 8.8% increase they approved last year.

When would that take effect?

[SFUVancouver]

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/3092/vaneastbldgjune8th2012p.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, June 8th, 2012.

A four-storey infill building on Arbutus around 14th or 15th.
http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/8161/arbutusand14thjune92012.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, June 9th, 2012.

The project rendering/advertising sign.
http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/8161/arbutusand14thjune92012.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, June 9th, 2012.

[Pinion]

Does the Chinese translate to "La Vista" or "The View?" :slob:

[jlousa]

When would that take effect?

Sorry Wrenegade hadn't noticed your post earlier, it's set to take effect Sept 30 of this year.

http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/cclerk/20120613/documents/ptec3.pdf

[wrenegade]

Thanks very much.

[oneguysview]

I have been following this story as i live in the building opposite the brewery/restaurant and I have met alot of those people opposed to it (who by the way i found to be community-minded and progressive individuals)-- the issue is not NIMBYism, it is more against the fact that when they purchased the developer told flat out lies about what was happening--they told each buyer the same thing "artist studios and possibly some retail -- it is a cultural zoning" -- You can say buyers should have looked into how "possible" scenarios are under "retail" --but even if they searched of the depths of city zoning, there was "no" information available on that particular development--they had to push for this once the announcement was made. They could have purchased anywhere--I don't think anyone would have paid the "top-dollar" that the family-run developer business asked only to live steps from a bar -- would you? There was was some obvious back-handed conversations happening here...this was the issue...the truth was not reported very well in the media. hmmm i wonder about the timing of Brent getting fired....with his relationships with developers in question...

[oneguysview]

The Above comment is regarding the Mount Pleasant Development on Scotia st. and 7th ave.

[quobobo]

I have been following this story as i live in the building opposite the brewery/restaurant and I have met alot of those people opposed to it (who by the way i found to be community-minded and progressive individuals)-- the issue is not NIMBYism, it is more against the fact that when they purchased the developer told flat out lies about what was happening-

It's not NIMBYism because these people expected a different kind of development? The rest of the neighbourhood should be denied more commercial space because of something an unscrupulous developer implied? Does not follow at all.

(Hi neighbour! I'm also steps from that development.)

[logan5]

Not to paint everybody with the same brush, but it reminds me of the time when new residents moved in near the Biltmore (that's been there for years) and got it shut down for a couple of weeks.

If you move into Mt Pleasant, expect to see people walking down the street, beer in hand, and expect to hear said people coming home drunk at 3 am. Expect to smell the unmistakable scent of marijuana, and expect your neighbor to play loud music (while smoking marijuana) in his apartment - my neighbour actually complained the first day he moved into my building. And definitely expect another tower to be built that is going to block your view.

This is not the Fair Haven retirement community.

(Welcome to the neighbourhood)

[easy as pie]

I have been following this story as i live in the building opposite the brewery/restaurant and I have met alot of those people opposed to it (who by the way i found to be community-minded and progressive individuals)-- the issue is not NIMBYism, it is more against the fact that when they purchased the developer told flat out lies about what was happening--they told each buyer the same thing "artist studios and possibly some retail -- it is a cultural zoning" -- You can say buyers should have looked into how "possible" scenarios are under "retail" --but even if they searched of the depths of city zoning, there was "no" information available on that particular development--they had to push for this once the announcement was made. They could have purchased anywhere--I don't think anyone would have paid the "top-dollar" that the family-run developer business asked only to live steps from a bar -- would you? There was was some obvious back-handed conversations happening here...this was the issue...the truth was not reported very well in the media. hmmm i wonder about the timing of Brent getting fired....with his relationships with developers in question...

i think you found yourself one of the least sympathetic online forums of all for airing the "i'm not a nimby, but..." line. vancouver is already derided worldwide for being extremely boring and having ludicrously picky neighborhood types, i'm pretty sure the last thing that development enthusiasts want to hear about is your problem with this "why didn't the neighborhood change like i was promised?". sorry emcee.

[logan5]

I'll accept extremely boring from some people, but I question your motives. Your 2 sentence answers are pretty weak and predictable.

[easy as pie]

lol. anyway, the point is that neighbors' opposing life-giving development is a great and consistent way to keep the city boring.

