[Burnaby] City of Lougheed | Phase 1 Completed - Page 3

Klazu · #41 Posted **Mar 9, 2015, 4:49 PM**

Just a reference photo from the sub-penthouse (42nd floor) Sovereign. Lougheed town center in the distance with Burnaby Lake and Deer Lake in the foreground. Hazy Sunday.

trofirhen · #42 Posted **Mar 9, 2015, 10:10 PM**

This reference is valid because i shows the Lougheed Town Centre much as it has been (in building content, anyway) for over 30 years.
Creating a new city centre here, will, as stated in an article about malls, this will be similar to Oakridge (in dynamics, not "look")
because it will "double down" on the mall, and residential buildings already there.
As it develops office buildings, and more residential, and takes on a greener more planned form, it will rank along with Brentwood and maybe Metrotown.
This picture, in 25 years, will help make one of those stark surprises and contrasts we see in Vancouver photos from the 70s or such, that we see today.

hollywoodnorth · #43 Posted **Mar 10, 2015, 3:41 AM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

Just a reference photo from the sub-penthouse (42nd floor) Sovereign. Lougheed town center in the distance with Burnaby Lake and Deer Lake in the foreground. Hazy Sunday.

also of note is the Burquitlam Node (far left) right now just 2 highrises ... there is 3 new towers under way in that area right now .... most to come

SpongeG · #44 Posted **Mar 10, 2015, 4:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by trofirhen

This reference is valid because i shows the Lougheed Town Centre much as it has been (in building content, anyway) for over 30 years.
Creating a new city centre here, will, as stated in an article about malls, this will be similar to Oakridge (in dynamics, not "look")
because it will "double down" on the mall, and residential buildings already there.
As it develops office buildings, and more residential, and takes on a greener more planned form, it will rank along with Brentwood and maybe Metrotown.
This picture, in 25 years, will help make one of those stark surprises and contrasts we see in Vancouver photos from the 70s or such, that we see today.

the two highest are from within the last 10 years

trofirhen · #45 Posted **Mar 10, 2015, 4:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by SpongeG

the two highest are from within the last 10 years

Well, I was close .............

SpongeG · #46 Posted **Mar 11, 2015, 12:31 AM**

whatever happened to the plan for 4-5 high rises on the best western site on north road?

supercanuck · #47 Posted **May 7, 2015, 9:40 PM**

Has anyone heard anything new about this redevelopment plan? I thought that perhaps some updates would have come by now.

VanK · #48 Posted **May 7, 2015, 9:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by SpongeG

whatever happened to the plan for 4-5 high rises on the best western site on north road?

I don't think the site ever got sold to a developer..?

Jebby · #49 Posted **May 8, 2015, 12:22 AM**

Nevermind.

Klazu · #50 Posted **Jun 2, 2015, 8:36 PM**

Has there been some progress on these plans as 24h News was having a small news saying that the area will see 30 new towers between 10-60 floors going up in the area in the next 30 years. Three main construction phases are being planned.

Sounds pretty sweet.

officedweller · #51 Posted **Jun 2, 2015, 9:51 PM**

VancouverMarket.ca picked it up too:

http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2015/0...d-town-centre/

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The Plan is quite ambitious as it seeks to to create a vibrant new retail strip on Austin Road with 7-storey podiums; a new North-South grand promenade with 6-storey podiums and highrise residential towers; a revitalized North Road with higher densities; a new East-West connector called “Cross Creek”; transitional areas for both Cameron Street and Bartlett Court.

Relevant development and potential zoning details include:
◾Overall residential density of 5.0 FAR for all development sites (excluding Cameron St. which is 3.6 FAR)
◾Total eventual density of 12.2 Million SF
◾Residential towers up to 60-storeys in height
◾Potential for 6.0 FAR density for commercial space (or 14.9 Million SF)
◾Five new major public open spaces including a 1.6 acre park
◾CAC’s including cash contributions and replacement of Cameron Rec Centre and Cameron Library
◾New internal road, bike path and pedestrian network

http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2015/0...d-town-centre/

osirisboy · #52 Posted **Jun 2, 2015, 9:56 PM**

Great thx!!! Why do they use far and not fsr? Are they interchangeable?

And up to 14.9 million sqft office? That's a lot!!

Klazu · #53 Posted **Jun 2, 2015, 9:59 PM**

Nice! The placement of towers and especially the tall towers seems quite random. I wonder what the design rationale has been?

And more office space than residential - really?

Sheba · #54 Posted **Jun 2, 2015, 10:19 PM**

Here's the 24hrs article http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/2015/06/01...gheed-facelift
...and here's the main City of Burnaby Lougheed page http://www.burnaby.ca/City-Services/...lan.html#OldIA

Sheba · #55 Posted **Jun 2, 2015, 10:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

Nice! The placement of towers and especially the tall towers seems quite random. I wonder what the design rationale has been?

And more office space than residential - really?

You should check out the Council Report and Open House Panels on the City link above as they go into a fair amount of detail.

About the tall towers placement, a short answer is that they don't want them right on the edge (overpowering the shorter buildings surrounding the site) and the zoning already calls for taller buildings to be towards the eastern side of the site.

officedweller · #56 Posted **Jun 2, 2015, 10:58 PM**

I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of that commercial space is retail space plus podium office space (in 6-7 storey podiums).

Here's a rendering of the "Cross Creek" entrance from North Road, with Road E on an overpass above.

http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/2015/06/01...gheed-facelift

VarBreStr18 · #57 Posted **Jun 3, 2015, 4:06 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

VancouverMarket.ca picked it up too:

http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2015/0...d-town-centre/

http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2015/0...d-town-centre/

Very nice plan. Would be nicer if there is a Cameron/North Road sky train station to dissipate the crowd at heavily used Lougheed station.

Klazu · #58 Posted **Jun 7, 2015, 3:29 AM**

Lougheed Mall parking lot today. Lougheed Town Centre must be the biggest concentration of commie towers in all of Metro Vancouver. New towers will improve this area A LOT.

Nites · #59 Posted **Jun 7, 2015, 4:06 AM**

^^Isn't that all low income government housing?

casper · #60 Posted **Jun 7, 2015, 5:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by skymaster

^^Isn't that all low income government housing?

A good part of it are privately owned condos. You can get a 1 bed room for under $200k and a 2 bed room for $200k to $300k. That is just the style that was popular when they were built. In the 60s? 70s?