575 / 530 Drake St - Covenant House Expansion - Page 2

rofina · #21 Posted **Mar 20, 2018, 7:12 PM**

No such thing as orphaned lots - just ask NYC, building 1200ft+, on 40ft or narrower lots.

osirisboy · #22 Posted **Mar 20, 2018, 9:12 PM**

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No such thing as orphaned lots - just ask NYC, building 1200ft+, on 40ft or narrower lots.

Some people here can't understand that. They think you need half a block to be able to build anything on lol

mcminsen · #23 Posted **May 2, 2018, 7:48 AM**

530 Drake Street.

April 30 '18, my pics

mcminsen · #24 Posted **Jul 10, 2018, 9:20 PM**

I keep forgetting there's a thread for this. Anyhow, my repost from the downtown Vancouver updates thread. This is the 530 Drake site.

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July 3 '18, my pics

mcminsen · #25 Posted **Sep 6, 2018, 7:35 AM**

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I keep forgetting there's a thread for this. Anyhow, my repost from the Downtown Vancouver Updates thread. This is the 530 Drake site.

And I continue to forget. Another update from the Downtown Vancouver Updates thread.

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Aug.29 '18, my pics

mcminsen · #26 Posted **Sep 23, 2018, 4:16 PM**

And yet again... from the downtown updates thread.

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Sept.19 '18, my pics

officedweller · #27 Posted **Oct 2, 2018, 11:02 PM**

From Van Mar Construction twitter today:

https://twitter.com/VanMarInc

officedweller · #28 Posted **Nov 9, 2018, 10:31 AM**

From VanMar twitter:

https://twitter.com/VanMarInc

Jimbo604 · #29 Posted **Nov 10, 2018, 1:16 AM**

And across the street...

Yes they could build a skinny building there... However, the resulting density would still be less than if there was one building because of duplication: two lobbies, two boiler rooms, two electrical rooms, extra elevators, extra stair wells, etc etc versus one building.

officedweller · #30 Posted **Jan 18, 2019, 8:10 AM**

From Van Mar twitter Jan 9th

https://twitter.com/VanMarInc

mcminsen · #31 Posted **Feb 19, 2019, 4:36 AM**

Feb.17 '19, my pics

officedweller · #32 Posted **Apr 19, 2019, 10:36 AM**

From Changing City Updates April 18, 2019:

https://changingcitybook.wordpress.c...-drake-street/

osirisboy · #33 Posted **Apr 19, 2019, 4:21 PM**

Well that's not attractive. Although It's nice to finally see some non transparent balcony railings

mcminsen · #34 Posted **Jun 21, 2019, 6:57 AM**

June 20 '19, my pics

fullsizeoutput_8284 by mcminsen, on Flickr

fullsizeoutput_8279 by mcminsen, on Flickr

fullsizeoutput_8278 by mcminsen, on Flickr

WarrenC12 · #35 Posted **Jun 21, 2019, 4:23 PM**

Looking good. Opening date?

Vin · #36 Posted **Jun 21, 2019, 8:26 PM**

The sidewalk for the new Covenant house building is really wide. I'm suspecting the City could be planning for a future street car stop here, as Drake at Granville is actually the terminating point for the previously-proposed streetcar route via Pacific Boulevard in Yaletown. The wide sidewalk space could be designed for a future stop shelter or terminal structure.

SeymourDrake · #37 Posted **Aug 6, 2019, 7:13 PM**

Now that the 1st building is finished, they've started to get the ball rolling on the 10 floor building across the street. They've wrapped fencing around a tree out front. I suspect construction will start very soon.

It's been renumbered as 1280 Seymour

SeymourDrake · #38 Posted **Aug 12, 2019, 10:09 PM**

Does anyone know if they've applied for permits for this new building. Are they planning on building on top of the existing building or completely starting from scratch?

1280 Seymour

Thank You in advance

officedweller · #39 Posted **Aug 12, 2019, 11:00 PM**

See page 1 of this thread.

SeymourDrake · #40 Posted **Aug 16, 2019, 8:18 PM**

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See page 1 of this thread.

but no current info as in start of construction?