[Burnaby] City of Lougheed | Phase 1 Completed

[MCsq/MooChaCha]

[QUOTE=TourOdeon;7251329]The link is no longer working. I really hope that Shape would go back to the drawing board because the original renderring is completely awful. [/QUOTE
i like this rendering . It is most likely area I can afford, since I cannot afford Goldhouse , or Brentwood 3. Hope they hurry up with the development.

[TourOdeon]

Originally Posted by MCsq/MooChaCha

i like this rendering . It is most likely area I can afford, since I cannot afford Goldhouse , or Brentwood 3. Hope they hurry up with the development.

Hi MCsq, I can't afford Brentwood 3 either... but I'm waiting for Escala instead. Lougheed is too far from Downtown and Richmond, I feel the area is too isolated.

[MCsq/MooChaCha]

Originally Posted by TourOdeon

Hi MCsq, I can't afford Brentwood 3 either... but I'm waiting for Escala instead. Lougheed is too far from Downtown and Richmond, I feel the area is too isolated.

Where is Escala? I like to look into that too

[TourOdeon]

Originally Posted by MCsq/MooChaCha

Where is Escala? I like to look into that too

Right here

Vancouver Market

[TourOdeon]

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/

Which corner will get built first?

[osirisboy]

What's with keeping low residential right beside the skytrain station??

[urbancanadian]

The latest update to the Lougheed Town Centre plan was presented to council on January 25. There's not much new, but one thing I noticed I thought was interesting. On the diagram that shows the building heights (floor range), they have added five potential floors to the range for each tier. So before you had height ranges of 50-60 fl., 40-50 fl., 30-40 fl., etc. But now that's been changed to 50-65 fl., 40-55 fl., etc. Obviously this gives them more flexibility.



Looking back to Brentwood, the first two towers were originally proposed to be up to 70 floors, but they settled on 56. For the third tower (and I assume they will for the fourth), they went much closer to the maximum that was originally proposed, with 53 floors. I wonder if they have found a "sweet spot" in height that maximizes the financial gain (ie. for Brentwood, it's 50-55 fl.).

The unfortunate result (so far) is somewhat of a table-top effect. It will be interesting to see if the same thing happens at Lougheed.

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I think the map below is new, which shows the phasing plan.



The images are taken from this document:
https://burnaby.civicweb.net/filepro...?preview=16174 (9.1 MB)

[Infrequent Poster]

mean while they are chopping 50 story buildings down to 43 on the downtown peninsula cuz mountains.

Ahh well. Something to look forward to. I hope these get built out at close to the maximum height proposed.

[Klazu]

The view along Highway 1 heading west will be crazy with first Lougheed and then Brentwood skyline in sight.

[GMasterAres]

Impressive I will love to see this all start to go up and also mirror the hope that they stick close to the maximum heights.

[trofirhen]

Originally Posted by Infrequent Poster

mean while they are chopping 50 story buildings down to 43 on the downtown peninsula cuz mountains.

Ahh well. Something to look forward to. I hope these get built out at close to the maximum height proposed.

Yes! I think Vancouver may go down in the books as the only relatively major city (Beta) in the world where the suburban buildings are significantly taller than in downtown CBD.

[officedweller]

Thanks for the info!

In theory, Lougheed should be more of a "hub" than Brentwood, since it is at a junction of SkyTrain lines.

I wonder if any of the towers will have a significant office component?

[swan_ch]

Hi guys. New to this forum.

There was another open house in Lougheed Town Centre last Wednesday and I have talked with some staff from City of Burnaby. One of them told me the reason why Wal-Mart is the last phase of development is due to a 60-years leasing contract with Woolco (although he use "Wal-mart" instead of "Woolco" here but I get the message).

On a side note, the staff also told a lady who is very concern about the traffic of North Road that Shape has promised to raise a co-op car program for their residences of Lougheed, 1 car per 100 housing units. Also, a new Rec. Centre will be build right next to the old Cameron Rec. Complex ("with swimming pool" the staff exclaimed) and the shopping strip will be "covered" (don't know in which way).

[officedweller]

Thanks for the info.

I wonder when the Hudson's Bay lease expires?
Or would Hudosn's Bay vacate early (without penalty) if it's an underperforming store?

WRT "covered" promenade - if you look back in this thread, you'll see this rendering - which shows an outdoor promenade, but with a canopy.

Originally Posted by officedweller

Just noticed this rendering in the Leasing Brochure:


http://www.shapeproperties.com/sites...heed_new_1.pdf

[Jebby]

I love the idea of a covered promenade. I think Vancouver needs more of this type of covered (and maybe heated) outdoor space. High streets don't really work well with our climate and I hate fully enclosed malls.

[Nites]

Forget about Steve Nash Fitness World. Fitness 2000 in the Lougheed Apartments next door is one of the best gyms in the Lower Mainland. It's just hidden very well.

[urbancanadian]

Here's a render of the (north-south) pedestrian spine:



In this drawing you can see the eastern entrance to the small east-west pedestrian space, at the base of the "Cross Creek" road:



And the western entrance to the east-west space, framed by the central open space:



Reminder of the overall master plan. You can see pedestrian areas very clearly. They may end up as glass-enclosed spaces. FYI - all the streets shown with a double-row of street trees along its length are planned to include separated bike lanes.



Images taken from the link in my above post:
https://burnaby.civicweb.net/filepro...?preview=16174

[urbancanadian]

Figure I might as well post the rest of the drawings:
Taken from here: https://burnaby.civicweb.net/filepro...?preview=16174

Austin Road:


Grande Promenade:


North Road:


North Road pocket parks:


Cameron Street:


Bartlett Court:


Lougheed Highway:


Transit Plaza:


Cochrane Steps:


Creekside open space:


Cheers!

[MCsq/MooChaCha]

Originally Posted by urbancanadian

Figure I might as well post the rest of the drawings:
Taken from here: https://burnaby.civicweb.net/filepro...?preview=16174

Austin Road:


Grande Promenade:


North Road:


North Road pocket parks:


Cameron Street:


Bartlett Court:


Lougheed Highway:


Transit Plaza:


Cochrane Steps:


Creekside open space:


Cheers!

i really like this area...finally an all inclusive affordable neighbourhood. Except by the time this all in place, I will be 75
can someone please point out to me where is the covered promenade? Is it Cameron street going east/west? Or is it street E going north /south?

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by MCsq/MooChaCha

i really like this area...finally an all inclusive affordable neighbourhood. Except by the time this all in place, I will be 75
can someone please point out to me where is the covered promenade? Is it Cameron street going east/west? Or is it street E going north /south?

The "Pedestrian Spine" marked #7 on the map posted by UrbanCanadian.