[Burnaby] Concord Metrotown (Former Sears site) | 65,45,33 fl | 230.1m | U/C

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by Repthe250

Everyone guffawing at 300 sqft studios… did anyone notice the 700 sqft 2 bedrooms?? I lived in an 850 sqft 2 bedroom in New Westminster two years ago and that was tiny! I couldn’t even imagine a 700 sqft two bedroom!

Layout makes a big difference for both. But yes even 850sf 2BR with a "stranger" room mate will feel a lot smaller than 323sf on your own.

[FarmerHaight]

Originally Posted by seamusmcduff

Uh I'll refute that. Some people do in fact need to live in Vancouver, be it family or employment reasons.

For example some people are divorced and need to stay in the same City as their ex in order to have joint custody of their kid, but that's just a choice right? They could always just abandon their kids. Not saying that that's a super common issue, but there's hundreds of reasons someone might actually need to live in Vancouver outside of lifestyle choice.

I said forced, not that leaving Vancouver wouldn't be difficult for someone with ties to the area.

Surely moving somewhere else for cheaper real estate is easier said than done for some, but there are a lot of fresh college graduates from elsewhere in Canada (I am one, my colleague is from Burlington, my other colleague is from Port Moody but went to school in London, my other colleague went to school in Calgary, etc.) who choose to move or return to Vancouver when they could just as easily establish themselves elsewhere.

[Forager]

Originally Posted by FarmerHaight

No one is forced to live in Vancouver. I could easily move to Saskatoon and own a SFH in five years or less.

Hmm...I would strongly disagree! Many folks, myself included, have little choice but to live in Vancouver. I'm a 4th gen Vancouverite, and all my extended family is here. This means that several my elderly relatives in their 80s and 90s don't have children and rely on me for support.

There are countless other scenarios which make it difficult/impossible for people to move away. There's also the fact that many have built a career locally -- for me, my business relies heavily on referrals and repeat business -- this is hard to replicate when moving elsewhere, especially, later in life.

[Klazu]

Originally Posted by FarmerHaight

I made a 500sqft one bedroom work with a wife, working from home part-time, and an infant. We also had a relative sleep on our couch a few times.

I am glad you enjoyed third world living conditions and also welcome these modern SROs, which these units are. It's a sad state of things that so many people buying into the BS of "the city being your backyard" and "your cornerstone coffee shop being your living room". If that's a solution, then the homeless people must be living the life!

Originally Posted by seamusmcduff

And they'll be charged a premium for the opportunity. I'm sure they'll be cheaper than other units, but per sf, the price will be higher. A dream for the developers. Why charge $3000 for a 600 sf 1-bed, when you can charge, 2 people $2000 for 300 sf micro suites.

Haha, precisely! Next step will be 250 sqft suites (who needs a kitchen with Doordash), then 200 sqft units (why need a bed when you can sleep on a couch) and finally cage homes. I cannot wait for the low carbon footprint such life will bring everyone in this regressive utopia.

[GenWhy?]

Originally Posted by Klazu

Haha, precisely! Next step will be 250 sqft suites (who needs a kitchen with Doordash), then 200 sqft units (why need a bed when you can sleep on a couch) and finally cage homes. I cannot wait for the low carbon footprint such life will bring everyone in this regressive utopia.

These latest Metrotown towers have definitely raised the bar on what gets sold here $psf. I think these units are into central Vancouver price territory if I last heard.

[Migrant_Coconut]

Originally Posted by Klazu

I am glad you enjoyed third world living conditions...

Check your privilege - if you've ever been to the actual third world, you'd realize that many of them would kill to live in a shoebox at Metrotown.

[chowhou]

Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

Spoken like somebody who's never seen the actual third world; many Malaysians, for example, would kill to live in a shoebox at Metrotown.

> Be rural African
> Living in my own single family hut
> Finished paying off my 12 goat mortgage to the village chief
> Entire village is zoned single family hut
> Large spacious backyard
> No Hong Kong-style vertical ghettos in my village
> Able to park my rebuilt Honda CS125 directly on the road in front of my hut
> No traffic, able to drive directly to the market with free parking
> This is first world living
> Die to preventable disease

[Migrant_Coconut]

I was thinking somewhere a bit more developed. Still ass compared to a first-world condo, either way.

[Repthe250]

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

Layout makes a big difference for both. But yes even 850sf 2BR with a "stranger" room mate will feel a lot smaller than 323sf on your own.

I didn’t have a stranger roommate.

[madog222]

This is getting quite off topic.

[SpongeG]

Originally Posted by FarmerHaight

I said forced, not that leaving Vancouver wouldn't be difficult for someone with ties to the area.

Surely moving somewhere else for cheaper real estate is easier said than done for some, but there are a lot of fresh college graduates from elsewhere in Canada (I am one, my colleague is from Burlington, my other colleague is from Port Moody but went to school in London, my other colleague went to school in Calgary, etc.) who choose to move or return to Vancouver when they could just as easily establish themselves elsewhere.

Yes a friend of mine sold up in BC and moved to Winnipeg last winter, March 23, where they could buy a house outright with what they sold up in BC and he just returned to BC, he said the wages in Manitoba were really bad in his field and they didn't recognize his schooling and long story short he's in his 50s now and trying to reestablish yourself at that age is much tougher than when you are in your 20s or 30s. I think a lot of people are in a similar position, just leaving is not an easy option.

[Lexus]

2023-11-11

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[jollyburger]

New walkaround video of the site

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[Lexus]

2023-12-09

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[Snow_Wolf]

Off topic, but wow it snowed in Burnaby? Nice.

[Klazu]

Yes it did snow for few hours last Saturday. The snow is long gone by now.

[jollyburger]

Old drone video of construction 3 months ago

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[Lexus]

2023-12-30

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[gaviscon]

I just realized this has retractable balcony glass.
You guys have no idea how good this tower is going to look like if it's fully dressed with retractable balcony glass.
So happy Vancouver is moving towards this trend with Greenhouse by Concord, Solhouse, and Concord Metrotown boasting them..
It's going to be a solution to Canada's ugly architectural language for condos








Here's an example:

[osirisboy]

Great, I think they look awful