[Burnaby] Citi and Motif | Complete

[Metro-One]

This development is near the Northwest corner of Willington and Lougheed. the smaller tower is office while the taller tower is residential, if anyone want to add more information please do so.

Here is an update on this project, lots of work going on today on site.

A rendering on the fence at the site.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3411/3272987520_d2d142a461_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3330/3272992840_2ee3fc408c_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3528/3272990640_f72fe51690_b.jpg

The Office Tower
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3496/3272169149_d8cf3d0208_b.jpg

The Residential Tower
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3488/3272166125_21f69bd73a_b.jpg


All pictures are my own

Enjoy!

[LeftCoaster]

Thanks for the pics, I'm in the area alot so I'll try to keep some updates flowing in too.

[djmk]

thanks for the update.

do you know if they are going to continue that nice looking sidewalk infront of Save-On-Foods onto this block. It would be a shame if it was not continuous.

and whats going on with MIKI sushi? Just tear it down already!!!

[LeftCoaster]

Grabbed these while out at metrotown for a site visit...

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/8785/img1591c.jpg (http://img81.imageshack.us/i/img1591c.jpg/) http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/img1591c.jpg/1/w1280.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img81/img1591c.jpg/1/)

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/6449/img1592.jpg (http://img81.imageshack.us/i/img1592.jpg/) http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/img1592.jpg/1/w1280.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img81/img1592.jpg/1/)



The Office tower is almost topped out, they are just forming the mechanical penthouse, which you can see in the picture if you look really closely just to the left of the pyramid shaped roof.

And from my best guess the residential still has a few floors to go, as they haven't reached the floors with no balconies yet, maybe 3 or 4 plus the mech penthouse.

[officedweller]

Nice, thanks!

Glass looks better than a lot of buildings downtown.

[metroXpress]

Thanks. Good to see the project going...can't wait to see how the green space looks like when it's finished!

[Mike K.]

Do you guys have the official heights and floor counts of these towers?

[LeftCoaster]

To be quite honest I dont think anyone here does... They certianly havent been discussed on the forum.

It should be available somewhere in the depths of the city of Burnaby website though.

[SpongeG]

it looks really dense now coming along hwy #1 when you hit that area

the little strip mall next to it has been completely redone and looks pretty good and all the spaces seem to be leased

its really adding a lot to that area and cluster

[mr.sandbag]

i believe the office building was to 13 floors and the condo 29, probably can count the office tower now to confirm

too bad they renow'd the strip plaza, maybe there are long term plans for the lot and it it temporary as it seems out of place if it stays like this for some time.

[Mike K.]

Thanks, guys. I wondered why there was no mention of heights.

[Metro-One]

These are turning out to be a great addition to the Brentwood Skyline. So amazing how this area has transformed in the last 10 years.

http://i840.photobucket.com/albums/zz322/Metro-One/IMG_4750.jpg?t=1250645525

pic is my own.

[SpongeG]

yah they look great - they really make it dense when you see it coming west bound on the #1

[SFUVancouver]

^ Thank you SkyTrain.

Just imagine the Cambie Corridor in twenty years.

[vansky]

not sure about how other n.a cities have doen in the past 15 yrs, but burnaby changed little in my memory. richmond and dt had some of the biggest changes in the area.

[LeftCoaster]

Really? but Brentwood barely even existed 15 years ago. Burnaby has changed quite a bit since then mid 90s imo

^ Thank you SkyTrain.

Just imagine the Cambie Corridor in twenty years.

I imagine it about the same... it is Vancouver afterall ;)

[vanman]

Really? but Brentwood barely even existed 15 years ago. Burnaby has changed quite a bit since then mid 90s imo

It's not just your opinion, it's reality. Aside from Silhouette Lougheed is the only area that hasn't changed much. Patterson, Metrotown, Edmonds, and Brentwood have all changed drastically in even just the last 10 yrs.

[SpongeG]

yeah brentwood exploded in the last 5 years i think

[vansky]

cambie street doesn't have much that's available for development, the one area that's empty now is the one accross oakridge, other than that probably marine drive.

why r ppl building short business towers rather than tall ones like the metro towers?

[Metro-One]

If anything, Burnaby has become the flagship of proper suburban development. How many suburbs have 4 skylines? Metrotown alone is equal to some million+ city centers in North America.

