Suburban Updates - Page 115

Vancity · #**2281** Posted **Jun 13, 2012, 6:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by SpongeG

Quintet is really going to make Richmond feel more like downtown, looks good

I agree. Quintet is looking good. and there's more density to come for Richmond. still, there's a lot of work to be done. will Richmond ever get more height for their towers?

red-paladin · #**2282** Posted **Jun 13, 2012, 2:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by SFUVancouver

MetroTower 3

Taken by SFUVancouver, June 8th, 2012.

This is quite the sight. This tower will straddle the Millennium Line tunnel just east of Columbia Station.

Taken by SFUVancouver, June 8th, 2012.

Both are great shots!

VanK · #**2283** Posted **Jun 13, 2012, 3:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by Vancity

I agree. Quintet is looking good. and there's more density to come for Richmond. still, there's a lot of work to be done. will Richmond ever get more height for their towers?

Actually YES - The City of Richmond is currently working with YVR/Feds to allow higher towers in certain areas of Richmond. - I have heard that this process will take quite some time though as they are dealing with YVR & the Feds.

officedweller · #**2284** Posted **Jun 15, 2012, 8:15 PM**

The YVR - McArthurGlen outlet mall has finally been officially announced:

http://www.richmond-news.com/Airport...623/story.html

SFUVancouver · #**2285** Posted **Jun 16, 2012, 12:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by red-paladin

Both are great shots!

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by officedweller

The YVR - McArthurGlen outlet mall has finally been officially announced:

http://www.richmond-news.com/Airport...623/story.html

I wonder how this will affect the Tswassen Mills mall?

DKaz · #**2286** Posted **Jun 16, 2012, 12:32 AM**

Different markets. The fanciest store Tsawwassen Mills will have is Coach Outlet. Coach is too "common" nowadays apparently, it's no Louis Vuitton or Gucci.

idunno · #**2287** Posted **Jun 16, 2012, 3:36 AM**

I wonder when that proposed pedestrian bridge from near Aberdeen Station on the other side of the river will be built to connect with this new mall?

dleung · #**2288** Posted **Jun 16, 2012, 1:55 PM**

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Vancouver seems to be doing the exact opposite of San Francisco, by having taller towers downhill from shorter ones (a-la Plaza 88). This one will be 22 stories.

http://www.westca.com/images/house/extra/nb1.jpg

logan5 · #**2289** Posted **Jun 16, 2012, 2:28 PM**

Great city San Francisco is, but I've yet to see superior tower/podium schemes that beat Vancouver - that is if you believe in the tower/podium scheme. Their city is lacking open space and is mostly concrete. This is your example of good urban planning?

dleung · #**2290** Posted **Jun 16, 2012, 3:23 PM**

Uh, how does my commenting on ONE formal aspect of SF have anything to do with the glory of the Vancouver point-tower/suburban-townhouse-podium, or even urban planning in general?

Vancity · #**2291** Posted **Jun 16, 2012, 4:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by VanK

Actually YES - The City of Richmond is currently working with YVR/Feds to allow higher towers in certain areas of Richmond. - I have heard that this process will take quite some time though as they are dealing with YVR & the Feds.

That's great news for Richmond! How long will the process take, though?

officedweller · #**2292** Posted **Jun 19, 2012, 7:36 PM**

Coquitlam TOD strategy public meetings:

http://www.coquitlam.ca/planning-and...-strategy.aspx

Burquitlam
Date: Thursday, June 21, 2012
Time: 5:00p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Place: Mountain View Elementary Gym,
740 Smith Avenue (access parking from Robinson Ave.)

City Centre
Date: Saturday, June 23, 2012
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Place: Coquitlam City Hall,
3000 Guildford Way

incognism · #**2293** Posted **Jun 20, 2012, 8:38 PM**

To go with the article about people complaining about the Station Square towers, there's this one in Burnaby's other local paper about a proposed tower near Patterson Station:

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Malcolm Cant, a resident of the Parkcrest condominium building, said he felt the move to approve the development was unduly influenced by the cash-inlieu contribution to the city for a new community amenities centre.

"Where I come from, this would be called a bribe, nothing more and nothing less," he wrote in an email to the NOW. "If Burnaby council approves this proposal, then they will have sold their souls - nothing less and nothing more.

Jane Gottschlag, secretary of the Parkcrest strata council, said on Monday that she hopes the money doesn't go to a large community centre in Central Park, as the neighbourhood will need the green space for all the new and current residents.

"We're hoping the money is not just for a building built in Central Park," she said. "The city said they would not, they said they would develop Central Park into a more family-oriented community area.

"It's really important that they make that an open area, so people really get to know one another," Gottschlag added.

She said she is disappointed that council did not listen to her and other residents' concerns about the height of the development, and worries it will open up the neighbourhood of low-to mid-rise buildings to more highrises.

"Thirty-seven (storeys) to me is a real black eye to the residents of Burnaby who truly went there to voice their opinions on behalf of everyone in the area," she said. "It'll look like a sore thumb in that area. It's higher than everything else."

http://www.burnabynow.com/storey+Cen...604/story.html

red-paladin · #**2294** Posted **Jun 20, 2012, 8:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by incognism

To go with the article about people complaining about the Station Square towers, there's this one in Burnaby's other local paper about a proposed tower near Patterson Station:

http://www.burnabynow.com/storey+Cen...604/story.html

His name is hillarious. It's been said that there are three basic types: Wills, Won'ts and Can't. Wills accomplish everything, Won'ts appose everything, and Can'ts won't do anything.

incognism · #**2295** Posted **Jun 20, 2012, 9:05 PM**

For me, the hilarity lies in the opposition of a community centre as it would apparently hinder the cultivation of a "family-oriented community area".

VanK · #**2296** Posted **Jun 21, 2012, 6:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by Vancity

That's great news for Richmond! How long will the process take, though?

Someone in Richmond Real Estate division told me a LONG time ..ie 3+ years.. however more recently, someone in Planning told me that discussions with YVR are moving along much quicker than anticipated..... so your guess is as good as mine!?

officedweller · #**2297** Posted **Jun 21, 2012, 10:54 PM**

Not sure if these Fraser Mills renders have been posted - or maybe it was a long time ago:

http://www.villageatfrasermills.com/

trofirhen · #**2298** Posted **Jun 21, 2012, 11:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by dleung

Vancouver seems to be doing the exact opposite of San Francisco, by having taller towers downhill from shorter ones (a-la Plaza 88). This one will be 22 stories.

http://www.westca.com/images/house/extra/nb1.jpg

Isn't there supposed to be some cardinal rule in urban esthetics that states that, as in San Francisco, taller towers should be built higher up (Russian Hill being a good example).

Either Vancouver design just likes to break the mold, or else Vancouver designers flunked part of architectural school.

WBC · #**2299** Posted **Jun 22, 2012, 3:08 AM**

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Originally Posted by trofirhen

Isn't there supposed to be some cardinal rule in urban esthetics that states that, as in San Francisco, taller towers should be built higher up (Russian Hill being a good example).

Either Vancouver design just likes to break the mold, or else Vancouver designers flunked part of architectural school.

Yes, there is a rule. It's called the rule of cold hard cash. So when developer gives you some you take it and stop asking questions.

SpongeG · #**2300** Posted **Jun 22, 2012, 5:13 AM**

where is the fraser mills going?