Cambie Corridor Plan and Project Updates - Page 19

officedweller · #**361** Posted **Nov 18, 2014, 9:32 PM**

Gas Station site NE corner @ Cambie & 41st has been sold - and can be built up to 12 storeys

http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2014/1...bie-41st-sold/

Prometheus · #**362** Posted **Nov 18, 2014, 10:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by SFUVancouver

I think that the direction the corridor is taking in its development is spot-on and helpful to the long-term accommodation of residential growth in the city. The scale of many of these buildings...is reminiscent of the Arbutus Lands (O'Keefe brewery development just west of Arbutus between 10th and 12th).

Actually, the six-storey Cambie Corridor buildings are even shorter than a few of the Arbutus Lands buildings, three of which have seven-to-eight storeys.

I am not quite sure that the scale of these six-storey Cambie Corridor buildings, which front a major transportation corridor and sit on top of a multi-billion dollar subway line, can be described as "spot-on," even currently, let alone in the long-term. I think it likely that the ultimate scale of the Cambie Corridor Plan was limited more by fear of the anti-growth crowd than by a sober assessment of current context and real future needs.

trofirhen · #**363** Posted **Nov 18, 2014, 11:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by Prometheus

Actually, the six-storey Cambie Corridor buildings are even shorter than a few of the Arbutus Lands buildings, which have seven-to-eight storeys.

I am not quite sure that the scale of these six-storey Cambie Corridor buildings, which front a major transportation corridor and sit on top of a multi-billion dollar subway line, can be described as "spot-on," even currently, let alone in the long-term.

Yes, but future densification and height increase is always possible. At least I hope it is.

officedweller · #**364** Posted **Nov 18, 2014, 11:10 PM**

I think of condos - because of the strata-titled ownership - as being "permanent" and not subject to redevelopment in the near term (i.e. not during the life of the building).

logan5 · #**365** Posted **Nov 18, 2014, 11:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by Prometheus

Actually, the six-storey Cambie Corridor buildings are even shorter than three of the Arbutus Lands buildings, which have seven-to-eight storeys.

I am not quite sure that the scale of these six-storey Cambie Corridor buildings, which front a major transportation corridor and sit on top of a multi-billion dollar subway line, can be described as "spot-on," even currently, let alone in the long-term. I think it likely that the ultimate scale of the Cambie Corridor Plan was limited more by fear of the anti-growth crowd than by a sober assessment of future need and context.

Yup. If it was Main street or Fraser street we would be seeing 10 to 12 stories, fsr 5 and 6. That's what's happening along east Hastings and there's no rapid transit now or in the future.

It's too bad about Cambie. The city comparing it to Broadway, but it looks like its going to be mostly residential along its length.

We should be densifying the Arbutus corridor right now, but probly nothing will happen for decades when I see politicians nearly pissing their pants when somebody from the west side complains.

whatnext · #**366** Posted **Jan 6, 2015, 8:40 AM**

Ack, gag! The sign for "Bennington House" a pompously named collection of exquisitely crafted townhomes at W. King Ed & Yukon. I'll have to swing by and watch the construction crew exquisitely handcrafting them.

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phesto · #**367** Posted **Jan 6, 2015, 5:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

Ack, gag! The sign for "Bennington House" a pompously named collection of exquisitely crafted townhomes at W. King Ed & Yukon. I'll have to swing by and watch the construction crew exquisitely handcrafting them.

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It will be a 4-storey condo building with a few townhomes on the lane.

"Rare" is a bit of a stretch. There will be close to 400 units at the King Ed & Cambie intersection in the next 5 or so years...

Caliplanner · #**368** Posted **Jan 6, 2015, 6:02 PM**

Phesto, don't Vancouverites also want some single family homes with lawns??? A city full of townhouses and condo highrises seems cold/hardened/crappy!!!

connect2source · #**369** Posted **Jan 6, 2015, 7:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

Ack, gag! The sign for "Bennington House" a pompously named collection of exquisitely crafted townhomes at W. King Ed & Yukon. I'll have to swing by and watch the construction crew exquisitely handcrafting them.

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Sadly, the homes they're knocking down for these pretentious sounding condos were the one's exquisitely crafted, no snotty marketing required.

quobobo · #**370** Posted **Jan 6, 2015, 7:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by Caliplanner

Phesto, don't Vancouverites also want some single family homes with lawns??? A city full of townhouses and condo highrises seems cold/hardened/crappy!!!

4/5 of the residentially zoned land in Vancouver is already reserved for single-family homes and a small handful of duplexes. As in it's straight-up illegal to build apartments on that land.

We're so far away from a city without single family homes that your post mostly just confuses me.

officedweller · #**371** Posted **Jan 6, 2015, 10:19 PM**

Pics of Empire QE by Yellow Fever @ SSC.
Renders show it clad in brown brick.

