Broadway Corridor Updates

[phesto]

^ They're fortunate to be able to pivot to rental. Office sites in the Mt. Pleasant employment area and Downtown aren't so lucky.

[logan5]

Originally Posted by officedweller

8 E Broadway (at Ontario Street)

I guess the office tower is dead.
This is purpose built rental - posted to Chard's twitter today, August 25, 2023.




https://charddevelopment.com/rezonin...-built-rental/

Previous office concept:


https://www.formosis.ca/projects/com...east-broadway/

This new proposal looks way nicer than that bland office tower, so it's a win in my books.

Hearing the same complaint over and over again gets nauseating, but jeez louise...

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by officedweller

8 E Broadway (at Ontario Street)

I guess the office tower is dead.
This is purpose built rental - posted to Chard's twitter today, August 25, 2023.

The design you posted was the original Value Group design. When Chard bought the site they switched to a different architect (MCM) and a new office design.


changing city blog

[officedweller]

Thanks for the correction.

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Thanks for the correction.

Thanks for spotting the new proposal on the Chard website. I always thought that was an odd location for an office building, when so much was already going into Mount Pleasant and nearer the City Hall station. The new rental building looks a bit like the MCM office, so maybe they're still the architects.

I wonder if Yuanheng are having any thoughts about changing their big office on the old Mercedes site at 1395? That's also potentially residential, and while they have generally built condos, they retained rental residential in Wesley on West Broadway, so they're not totally averse to owning housing.

[Feathered Friend]

Google Earth


Google Earth


https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public...ctId=201465356

Located minutes away from Kits Beach, this proposed 18-floor building’s mix of market & below-market rental homes shows the Broadway Plan is heating up as summer cools off. Still, things might get toasty when public consultation starts.
https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public...ctId=201465356

Also, in case any of residents of the Albatross happen to see this, make sure to read about the rights you have as a renter under the Broadway Plan, such as the ability to return to these new homes at your current rent, or potentially even lower.
https://vancouver.ca/files/cov/rente...info-sheet.pdf

https://twitter.com/City_Duo/status/...572002340?s=20

[logan5]

I presume this proposal is consolidated with the house beside the apartment building, in order to meet the 150 foot frontage threshold. Would rather see an assembly of 2 apartment buildings (at least) in order to get a more substantial development - ie more units.

Too bad the last fractured city council constructed and finalized the Broadway Plan. This current council would have come up with something a lot more progressive.

[GenWhy?]

Originally Posted by logan5

I presume this proposal is consolidated with the house beside the apartment building, in order to meet the 150 foot frontage threshold. Would rather see an assembly of 2 apartment buildings (at least) in order to get a more substantial development - ie more units.

Too bad the last fractured city council constructed and finalized the Broadway Plan. This current council would have come up with something a lot more progressive.

Neighbours can still assemble and build a tower.

This site could be just 125'. We're in with a 125 foot lot

[Feathered Friend]

Google Earth


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https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public...ctId=202052769

Move over Independent, this 19 floor, 329 ft building could become Mount Pleasant’s tallest peak. It’s small by Burnaby’s standards, but with 175 rental homes (20% at below-market rates), & a 25 space daycare, it offers a lot for the area https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public...ctId=202052769


While it’s mid-block location means it will be the only building of this scale allowed on this block, the #BroadwayPlan’s tenant protections will still apply. Though they may not be needed, as it appears this just replaces a handful of detached dwellings.
https://vancouver.ca/files/cov/rente...info-sheet.pdf

https://twitter.com/City_Duo/status/...406059821?s=20

[madog222]

Great finds Feathered Friend! Exciting to see these projects come online.

[logan5]

The height doesn’t look right. It should be about 200 feet. The daycare component gives them extra height and density.

[madog222]

Originally Posted by Feathered Friend

Move over Independent, this 19 floor, 329 ft building could become Mount Pleasant’s tallest peak. It’s small by Burnaby’s standards, but with 175 rental homes (20% at below-market rates), & a 25 space daycare, it offers a lot for the area https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public...ctId=202052769


While it’s mid-block location means it will be the only building of this scale allowed on this block, the #BroadwayPlan’s tenant protections will still apply. Though they may not be needed, as it appears this just replaces a handful of detached dwellings.
https://vancouver.ca/files/cov/rente...info-sheet.pdf

https://twitter.com/City_Duo/status/...406059821?s=20

Rezoning application is up.
Building height looks to be 67.3m (220' 7"), the 100m value is geodetic, indeed taller than The Independent.

https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/523-549-e-10-ave






Images from GBL Architects https://web.archive.org/web/20230912...on-booklet.pdf

[madog222]

Originally Posted by madog222

This is interesting, Reliance Properties is selling their lot at St George and E 8th. They had proposed a seven unit townhouse for the site and a development permit was approved in February this year.
With the three adjacent SFH lots along E 8th a 20 storey rental or 12 storey strata tower could be built.

https://www.collierscanada.com/en-ca...ada/can2010526


Proposed and approved townhouse:

Image from Integra Architechture https://www.urbanyvr.com/the-saint-g...uses-reliance/

The Colliers listing says sold but in June Reliance made a preliminary submission for a 8 storey 64 unit strata tower on this site with the adjacent lot with a 1910 built SFH.

https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public...ctId=203796417

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by madog222

Rezoning application is up.


Images from GBL Architects https://web.archive.org/web/20230912...on-booklet.pdf

I like the design. Not too crazy.

[logan5]

It’s September now, so we should be seeing a torrent of new proposals for Broadway, right?

[jollyburger]

I wonder if it would have looked better with a solid colour for the facade? Or maybe it's just the rendering that makes it look a little bit too busy.

[Hooknose]

Originally Posted by logan5

It’s September now, so we should be seeing a torrent of new proposals for Broadway, right?

Actually, perhaps not.

Developers have been accumulating property along the corridor for years and once the Broadway plan was finalized, they rushed right in with (the number that I heard) 400 proposals for redevelopment in line with the new plan.

Unless they acquire more sites (and supplies of those are tight now), what they have seen is what you will get.

[GenWhy?]

Originally Posted by logan5

It’s September now, so we should be seeing a torrent of new proposals for Broadway, right?

Latest Enquiry responses we received from the City were in August (and we applied as soon as we were allowed) so you will definitely see a few more pop up before December.

Could always be that folks applied and it takes a few weeks for it to show up on the rezoning website.

[GenWhy?]

Originally Posted by Hooknose

Actually, perhaps not.

Developers have been accumulating property along the corridor for years and once the Broadway plan was finalized, they rushed right in with (the number that I heard) 400 proposals for redevelopment in line with the new plan.

Unless they acquire more sites (and supplies of those are tight now), what they have seen is what you will get.

Existing owners developing old rental buildings are the prime redevelopment folks at the moment, as far as I understand. Folks buying up and assembling houses in this area might be more rare.

[SpongeG]

we need a photographer to hit Broadway just west of Nanaimo so much happening there.

There is also a showroom on Nanaimo that is an old house, looks like a Vancouver Special converted into a showroom I've never seen a house used for that purpose before.