VANCOUVER | West Pender Place (2 Towers) | 36fl & 10fl | U/C

SFUVancouver · #1 Posted **Nov 8, 2007, 12:39 PM**

Source: http://westpenderplace.com/

This luxury residential high rise project is located in the Coal Harbour neighbourhood of downtown Vancouver. There isn't too much information available about this $220 million ($240 million US) project just yet but I wanted to put the word out about this beauty as soon as possible and we'll update as time goes on. There will be live/work units in the podium and retail at grade. Bi level flats and loft units will run up the side of the taller building along the "creases". Thoughts?

tdawg · #2 Posted **Nov 8, 2007, 2:18 PM**

That's stunning. The angles and cladding remind me very much of the new BofA tower here in NYC.

SFUVancouver · #3 Posted **Nov 25, 2007, 3:27 AM**

A couple weeks ago the development proposal for West Pender Place was by the Urban Design Panel, which is the second to last step in the development process before final approval.

The Urban Design Panel (UDP) is a form of peer review for projects. It is a volunteer panel comprised of representatives from the architectural, landscape architectural, development, and engineering professions and a representative from the Vancouver City Planning Commission, which is the citizens' advisory body for urban planning.

Projects come before the UDP and present their application. Development staff from the City ask the UDP to respond to several questions about the proposed scheme, ranging from massing, public realm interaction, and whether the project had earned the proposed density bonusing in exchange for a variety of public amenities. The UDP votes and projects that pass are then welcome to make a formal application to the Development Permit Board, whose ruling represents the official recommendation of City Staff. City Council utimately approve or reject the application but they are heavily, heavily influenced by the recommendation of the Development Permit Board and the staff report, which are both influenced by the projects' approval or rejection and comments by the Urban Design Panel.

Projects that are rejected by the UDP are required to reapply once they have made whatever changes they are prepared to make. If a project is rejected a second time the UDP officially recommends that the Development Permit Board reject the project. A project is fully entitled to continue on to the Development Permit Board without the approval of the UDP but it must go through the process first. Only on rare occasions has a project been approved by the Development Permit Board after it was rejected by the UDP.

At every step the proposal is in the public domain and an audience is welcome at each level of meeting.

From prior experience I would hazzard to guess that West Pender Place will break ground in the spring and top out by early 2010.

SFUVancouver · #4 Posted **Apr 30, 2008, 2:02 AM**

A small update courtesy of Delirium from the Vancouver section of the forum.

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Originally Posted by Delirium

it's confirmed now that both buildings are sold-out. took six months.. not bad.

here's a picture of the model

nothing really new about these renderings except they're bigger

Original post

The existing buildings are being gutted and demolition should begin in earnest shortly. This one is a go.

Moderators, could this thread please be moved to the highrise construction thread with a 'prep', 'demo', or even 'u/c' tag?

Dale · #5 Posted **Apr 30, 2008, 2:43 AM**

They look fantastic.

Hed Kandi · #6 Posted **Apr 30, 2008, 2:44 AM**

Excellent pics!

Complex01 · #7 Posted **May 1, 2008, 6:52 PM**

Another, very kewl. Looks very nice...

James2390 · #8 Posted **May 2, 2008, 6:37 AM**

Beautiful design! Very sharp.

dleung · #9 Posted **Jan 19, 2010, 6:39 AM**

Update of construction progress by Raggedy13

Complex01 · #10 Posted **Jan 21, 2010, 10:57 PM**

Oh thats looking real nice...

chex · #11 Posted **Jan 22, 2010, 10:55 PM**

nice project, cladding looks identical to the renders!!

SFUVancouver · #12 Posted **Jun 3, 2010, 10:31 PM**

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Calgarian · #13 Posted **Jun 3, 2010, 10:54 PM**

Very cool looking project.

Coldrsx · #14 Posted **Jun 3, 2010, 11:05 PM**

i like it more and more every time i see it.

chex · #15 Posted **Jun 4, 2010, 12:35 AM**

coming along very very nice! congrats to van city!

SFUVancouver · #16 Posted **Mar 28, 2011, 7:11 AM**

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Taken by SFUVancouver, March 24th, 2011.

Let's compare how the building turned out compared to the original computer rendering:

Source: http://westpenderplace.com/

chex · #17 Posted **Apr 2, 2011, 5:29 AM**

very nice project!

Complex01 · #18 Posted **Apr 2, 2011, 4:26 PM**

Very well done...

SFUVancouver · #19 Posted **Apr 24, 2011, 7:04 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spikester

Some shots from early this morning. All photos by me, posted on Flickr.

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Photos by Spikester | Post | Thread

colemonkee · #20 Posted **Apr 25, 2011, 5:09 AM**

Pretty faithful to the rendering. I love the angles on the mid-rise, and how pronounced the angle is over the sidewalk. The tower's not too shabby either. I would take this any day in LA.