498 Drake St | 121.9M | 43Fl | Completed - Page 2

Canadian Mind · #21 Posted **Jan 19, 2012, 5:24 AM**

I just noticed the FSR, How is it that a development like Jameson can get a 24 SF ratio, and this thing gets not even 12? Do they not have the same access to transit?

trofirhen · #22 Posted **Jan 19, 2012, 5:32 AM**

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Originally Posted by vanman

I like the massing and height of this building but nothing else. It is as cookie cutter as it gets. Hopefully this is sent back to the drawing board. A location as prominent as this one anchoring Richards st deserves something more iconic.

Pls excuse the late addition, but YES, YES, and YES !! This is an insult. Send it back for a revamped edition. This one must, as you say, be iconic, given the location, plus the height.

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Originally Posted by dleung

You sound like Caltrane. Dullness is a negative... this will be the tallest and most visible building in Yaletown, and you're already rationalizing the dullness by hiding it with taller ones in the future?

Not at all. I'm saying that this dull number seems to have the green light, so we have to accept it, dull as it is (which I do not like).

As for the other buildings, I'm just hoping that the tall ones in the precinct will be smart and interesting, to offset the dullness of this one; that's all.

If there were a way to liven up the design of this one .... I'd do it!!

Jimbo604 · #23 Posted **Jan 19, 2012, 5:52 PM**

Info on Boss Nightclub's last night, last Saturday, Jan 14th:
http://dose.clubzone.com/events/5031...ub-Finale.html

Site is purchased by large developer according to this post:
http://www.simonlim.ca/2012/01/wall-...richards-site/

"Wall has applied to the City of Vancouver to rezone 1300-1320 Richards Street from Downtown District to Comprehensive Development District.

The proposal is for a 43-storey mixed-use residential and commercial-retail development, comprised 208,175 sq. ft., an FSR of 11.90, and a height of 400 feet.

Simon Lim and David Taylor sold both lots to Wall in 2010 and 2011 (1300 and 1320 Richards Street)."

officedweller · #24 Posted **Jan 19, 2012, 7:27 PM**

Lots of other interesting tidbits from the Simon Lim site dating back to November.
Couple of buildings on Granville downtown sold;
99 West Pender (at Abbott) sold;
Scotiabank site on Broadway (at Oak) for sale;
Fitness World site on Kingsway sold;

vanman · #25 Posted **Jan 19, 2012, 9:06 PM**

^ You mean the Fitness World on Kingsway in Burnaby? It's about time that site got redeveloped, along with the former Jim Pattison dealership that is now vacant.

Edit*

Just checked out the site it is leased til 2019! Ah well.

trofirhen · #26 Posted **Jan 19, 2012, 10:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by Canadian Mind

I would have liked a better crown. But the massing and height of the tower is alright.

Is it wrong of me to not mind the look of balconies?

Hey, CM, don't bow to the Politically Correct Thought Police, not even in joking.

Jimbo604 · #27 Posted **Feb 3, 2012, 2:47 AM**

photocredit: me

Not too much happening here. Looks like someone removed everything worth removing from the Boss Night club (tv's, speakers, etc).

Porfiry · #28 Posted **Feb 15, 2012, 6:31 AM**

Community Open House set for Feb. 28th:
http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/plannin...ostcard-oh.pdf

dreambrother808 · #29 Posted **Feb 15, 2012, 7:34 AM**

Graceland flashbacks. Oh the mid-90's...

Prometheus · #30 Posted **Feb 15, 2012, 7:42 AM**

Luv Affair. The neighbourhood has really gone down hill.

Hed Kandi · #31 Posted **Feb 15, 2012, 8:22 AM**

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osirisboy · #32 Posted **Feb 15, 2012, 10:40 AM**

I love it

wrenegade · #33 Posted **Feb 15, 2012, 4:12 PM**

Open House scheduled for Tuesday February 28th at 5pm at the Boss Nightclub.

s211 · #34 Posted **Feb 15, 2012, 5:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by dreambrother808

Graceland flashbacks. Oh the mid-90's...

Graceland flashbacks. Oh the latter-80s!

wrenegade · #35 Posted **Feb 28, 2012, 8:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by wrenegade

Open House scheduled for Tuesday February 28th at 5pm at the Boss Nightclub.

Just bumping this as the Open House is tonight.

trofirhen · #36 Posted **Feb 29, 2012, 1:13 AM**

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Originally Posted by Hed Kandi

Could this design be any more mundane? I hope the UDP have the sense to shut it down.

They're so dumb (it seems), betcha they let it through. Gadzooks

osirisboy · #37 Posted **Feb 29, 2012, 1:35 AM**

well frankly I like this building

trofirhen · #38 Posted **Feb 29, 2012, 2:53 AM**

To each his own

jlousa · #39 Posted **Feb 29, 2012, 3:03 AM**

Put me down as a fan as well, it's not iconic but it's not supposed to be. It's quality infill and will be more reasonably priced then some other projects.

Prometheus · #40 Posted **Feb 29, 2012, 3:24 AM**

If I am reading the plans correctly, then the way this building interacts with the street corner is shockingly residential and suburban. The retail units that do exist have been illogically pushed down Richards, far away from the busy street corner, where a cafe, bistro or something that adds urban vibrancy should be. Instead, there is just an oversized residential lobby.

As it stands, this building, I think, will exacerbate the over-residentialization of downtown. Coquitlam and Port Moody (Suter Brook Village), by contrast, are currently creating far superior urban street scapes than downtown Vancouver.