[WaxItYourself]

walking by here the other day I noticed the green signs had been taken down. Not to sure what that means or if someone just tore it down.

[Ronnie Yau]

I hope that construction will start
soon. :)

[sryboy]

walking by here the other day I noticed the green signs had been taken down. Not to sure what that means or if someone just tore it down.

www.civicsurrey.com is reporting that this project is cancelled as well as Sky Towers...

http://www.civicsurrey.com/2010/05/03/sky-towers-holland-pointe-officially-cancelled/

[Diet Butcher]

I'm hearing Century Group (who did the CityPoint Towers) has bought up some land around Holland Park, I'm not sure if it is the land originally designed for this project or not, has anyone heard anything on this?

[phesto]

I'm hearing Century Group (who did the CityPoint Towers) has bought up some land around Holland Park, I'm not sure if it is the land originally designed for this project or not, has anyone heard anything on this?

This is official - now owned by Century Group. Not sure if they intend on building what was previously proposed. Somehow I'm doubtful...

[jlousa]

Not sure either but there is an update planned in the fall, so at the very least there won't be anything built until then.

[jhausner]

Could be same project with tweaks. We'll have to wait and see. The market is starting to turn in the right direction and people are realizing that things aren't as bad as they were before. I think they may lop off some of the floors at the top and get them built. Anyone buying a project also typically can buy previous plans and such like Concord with Sky Towers across from Park Place. That saves time and money.

I'm hoping a few of these projects, even not with their original heights, get built. If you get Sky Towers built, 2 more towers near Park Place, and 2 or 3 near Holland, you suddenly have 10 rather beefy towers in a 2 block radius. Starting to become more impressive and draw more business/people to the area.

[sryboy]

If you get Sky Towers built, 2 more towers near Park Place, and 2 or 3 near Holland, you suddenly have 10 rather beefy towers in a 2 block radius. Starting to become more impressive and draw more business/people to the area.

I noticed today that they have started clearing the Sky Towers lot. Concord wastes no time! :cheers:

[Skyhigh8]

these towers are hardly to sell or make any profits.

[whalley13]

dunno about profits, but the original skytower sold out in a day i think...true the speculators are gone but with park place built already, concords name on the project, and value oriented pricing i think this project will do well

[jhausner]

I think the days of selling out an entire development in 10 minutes are gone but Bosa's latest development has proven that even today selling out in a few days is possible. I'd imagine in a few weeks time Concord could easilly sell a new Sky Towers' development to 80-90% just on their name alone.

[sryboy]

I just wanted to give this thread a bump :previous:

Also does anyone know if this project has been approved, I saw something in one of the other threads but dont remember which one. If someone could update this thread it would be much appreciated:yes:.

[WaxItYourself]

Holland Pointe is now owned by the century group and is currently in preconstruction.

http://www.centurygroup.ca/#/developments/holland-pointe

Construction is set to begin in late 2011 or early 2012.

Edit: Note that I just read that on their website. If it will actually begin construction on those dates is anyones guess.

[bardak]

Holland Pointe is now owned by the century group and is currently in preconstruction.

http://www.centurygroup.ca/#/developments/holland-pointe

Construction is set to begin in late 2011 or early 2012.

Would this be Century Groups largest project so far?

[Metro-One]

Is this for real? And if it is I am guessing it will be phased with the shortest / lamest tower starting first?

[skymaster]

I'm not going to assume anything here. This may just end up like the skytowers in the end.

[LeftCoaster]

If you haven't seen presales it isn't going to construction.

Best we can hope for is sales to begin late 2011 early 2012. Anyone care to email the developer they might be able to fill you in with a little more info.

[officedweller]

Is this for real? And if it is I am guessing it will be phased with the shortest / lamest tower starting first?

At least there doesn't seem to be a 4 storey wood frame first phase.

[sryboy]

So I see that Holland Pointe is supposed to start construction this year and they are getting together leases according to the sign on King George.

http://centurygroup.ca/#/developments/holland-pointe


Just giving this thread a bump

[theQ]

This development is being built by Century Group, which is the same developer of the new 3 Civic Plaza beside City Hall... My guess is that they'll build the 3 Civic Plaza first and hope to start the Holland Pointe right after - large builders usually like to build one development after another and keep the same contractors etc... I doubt that they'd build both at the same time, but you never know....

