Burnaby Updates - Page 179

officedweller · #**3561** Posted **Sep 15, 2021, 2:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

Not sure if this is old or not but there's this Parkcrest strata windup at 5932 Patterson

https://parkcrestmetrotown.ca/

I always though that it was an architecturally attractive building.
It's a bit similar to the Evergreen Building with the terraces.

https://parkcrestmetrotown.ca/

jollyburger · #**3562** Posted **Sep 15, 2021, 3:05 AM**

It was built by Bosa in 1980. Maybe they'll come back and redevelop it

jollyburger · #**3563** Posted **Sep 15, 2021, 3:20 AM**

Concord Pacific had a 447 foot tower proposal behind at 5895 Barker Ave

https://www.urbanyvr.com/concord-barker-olive/

And next door at 5852 Patterson (3 storey) that little apartment building has a 26 storey proposal:

https://www.5852patterson.com/

Not sure of the status of the project. Seems like Prospero still owns it

https://www.prospero.ca/properties/m...lo-apartments/

https://pub-burnaby.escribemeetings....cumentId=39706

Seems pretty tight for three towers.

Sheba · #**3564** Posted **Sep 15, 2021, 4:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by Spr0ckets

That's a real opportunity for a great landmark tower under the right developer given it's location at the doorstep of Patterson Skytrain station and a literal stones throw from Central Park.

Probably won't be too tall seeing as it's located at the edge of the Metrotown downtown "core" - even though the potential massing rendering image they have shown claims "No building height limit".
But a 5.0 FAR (projected) could give you quite a bit of room to play with.

It's also residential only, which will likely annoy Vin with his fondness for every tower to have a retail podium.

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

And next door at 5852 Patterson (3 storey) that little apartment building has a 26 storey proposal:

https://www.5852patterson.com/

Not sure of the status of the project. Seems like Prospero still owns it

https://www.prospero.ca/properties/m...lo-apartments/

https://pub-burnaby.escribemeetings....cumentId=39706

I looked at the Burnaby document and it says the building is "a 30-unit three-storey residential rental building". Under the current rules that means they have to replace those rentals (which could also help them build taller). The latest Burnaby Major Development Projects has this:

REZ #17-35 5852 Patterson Avenue
Brook Pooni Associates Inc.
townhousing and full underground parking.
Initial Report 2018 January 29

Klazu · #**3565** Posted **Sep 15, 2021, 5:03 AM**

Aldynne is only 34 floors? Hmh, I have never counted but it has felt short fir the claimed 41 floors the floor numbering has.

Changing City · #**3566** Posted **Sep 15, 2021, 5:08 AM**

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Originally Posted by Sheba

REZ #17-35 5852 Patterson Avenue
Brook Pooni Associates Inc.
townhousing and full underground parking.
Initial Report 2018 January 29

I can't find the report from the 2018 meeting, but the minutes recorded it as 'The purpose of the proposed rezoning bylaw amendment is to permit the construction of a single high-rise apartment building with townhouses fronting Patterson Avenue. ' That seems more accurate, and the website jollyburger linked to suggests there are slightly more rental units in reality:

Approximately 26-storeys
121 market strata units in apartment and townhouse forms
32 rental replacement units
Mix of unit types - 1 bedroom to 3 bedroom
On-site indoor & outdoor amenity spaces including a roof-top amenity space
Underground parking

It says the developers are now at the stage of determining a 'Suitable Plan of Development' and then they'll hold a public information meeting before the First Reading of the Rezoning Bylaw by Council.

officedweller · #**3567** Posted **Sep 15, 2021, 5:10 AM**

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Originally Posted by Sheba

It's also residential only, which will likely annoy Vin with his fondness for every tower to have a retail podium.

Cafe / restaurant across from Central Park?
I would think that would do well.

urbanight93 · #**3568** Posted **Sep 15, 2021, 2:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

Not sure if this is old or not but there's this Parkcrest strata windup at 5932 Patterson

https://parkcrestmetrotown.ca/

CRBE says they have a firm deal on it

https://multifamilybc.cbrevancouver.com/strata-wind-up/

Interesting. I've actually lived in the building before in the late 00s and really enjoyed it. It felt very California in terms of typology. Also so much greenery around! Personally, i think it's too bad development is imminent because it does contribute to the urban fabric in the area and there are many buildings in worse shape around that i'd like to see taken down first. Not to mention new condos are very cookie-cutter and sterile.