[whatnext]

I have been following this story as i live in the building opposite the brewery/restaurant and I have met alot of those people opposed to it (who by the way i found to be community-minded and progressive individuals)-- the issue is not NIMBYism, it is more against the fact that when they purchased the developer told flat out lies about what was happening--they told each buyer the same thing "artist studios and possibly some retail -- it is a cultural zoning" -- ...

Drinking is what passes for culture in Vancouver, so why would anyone be surprised?:haha:

Anyway, the Cascade Group is pretty heavily invested in the Main Street corridor (see last week's BIV) so the neighbours should be thankful its a local group.

[Crows]

The volvo/subaru dealership on cambie and marine has been sold. The land will be leased for now, but will eventually be sold and re developed.

[hollywoodnorth]

Vancouver to expand waste heat utility to new Great Northern Way campus

Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Vancouver+expand+waste+heat+utility+Great+Northern+campus/6765683/story.html#ixzz1y83s42JP

[whatnext]

The volvo/subaru dealership on cambie and marine has been sold. The land will be leased for now, but will eventually be sold and re developed.

But wait, Mayor & Council assured us Marine Gateway would be the only encroachment of residential development on the industrial land bank. Don't tell me they wuz lyin'!

This is exactly what Peter Ladner argued would happen when they decided to approve the first parcel of residential there

[WarrenC12]

But wait, Mayor & Council assured us Marine Gateway would be the only encroachment of residential development on the industrial land bank. Don't tell me they wuz lyin'!

This is exactly what Peter Ladner argued would happen when they decided to approve the first parcel of residential there

Is a car dealership industrial now?

[phesto]

But wait, Mayor & Council assured us Marine Gateway would be the only encroachment of residential development on the industrial land bank. Don't tell me they wuz lyin'!

This is exactly what Peter Ladner argued would happen when they decided to approve the first parcel of residential there

He didn't say it would be redeveloped to include residential.

The Cambie Corridor plan is quite clear that this site is a 'mixed-employment' zone and doesn't allow residential.

Not saying it couldn't be changed, but it would be extremely difficult - even compared to when council went against staff on Marine Gateway.

[wrenegade]

He didn't say it would be redeveloped to include residential.

The Cambie Corridor plan is quite clear that this site is a 'mixed-employment' zone and doesn't allow residential.

Not saying it couldn't be changed, but it would be extremely difficult - even compared to when council went against staff on Marine Gateway.

Then again, Council may see a giant CAC cheque and say........mmmmm.....ok, you twisted our arms, more condos!

[quobobo]

Then again, Council may see a giant CAC cheque and say........mmmmm.....ok, you twisted our arms, more condos!

Hope so!

[Crows]

Just telling you guys what I know.

I don't know anything about the council stuff and the zoning for that area. All I know is that the dealership will be gone.

I'm also curious what they will do with the old Subaru service shop that Is now the showcase building for marine gateway.

[VanK]

Just telling you guys what I know.

I don't know anything about the council stuff and the zoning for that area. All I know is that the dealership will be gone.

I'm also curious what they will do with the old Subaru service shop that Is now the showcase building for marine gateway.

Spoke to a planner about a month ago .. I wouldn't bet on that becoming residential.

[jlousa]

I'll start a dedicated thread on this one is a few days, first major project under the new Norquay village plan. This one is on the current site of Canadian Tire.

Location: 2220 KINGSWAY
Zoning: C-2
Project Type: Rezoning Department: Planning Department
Applicant Contact: Henriquez Partners Architects
Description: Henriquez Partners Architects has applied to the City of Vancouver to rezone 2220 Kingsway from C-2 (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District. The proposal is for a mixed-used development consisting of 30 866 m2 of residential and 4 853 m2 of commercial. The proposed development includes 404 dwelling units, with a height of 45.1 m (148 ft.), and a total of 561 parking spaces.

[hollywoodnorth]

I'll start a dedicated thread on this one is a few days, first major project under the new Norquay village plan. This one is on the current site of Canadian Tire.

looking forward to the renders. whats the FSR?

[jlousa]

FSR will be within Norquay village policy so 3.8. There will be some other developments working thru the system shortly as well, none as big as this one though. The 2400 Motel's day are numbered though and I expect the PEF to offload it within the next few years.