Q

[Cypherus]

I don't think we will see this tower even in 5 years, ensuring that the plot of land will be available as a dumping ground for washer and dryers for years to come.

[mr.A]

This sign went up just a week ago

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8046/8430262833_0c33282927_z.jpg

[officedweller]

Thanks!
That's quiote a bit different than the previous renders.

The absence of balconies on the foreground tower suggests it is all office space.

Otherwise, as at Brentwood, etc. I would expect just the podium to be office space with condos above.

[(EGOS)]

This sign went up just a week ago

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8046/8430262833_0c33282927_z.jpg

Nice!

This is what the website says:

High-rise residential apartment buildings, ground residential townhouses and lower level mixed use retail, office and commercial space, construction beginning in 2013.

[Track]

Maybe Century group is just hugely ambitious? Seems odd to be putting up two high profile projects at once, not that I'm complaining.

Love the renders, particularly the way that the balcony-less tower angles outwards. Looks like a nice development.

[officedweller]

I just noticed the upper right hand corner of the sign

- "LEASE"! (as in office space).

That's a good sign I hope.

[DKaz]

Is that tower in the foreground commercial or residential?

[Track]

Should be residential; the current plans dont seem to include a commercial/office tower, just units in the base.

[DKaz]

It looks commercial, but the ceiling heights on the upper floors do look like 9-10 feet, while the first five-six floors look 13 feet.

Or is that the wrong photo for what's actually being built on site?

[Cypherus]

This is good news, and most timely too, as it appears Century Group wants to get this off the ground within the next 5 years. The renders are quite different than the renders presented at www.hollandpointe.ca, and are an improvement in design.

[Whalleyboy]

It looks like the tower in the back has balconys in my mind. So it looks like the front tower is office. It would mix will with the new office towers planned for across the street to give a little business district area on king george

also i found another image of the main tower just now trying to see if i could find new renderings
http://www.bcbusiness.ca/sites/default/files/BCB_0213_Cotter.pdf
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/whalley_boy/Hollandpointe_zps5dcfc01c.jpg
note 3 civic plaza in the back ground so this is more recent

[officedweller]

Thanks.

That looks like the tower in the background of the two in the sign render.

Could the "office tower" be west of this one?

[theQ]

It looks like the tower in the back has balconys in my mind. So it looks like the front tower is office. It would mix will with the new office towers planned for across the street to give a little business district area on king george

also i found another image of the main tower just now trying to see if i could find new renderings
http://www.bcbusiness.ca/sites/default/files/BCB_0213_Cotter.pdf
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/whalley_boy/Hollandpointe_zps5dcfc01c.jpg
note 3 civic plaza in the back ground so this is more recent

Great find Whalleyboy, we can always count on you to get the latest renderings!

I'd love to see this project move forward, hopefully at the same time as the King George station across the street. It'll make a nice gateway into City Centre from the South - high rises on both sides of the street...

[(EGOS)]

This is what the Holland Pointe site looks like right now. You can see the "Lease" sign in the picture.

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/7568/hollandpointesitefeb201.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/163/hollandpointesitefeb201.jpg/)

[Track]

It'll be good to get the overgrown foliage out of there, the park will look much nicer with it filled in. So, the road that's being extended is the one down the middle of the property from the cul-de-sac, right? That'll make it much easier to get around from the station.

By the way, whats the deal with the houses jutting into the park? Are they city-owned, are they just owned by people who refuse to sell for whatever reason?

[jhausner]

It'll be good to get the overgrown foliage out of there, the park will look much nicer with it filled in. So, the road that's being extended is the one down the middle of the property from the cul-de-sac, right? That'll make it much easier to get around from the station.

By the way, whats the deal with the houses jutting into the park? Are they city-owned, are they just owned by people who refuse to sell for whatever reason?

Several are houses, the others are empty lots that had houses. For the empty lots not sure the ownership level but they don't seem to be filled in so maybe someone is buying up the lots. There are a few that are for sale along that stretch.

On the other side are fairly new higher end houses so those won't be going anywhere soon. The tower in that rendering is a bit confusing though. If you look at the render beside and do an eye ball on height, it would seem to be a 31 storey commercial tower with no residences. I find that hard to believe though so they are either making it taller than it will be in the render or it is just a conceptual render.