Olympic Village & Southeast False Creek Updates Discussion
 

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Southeast False Creek and Olympic Village: North America's sustainable community

Southeast False Creek (SEFC) will be a model sustainable community built on the last remaining large tract of undeveloped waterfront land near downtown Vancouver.

On July 2, 2003 Vancouver was awarded the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and the SEFC development site was chosen as the future site of the Vancouver Olympic Village.

The SEFC site comprises 32 hectares (80 acres) of which approximately 20 hectares (50 acres) is owned by the City. SEFC is bounded by Cambie Bridge on the west, Main Street on the east, and 2nd Avenue to the south. The Olympic Village will be located in Area 2A of the SEFC site.

Historically, the Southeast False Creek site was used for industrial and commercial purposes. While maintaining heritage ties to the past, SEFC is being planned as a model sustainable development based on environmental, social and economic principles where people will live, work, play, and learn. SEFC will be a mixed-use community, with a focus on residential housing for families. This complete community will ensure goods and services within walking distance and housinartist rendering of olympic village plazag that is linked by transit and in proximity to local jobs. SEFC will eventually be home to 12,000 to 16,000 people.

The Vancouver Olympic Village features modern low and mid-rise accommodations for 2,800 athletes and officials and sits an average distance of 12 kilometres from Vancouver area competition venues. Athletes will be able to walk, bus or take a ferry to the city's shopping and entertainment districts, and enjoy nightly medal ceremonies, fireworks, and cultural celebrations just moments away at BC Place Stadium.

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After the 2010 Winter Games

- after the 2010 Winter Games, the buildings of the Olympic Village will become permanent residential housing, with a focus on housing for families.
- the Olympic Village is the first phase of a new mixed-use community, and will contribute about 1,100 residential units (250 of which will become affordable housing, and another 100 units will become modest market housing).
- while maintaining heritage ties to the past, SEFC is planned as a model sustainable development based on environmental, social and economic principles where people will live, work, play, and learn. This complete community will ensure goods and services within walking distance and housing that is linked by transit and in proximity to local jobs.
- SEFC buildings will be a showcase of sustainable development and designed to LEED® Gold, with a goal of LEED® Platinum* for the community centre.
- when fully developed , SEFC will have six million square feet of development. This will include: more than 5,000 residential units; full-size community centre and non-motorized boating facility; three to five licensed childcare facilities; two out-of-school care facilities; an elementary school; interfaith spiritual centre; restoration of five heritage buildings; and 10 hectares of park.
- shoreline works will include a new island and inter-tidal fish habitat, bridge, boardwalk, and seaside greenway and bikeway.
- other unique features will include urban agriculture; rainwater management systems; green roofs; and neighbourhood energy system.
- by 2020, Southeast False Creek will be home to 12,000 to 16,000 people.



Construction Update

Development of the Village in southeast False Creek will be carried out by the City of Vancouver, in cooperation with VANOC and will conform to the City's plans to create a sustainable community in this area. The 55,700 square metre, 600-unit project represents the final stage in the complete renewal of the False Creek site, begun by the three levels of government in the 1970s. Planning work is underway and construction is expected to begin in late 2006 or early 2007, with completion in 2009.

Temporary structures designed solely for use during the Games will be set up starting September 2009. Removal of the temporary structures will commence March 2010 and the Village will assume its post-Games legacy design.

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About the Village

The Southeast False Creek Official Development Plan (ODP) is divided into seven sub-areas. Sub-area 2A will be the first phase of City-owned land to be developed and will become the Vancouver Olympic Village for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The Olympic Village will be home to approximately 2,800 athletes and officials during the 2010 Winter Games.

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The buildings in the Olympic Village will be turned over to VANOC on November 1, 2009 for the final preparations and use during the 2010 Winter Games. The buildings will be returned to the City of Vancouver on March 31, 2010.

After the 2010 Winter Games, those buildings used by the athletes will provide approximately 1,000 residential units, including 250 affordable housing units, a community centre, daycare, retail and service space for the new residents of Southeast False Creek.

Development of the remaining City Lands (Sub-area 1A and 3A) will continue to 2018. Development on some of the private sites (Sub-area 1B, 2B, 3B and 3C) may occur prior to the 2010 Winter Games and will likely continue beyond 2018.

This website focuses on the development of the Olympic Village. Updates on the development of the other City-owned lands (sub-area 1A and 3A) will be provided as information becomes available.




Olympic Village during the Games

This conceptual diagram illustrates how the Southeast False Creek site will likely be used during the 2010 Winter Games.

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Timeline
July 2005
Official Development Plan bylaw enacted

July 2005 to February 2006
Complete construction drawings for streets and utilities from Ontario to Columbia Street, including the waterfront and stormwater wetland in the western park.