[LeftCoaster]

Good to see 2220 Kingsway moving forward. Always exciting to see what Westbank has planned.

A decent amount of commercial too, should fair well without major power centres/enclosed malls in the near vicinity.

[Built Form]

I thought we had a separate thread for Shannon Mews 7299 Granville?
Here are some pix that went to UDP May 9th, support 5-3.

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f58/hirtus1/P1060806.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f58/hirtus1/P1060809.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f58/hirtus1/P1060811.jpg

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http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f58/hirtus1/P1060814.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f58/hirtus1/P1060819.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f58/hirtus1/P1060816.jpg
pix by Built Form

[SFUVancouver]

I saw this in the window of a shop on Broadway between Cambie and Ash. An office building is approved for the site and it looks like the owners are starting to wind down their leases in anticipation of demolition.

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/8607/storeclosing.jpg

[djh]

I saw this in the window of a shop on Broadway between Cambie and Ash. An office building is approved for the site and it looks like the owners are starting to wind down their leases in anticipation of demolition.

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/8607/storeclosing.jpg

I think it's the long-gestating building that will be an almost twin to Crossroads which is directly opposite, on the South side of Broadway. I'm surprised it's taken this long to get going, and the tenants hadn't already found new locations. But for such a busy transit hub it's about time the density was increased around there.
Isn't there any residential component in that development by the way?

[SFUVancouver]

I think it's the long-gestating building that will be an almost twin to Crossroads which is directly opposite, on the South side of Broadway. I'm surprised it's taken this long to get going, and the tenants hadn't already found new locations. But for such a busy transit hub it's about time the density was increased around there.
Isn't there any residential component in that development by the way?

No, the building is 100% commercial. Retail on the ground floor and then strata-title office space for the balance of the building. I would expect that much of it will end up being medical-dental/professional services.

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/3512/renderpd.jpg
Source: http://www.broadwaycentral.ca/BC_Retail_Brochure_0220_CR.pdf


Here is the project website: http://www.broadwaycentral.ca/


Wow, is this ever targeted at Asian investors: http://www.broadwaycentral.ca/wealth.html


Looking at the 'views page, I didn't realise that Crossroads had a green roof.

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/1121/viewx.jpg
Source: http://www.broadwaycentral.ca/view.html

[Porfiry]

Wow, is this ever targeted at Asian investors: http://www.broadwaycentral.ca/wealth.html

Wow, is this ever targeted at white investors: http://www.broadwaycentral.ca/potential.html

[Darren Tate]

Wow, is this ever targeted at Asian investors: http://www.broadwaycentral.ca/wealth.html



Yeah well... gotta go where the money is I guess. No point beating around the bush with generic, multiethnic advertising. All the new developments in my part of town are being marketed to Asian investors too, like Marine Gateway, Granville at 70th, Cambie Place, etc. In fact, a Chinese realtor who is selling a condo in my building told us that he's only showing it to Asians because "they actually buy, everyone else just looks". From a business standpoint, I get it. It makes sense to go where the money is, and there's no denying that Asians are in the mood to invest. But still, I found what he said to be rather inappropriate and, dare I say it, somewhat racist. :sly:

[Darren Tate]

Wow, is this ever targeted at white investors: http://www.broadwaycentral.ca/potential.html

LOL :haha:

[Prometheus]

Wow, is this ever targeted at white investors: http://www.broadwaycentral.ca/potential.html

What an utterly nonsensical thing to say.

[sacrifice333]

What an utterly nonsensical thing to say.

And yet the principal of Orca West is an East Indian fella. I don't know anything about Magnum though...

[Otis_Van]

What an utterly nonsensical thing to say.

Seriously dude, give me your mailing address and I'll send you a clue...

He's pointing out how asinine the guy is who decided this project is being "marketed to Asians" based on nothing more than the fact that there's a single photo of Asian people on the website. God forbid someone should try to create a marketing campaign that doesn't exclude half the city's population.

[Prometheus]

Seriously dude, give me your mailing address and I'll send you a clue...

He's pointing out how asinine the guy is who decided this project is being "marketed to Asians" based on nothing more than the fact that there's a single photo of Asian people on the website.