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Originally Posted by Yellow Fever

three big low rise condo developments on Cambie close to the QE park.

IMG_8038 by Yellow Fever @ SkyscraperCity, on Flickr

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officedweller · #**372** Posted **Jan 7, 2015, 2:28 AM**

Cambie & 54th

http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2015/0...th-and-cambie/

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Mosaic is building ... two 6-storey buildings with one two-storey townhome and an amenity building along the back lane. The proposal includes:
◾74 residential units
◾a maximum building height of 73 ft
◾a density of 2.65 FSR;
◾84 underground parking spaces
◾102 bicycle parking spaces

http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2015/0...th-and-cambie/

and I suppose this one is really Cambie Corrirdor too:

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Marcon Developments is planning to build 73-units at Yukon Street and West 63rd Avenue in two 4-storey buildings.

http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2015/0...-marpole-zone/

SFUVancouver · #**373** Posted **Jan 7, 2015, 4:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by Caliplanner

Phesto, don't Vancouverites also want some single family homes with lawns??? A city full of townhouses and condo highrises seems cold/hardened/crappy!!!

If someone has a million bucks to spend on the average single family home in Metro Vancouver (the City of Vancouver is $1.6M per single family home, on average) then they are welcome to buy a such a residence.

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Greater Vancouver detached homes now average over $1M

CBC News Posted: Jan 06, 2015 11:41 AM ET

The average price for a detached home in the Greater Vancouver area is now over $1 million, according to statistics from the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver.

That’s up 8.1 per cent from a year ago and more than 27 per cent in the last five years and comes at the end of a year of hot sales of Vancouver area real estate.

The number of sales of all properties, from apartment and condos to houses, reached 33,116, a 16.1 per cent increase from the 28,524 sales recorded in 2013. That’s no record as half the years in the last 10 have seen more sales.

The composite benchmark price for all residential properties in Metro Vancouver ends the year at $638,500, but that’s much higher in parts of the city, such as West Vancouver, where the composite price is $1.6 million.

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/grea...r-1m-1.2891167

officedweller · #**374** Posted **Feb 5, 2015, 11:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2014/1...ment-proposal/

New render for this one from the GBL website:

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15 Jan 2015

A new GBL proposal for a six-storey development on King Edward Avenue near Cambie Street was approved by the Vancouver Urban Design panel. The development comprises of 61 residential units, including 8 lanehouse units.

http://www.gblarchitects.com/king-ed...-design-panel/

https://twitter.com/GBLArchitects

officedweller · #**375** Posted **Feb 5, 2015, 11:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Two more Cambie corridor projects:

http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2014/1...bie-near-37th/

Another render from the GBL website:

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30 Jan 2015

GBL’s proposed design for a new 6-storey residential building at 5355 Cambie Street has been approved by the Urban Design Panel. The development comprises of 45 single-level apartments and 3 lane-oriented townhomes, totalling 50,000sf.

http://www.gblarchitects.com/5355-ca...anel-approval/

officedweller · #**376** Posted **Feb 5, 2015, 11:43 PM**

Another GBL project they call 49 West - I think it's the one next to Prelude:

https://twitter.com/GBLArchitects

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Render of that small project east of Cambie on south side of 41st.
Premium rental apartments by Qualex-Landmark.

http://qualex.ca/aria/

officedweller · #**377** Posted **Feb 16, 2015, 10:21 PM**

Onni has announced the purchase of the Pearson Hospital Lands on Cambie St.:

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Onni Group buys health authority land at Cambie and 57th
By Jeff Lee, Vancouver Sun
February 14, 2015

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The health authority said it has sold all but 1.3 hectares of the site to Onni, in two parcels on the east and west sides. The remaining piece in the middle will be used for a new 150-bed residential care facility, community health centre, YMCA facility and a therapeutic pool....

http://www.vancouversun.com/touch/ne...tml?rel=831135

hollywoodnorth · #**378** Posted **Feb 16, 2015, 11:27 PM**

wow big pick up by Onni!

officedweller · #**379** Posted **Feb 17, 2015, 9:24 PM**

... so it is possible for strata owners to agree to sell.....
Site is just north of ONNI's "Northwest"

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Cambie Site Sells in $16.7 Million Deal

A strata townhouse complex located at the southwest corner of Cambie and West 65th Avenue
has been acquired by the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation of Canada for $16,700,000.
The 34,600 SF site is currently zoned CD, but is designated for 6-storey development in the Cambie Corridor Plan.
The purchase price equates to $195 per buildable SF assuming a density of 2.5 FSR.

http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2015/0...-million-deal/

whatnext · #**380** Posted **Feb 22, 2015, 7:48 PM**

Livingstone House has taken one of the postwar bungalows, painted it white and lit it up for their presentation centre (my photo)

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