Sheba · #**3569** Posted **Sep 15, 2021, 5:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by Changing City

I can't find the report from the 2018 meeting, but the minutes recorded it as 'The purpose of the proposed rezoning bylaw amendment is to permit the construction of a single high-rise apartment building with townhouses fronting Patterson Avenue. ' That seems more accurate, and the website jollyburger linked to suggests there are slightly more rental units in reality:

The Updates page must have squashed the rest of the box so that info doesn't show.

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Cafe / restaurant across from Central Park?
I would think that would do well.

I think it would have a 'for lease' sign on it most of the time - Kingsway and Metrotown aren't that far away and both have plenty of options. Also this isn't the building on the corner but the next one over so it isn't across from Patterson Station (which only has one bus). The area is really quiet.

officedweller · #**3570** Posted **Sep 15, 2021, 7:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by Sheba

Also this isn't the building on the corner but the next one over so it isn't across from Patterson Station (which only has one bus). The area is really quiet.

It's near the baseball fields, right across from the station and at a corner entrance/exit to/from the park trails.
I would think that it's a decent location.
Are there any concessions within Central Park?

https://www.google.com/maps/search/c.../data=!3m1!1e3

Vin · #**3571** Posted **Sep 15, 2021, 9:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by logan5

Over 70 story proposal for Metrotown - Willingdon and Kingsway. Must be a new tallest proposal for Metro Vancouver?

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/4444...erties-gensler

Beautiful! This development will essentially connect the smaller cluster of office/residential tall buildings to the much taller towers at Metrotown mall area along Kingsway: yet another monumental project to shape the future of Burnaby's CBD district.

Vin · #**3572** Posted **Sep 15, 2021, 9:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by Sheba

It's also residential only, which will likely annoy Vin with his fondness for every tower to have a retail podium.

I looked at the Burnaby document and it says the building is "a 30-unit three-storey residential rental building". Under the current rules that means they have to replace those rentals (which could also help them build taller). The latest Burnaby Major Development Projects has this:

REZ #17-35 5852 Patterson Avenue
Brook Pooni Associates Inc.
townhousing and full underground parking.
Initial Report 2018 January 29

Yes it has indeed!

Such a waste of good space for the convenience of skytrain and bus commuters.

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Cafe / restaurant across from Central Park?
I would think that would do well.

Agreed. Folks need refreshments before and after physical activities. The presence of retailers also help make the area safer, and brighter. Metrotown aspires to be the downtown of the future, and Burnaby planners should think like their big city counterparts and not learn from neighbouring Vancouver.

Sheba · #**3573** Posted **Sep 15, 2021, 10:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

It's near the baseball fields, right across from the station and at a corner entrance/exit to/from the park trails.
I would think that it's a decent location.
Are there any concessions within Central Park?

...and Central Park is usually pretty quiet - I've walked through there often enough and could count the number of people there on one hand and have fingers left over. The only concessions would possibly be in Swanguard when there's an event.

The Waves coffee place at Kingsway and Olive is only a 5 min walk away and if you continue down towards Metrotown there are other options to pick from (to Willingdon is only a 10 min walk). Alternately there's a Sbux at Kingsway and Boundary.

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Originally Posted by Vin

Yes it has indeed!

Such a waste of good space for the convenience of skytrain and bus commuters.

Agreed. Folks need refreshments before and after physical activities. The presence of retailers also help make the area safer, and brighter. Metrotown aspires to be the downtown of the future, and Burnaby planners should think like their big city counterparts and not learn from neighbouring Vancouver.

What bus commuters? There's only one 30 min bus that stops at Patterson. If there was any demand for refreshments TransLink would put vending machines in the station.

Spr0ckets · #**3574** Posted **Sep 16, 2021, 3:28 AM**

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Originally Posted by Sheba

...and Central Park is usually pretty quiet - I've walked through there often enough and could count the number of people there on one hand and have fingers left over. The only concessions would possibly be in Swanguard when there's an event.