I meant to quote SFUVancouver's original comment. (One might even say that was obvious.) But thanks for that very kind benefit of doubt, dude.

[SFUVancouver]

I was actually referencing the combination of the 'golden opportunity' branding of the project, the Asian investor stock photo, and the emphasis on building family wealth.

[TwoFace]

And yet the principal of Orca West is an East Indian fella. I don't know anything about Magnum though...

This project must have had some type of financial hick-up, as I believe it was mostly sold out last year, and now it's back on again?

Mr Bachra the Developer has a very inflated ego, as he's making this for profit project sound like some type of endowment from his family "Neelu Bachra Centre".

I remember he did a strata development at UBC some years back, and on every residential door was his name "Bachra" ... strange.

[mezzanine]

wow, is this ever targeted at white investors: http://www.broadwaycentral.ca/potential.html

+1

[radacal]

I noticed that excavation is underway beside the Safeway at Granville and 70th.

[officedweller]

Came across this:


Radius - 4th & Fir

http://www.sitings.ca/images/projects/ThriftJohnston1-3503.gif

West 4th Ave & Fir St: "Radius",
Vancouver
British Columbia

'Radius' is Ledingham McAllister's latest mixed use development, located at West 4th Ave and Fir Street in Vancouver's Kitsilano neighbourhood.

The development will combine residential condominiums with 20,000 SF of commercial retail space.

The site is central to three of Vancouver's top high-traffic retail destinations: West 4th Avenue, West Broadway, and the South Granville Street shopping district.


http://www.sitings.ca/currentproject.cfm?projectid=57

Info Sheet with retail floorplans:

http://www.sitings.ca/projectfiles/Radius%20West4th%20Fir%20Info%20Sheet%20-%20May2012%20email.pdf

[easy as pie]

^seems like it could only be this corner (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=West+4th+Ave+%26+Fir+St+vancouver+maps&ll=49.267441,-123.140216&spn=0.004376,0.013078&sll=49.267953,-123.140861&layer=c&cbp=13,231.22,,0,1.06&cbll=49.267953,-123.140861&gl=us&hnear=W+4th+Ave+%26+Fir+St,+Vancouver,+Greater+Vancouver+Regional+District,+British+Columbia,+Canada&t=h&z=17&panoid=azB5aF4Fx7NzYYXovbjauw).

[officedweller]

It;s the old abc photocolour labs building - SW corner.

[wrenegade]

That's a pretty good looking rendering. I wonder if that ~10,000 sf space could be a pharmacy? Would be a nice addition to the neighbourhood after the grocery store went in.

[bcj]

I was actually referencing the combination of the 'golden opportunity' branding of the project, the Asian investor stock photo, and the emphasis on building family wealth.

Hey what happened to "Level 4"?

http://broadwaycentral.ca/level2.html

[dleung]

The makers of that bucolic little render must think this is Dunbar or Arbutus or something... project would look fine in those places, but west 4th/fir is a bit industrial for that something this dainty, and small.

[hollywoodnorth]

Hey what happened to "Level 4"?

http://broadwaycentral.ca/level2.html

4 = DEATTTHHHHHHHHHHHHH

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraphobia

[bcj]

4 = DEATTTHHHHHHHHHHHHH

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraphobia

I know... just a response to the asinine suggestion this development wasn't marketed to Asians. I walked by the sales centre often, it was clearly (and apparently successfully) marketed to Asians. Nothing wrong with that and nothing wrong with pointing it out.

[SpongeG]

The makers of that bucolic little render must think this is Dunbar or Arbutus or something... project would look fine in those places, but west 4th/fir is a bit industrial for that something this dainty, and small.

its bigger than most of what is down there now

[SFUVancouver]

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/6794/kits360p1290424.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, June 28th, 2012.

http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/3690/kits360no2p1290274.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, June 26th, 2012.

Fairview Green
http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/8589/fairviewgreen.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, June 28th, 2012.

http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/9283/fairviewgreen2.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, June 28th, 2012.

[sacrifice333]

I remember he did a strata development at UBC some years back, and on every residential door was his name "Bachra" ... strange.

