2300 Kingsway | 22fl | Completed - Page 3

vanlaw · #41 Posted **Feb 7, 2008, 4:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by jlousa

but with the rumour of a Save-ons opening at King Ed Village it could end up being a T&T

It is definitley a Save-On (or their new banner Price Smart) going in at KEV

jlousa · #42 Posted **Aug 8, 2008, 6:01 PM**

Forgot about this thread, anyways a quick update, no more Supermarket, but there will be a large format drug store, not sure who but there is already 2 london drugs close by. The project has been redesigned yet again, but it looks really good. Should it make it thru the UDP and DPB they expect to start construction in Jan/09. The latest info is available in the following link. Maybe someone can capture the renderings and post them for everyone to see.

http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/develop...sway/index.htm

jlousa · #43 Posted **Aug 14, 2008, 11:34 PM**

Went by the presentation centre on my lunch hour, it's at georgia and Seymour in the bay parkage building which holborn also owns. Anyways it looks really good. The units themselves are all on the small side, and the finishes are very mid-range. Looking at the model though the project really comes together nicely and will be a great addition to that area.

squeezied · #44 Posted **Aug 15, 2008, 6:22 AM**

i dunno, judging by the renderings at the website (http://www.thehillsvancouver.ca/), im not so fond of the yellow and lime green blab. i could've easily mistaken it for a concord condo. i dont get whats the hype about gaudy colours. but i guess the building does suit the environs of colourful and flashy vancouver specials of baby blue, turquoise, barf tan, etc.

hollywoodnorth · #45 Posted **Aug 15, 2008, 11:31 AM**

I would love to see some planning studies or detailed info on the "Little Mountain Lands" that Holburn is also developing..........anyone able to help with a link?

hollywoodnorth · #46 Posted **Aug 15, 2008, 11:33 AM**

opps found it! >> http://www.littlemountainplan.ca/index.html

jlousa · #47 Posted **Aug 15, 2008, 6:25 PM**

Little mountain will be a bit away still, they will need to go thru quite a few steps to get everything approved I don't expect them to acutally start construction till late 2010.

As for the hills, completion is set for 2012, so 3.5yrs from now. The colours acutally come together pretty well, at least on the model. Stop by and take a look, now what they'll look like in real life we'll need to wait and see.

officedweller · #48 Posted **Aug 15, 2008, 6:37 PM**

Based on the site plan at the website - there's no second tower?
Just the "El Dorado" midrise slab and the "Beacon" tower?
It shows townhouses and a daycare to the south.

jlousa · #49 Posted **Aug 15, 2008, 7:08 PM**

Thats correct the second tower (7 storeys) will be a community garden for the time being, the tower will be built at a later date. I'm assuming they will be doing this to see if they can squeeze more height out of it at a later date.

officedweller · #50 Posted **Aug 15, 2008, 8:01 PM**

Thanks.
In massing, it's a bit like the corner part of the King Edward Village, just separate blocks.

Powell · #51 Posted **Feb 4, 2009, 10:27 PM**

Project Cancelled!

"Thank you for your interest in The Hills Vancouver, located at Kingsway and Nanaimo.

We have been informed by the developer that they will no longer be proceeding with this project as planned. "

giallo · #52 Posted **Feb 5, 2009, 1:04 AM**

And another one bites the dust...

Yume-sama · #53 Posted **Feb 5, 2009, 1:07 AM**

This one was obvious from the beginning. The cancellation has nothing to do with the economy.

They were soooo slow doing anything, and it just wasn't that great of a project.

nova9 · #54 Posted **Feb 5, 2009, 7:02 AM**

Too bad. I live in the area and wanted to see the Hills create a domino effect of more and more towers in my area.

I can just stare at KEV and hope.

duener · #55 Posted **Feb 5, 2009, 8:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by Yume-sama

This one was obvious from the beginning. The cancellation has nothing to do with the economy.

They were soooo slow doing anything, and it just wasn't that great of a project.

This has everything to do with the economy. If people were lining up around the block to buy pre-sale condos like they were up until recently, I'm sure this would still be going ahead.

The fact is people aren't buying condo pre-sales any more. Even worse is that developers are now having to sue people who are trying to get out of their pre-sale condo contracts. It's an ugly situation and is only going to get worse. see http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=CA&hl=en&v=YL-JJGsg4Z0 for more info.

Yume-sama · #56 Posted **Feb 5, 2009, 4:53 PM**

They had been trying to sell these condos for over a year, I can't even remember when they first launched. It was a *long* time ago. They had their offices all set up on West Georgia street for at least a year, but from the start, nobody was buying. This was when people were still buying up everything. Looking through my records, they e-mailed me with the "opportunity to buy" on March 17th, 2007, nearly two years ago.

So, this project was doomed from the start.

vanlaw · #57 Posted **Feb 5, 2009, 5:12 PM**

The sales centre was there and set up for quite a while, but I dont think it actually "opened" until early '08 due to the civic strike in summer '07. Although economy etc. takes most of the blame, perhaps it would have been different if they coulld have launched summer '07 had there not been the strike.

jlousa · #58 Posted **Feb 6, 2009, 6:06 AM**

That's correct the strike didn't help this project mind you neither did Chandler being involved nor Holborn. The units never even went on sale, previews started 08/08/08 but sales were supposed to start this spring.

LeftCoaster · #59 Posted **Feb 6, 2009, 6:07 AM**

Haha Chandler and Holborn? Wow now there's a winning combination!

hollywoodnorth · #60 Posted **Feb 6, 2009, 6:34 AM**

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Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Haha Chandler and Holborn? Wow now there's a winning combination!

two wrongs don't make a right