Kelowna Construction
 

A large chunk of land that is prime for redevelopment in Kelowna's downtown is currently occupied by Tolko Industries. Speculation has it that they won't be around after their lease on their land expires in a few years.

This would be an excellent blank slate for urban renewal in Kelowna.

http://www.tolkomustgo.com

global news reported today that kelowna is the second most expensive city in canada after vancouver - is that real?

hmmm...did we surpass Victoria in 6 months??? Unreal... Yes, it is that bad. Or good if you own already...

they showed some couple who had to buy a house in rutland and they weren't happy but that was all they could afford

Its been awhile since we have been informed about the Kelowna and Okanogan construction. Probably since last August when Mackeast went east, and wisla jerkoff (? Smirnoff or whatever) quit posting here. Any news on Kelowna construction would be most welcome!

OMG.. first surrey has its own sticky now kelowna does too?! i think we're being too generous!

The same thing was reported several weeks (if not months) ago. I believe it was sort of true, depending how you looked at the numbers. I'll try to find what I'm talking about.

I found what I was talking about over at Skyscrapercity.com. They have a pretty busy Kelowna thread over there.

Anyway, the national media was saying Kelowna was the 2nd most expensive market back in November, 2006, but there was something amiss about their ranking because (as usual) Victoria was left out. They were saying #1 was Vancouver, #2 was Kelowna, #3 was Toronto, #4 was Calgary...

At the time, the average price for a SFH in Victoria was about $100,000 higher than it was in Kelowna.

I take it back, the omission of Victoria was an error by the Kelowna forumers themselves. Here's the actual news item:

Victoria's real estate board says the average price for a SFH in February, 2007 was $534,101. Is Kelowna really higher than this now? That's quite a jump since November, if true.

No - I doubt it is higher yet. I would say Vic is still higher...with K not far behind...

i thought the average house price in vacnouver was now $625,000 or so

A couple of interesting Kelowna projects:

Invue
http://www.invue.ca/
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/4...kelownaln1.jpg

Madison
http://www.madisonkelowna.com/main_site.html
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/7...kelownaeq6.jpg

I would think that Fort Mac would be more expensive than anything in B.C. I'm not 100% sure but check it out cuz its crazy up there.:yuck:

The Madison looks great. Retail at the base and a decent design. The location for it is awesome as well. Is it a go?

Yes, it is - in pre sale mode with ground breaking around sept or oct.

What's the status on that new bridge across the lake?

I read that when I was in Kelowna last summer. From what I hear from people who live there, it is very likely true.

Can anyone post a skyline shot or panoramic view of the City? I haven't been to Kelowna since 99.

:D

Here's a webcam for the Bennett Bridge project:

http://bctrans.oxblue.com/1/

I saw some really cool photos of the bridge going up last week. So cool!

That is awesome about the bridge! I didn't even know they were doing that. Last time I was there was August 2005 and it was the first time there in a lot of years that I didn't bother crossing the bridge for some sightseeing because I didn't want to deal with the traffic. Can't wait to see the new bridge. In fact I can't wait to go to Kelowna again. I love that city and basically all of interior BC.

Unfortunately with a baby being born last July there was no BC trip and this summer we are only heading as far as Radium/Fairmont because long car trips and an infant are no fun. Next year though I plan on seeing Kelowna again.

wow I really like Madison, looks perfect for Victoria too. Wish we could get something like that.

I think ours is named Juliet.

No Baro is right, it would look awesome in Harris Green though a few more floors added to it. :D

Dylan how did you know I would say that hey!!! hehehe :haha:

Madison
http://www.madisonkelowna.com/main_site.html
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/7...kelownaeq6.jpg[/QUOTE]


Something more like this..... Sorry but all I have is Ms Paint! hehehe
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/6...ownaeq6hl7.jpg

Another image:

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s...adison2007.jpg

More news:

Great rendering!

My parents were thinking of buying in to Madison, but they didn't think the price justified moving out of their half acre lot up in Crawford Estates.

Kelowna is looking good. It's so cool that so many B.C. cities are growing so quickly. I haven't been to Kelowna now since 99 but I want to go soon. It will be cool to see the changes from the last time I was there. I will wait till the fall to go. Too hot now! :)

^ Great maybe you could post some pics of the Kelowna construction. What ever happened to your up island photos you promised about a year and a half ago?

Waterscapes, courtesy of mmmbry at Skyscrapercity.com:

http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/1...gmodel2zy5.jpg

that guy in the cap just can't wait to get his hands on it!

Not bad

That roof is reminiscent of The Melville in Vancouver, silvery as opposed to copper. I like it.

yah, the lady to the left...he ain't looking at no highrise!

I always post my photos! I never had those ones so you'll have to ask the other guy for them :)

However, I am going to be going up island again before fall and take some of my own photographs. At what point I'll post them up on here for ya! :D


I love that building, I'm jealous! :D

another rendering of waterscapes

there is a great rendering of it in the new home buyers guide - impressive

http://www.kelownarealestatemag.com/...terscapes2.jpg

here it is

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...aterscapes.jpg

http://www.raisedeyebrowclients.com/flash/

Here is a very cool 3D video of Waterscapes.

check out some new kelowna photos on http://globalairphotos.com/

that's quite the beast under construction. anyone have a rendering of that building?

http://www.globalairphotos.com/image...wh2007_109.jpg

^ That's Centuria. It is by far Kelowna's best development to date. Retail at the base with a ton of units on top. I believe it's 16 stories.

Strange it looks like it's quite far away from Downtown.

Thanks Giallo!

I would love to see some more photos of thie Centuria building. Any Kelowna residents listening??

No problem, Dylan.

This a really cool shot of Kelowna's Agricultural Land Reserve in action.


http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1032/...90abbc2f_o.jpg

What's with all that farmland in the lower part of the photo?

^ That is part of the ALR (Agricultural Land Reserve). Kelowna took some smart steps a few years back and made most of the remaining farmland untouchable to developers. This is one of the reasons Kelowna's density has increased three fold. A lot of people don't like it saying that it is prime land that should be used for future developments. I, on the other hand, would have to disagree. Kelowna is full of underused, already developed land. Why go and destroy something that can't be replaced when there is a ton of it all along the northern and eastern parts of the city?

^Good for Kelowna. I hadn't previously heard that they had an ALR.

The Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) exists right across BC, though, naturally, ALR lands are concentrated in the areas of the province with arable land.

We'll be thanking ourselves more and more over the years as the ALR land simultaneously acts as bulwarks against unchecked low-density urban development and an increasingly important source of food.

We have a significant amount of land in the ALR up here in Prince George, however it has little to no agricultural value. We are in the process of removing a significant portion from the ALR for some industrial development. THe process to remove it however is quite tedeous and there will probably be some protest from people down south about it but what do they care about northern BC anyways seeing as we are losing quite a few MLA's up here but that is another story.