Yes... "Galleria" it was called. The individual buildings, 5 in total, were all named after great artists such as O'Keefe, Pollack, Warhol, Carr, and of course, BACHRA! :haha:

"Bachra" was intended to be a rental building, but cost overruns forced Orca West to sell the individual units upon completion.

[jsbertram]

Was running around today, and came across the townhouse / condos on 3200 Block West 10th (NW Corner @ Trutch) across from St. James community Square.

I think it has been under construction for several years, and now seems to be stuck in limbo.

Any news?

[Jimbo604]

http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w376/jimbo604/2012-07-02%20Mon%20Jul/IMG_1712.jpg

http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w376/jimbo604/2012-07-02%20Mon%20Jul/IMG_1713.jpg

http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w376/jimbo604/2012-07-02%20Mon%20Jul/IMG_1715.jpg
Demo'ing back to the orange and white trailer.

http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w376/jimbo604/2012-07-02%20Mon%20Jul/IMG_1716.jpg
Photo Credit: me

Broadway Tech Centre final building is moving ahead. This is building number six at the corner of Renfrew St and Hebb St.

Website:
http://www.broadwaytechcentre.com
Updates:
http://www.broadwaytechcentre.com/construction_update.html
Site Plan:
http://www.broadwaytechcentre.com/documents/BTCsiteplanlarge051210.pdf

[twism]

Article on future of kingsway

http://www.vancouversun.com/business/commercial-real-estate/High+rise+development+aims+make+Kingsway+Avenue+residential+hotspot/6872883/story.html

[SFUVancouver]

Thanks for the photos, Jimbo604.

Broadway Tech Centre strikes me as a model for how to build large floorplate suburban campus-style office developments in a more urbane, pedestrian-oriented manner that fully leverages their adjacency to SkyTrain/rapid transit. I have high hopes for the next two large office projects that will come to that area; the one to the west on the site of the Arts Institute and Bentall-Kennedy's next Broadway Tech Centre-like project that will go up to the east between Rupert and Renfrew stations. In time I can see that whole stretch of the city filling in with medium to high density office projects. They have good highway and SkyTrain access and presumably much lower land costs than locations closer to the metro core. Plus with the Evergreen Line and the planned Hwy 1 Rapid Bus service they are significantly closer and easier to get to by transit than sites closer to downtown/metro core, at least until the UBC line connects the Millennium/Evergreen Line to the Canada Line and Central Broadway.

[logan5]

Broadway Tech Centre final building is moving ahead. This is building number six at the corner of Renfrew St and Hebb St.


They've set this building so far back from the street and the Skytrain station when it seems they should have brought the building right to the street and provide some retail for a busy pedestrian area. Instead we've got these buffer zones and a large concrete wall along Nootka that makes this place feel like some kind of government compound.

It's too bad they could not of built the office buildings in a mid rise form and then use the extra land for residential as this would give the area some warmth and character. Instead something very sterile has been created.

[invisibleairwaves]

They've set this building so far back from the street and the Skytrain station when it seems they should have brought the building right to the street and provide some retail for a busy pedestrian area. Instead we've got these buffer zones and a large concrete wall along Nootka that makes this place feel like some kind of government compound.

It's too bad they could not of built the office buildings in a mid rise form and then use the extra land for residential as this would give the area some warmth and character. Instead something very sterile has been created.

Completely agree. Aside from the proximity to rapid transit, this really isn't much better than the office buildings surrounding the Willingdon interchange. Could've been a really interesting area, especially with all the arts students hanging around, but instead it seems very suburban.

[SFUVancouver]

Science World and the Switch Science Park, which now has a donor's name associated with it.
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3637/scienceworldjuly32012p1.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, July 3rd, 2012.

Containers
http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/3999/containers1july32012p12.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, July 3rd, 2012.

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/871/containers2july32012p12.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, July 3rd, 2012.

Mercedes Haus
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/3971/mercedeshaus1july32012p.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, July 3rd, 2012.

http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/8286/mercedeshaus2july32012p.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, July 3rd, 2012.

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/561/mercedeshaus3july32012p.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, July 3rd, 2012.

Porter on Commercial Drive and Porter
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http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, July 3rd, 2012.

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http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, July 3rd, 2012.

