Kelowna Construction - Page 25

Ogopogo Fan · #**481** Posted **Sep 9, 2010, 4:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by wisla_krakow

is it not in limbo cause of council's stupid decision to take cd-21 back to the drawing board? i feel like i live in the biggest joke of a city (bureaucratically speaking)

24 is outside the CD-21 zone - it is already approved. I know they went to council asking for an extension of their development permit but from the looks of it (closed display centre during summer months, lack of website) they've packed it in.

KevD · #**482** Posted **Sep 10, 2010, 5:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by Ogopogo Fan

24 is outside the CD-21 zone - it is already approved. I know they went to council asking for an extension of their development permit but from the looks of it (closed display centre during summer months, lack of website) they've packed it in.

That indeed is a big shame. Bernard ave, being the "main street" of downtown, NEEDS a highrise. We need more high density living downtown. And that building would have looked super nice.

KevD · #**483** Posted **Sep 16, 2010, 1:19 AM**

Looks like the doyle avenue towers project, behind the madison, is proposed again. 19 and 23 story mixed use towers.

http://www.kelowna.ca/iDevelopment_A...m?da_num=15532

Boondock · #**484** Posted **Oct 7, 2010, 10:58 PM**

Copper Sky in Westbank hit the skids recently. Gonna be a mess with half the buildings sold, but the common areas promised to buyers not completed, including pool, etc.

Another eyesore for Kelowna.

kiwi4life · #**485** Posted **Nov 24, 2010, 4:44 AM**

anyone able to get some more pics of projects happening in Kelowna?

Metro-One · #**486** Posted **Nov 25, 2010, 8:41 PM**

Are there anymore projects happening in Kelowna? It seems every interesting tower project has been stalled, postponed or cancelled since the recession. Kelowna, Surrey and the burbs of Victoria seem to have been thrown against the wall tower wise since 2008.

giallo · #**487** Posted **Nov 26, 2010, 12:01 AM**

Kelowna was hit hard in the tower department. There are still a lot of low-rises going up and one mid-rise (SOPA), but other than that, it's pretty dead out there.

Calgarian · #**488** Posted **Nov 26, 2010, 12:06 AM**

You have to remember that Kelowna's economy is tourism and recreation based. As such, a lot of the development was by investors from Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton. So when the recession hit, those investors pulled out of Kelowna and focused on their respective cities. At least that's my interpretation.

kiwi4life · #**489** Posted **Nov 26, 2010, 3:10 AM**

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Originally Posted by Calgarian

You have to remember that Kelowna's economy is tourism and recreation based. As such, a lot of the development was by investors from Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton. So when the recession hit, those investors pulled out of Kelowna and focused on their respective cities. At least that's my interpretation.

good point

The Great Scaper · #**490** Posted **Nov 28, 2010, 5:38 AM**

The only thing I hate about Kelowna's skyline is all the red roofs...they should over time change some of those red roof tops.

Xelebes · #**491** Posted **Nov 28, 2010, 7:33 AM**

Kiwi, you may post the article again but please refer to and follow the article posting guidelines.

rrskylar · #**492** Posted **Nov 29, 2010, 7:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by Calgarian

You have to remember that Kelowna's economy is tourism and recreation based. As such, a lot of the development was by investors from Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton. So when the recession hit, those investors pulled out of Kelowna and focused on their respective cities. At least that's my interpretation.

The potential investors your talking about have turned their sights on the US southwest ( or practically anywhere in the western US) where they can buy properties for less than a quarter of the cost of the Okanagan.

kiwi4life · #**493** Posted **Dec 4, 2010, 6:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by Xelebes

Kiwi, you may post the article again but please refer to and follow the article posting guidelines.

oh yeah sorry bout that, that was pretty much my first one i was trying to post, will do next time, my apologies

KevD · #**494** Posted **Dec 16, 2010, 9:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by The Great Scaper

The only thing I hate about Kelowna's skyline is all the red roofs...they should over time change some of those red roof tops.

Agreed. I hate how discovery point, lagoons, dolphins, and the grand hotel all have the same beige colour and red roofs. Really boring on the waterfront. I think they should paint the grand hotel roof black, and discovery point white.

Calgarian · #**495** Posted **Feb 9, 2011, 5:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by rrskylar

The potential investors your talking about have turned their sights on the US southwest ( or practically anywhere in the western US) where they can buy properties for less than a quarter of the cost of the Okanagan.

This would definitely be a factor.

lionchild · #**496** Posted **Feb 21, 2011, 1:06 PM**

Hello, my name is Darcy...

Recently moved to Kelowna a few months back, however Ive been living in this area for quite some time. I'm actually quite shocked that there is not more land dedicated to industrial/commercial here, considering there is quite a lot of empty land visible around the city. Of course, then one finds out that much of the land is locked up in ALR... quite disappointing since it could be used for better purposes, like factories, retail and residential. Perhaps there isn't as much demand as in previous years, but why not prepare for future demand?

Anyways, thought i would share these pics to demonstrate what i mean, and no its not official

but one can at least dream! Orange is industrial/commercial and green is residential. Im sure there has to be something going on in this area though, if someone could fill me in that would be nice. BTW... anyone else from Ktown i would be happy to connect here on the boards

thanks.

Orchard Business Park

-lionchild

Mazrim · #**497** Posted **Feb 28, 2011, 4:51 PM**

For a while everyone thought that most industrial would start popping up North of the Airport when Western Star was going to build their new plant complete with a new road up there. When Western Star went under however, that seemed to destroy that idea. The appetite for industrial never seems to be too big in Kelowna.

bulliver · #**498** Posted **Feb 28, 2011, 5:03 PM**

^ It's too bad, the valley definitely needs to diversify to stay healthy.

lionchild · #**499** Posted **Mar 3, 2011, 1:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by Mazrim

For a while everyone thought that most industrial would start popping up North of the Airport when Western Star was going to build their new plant complete with a new road up there. When Western Star went under however, that seemed to destroy that idea. The appetite for industrial never seems to be too big in Kelowna.

Its kind of odd that there is orchards so close to the city center, vast amounts of open land near highly urbanized areas of kelowna. While i can understand people wanting things to not change, ultimately, i think the market rather than government should decide what is the best purpose for land. i moved from Grande Prairie, quite a different story what is happening up there compared to here! i did do some research, and i learned that alot of that land is ALR... simply unbelievable.

BTW: SoPa Square in pandosy is excavating now, been to the presentation center, quite a nice project, its going to look nice once completed in 2013. I'm not sure what is happening with Caban on gyro beach, if anyone else has more info??

-lionchild

240glt · #**500** Posted **Mar 3, 2011, 6:12 PM**

Once you destroy agricultural land you never, ever get it back.

The ALR is not the enemy.