Little Mountain Redevelopment | Proposed

[logan5]

Originally Posted by wrenegade

That is the way it is designed. The Little Mountain project won't have anything more than token small retail spaces (coffee shop, etc).

Considering the number of people that are going be injected into the neighborhood, and considering that there isn't much retail close by, I would hope that they would pay better attention to the retail suites. I would hope they would make the spaces attractive to more than just a coffee shop, nail salon, and an insurance office.

The good thing about main street is that most of the retail spaces have their own colors and materials that give each retailer or restaurant their own identity. How much more could it cost to give each retail space a different look, instead of the usual tired old glass storefront.

[djh]

Originally Posted by logan5

Considering the number of people that are going be injected into the neighborhood, and considering that there isn't much retail close by, I would hope that they would pay better attention to the retail suites. I would hope they would make the spaces attractive to more than just a coffee shop, nail salon, and an insurance office.

The good thing about main street is that most of the retail spaces have their own colors and materials that give each retailer or restaurant their own identity. How much more could it cost to give each retail space a different look, instead of the usual tired old glass storefront.

Just playing Devil's Advocate here, but there could be a good thing in only allowing small CRUs to this development. It prevents large chains moving into the village and drawing spending dollars away from Main Street. Imagine if a supermarket or regional retailer went in there. I can imagine several family stores on Main Street wouldn't be able to compete and would disappear.

So yes, in a way, just allowing a few *small* CRUs may ultimately prevent competition that could make that end of Main Street become sterile, like so many other developments that go into cool neighbourhoods and suck the cool out.

[wrenegade]

Originally Posted by djh

Just playing Devil's Advocate here, but there could be a good thing in only allowing small CRUs to this development. It prevents large chains moving into the village and drawing spending dollars away from Main Street. Imagine if a supermarket or regional retailer went in there. I can imagine several family stores on Main Street wouldn't be able to compete and would disappear.

So yes, in a way, just allowing a few *small* CRUs may ultimately prevent competition that could make that end of Main Street become sterile, like so many other developments that go into cool neighbourhoods and suck the cool out.

This was exactly the reasoning.

[SFUVancouver]

Originally Posted by djh

Just playing Devil's Advocate here, but there could be a good thing in only allowing small CRUs to this development. It prevents large chains moving into the village and drawing spending dollars away from Main Street. Imagine if a supermarket or regional retailer went in there. I can imagine several family stores on Main Street wouldn't be able to compete and would disappear.

So yes, in a way, just allowing a few *small* CRUs may ultimately prevent competition that could make that end of Main Street become sterile, like so many other developments that go into cool neighbourhoods and suck the cool out.

Well said.

[Built Form]

Frances Bula's Globe article today. First phase to start late next year. Apparently the city under Sam Sullivan had promised very high density to Holburn which paid a premium for the site.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle4372893/

[phesto]

^Now Holborn just needs a general contractor to build it...

[jlousa]

Some movement on Little Mountain. It's moving at about the pace that Vancouver Turn has.

Going to the UDP on the 30th, but dont get too excited, this is just for a single parcel, but still a good sign.

Proposal for a five storey, 53 unit social housing project for
seniors. It is proposed as the first development on the 15 acre
Little Mountain Housing site, to be guided by the Little Mountain
Housing Policy Statement approved by Council in June 2012. In
the interests of accelerating the provision of social housing on the
site, this project is proceeding in advance of the larger site
rezoning and is being considered under the existing RM-3A zoning

Also of interest the non-Little Mountian area between LM and Main and 33rd is looking at upzoning to allow 4 storey stacked townhomes and 6storey apts.

Stacked townhomes
http://vancouver.ca/files/cov/little...townhouses.pdf

Apartments
http://vancouver.ca/files/cov/little...apartments.pdf

[Jebby]

Originally Posted by jlousa

Also of interest the non-Little Mountian area between LM and Main and 33rd is looking at upzoning to allow 4 storey stacked townhomes and 6storey apts.

Stacked townhomes
http://vancouver.ca/files/cov/little...townhouses.pdf

Apartments
http://vancouver.ca/files/cov/little...apartments.pdf

I'd like to see a bit more density.

Townhouses: Up to 2 FSR
Apartments: Up to 2.7 FSR

Perhaps not necessarily that many more units, but make the units more family-orientated. Have more 2+den and 3 bedroom units available. I'm tired of everything being studios and 1 beds!

[Pinion]

Originally Posted by jlousa

Also of interest the non-Little Mountian area between LM and Main and 33rd is looking at upzoning to allow 4 storey stacked townhomes and 6storey apts.

Stacked townhomes
http://vancouver.ca/files/cov/little...townhouses.pdf

Apartments
http://vancouver.ca/files/cov/little...apartments.pdf

I would be very happy if this was called The Duffin in honour of my No. 1 source for food when I first moved out on my own (Quebec and 33rd).