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http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, July 3rd, 2012.

[golog]

Just north of Oakridge, west of TD Bank at 41st & Cambie, there is a block advertising a seniors' oriented development called the Leo Wertman Residences.

Every block on the north side of 41st between that Leo Wertman Residences and the final block before Oak St. appears to have been consolidated to a single owner judging by the realtor's signs. They join the Translink bus depot and its neighbouring medical offices for potential redevelopment.

Anyone care to guess whether they will lead, coincide, or follow the redevelopment of the Oakridge Centre mall itself?

I have noticed rezoning/development notice boards between 45th and 49th on Cambie (and over on East Boulevard, south of Kerrisdale for that matter.)

One more question, does anyone have expectations of when all the squat ~4 floor apartment buildings throughout Vancouver will be redeveloped? Do they have an expiry date determined by something like utilities or maintenance costs?

[SFUVancouver]

A couple of snapshots of the new Great Northern Way Centre for Digital Media residence/classroom building.
http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/43/greatnorthernwaycampus1.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, July 4th, 2012.

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/6728/greatnorthernwaycampus2.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, July 4th, 2012.

[juniorpnm]

A couple of snapshots of the new Great Northern Way Centre for Digital Media residence/classroom building.
http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/43/greatnorthernwaycampus1.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, July 4th, 2012.

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/6728/greatnorthernwaycampus2.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, July 4th, 2012.

Love this building.

[officedweller]

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/3512/renderpd.jpg
Source: http://www.broadwaycentral.ca/BC_Retail_Brochure_0220_CR.pdf

Here is the project website: http://www.broadwaycentral.ca/


All of the existing storefronts are now fenced off.
Looks like demolition will start soon.

[s211]

All of the existing storefronts are now fenced off.
Looks like demolition will start soon.

Yeah. There to all those great cheap noodle places.

And 1/5 blocks west, Via Venuto is kaput, to be replaced by a noodle house.

[officedweller]

Came across this for the Broadway & Oak office project:

http://www.collierscanada.com/3231

Note that on the retail units pdf, Retail Unit #2 is offset by a set of stairs and escalator down to the M-Line extension.

http://www.collierscanada.com/services/PropertyFile.ashx?src=p&lid=ff209684f15a46e4b39eb2a7d5d76c95&bid=143f5835083b43c09aef03b81496a288&w=762&h=562&q=80
http://www.collierscanada.com/3231

Also, pics of the TRIO project on Kingsway (near Victoria I think)

http://www.collierscanada.com/6720

http://www.collierscanada.com/services/PropertyFile.ashx?src=p&lid=2e1d47aeab6642429244bb1dbf4b87dc&bid=7baa5327f4ad4b77951f380523326183&w=762&h=562&q=80
http://www.collierscanada.com/6720

http://www.collierscanada.com/services/PropertyFile.ashx?src=p&lid=2e1d47aeab6642429244bb1dbf4b87dc&bid=748f7dc822644a63b24cdf014845b64d&w=762&h=562&q=80
http://www.collierscanada.com/6720

[jsbertram]

Yeah. There to all those great cheap noodle places.

And 1/5 blocks west, Via Venuto is kaput, to be replaced by a noodle house.

I had a laugh on the weekend when I noticed the Sha Lin Noodle sign had been torn off the old building and bolted right over the Via Veneto banner on the new building.

However, the Via Veneto banner was wider than the Sha Lin sign, so it appeared like "Sha Lin Noodle eto" for a while. Saw it yesterday during errands, and it seems fixed now.

[entheosfog]

Some Terminal Ave updates, not the best photos, sadly...
Containers:
http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/6833/img0680la.jpg

http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/6474/img0681u.jpg

Mercedes Benz dealership. It's hard to see, but most of the pile work has been done:
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/748/img0683it.jpg

Porsche dealership. Activity on the site started sometime last week:
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/2973/img0682k.jpg

[BodomReaper]

I'll compliment your ground-level view with a view from SkyTrain today :tup:

Porsche site:
http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z403/BodomReaper666/DSC06227.jpg

Mercedes site:
http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z403/BodomReaper666/DSC06228.jpg

Rize's Containers:
http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z403/BodomReaper666/DSC06229.jpg