[DKaz]

I wouldn't call Lougheed a skyline yet, and there are still some very car friendly areas of Burnaby, but agreed they are doing a pretty good job.

I thought that Citi was only going to be 10 stories, slightly taller than Madison Centre across the street. Either way it's shaping up to be a good looking building. Once Nissan/Milestones and the old Canadian Tire lots are redeveloped, the area will start to really look spiffy. Too bad Shark Club is gone.

[vansky]

If anything, Burnaby has become the flagship of proper suburban development. How many suburbs have 4 skylines? Metrotown alone is equal to some million+ city centers in North America.

like which ones, mostly the ones in the middle of the land maybe...

[Metro-One]

middle of the land????

Believe it or not but Metrotown has a comparable skyline (or lager) to that of Edmonton, Winnipeg, Quebec City, Hamilton, Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Portland, just to name a few (and all I have been to personally, except Quebec City).

And 4 major pocket skylines are obviously Metrotown, Brentwood, Lougheed town Center (which is actually quite a vibrant place if you are into Korean stuff) and Edmonds.

[vansky]

middle of the land????

Believe it or not but Metrotown has a comparable skyline (or lager) to that of Edmonton, Winnipeg, Quebec City, Hamilton, Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Portland, just to name a few (and all I have been to personally, except Quebec City).

And 4 major pocket skylines are obviously Metrotown, Brentwood, Lougheed town Center (which is actually quite a vibrant place if you are into Korean stuff) and Edmonds.

yes, i feel like i'm in winnipeg or edmonton if i saw metrotown. it's all about looks.

[Spoolmak]

If anything, Burnaby has become the flagship of proper suburban development. How many suburbs have 4 skylines? Metrotown alone is equal to some million+ city centers in North America.

I think the north Burnaby (Brentwood?) skyline is becoming much more prominent than Metrotown! Esp. driving in on the Trans Canada, it looks like Mississauga

[Daguy]

I think the north Burnaby (Brentwood?) skyline is becoming much more prominent than Metrotown! Esp. driving in on the Trans Canada, it looks like Mississauga

Not so much to locals I think, but for the visitor I would agree cause it can be seen on the highway. Its got a ways to go before I'd consider a significant skyline, more towers are needed between Brentwood and Holdem (which are coming).

[vansky]

no idea how the north can beat thes outh, afterall metro will have 3 huge office towers.

but surrey will surpass metrotown.

[SpongeG]

i took this on sunday from bby mtn

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v62/spongeg/aug%2016%202009/DSC06098.jpg

[DKaz]

Metrotown not only has the three Metrotowers, they have a few others ranging from 10 to 20 stories high along Kingsway. But Brentwood will have a few by the end of next decade. Hopefully they do go ahead with the 31 story office tower at the corner of Lougheed and Willingdon.

[djmk]

Hopefully they do go ahead with the 31 story office tower at the corner of Lougheed and Willingdon.

did i miss something? really?

[SpongeG]

Metrotown not only has the three Metrotowers, they have a few others ranging from 10 to 20 stories high along Kingsway. But Brentwood will have a few by the end of next decade. Hopefully they do go ahead with the 31 story office tower at the corner of Lougheed and Willingdon.

the 3rd tower might be put on hold - they might cap it and wait for the economy to improve - so it could be many years before we ever see it :(

[metroXpress]

^that's too bad~

[mr.sandbag]

I saw an ad in the saturday Sun, looks quite good. alot better then esprit and those ugly late 90's condos across the kingsway. still no photos on the official site.

[SpongeG]

they have some signage up on the building now - looks good

[SFUVancouver]

Citi and Motif (Burnaby at Brentwood Station) | September 24th ‘09

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/4223/motifburnabysept2409p11.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, September 24th, 2009

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/4082/citiburnabysept2409p116.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, September 24th, 2009

[officedweller]

Those balconies seem to foreshadow what the Hotel Georgia will look like.

Do the sidewalks along Lougheed (Madison Cnetre and Citi/Motif?) not line up with each other?

[SFUVancouver]

Do the sidewalks along Lougheed (Madison Cnetre and Citi/Motif?) not line up with each other?


For some inexplicable reason there is an execptionally wide grass median between the sidewalk and Lougheed Highway. To the best of my recollection there are not even any trees planted in that median. It almost strikes me as if the City of Burnaby's engineering department wanted to widen Lougheed but then was waved off after having secured the necessary setbacks.

