8495 Granville St (Safeway) | 59, 43M, 25M | 18flrs, 14flrs, 8flrs | Completed - Page 5

vancvrman · #81 Posted **Jun 3, 2012, 2:05 AM**

We're underway in Marpole!

Excavation of the parking lot for the Safeway redevelopment in Vancouver at 70th and Granville began June 1st. Rumour has it that the Safeway store itself may remain open until August.

I took this photo today.

vancvrman · #82 Posted **Jun 3, 2012, 2:35 AM**

Trying again. This is the photo I took today.

Dylan Leblanc · #83 Posted **Jun 4, 2012, 2:49 AM**

Thanks, nice to hear progress on this one.

vancvrman · #84 Posted **Jun 17, 2012, 4:46 PM**

This photo I took today shows two weeks worth of excavation for the development's underground parking.

Crows · #85 Posted **Jul 29, 2012, 12:01 AM**

The Crane was just set up on friday for the tallest building on the south side of the site.

osirisboy · #86 Posted **Jul 29, 2012, 1:50 AM**

When is Safeway closing

vancvrman · #87 Posted **Aug 18, 2012, 1:34 AM**

Photo I took today of the south side of the site.

vancvrman · #88 Posted **Aug 18, 2012, 7:33 PM**

Rumour has it that Safeway is closing Thursday, September 6 at 6 p.m.

Crows · #89 Posted **Aug 18, 2012, 10:20 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by vancvrman

Rumour has it that Safeway is closing Thursday, September 6 at 6 p.m.

I'm forced to buy from choices now pretty much .

s211 · #90 Posted **Aug 20, 2012, 3:49 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crows

I'm forced to buy from choices now pretty much .

I trust that oxymoron was deliberate!

vancvrman · #91 Posted **Oct 28, 2012, 6:54 PM**

Photo I took today of the new Safeway. Upper left corner shows residential tower.

Jimbo604 · #92 Posted **Oct 28, 2012, 7:18 PM**

Project Stats
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/...Statistics.pdf

Building Program
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/...ingProgram.pdf

Changes from Original Proposal
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/...alProposal.pdf

Landscape Concepts
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/...peConcepts.pdf

Traffic and Loading
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/...andLoading.pdf

Architectural Drawings
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/...ingsforWeb.pdf

Links in jlousa's original post for this thread were for City of Vancouver's old website and no longer work. Updated links to append "former" as the beginning of each URL so they work. eg: http://former.vancouver.ca/,,,

vancvrman · #93 Posted **Dec 4, 2012, 1:29 AM**

Photo I took today of Safeway and rising residential tower on the Granville Street side of the site.

vancvrman · #94 Posted **Dec 4, 2012, 1:36 AM**

Second photo, on Cornish Street side of the site, shows excavation for the 7-storey slab residential building on Cornish. The upper right corner of the photo is the excavation for the residential tower at Cornish and 70th.

smho · #95 Posted **Dec 4, 2012, 4:29 AM**

B+B Scale Models's website has pics of the model:
http://bbscalemodels.com/2012/09/granville-70th-2012/

squeezied · #96 Posted **Dec 4, 2012, 5:20 AM**

Dear goodness:

Quote:

Another one of Westbank’s gems. This high end Project on the south side of of Vancouver is the first in the area, sure to boost the community’s local econemy and solidify housing prices for the future. Our model was built to travel, Westbank will use it to sell to foreign buyers. The model has no lights, but beyond that is a highly detailed model and spares no expense.

Sounds like a foreigner wrote that.

officedweller · #97 Posted **Dec 4, 2012, 10:28 PM**

Thanks for posting.
The use of brick makes the project seem more "dense" and "heavy" than it would have without it. But the alternative would have been metal panel, and brick is a "higher value" finish. It would have been nicer if they had used a lighter coloured brick.