What about New Westminster?? I feel it has a very urban fabric, especially at street level, with a beautiful mix or historical and modern building stock, not to mention a metro line running right through the heart of it.
Also Bellevue's tallest are 137 meters each, and Metrotown is currently building 2 towers taller than that. so things will be changing... And Metrotower 3 will make it so Metrotown has 3 office towers over 100 meters (and a few others over 50 meters), not that bad for a suburb as well. And again, mass transit (which Bellevue may be getting soon as well, but for now they don't)
Rather than looking at height, why not also compare total square footage and density? Which has more square footage of office, commercial, and residential? Which has more density of each within their defined boundaries?
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Which regional town centre in Metro Vancouver has:
a convention centre,
office towers,
condo towers,
art gallery,
downtown park,
city hall, and
a regional shopping mall?
again, we are done this debate, anyone have answers to the questions i posted above about these towers?
I am asking because the second or third phase of it, depending on the price per square footage, i may finally be financially capable to buy a unit to live in, and this is an area i would be interested t live in.
went by the site today, everything in fenced in but the Kelsey's. I guess that corner will be one of the later stages. If brentwood mall gets started as well, there will be a race between metro and brentwood for densest urban town centers.
I don't know the heights but I'll see what I can find out over the weekend. I hope the height doesn't play any say into your decision to purchase though.
A start date of July 2012 seems ambitious but it's certainly possible.
hehe, the height part is just for my skyscraper interest side, connection to transit, shopping, layout of units, building amenities, etc... is what i use to choose. Also, it is close to the freeway so i can escape to the interior and see my friends and relatives in Maple Ridge easier. Also, nice mid point between downtown and Coquitlam (where many more of my friends and relatives live)
i noticed today too that the whole block is fenced off basically and ready to get demolished other than the milestones, good year has moved further east on lougheed hwy - just west of the bowling place
Also, it is close to the freeway so i can escape to the interior and see my friends and relatives in Maple Ridge easier. Also, nice mid point between downtown and Coquitlam (where many more of my friends and relatives live)
FYI those reasons also influenced me to choose Brentwood. I can't think of a better neighbourhood in the region that balances proximity with downtown and proximity to suburban-family-visists so well
I've lived in the area for about 3 months now and it is awesome. And all these new developments (which I will have a great view of) are only going to make it better.
Big news, it looks like they are serious about this project!
Just went by the site and several of the buildings there are currently being demolished and it looks like they are erecting large wooden fence posts along the corner to post billboard advertising material.
This and the brentwood town redevelopment will equal HUGE changes for the neighbourhood.
I know some friends that do not like the Metrotown area and considered the Brentwood area as an excellent alternative to living in Burnaby. This will just make the area even better many years from now.
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What about New Westminster?? I feel it has a very urban fabric, especially at street level, with a beautiful mix or historical and modern building stock, not to mention a metro line running right through the heart of it.
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