Downtown Vancouver Updates II

Xelebes · #1 Posted **Oct 23, 2023, 8:13 PM**

This thread is a continuation of the previous thread. Please proceed.

madog222 · #2 Posted **Oct 23, 2023, 10:35 PM**

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officedweller · #3 Posted **Oct 25, 2023, 9:01 PM**

Rec Room

Pic by me yesterday:

980 Granville

Pic by me today:

C3YVR · #4 Posted **Oct 25, 2023, 11:37 PM**

Two apartment buildings on north side have now been demolished, and staging that was on south side building has been removed along with contaminated materials. Two south apartment buildings look ready for final demo.

https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/1065-ha...066-harwood-st

Zepfancouver · #5 Posted **Oct 25, 2023, 11:54 PM**

Nice framing on those pics, Rec Room and 980 Granville https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showpost.php?p=10067470&postcount=3
Waiting to see if something is going to be attached to that brown post on the right side of the REC Room or what is its purpose.

(Edit: unable to link officedweller's post #3 in this new thread)

Changing City · #6 Posted **Oct 26, 2023, 12:39 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zepfancouver

Nice framing on those pics, Rec Room and 980 Granville https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showpost.php?p=10067470&postcount=3
Waiting to see if something is going to be attached to that brown post on the right side of the REC Room or what is its purpose.

The illustration showed a blade sign there. [Changing City blog]

jollyburger · #7 Posted **Oct 26, 2023, 2:19 AM**

Those housing projects on CoV land around Yaletown are up:

(the images are huge so not including them)

https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/hub-pag...nd-development

officedweller · #8 Posted **Oct 26, 2023, 8:04 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Changing City

The illustration showed a blade sign there. [Changing City blog]

I'm hoping for some colour on the blade sign, versus the standard black and white Rec Room logo.

GenWhy? · #9 Posted **Oct 26, 2023, 8:38 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by jollyburger

Those housing projects on CoV land around Yaletown are up:

(the images are huge so not including them)

https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/hub-pag...nd-development

Interesting now the site plans show the future reconfigured road network

idunno · #10 Posted **Oct 26, 2023, 9:41 PM**

Yeah I didn't realize the completion of the development of the remaining parcels in yaletown could be the trigger for all of the finalized street changes in the neighbourhood, including AAA cycling facilities and an actual connection from the seawall to Cambie Bridge SB

Changing City · #11 Posted **Oct 26, 2023, 10:10 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by jollyburger

Those housing projects on CoV land around Yaletown are up:

(the images are huge so not including them)

They were posted on the Social Housing thread. Here they are, conveniently shrunk on the Changing City Blog.

450 Pacific

990 Beatty

1050 Expo

And in the meantime, nine years after the City of Vancouver picked up a West Pender site in the bankrupcy of Millennium Properties after the Olympic Village financial melt down, the tower crane has gone up for a non-market housing building.

[source, and details]

GenWhy? · #12 Posted **Oct 27, 2023, 11:05 PM**

Granville & Davie:

The proposal is to allow for the development of a 33-storey mixed-use hotel building with a four-storey podium

https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/1167-1193-granville-st

idunno · #13 Posted **Oct 27, 2023, 11:29 PM**

Interesting that it's like 25% regular hotel, 75% extended stay/furnished.

I'd love to see a large hotel with big-hotel amenities. We haven't seen anything like that constructed since the Pac Rim. Though that could be coming with the other recent hotel proposal: https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/516-...r-hotel-marcon

jollyburger · #14 Posted **Oct 27, 2023, 11:29 PM**

177 West Pender has a tower crane on it, not sure if that's new or not.

https://vaha.ca/projects/downtown/

GenWhy? · #15 Posted **Oct 27, 2023, 11:55 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by idunno

Interesting that it's like 25% regular hotel, 75% extended stay/furnished.

I'd love to see a large hotel with big-hotel amenities. We haven't seen anything like that constructed since the Pac Rim. Though that could be coming with the other recent hotel proposal: https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/516-...r-hotel-marcon

Just need to get a big site size. Not easy.

Changing City · #16 Posted **Oct 28, 2023, 12:26 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by jollyburger

177 West Pender has a tower crane on it, not sure if that's new or not.

https://vaha.ca/projects/downtown/

^ Three posts up; image of the building.

officedweller · #17 Posted **Oct 28, 2023, 1:48 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by GenWhy?

Granville & Davie:

The proposal is to allow for the development of a 33-storey mixed-use hotel building with a four-storey podium

https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/1167-1193-granville-st

717 Davie
looks great!

city guy · #18 Posted **Oct 28, 2023, 4:50 AM**

I hate all the different grids on this hotel proposal ...what a mish-mash

city guy · #19 Posted **Oct 28, 2023, 4:53 AM**

the Davie elevation has a staggered grid...looks like an earthquake is shaking the building and the Granville has at least 3 different grids...c'mon and make up your minds

giallo · #20 Posted **Oct 28, 2023, 4:56 AM**

The hotel's design is ok, but I'm loving the location of it. The corner of Granville and Davie needs something like this. That specific area needs some proper TLC.

Having said that, I'll miss the tea shop. As young adults, we used to go there, and buy six pack "off sales" at 3am after the bars closed. You'd ask for the 'cold tea'.