[officedweller]

I remember that there was essentially a pull-out for the Shark Club at Madison at one time - but them bollards were put up etc. - haven't been past in a while.

[SpongeG]

i took these the other day nov 6ish

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/7623/dsc06394.jpg

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/1812/dsc06393n.jpg

[alan]

[QUOTE=SpongeG;4550173]i took these the other day nov 6ish

hey, anyone knows this condo project all sold yet?

[LeftCoaster]

Yeah I think it is all sold... but there are always condo flippers if you are looking for a bad deal.

[DKaz]

Citi and Motif is setback enough so that Lougheed Hwy can be widened to 3 lanes westbound. I believe the renovated strip mall next door has been modified for the same. It's just Petro Canada that's in the way now.

[alan]

Yeah I think it is all sold... but there are always condo flippers if you are looking for a bad deal.

Not all sold yet.
I went to the sales office last weekend, still have around 40 units unsold.
All the good ones, sub-penthouse are sold.

[officedweller]

Came across this office space brochure at the Bosa website.
Looks like the retail is all streetfront and there's no big box like at Madison Centre next door (last page bottom left shows retail floorplans)

http://www.bosadevpm.ca/upload/Brochures/Commerce_at_Citi_final.pdf

[vanman]

^ Cool find. The area is already saturated with retail so it doesn't really surprise me that in this development it's only streetfront.

[SpongeG]

something is going in - i forget what it is but it says coming soon... i think its like a coffee place

[officedweller]

From Hwy 1 - the condo appears to be the tallest of the Brentwood cluster.

There's a huge HSBC in the retail portion of the project (the large space just east of the office lobby) - see plan linked above.
A large backlit sign reading "Commerce @ Citi" has been erected above the entrance to the office tower.

The project overall looks good - except the siding on the retail portion is blue painted corrugated steel - looks a bit cheap compared to the finishing on the office tower (which looks miles ahead of the Madison Centre office building in terms of prestige)

... anyone mention that there' s a Fatburger next door in the renovated strip mall?

[vansky]

saw these two towers the other night, the area was very dark, which reminds me that most parks in the metro dont have lights....also true for tennis courts....

[red-paladin]

(which looks miles ahead of the Madison Centre office building in terms of prestige)

But you got to admit, It's cool Madison Centre has the twin baby versions of Hong Kong's Central Plaza

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3496/3272169149_d8cf3d0208_b.jpg

By Metro-One on the first page of the thread

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/HKWanchaiwaterfront.jpg

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HKWanchaiwaterfront.jpg
Taken by Vinko Tsui.

[twoNeurons]

Citi and Motif (Burnaby at Brentwood Station) | September 24th ‘09

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/4082/citiburnabysept2409p116.jpg
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/) Taken by SFUVancouver, September 24th, 2009

BLACK GLASS!!!! Looks even better in person, folks.

[officedweller]

But you got to admit, It's cool Madison Centre has the twin baby versions of Hong Kong's Central Plaza

Yeah, they just need to light up. Too bad the 3rd tower doesn't have it too.

[SpongeG]

the HSBC opens january 25th 2010

[alan]

wow, can't believe HSBC will open in less than 3 weeks

[Locked In]

Excerpts from a post by Metro-One in the Post some pictures of your city! (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=117697&page=294) thread (thanks for posting):

Here are some Pictures of the area around Brentwood Skytrain station in Burnaby.

These were taken last week during the beautiful 8 day sunny streak we had during the Olympics. Around the Brentwood area the temps were around 15 in the afternoon during this sunny stretch. Nearly all of these towers have been built in the last 5 years.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4063/4400701628_bf4de0be9f_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2715/4399938749_8e39143b7f_b.jpg

With many more tower projects proposed and a possible mall renovation/expansion proposed I feel this area could become a very interesting urban environment, especially with the skytrain guideway running through it, over the next 2 decades.

All images are my own

My flickr arount:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30634635@N03/

Cheers

[Locked In]

My photo (http://picasaweb.google.com/dev.pics.1/VancouverWinterSpring2010#5462058901801175202) (not a great one) - April 19:

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9FW9P3-u1EI/S80hocgeiKI/AAAAAAAADKs/46Qd42eEQBk/s800/IMG_2023.JPG

[SpongeG]

it looks good from hwy #1 it really stands out amongst its neighbours

[Ronnie Yau]

Any updates?