Also, I believe nobody has posted pics of Gingner, an interesting 82-unit building on Main in Chinatown. Some may not be fans of the very deeply recessed balconies, but I definitely hope to see more things like this throughout Chinatown. The retail level is obscured by the bus (sorry!), but it looked very high quality and a high-end home decor/furniture store already moved in:
http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z403/BodomReaper666/DSC06234.jpg

http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z403/BodomReaper666/DSC06235.jpg

http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z403/BodomReaper666/DSC06238.jpg

[red-paladin]

Recessed Balconies! <3

[officedweller]

Ginger looks great - but in terms of livability, recessed balconies can create dark living spaces.

[jlousa]

Looks like another slice of Industrial land will be biting the dust.

Onni Development Corp has completed the purchase of a 1.07 acre residential development site from The University of British Columbia Foundation for $15,375,000. The property is currently zoned IC-3.

Source: http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2012/07/18/onni-purchases-396-east-1st-avenue/

[entheosfog]

Also, I believe nobody has posted pics of Gingner, an interesting 82-unit building on Main in Chinatown. Some may not be fans of the very deeply recessed balconies, but I definitely hope to see more things like this throughout Chinatown. The retail level is obscured by the bus (sorry!), but it looked very high quality and a high-end home decor/furniture store already moved in...

Thanks for the complimentary photos!

I'm pretty sure photos of Ginger were posted a long time ago, as it's been complete for a few years now:
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2467/3850821414_7d4c0c8a87_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/entheos_fog/3850821414/)
Ginger (http://www.flickr.com/photos/entheos_fog/3850821414/) by entheos_fog (http://www.flickr.com/people/entheos_fog/), on Flickr

[dleung]

http://www.collierscanada.com/services/PropertyFile.ashx?src=p&lid=ff209684f15a46e4b39eb2a7d5d76c95&bid=143f5835083b43c09aef03b81496a288&w=762&h=562&q=80

I really hate these schizoid mid-rise office towers with metro Vancouver's trademark "let's make it look as fussy as possible to look less imposing" strategy. This one is nearly as bad as the new one in Brentwood.

[logan5]

how did that happen?

[agrant]

I really hate these schizoid mid-rise office towers with metro Vancouver's trademark "let's make it look as fussy as possible to look less imposing" strategy. This one is nearly as bad as the new one in Brentwood.Translation please? As an office building, I think it beats almost everything else on Broadway.

[SpongeG]

its also height restricted in that location

better than what currently sits there

[jsbertram]

its also height restricted in that location

better than what currently sits there

Anything is better when you're replacing a strip mall containing a 7/11 and a MoneyMart.

this can't be torn down soon enough.

It may be height-restricted, but it will as tall as the former BCAA site on the N.E. corner, and slightly taller than 1001 Broadway on the N.W. corner (used to have a Red Robin on the 2nd floor).


Don't forget the ScotiaBank site on the S.W. corner is getting redeveloped too.

When the UBC Subway station is built there, the construction Trifecta is complete.

[jlousa]

City staff is recommending that Oakridge be relooked at for the potential to house even more density then approved just a few years ago. It's early in the process and we'll hear a lot more as it moves along. It has the potential to set the blueprint for similar redevelopments elsewhere. This has the potential to be very special.

http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/cclerk/20120725/documents/ptec4-OakridgeCentreRedevelopment.pdf

Link fixed thanks hollywoodnorth

[hollywoodnorth]

City staff is recommending that Oakridge be relooked at for the potential to house even more density then approved just a few years ago. It's early in the process and we'll hear a lot more as it moves along. It has the potential to set the blueprint for similar redevelopments elsewhere. This has the potential to be very special.

http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/cclerk/20120725/documents/ptec4-OakridgeCentreRedevelopment.pdfhttp://

typo in your link.

its at >> http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/cclerk/20120725/documents/ptec4-OakridgeCentreRedevelopment.pdf

thx :)

[dleung]

its also height restricted in that location

better than what currently sits there

I can care less about the height. Vancouver has a lot of squat buildings sliced vertically in pathetic attempts to create the illusion of slenderness, but I rather embrace the mid-rise form with a simple massing.

