[Sheba]

Originally Posted by fredinno

Yeah, I'm not thinking too well of this development. The later sections are ~15 min from Edmonds, it's generic-looking, it lacks a lot of commercial mixed development/streetscape buildout, and it's built on built-out industrial property.

And they said Burnaby wasn't building up on industrial property unless it was needed...

It could probably stall due to the later sections being very far from Edmonds, with only section 1 getting anywhere.

From the first page:

The preliminary plan includes the following:

• A gross density of 2.8 FAR
• 5.8 Million SF of Market Residential
• 200,000 SF of Commercial Space
• Approx. 20 towers up to 46-storeys in height
• 15-20 year build-out

"Day to day needs are easily met with the convenience of community shops and services that include a gourmet grocer, restaurants, cafés, and the luxury of your own world-class, park-side Community Centre."

Burnaby has been moving a lot of industrial down the hill to the Big Bend area, and the Safeway distribution center moved out years ago. Plus there are already two bus routes that travel by this.