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Old Posted Jul 20, 2012, 9:30 PM
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not many big spaces

hopefully they build a pedestrian bridge to aberdeen centre station
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Old Posted Jul 20, 2012, 9:46 PM
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They are just shells and it would be very easy to combine units into a larger space.
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Old Posted Jul 21, 2012, 3:16 AM
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Another trio of high-rises proposed for oval village

http://www.richmondreview.com/news/162947496.html
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Old Posted Aug 2, 2012, 7:21 AM
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The Boulevard Casino in Coquitlam had its hotel tower approved.
This is apparently an old render with 11 floors - the current submission has 10 floors.

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According to city documents, Great Canadian Casino now intends to build a 10-storey hotel with 176 rooms adjacent to the current casino and Red Robinson Show Theatre; no expansion is planned for the casino floor.
http://www.tricitynews.com/news/164650196.html
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Old Posted Aug 2, 2012, 3:36 PM
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Fremont Village looks like a typical suburban space. Wasn't there supposed to be a residential component to the project? It doesn't look like it. There will be housing directly north of the project but eh I'm quite disappointed. At least the pedestrian strip component is still there.

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Old Posted Aug 2, 2012, 4:44 PM
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not many big spaces

hopefully they build a pedestrian bridge to aberdeen centre station
If they built a pedestrian bridge across the river (which was already in the official community plan before this mall came about), then this mall would actually be *just* within the 400m catchment area of Aberdeen Station.

YVR should offer to pay for the pedestrian bridge in exchange for the City of Richmond's support for the project.

This would be a much better plan than the proposal to have a free shuttle for Templeton Station.
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Old Posted Aug 2, 2012, 4:46 PM
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where is freemont village?

re coquitlam casino - are they gonna take over the spot next door for the hotel? so it can have the corner?
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Old Posted Aug 2, 2012, 5:43 PM
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where is freemont village?

re coquitlam casino - are they gonna take over the spot next door for the hotel? so it can have the corner?
It's in Poco, that's the Mary Hill Bypass / Lougheed @ Pitt River Bridge interchange on the edge of the left.

While I love what's going on in downtown Poco, I think everything in the 'Dominion triangle' area in north Poco is a complete 1970s auto-centric disaster that will have to be replaced in the future.
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Old Posted Aug 2, 2012, 7:30 PM
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ah okay, so that must be the already built walmart in the render
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Fremont Village looks like a typical suburban space. Wasn't there supposed to be a residential component to the project? It doesn't look like it. There will be housing directly north of the project but eh I'm quite disappointed. At least the pedestrian strip component is still there.

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Onni has also submitted plans for two high-rise apartment towers that would add 528 new residential units to the centre.
http://www.portcoquitlam.ca/__shared...s/page6399.htm

Renders of the towers are also available here:

http://www.fremontvillage.ca/fremont...sidential.html

I guess they didn't include the residential towers on Onni's website for the retail component of the project, which is where DKaz got the picture from:

http://www.onni.com/commercial/retai...emont-village/
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The Freemont Village situation is a bit baffling. When council approved it, they gave permission for hundreds of residential units on site. All the renderings showed a string of low-rises over the "main street" (ha. ha.) commercial space, PLUS two towers where the grass is in that render. However I've heard absolutely nothing about the residential components since then, except for Onni's description of the project on their website:
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A unique blend of large-format and medium-format retailers will complement approximately 100,000 sq.ft. of fashion, home accessories, restaurants and personal services in the centre’s ‘lifestyle’ section – centered by an outdoor plaza and surrounding the approximately 600-unit multi-residential development to be constructed in the heart of the centre.
Freemont Village's website still has renderings of two towers, but all references to low-rises have vanished: http://www.fremontvillage.ca/fremont...sidential.html

EDIT: Good job on beating me, GeeCee!
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Old Posted Aug 6, 2012, 8:22 AM
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fairly cool "skyline" shot of downtown COQ here >>



c/o >> http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8282/7...32125008_b.jpg
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^Great find!
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Old Posted Aug 7, 2012, 6:42 AM
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Developer floats Lower Cap revamp

Plan envisions complex, complete with plaza, community centre

Read more: http://www.nsnews.com/business/Devel...#ixzz22q9Op6rf
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Old Posted Aug 9, 2012, 7:37 AM
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Plan to create 'new heart in Edmonds' launched

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Old Posted Aug 25, 2012, 7:30 AM
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It's been a while since the last Coquitlam update! LOTS of activity over the past few months, even I was shocked at the rate some of these projects have been moving at!

Polygon's Celadon (part of Windsor Gate) is already above grade:


The lowrises Windsor Gate are still popping up at an extremely quick rate - I believe this one is the 4th, and there's a 5th finishing up construction across the street:


Speaking of lowrises, this mistake at the corner of Johnson and Glen is now occupied:


Cressey's M2 is also above grade now:


Oasis - Coquitlam's tallest tower at 39 floors - is wrapping up construction, and looks to be one of the rare occasions where the finished product looks better than the renderings!




Street-level looks decent too, though I wish I could say the same for the office building...






Grand Central 2 looks to be completed and partially occupied:






It's always irritating when developers make no effort with multiple-tower developments to have the towers complement/acknowledge one another, and just thoughtlessly drop them side-by-side:


As a result of these two projects, the entire block of Glen from High Street to Pacific has a continuous strip of retail:


In a couple of years, I hope there will be no more strip-mall parking lots like this to take pictures from:


Still no signs of life at Bosa's Evergreen (the site hasn't even been cleared yet), or the second Levo tower (still a pit). Meanwhile, Onni released a rendering for their 1123 Westwood Tower (corner of Lincoln and Westwood) on their website today:
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Old Posted Aug 25, 2012, 7:34 AM
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Awesome update! Thanks a lot. The transformation of Coquitlam always amazes me, it is probably the least recognized high rise development area in Metro Vancouver (maybe Canada). With all that development I don't know how it keeps flying under the radar. That Onni tower looks nice.
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WOW! Yes, and all this new density will provide perfect justification for the new Evergreen Line, which will be heavily used, with the new town centre in what was, until a few years ago, just low-to-mid density suburb.
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WOW! Yes, and all this new density will provide perfect justification for the new Evergreen Line, which will be heavily used, with the new town centre in what was, until a few years ago, just low-to-mid density suburb.
That's what happens when a municipality does its planning 10 years before rapid transit arrives, not a few years afterwards (looking at you, Vancouver...)
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