[Spork]

I'll try to remember to take one in a couple of weeks when i go out that way.

[red-paladin]

Please source and credit the photos.

[Klazu]

We recently had the chance to see a huge sub-penthouse in the Motif tower. Weather happened to be amazing and I had the chance to capture some of the surrounding areas from above.

http://vuosiamaailmalla.fi/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/motif_subpenthouse2.jpg

The unit has 2200 sqft of living space and the entire unit is two floors. Especially the open-air living room is impressive.

http://vuosiamaailmalla.fi/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/motif_subpenthouse3.jpg

http://vuosiamaailmalla.fi/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/motif_subpenthouse4.jpg

Also patio is just massive and spans two sides of the tower.

http://vuosiamaailmalla.fi/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/motif_subpenthouse1.jpg

Neighbouring Solo towers do tower over the 29th floor unit, but the view is still nice and open. What a weather!

http://vuosiamaailmalla.fi/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/solo_district23.jpg

http://vuosiamaailmalla.fi/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/metrotown_kesasiluetti.jpg

http://vuosiamaailmalla.fi/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/altus3_hi-res.jpg

And finally a view of The Amazing Brentwood. This cluster is going to be so massive once completed. :slob:

http://vuosiamaailmalla.fi/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/amazing_brentwood30.jpg

http://vuosiamaailmalla.fi/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/amazing_brentwood29.jpg

http://vuosiamaailmalla.fi/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/amazing_brentwood_hi-res3.jpg

I hope you enjoyed this unique tour of Brentwood. :)

[LeftCoaster]

Great shots, thanks Klazu!

Don't forget to post them in the Canada section so that everyone can ignore them.

Also, might be time to mark this one complete...

[Spr0ckets]

Wow.

It's crazy just how far Brentwood has come in the time period since this thread was started (in 2009?).

The pace of change is almost breathtaking looking at the then and the now.

You can even spot a 'Zellers' Winter Olympics poster on one of the SKytrain sides,.....just to give you an idea of how long it's been.

In another 5 or so years when both Amazing Brentwood towers are complete and the last two Solo towers are mostly underway (and possibly more progress on the Concord Brentwood front), the place will be completely unrecognisable from what it looked like at the start of this thread.

[osirisboy]

Metrotown not only has the three Metrotowers, they have a few others ranging from 10 to 20 stories high along Kingsway. But Brentwood will have a few by the end of next decade. Hopefully they do go ahead with the 31 story office tower at the corner of Lougheed and Willingdon.

Fun going back through the thread. This post from 2009 left me wondering, what was this office tower that was proposed? Does anyone know/remember?

[Klazu]

Great shots, thanks Klazu! Don't forget to post them in the Canada section so that everyone can ignore them.

Thanks! I always enjoy being able to provide some unique angles on our metropolis. :)

I don't think I will bother posting too much in Canada section as it never brings any comments. Feel free to cross-post if you like, though.

[Cypherus]

Thanks for the pics Klazu. Penthouse hunting has definitely been great for you to snap those 'never-seen-before' pics of surrounding areas.

[Klazu]

Thanks for the pics Klazu. Penthouse hunting has definitely been great for you to snap those 'never-seen-before' pics of surrounding areas.

It's not fun to be house hunting in this absurd market, but at least there are some nice pictures out of it. :(

I was recently very close to seeing something very unique, but unfortunately the owner changed his/her mind and upped the rent by another $2,000, so I didn't even bother going. I still regret, as even if it would have been totally out of anything reasonable, the pictures would have been nice.

Too bad I already told the agent to shove it (figuratively). :haha:

[Klazu]

LOL! This must be the most out-of-touch greedy-ass ad I have seen in a while... Someone is trying to rent a penthouse unit in this building for $8,000/month!! In a 15-years-old tower in Burnaby!! Supposedly it is so "custom tailored" that they didn't even bother posting any pictures of the unit itself. :haha:

What a BS ad. A similar size penthouse unit in a similar age building in the area was recently renting for $3,500 and even it took a month to rent out. Some landlords are just special kind of... :rolleyes:



https://vancouver.craigslist.org/bnc/apa/d/burnaby-luxury-penthouse-brentwood-mall/7296518220.html