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Old Posted May 12, 2011, 7:27 PM
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Looking good. Go more development in New West. I want to see them rebuild the waterfront and New West and Surrey develop a nicer Riverfront between the 2 cities once the SFPR is completed. I think the flatlands there could be a great area to develop for Surrey in the future.

Gateway to downtown and a nice Yaletowny community atmosphere. Walk the dog along the river, take a water taxi across to the New West Quay.
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Old Posted May 13, 2011, 1:10 AM
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That building is for phase 3. I suppose once they have all retail leased they will begin to build it. I would expect that it would be sooner rather than later, but it may be delayed because of the construction of the civic centre across 8th street. The grand staircase that you speak of is in the plans, if you look around page 15 of the thread.
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Old Posted May 19, 2011, 1:03 AM
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Great pics guys, keep them coming!

is there an estimated date of completion and a list of retailers in the building?

I assume the skytrain is still running with all this construction? it looks like quite the desolate place. Is it always this way?
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Old Posted May 19, 2011, 1:13 AM
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is what a desolate place? that area is not that busy - more so during commute times in my experience - the quay closing and casino moving really hurt that part of town - the reopened river market (former quay) only had one store in it last time i passed and a pub nothing else no reason to go there at all

i think it opens fall 2011 and the theatre a little later - christmas blockbusters should be playing there
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Old Posted May 19, 2011, 5:50 AM
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I think the desolate feeling you are getting is from the shots on Columbia street. That part of Columbia doesn't get any pedestrian traffic because the sidewalk goes nowhere that anybody would want to walk (train yards).

It is very busy during commute times, and reasonably busy during the middle of the day and weekends. It dies down at about 8pm-9pm.

The skytrain is definitely running.

Anything you want pictures of?
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Old Posted May 19, 2011, 6:31 PM
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This area of New west has a lot of pedestrian traffic, I was surprised at the pedestrian traffic on columbia and by the spaghetti factory.
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Old Posted May 19, 2011, 8:24 PM
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its always been good but only at certain times - its even less now with all the changes and construction - it will pick up again when things settle down and all the construction projects finish up

douglas college is right there that contributes a lot of pedestrians during the day
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The sidewalks are closed on Columbia pretty much so there is no through pedestrian traffic. If you go over to Carnarvon St behind the existing part of Plaza 88, the street is usually packed with pedestrians.
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Old Posted Jun 10, 2011, 2:40 AM
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It looks like completion will be longer than I had hoped to be completed. The Westbound station elevator appears to be on the move, with an expected completion date of November.

I'll snap some photos this weekend for a large update.
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Old Posted Jun 10, 2011, 7:23 AM
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Does anyone know how plans are going for the upgrades to the station itself? Obviously the funds aren't there (I still don't know why the developer isn't being made to pay for it should have been demanded of them IMO) but are they still hoping to get it done as soon as possible? Any designs released?

Oh, also, was curious, I thought that originally there was a fifth tower planned, I'd assumed over the Spaghetti factory, is that still in the works for the distant future or not?

Looks like they demolished that crappy building next to eight street just after I commented about it... glad they were listening to me!
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Old Posted Jun 10, 2011, 11:33 PM
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yeah i saw that they demolished that the other day when i drove past - i was gonna mention it here but i forget
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Old Posted Jun 11, 2011, 6:19 AM
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I haven't seen any designs or prep work for station renovations. I doubt that there will be much. It will be phased, likely, if anything.

Fifth tower was to be Spaghetti Factory, but that's probably 5 years down the road, as they would probably build the 4th first.
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Old Posted Jun 28, 2011, 2:36 AM
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I've been super busy lately, but here are two photos from NW station platform.

All concrete pouring looks to be done (perhaps some North of the station between the main residential structure and OSF). They are still mounting steel girders on top of the concrete for the station-level stores. There are also some interesting curved steel white poles for which purpose I am not aware. Finishing work is going ahead, including the parkade (looks to be almost finished) and some shops North of the track. The Westbound elevator has been closed for a little while. I think that they might be moving it.

I'll try to take some more shots soon.




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Old Posted Jun 28, 2011, 7:38 PM
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Thanks for the update.
That first shot looks great - like a real "downtown" elevated station.
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The station will be getting a face lift, and the north west corner of the station will be directly connected to the tower for people to walk and shop down the corridor. There are more escalators to get from the safeway/shoppers level to to the skytrain level as well. They are incorporating the skytrain and shopping into a one stop deal.

I was working on the site for awhile and got the inside scoop.
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This is total dreaming and probably never will happen, but once this project and the Civic Centre/Theatre/Convention Centre/Office tower are completed, wouldn't the Salvation Army building across be great for a Nordstrom? Obviously it's not downtown Vancouver, but Downtown New West and especially this stretch of Columbia from 10th to Begbie is shaping up to be really neat!
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This is total dreaming and probably never will happen, but once this project and the Civic Centre/Theatre/Convention Centre/Office tower are completed, wouldn't the Salvation Army building across be great for a Nordstrom? Obviously it's not downtown Vancouver, but Downtown New West and especially this stretch of Columbia from 10th to Begbie is shaping up to be really neat!
Nordstrom? At best, Target.
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Nordstrom? At best, Target.
Unfortunately...
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Old Posted Jul 22, 2011, 6:52 AM
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I know that I'm overdue for photos. I promise some soon.

There is now a metal roof over the South platform for some part of it, many windows up, and insulation still continues to go up. No real finishing such as siding or drywall, but we're getting close.

An escalator frame went up today in the underground part, which is very good to see. Also, they have begun to remove interior roof paneling from one section of the skytrain station. This is either for interior renovations, removal of the roof (the mall will be the new roof), or temporary.
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There's quite a bit of finishing going on. Not much to take photos of since it is generally inside, but I can tell you that the cladding on the exterior looks like it will be grey and green. It doesn't look horrible, but doesn't look great either. It is certainly better than the renders on page 12, which show lots of concrete.

Also, they have taken the roof off of the Eastbound escalator and stairs, as that will be heavily integrated with the development itself. Right now it is just set up with plywood over top, but I anticipate that integration will accelerate as a result.

Many escalators and such are being installed, and they appear to be readying to pave the area where the bus loop will be. I'm still hoping for an October/November completion, but stores probably won't be open until January or February. Only 2 years behind schedule, not too bad.
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