As an office building, I think it beats almost everything else on Broadway.
Definitely tackier than Crossroads.

[agrant]

I can care less about the height. Vancouver has a lot of squat buildings sliced vertically in pathetic attempts to create the illusion of slenderness, but I rather embrace the mid-rise form with a simple massing.


Definitely tackier than Crossroads.Above the first one or two floors, Crossroads is as plain as a Belgian pinup. We both have slightly different tastes, and that's ok.

[VanK]

Brian Jackson of Richmond is Vancouver's new Director of Planning !! (general manager of planning and development)

http://www.vancouversun.com/Vancouver+looks+Richmond+hiring+planning+boss/6983088/story.html


"On Tuesday the Vision Vancouver-led council ratified the hiring of Brian J.Jackson as the new general manager of planning and development. For the last four years Jackson has been acting general manager of planning for Richmond. He begins work August 27.

Mayor Gregor Robertson said that in hiring Jackson the city had found someone whose work around large, complex land-use planning initiatives align with Vancouver's key priorities of affordable housing, transit-oriented development, economic development and sustainability.

The new position as general manager means Jackson will be a member city's corporate management team. But it also includes the statutory position of director of planning, one of the few positions enshrined in the Vancouver Charter. Jackson's hiring comes six months after the city fired Brent Toderian as its director of planning....."

[hollywoodnorth]

City of Vancouver to offer six City-owned sites for affordable rental housing

http://vancouver.ca/news-calendar/city-to-offer-six-sites-for-affordable-rental-housing.aspx



ALSO ... http://vancouver.ca new city website .............. I think its great!

new story on said site .. http://www.globaltvbc.com/independent+expert+vancouvers+3+million+city+website+makeover+value+for+money/6442694812/story.html

[Darren Tate]

City of Vancouver to offer six City-owned sites for affordable rental housing

http://vancouver.ca/news-calendar/city-to-offer-six-sites-for-affordable-rental-housing.aspx



ALSO ... http://vancouver.ca new city website .............. I think its great!

new story on said site .. http://www.globaltvbc.com/independent+expert+vancouvers+3+million+city+website+makeover+value+for+money/6442694812/story.html

3 million for a website? Absolutely ridiculous. I don't care what the rationale is. At the end of the day, is this really a priority?

[WarrenC12]

The website was probably locally designed and produced. Making it double the price of something done in another place... :rolleyes:

[GeeCee]

The website was probably locally designed and produced. Making it double the price of something done in another place... :rolleyes:

Our real estate is way too expensive. Why not website design too?

[s211]

The website was probably locally designed and produced. Making it double the price of something done in another place... :rolleyes:

<begins search for ties between website company and Vision...>

[cornholio]

3 million for a website? Absolutely ridiculous. I don't care what the rationale is. At the end of the day, is this really a priority?

This is absolutly insane and someone made a killing. If you count this in pure man hours this would translate to about 120,000 man hours worth of labour for a in house project at market rates. What they have should of taken 5,000 - 10,0000 max, and thats being generous with no pressure.

Maybe they looked at the private sector where these types of IT projects get inflated costs because they are used to eat losses from other departments.

This is highway robbery, someone certainly just pocketed a few million for this job (unless the city did what the private sector does and inflatd the costs in order to reduce them in other departments, aka creative accounting). Web design is still a "special project" in most organizations and special projects are great to sink cost over runs and such from other projects and departments.

Still smells fishy, and like corruption in its purest forum...you know politicians give contract to friend/family and inflate costs to steal money.
my two cents/

[easy as pie]

very nice website, very skeptical that it cost 3 million dollars to produce, unless that's including some services that have been folded in and accounted for under the rubric of "website special charge" or whatever. 3 million is probably 20x what the highest estimate should have been, it just seems impossible that it cost that much. must be a mistake.

[Vestry]

You guys may be savvy to construction costs, but you're not CMS, OpenText Red Dot, MSSQL-savvy. There are a ton of legacy databases that are a bitch to port over.

[Porfiry]

Calgary redesigned theirs last year for $3.2 million, so it's in the right ballpark. The visual design is very poor, however.

[osirisboy]

Well sureys cost $700,000 3 million was way too much. And they didn't even do a mobile version. Lol. What a joke