Marine Drive Gateway | 102.1m, 77.7m, 63.4m | 35flr, 26flr, 14flr | Completed

[Dylan Leblanc]

The construction cranes for this and other developments in the immediate area can be seen at the far right edge of this photo

Originally Posted by Delirium

Photo by Aerojad https://www.flickr.com/photos/aeroja...64565/sizes/h/

[Klazu]

I have been meaning to visit this site for some time now and finally went this evening. Not much new from previous photos, but just my version.

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Once the surrounding area also builds up, it won't look so monolithic.
The first one always looks "out of place"
- even the 6 storey projects on Cambie look out of place, but won't for long.

As an "edge" development it will always look out of place. There will never be anything significant to the south of it.

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by whatnext

As an "edge" development it will always look out of place. There will never be anything significant to the south of it.

Won't it be a "bookend" of all of the development on Cambie?

Who knows about the south.. maybe the city will go vertical with a redesign of the transfer station.

[officedweller]

Great shots (as usual)!

Originally Posted by whatnext

As an "edge" development it will always look out of place. There will never be anything significant to the south of it.

Yeah, I think that may also apply to the other sides of that node (i.e. the other 3 corners of Cambie & Marine) as well.

[officedweller]

FYI -

Here's a reminder of what the cladding will look like:

Originally Posted by Built Form

Here's a look at the cladding. Much more colourful than I thought.


pic by Built Form

Originally Posted by Built Form

Here's another material board for the retail/podium level. Much bolder than I anticipated.


pic by Built Form

and a reminder of the rendering:

Vancouver city council has approved the rezoning for a new housing and retail development
next to the Marine Drive Canada Line station. (City of Vancouver)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/britis...ine-drive.html

[Klazu]

I hope the windows on the first 10 floors or so are three layer glass. Nothing would be more annoying than to listen to Skytrains stop and depart under your window every 3 minutes.



I do like this complex, as it appears very impressive in live. I also like us seeing more non-square footprint tower. Thin rectangle towers appear taller than square ones.

[SpongeG]

is that structure of the guideway of the tracks going to stay permanently? or was it just added for construction?

[Jebby]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

is that structure of the guideway of the tracks going to stay permanently? or was it just added for construction?

Probably just for construction to mitigate the risk of anyone being hit or any damage being caused to the station by falling debris.

[LeftCoaster]

Originally Posted by Jebby

Probably just for construction to mitigate the risk of anyone being hit or any damage being caused to the station by falling debris.

I doubt it, you usually don't insulate a temp construction cover with dens glass sheathing. That looks permanent to me.

They might need to weather protect depending on the type of work being done behind that wall but I'd be surprised.

[SFUVancouver]

I think SpongeG was referring to the white steel structure with the metal mesh plates that was built above the station.

[SpongeG]

yeah the metal part not the glass part, it was open air the last time i used it years ago with only the platform area protected with glass

[Jebby]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

I doubt it, you usually don't insulate a temp construction cover with dens glass sheathing. That looks permanent to me.

They might need to weather protect depending on the type of work being done behind that wall but I'd be surprised.

Ohhh, you're talking about what was built around the guidway, I was talking about the glass canopy built over the station.

[VanK]

Originally Posted by whatnext

As an "edge" development it will always look out of place. There will never be anything significant to the south of it.

I heard that PCI recently purchased the property south of their Marine Gateway project (Volvo/Subaru dealership). I don't think it is or will be zoned for residential. Likely for a commercial expansion?

[Crows]

Taken this morning.

[Klazu]

Originally Posted by mr.x

A big thanks to jlousa for tipping us info on this development.

I was looking at the first posts on this page and had realized that the towers were originally proposed to be on the other side of the complex. Interesting when looking back now. Seems also that this complex has been quite long in the making...

[Klazu]

A high-resolution reminder of what this is going to look like when completed:









Renderings from http://www.collierscanada.com

[GlassCity]

Interesting. Because of the way construction is going now I assumed the southern tower was gonna be taller. It'll be better to have the taller tower right up against the intersection.

[Klazu]

Yeah, the southern tower must be topped out now.

[Vanelevatorman]

Those last renders look beautiful.