The Waves coffee place at Kingsway and Olive is only a 5 min walk away and if you continue down towards Metrotown there are other options to pick from (to Willingdon is only a 10 min walk). Alternately there's a Sbux at Kingsway and Boundary.

What bus commuters? There's only one 30 min bus that stops at Patterson. If there was any demand for refreshments TransLink would put vending machines in the station.

There ARE vending machines in the Patterson station.
(Soft drinks and water only, but still....)

Or at least there were, the last time I stopped by there....

It's the Metrotown station that doesn't have any (or any retail presence in-station), but that isn't surprising given the fact that it's across the street from the largest mall in the region, with several other retail opportunities also across Beresford in the Metroplace and Silver towers retail podiums (with probably more to come once Sun Tower 1 is complete).

On the flip side, there are times when when you're just off the bus and just want to pick up a quick water bottle or tea beverage on your way to work on the train and don't want to go all the way into the mall to do so.

It's always surprised me that Translink hasn't pushed harder to get some retail options in more of their stations given how much rent revenue they would make and what a convenience they would be for commuters.
I know the ones at Lougheed station do pretty brisk business during rush hour and even more passengers pass through the Metrotown station.

hollywoodnorth · #**3575** Posted **Sep 16, 2021, 8:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

Not sure if this is old or not but there's this Parkcrest strata windup at 5932 Patterson

https://parkcrestmetrotown.ca/

CRBE says they have a firm deal on it

https://multifamilybc.cbrevancouver.com/strata-wind-up/

I have always liked that building as well. thanks for the link

Migrant_Coconut · #**3576** Posted **Sep 16, 2021, 8:38 AM**

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Originally Posted by Sheba

It's also residential only...

Not surprising; with the two malls across the street, that stretch of Kingsway is dead (and likely staying that way).

Spr0ckets · #**3577** Posted **Sep 16, 2021, 6:15 PM**

6540 Marlborough Avenue

Headed for Public hearing next week.

It's the lot across the street from Lobley Park and the Firefighter's House.

22-storey highrise with, 14-storey of condos above 7-storeys of market and non-market rental units.:-

132 condos;
21 studios, 56 one-bedrooms, 51 two-bedrooms & 4 three-bedrooms;
26 market rental units;
30 non-market rental units;
a total density of 6.15 FAR;
a total building height of 224 ft.;
182 underground parking spaces.

Source: -
https://vancouvermarket.ca/2021/09/1...etrotown-site/

Sheba · #**3578** Posted **Sep 16, 2021, 7:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by Spr0ckets

6540 Marlborough Avenue

Headed for Public hearing next week.

It's the lot across the street from Lobley Park and the Firefighter's House.

22-storey highrise with, 14-storey of condos above 7-storeys of market and non-market rental units.:-

132 condos;
21 studios, 56 one-bedrooms, 51 two-bedrooms & 4 three-bedrooms;
26 market rental units;
30 non-market rental units;
a total density of 6.15 FAR;
a total building height of 224 ft.;
182 underground parking spaces.

Source: -
https://vancouvermarket.ca/2021/09/1...etrotown-site/

Oh no it's residential only with no retail podium! Never mind that it's literally a one minute walk to Kingsway and five minutes to where The Bay is in the mall. Also that it's across the street from a fire station.

I hope it ends up a little more colourful than these images show 'cause that's pretty drab looking.

Lexus · #**3579** Posted **Sep 16, 2021, 7:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

I never shop at Costco but I understand all of them being very busy? The Downtown one gets a lot of foot traffic, so why wouldn't the Burnaby one see the same, if it would just be better connected to Brentwood?

This is right beside new newly build tower near Willingdon Ave and Juneau St.

It would make sense for the city to eventually connect it over to Still Creek Dr via a pedestrian/ bike bridge.

Untitled by Lexus LX570, on Flickr

jollyburger · #**3580** Posted **Sep 16, 2021, 8:10 PM**

When they get rid of the Douglas Road connection over the railroad tracks are they also doing away with pedestrian traffic? It seems more plausible to stick a pedestrian overpass there.