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jlousa Jul 6, 2012 9:50 PM

Kensington Gardens | 45M | 14Fl*3 | Completed
 
This one has been a while in the making. It fits within the Norquay Village plan so it should avoid the issues that dogged the Rize proposal down the road in Mt. Pleasant.

Building Form
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/...ts/4.2form.pdf

Kingsway Streetscape
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/....3kingsway.pdf

30th Ave Streetscape
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/...ts/4.430th.pdf

Context
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/...2.2context.pdf

Context Streetscapes
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/...treetscape.pdf

Zoning Summary
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/.../2.4zoning.pdf

Norquay Village Centre
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/...2.5norquay.pdf

Future Neighbourhood Growth
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/.../2.6future.pdf

Project Stats
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/...s/3.1stats.pdf

Building Program
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/....2bldgprog.pdf

Design Rationale
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/.../4.1design.pdf

Landscape Concepts
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/...7landscape.pdf

Traffic Analysis
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/...4.9traffic.pdf

Shadow Studies
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/...4.11shadow.pdf

Context Plan
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/...ontextplan.pdf

Site Plan
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/...s/siteplan.pdf

Parking Plans
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/...ts/parking.pdf

Floor and Roof Plans
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/...floorplans.pdf

Building Section Drawings
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/...s/sections.pdf

Building Elevation Drawings
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/...ents/elevs.pdf

Landscape Plan Street Level
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/...ape_street.pdf

Landscape Plan Level 2
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/...landscape2.pdf

Landscape Plan Level 6
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/...landscape6.pdf

Landscape Plan Tower Roof
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/...scape_roof.pdf

As a former resident of the area I think it'll be a great addition. Along with the recently completed project opposite of this one and the soon to be completed Eldorado the area is improving quickly. There are a few more project in the immediate pipeline as well as a couple bigger ones not to far down the road. Hopefully the others will also include a large number of 2 and 3 bds units allowing the neighbourhood to maintain a family oriented community.

easy as pie Jul 6, 2012 10:44 PM

that's some really impressive work on the part of westbank and henriquez, an excellent addition to the area, really really nice. thanks for posting.

Hed Kandi Jul 6, 2012 11:13 PM

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hollywoodnorth Jul 6, 2012 11:38 PM

thanks for the post! very very nice addition to Kingsway .... I'm excited for this one!

Klazu Jul 6, 2012 11:52 PM

Great addition along Kingsway, which is currently one of the worst looking main street on Vancouver soil.

trofirhen Jul 7, 2012 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth (Post 5758458)
thanks for the post! very very nice addition to Kingsway .... I'm excited for this one!

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Originally Posted by Klazu (Post 5758466)
Great addition along Kingsway, which is currently one of the worst looking main street on Vancouver soil.

:previous:

Amen and Amen

rxp Jul 7, 2012 12:37 AM

do we know who the anchor is going to be? i dont think it would be OFG or even weston or safeway?

nova9 Jul 7, 2012 12:54 AM

I'm excited for my neighborhood. Think of this in context of the condos replacing Eldorado. There are also at least 3 - 4 lowrise infill projects within a few blocks of this project on Kingsway.

I'm excited for this because you guys are right, Kingsway is UGLY right now.

red-paladin Jul 7, 2012 1:29 AM

I too think this is a great looking proposal.

officedweller Jul 7, 2012 2:08 AM

OFG (PriceSmart) is down the road at King Edward Village.
Haven't heard of a new Safeway in years (and would be expensive for this area).
Whole Foods is too high end for the area and Thrifty's is also a bit high end.

My guess for the neighbourhood is a NoFrills, but Westbank would probably charge too much rent.

Is there still a grocery store space at the El Dorado project?

jlousa Jul 7, 2012 6:48 AM

Eldorado will have a Shoppers according to rumours.

officedweller Jul 7, 2012 7:58 AM

Thanks

jlousa Sep 18, 2012 9:35 PM

Open house this Thursday at the Alpen club if anyone wants to come and voice your support.

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Thursday, September 20, 2012
5 - 8 pm
Vancouver Alpen Club (Ballroom)
4875 Victoria Drive

jlousa Sep 20, 2012 11:30 PM

Anyone else going tonight? Free beverages and cookies if you're on the fence... :tup:

Jebby Sep 21, 2012 5:44 AM

Is it just me or do none of the links to the PDFs work?

jlousa Sep 21, 2012 5:46 AM

city changed them all with their new and improved site. :rolleyes:
Have to add (former.) in front of Vancouver in all the links.

Dylan Leblanc Sep 21, 2012 7:13 AM

Ah good to know. I've edited the links to fix them. Silly that the builders of the new website didn't handle URL changes properly.

jlousa Mar 20, 2013 5:49 AM

Council has referred the project to a public hearing scheduled for Apr 9th. I know there are a couple of member that live directly in the area that would love to see this project get council approval. Perhaps we can get some of the forumers to write an email into council voicing support at MayorAndCouncil@vancouver.ca Even better if some of the members would like to come out and speak at council and see how the process works in person. There's no Costco close by so instead of hotdogs I've offering to buy food from Wendy's value menu, anyone in? :cheers:

jlousa Apr 9, 2013 8:48 PM

Meeting is tonight, still time to email in support, or better yet come and speak.

wrenegade Apr 10, 2013 6:02 PM

That public hearing was a shit show. I wanted to go slap half of the speakers at the podium. I was there was there from 6:30 until 9:45 and couldn't take it anymore after Adrienne Carr started to speak and go on and on and on and on. If someone stayed for the whole thing and can post the decision it would be appreciated.


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