April 2005
Approval in Principle Soil Remediation Plan

December 2005
Department of Fisheries Approval

December 2005
Subdivision Application

January 2006
Site Preparation begins

March/April 2006
Complete public realm plan and construction drawings for the streets, western waterfront and village square.

March 2006 to January 2007
Olympic Village Rezoning

April 2006
Infrastructure Construction begins

Early 2007
Building construction begins

October 2009
Olympic Village Construction completed

November 1, 2009
VANOC takes over Olympic Village

March 31, 2010
VANOC returns the Olympic Village to the City of Vancouver




Green Building Strategy

A Green Building Strategy has been adopted for Southeast False Creek, which requires that all buildings on City Lands be constructed to a minimum LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver standard, with an objective of LEED Gold standard.

One building on the City Lands -- likely the Community Centre -- must be constructed to a minimum LEED Gold standard, with an objective of LEED Platinum standard.

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Other Information

During the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games,
Southeast False Creek will be temporarily transformed into the Olympic Village.

During the Games

• the Village will house approximately 2,800 athletes and officials in 12 to 15 buildings

• there will be a minimum of 30,000 square feet of commercial and retail space

• all buildings will be delivered to VANOC during the Exclusive Use Period (November 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010) for the Games

• a new 30,000 square foot community centre will be used during the Games

After the Games

• there will be approximately 1,000 residential units and 82,000 square feet of commercial and retail uses for the new residents of Southeast False Creek

• 250 units will become affordable housing after the games

• buildings in the Village will be a showcase of sustainable development. All buildings will be designed to a minimum of LEED Silver with a goal of LEED Gold. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and is the North American standard for measuring green building performance.

Key Transportation In the Area:
- Canada Line (Olympic Village Station)
- Expo-Millennium Line (Main Street - Science World Station)
- Vancouver Downtown StreetCar (Columbia St. Station & Quebec St. Station)
- Vancouver Streetcar

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Community Centre & Boat House/Athletes Village Mess Hall

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another one by erikson. a mini-twist condo
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some other interesting ones..
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the foundry building
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August 2007
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Pictures taken by VANCOUVERITE, September 2007


Southeast False Creek Olympic Village


SEFC construction precinct (14 cranes are visible by my count, and there are lots more to come)
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SEFC Olympic Village construction progress
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SEFC Olympic Village “tidal island” landscaping progress
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I can't wait to explore that neighbourhood when it's done. Thanks for all the info mr.x2. I hadn't seen some of those pictures before like that park with the big industrial structure overtop. Speaking of that park, what's the deal with the hill/speedbump thing going on with the grass? It looks like an interesting feature but it might render the park a little less useful - you can't easily kick a soccer ball around on something so uneven. It seems a little too artsy, not functional enough. It looks pretty cool though.

All of this has already been posted at Skyscrapercity for ages, but nobody here ever visits that place do they?:poke: :Titanic:

But it's finally getting some response.....at Skyscraperpage.:cheers:

Fantastic compilation, mr.x2.
I too can't wait to see this new neighborhood when completed.
I'm also excited to see downtown finally join Broadway. Right now the two don't flow together as well as they should. This neighborhood should remedy that.

i took some pictures of renderings in this month's west coast homes mag. granted, they're not great but whatever. i was drunk. better than nothing.

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at a pedestrian level, i think this area is going to be great. i look forward to exploring it in 2 years.

This is a massive project its like building a small town all at once. By 2020 home to 12000-16000 people, impressive!

I think it looks sharp!

Here's another one, posted by Delirium originally:
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something tells me this'll be one of those photos we'll look at in 20 years and say "wow, i can't believe vancouver used to look like THAT".....

^yup...this is one of the best planned areas i have ever seen in terms of market and affordable housing, pocket parks, use of existing infrastructure, and creativity.

More cranage from yesterday
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Affordable ?

It STARTS at $450,000. That's not what I'd deem as affordable.

Right... but the Olympic Village will retain may affordable units that are not at market price when the games are over.

The website has been updated www.milleniumwater.com

Urban fare is the grocery store

^ Opps, you missed an "n" in the url.

http://www.millenniumwater.com/

Why do real estate websites insist on playing music at full volume? At least it isn't lousy techno or whatever.

It is a nice illustration. Definitely a cut above the conventional real estate ad material.

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A link to a large, hand-stitched panorama I took in the summer of 2007 showing the construction and context of the Olympic Village.

Thanks imageshack.us for free photo hosting.

Quite a contrast between the soldier-like point towers of CityGate and SE False Creek (in large part due to the colouring/highlighting of the rendering)
Makes you think that even the taller podiums at CityGate are too short. I could have easily seen one or two point towers in SE False Creek to add more variety.

I think when that area is completed, that contrast won't be so obvious. Remember that the "front-line" of development (i.e., the stuff on the waterfront) is all low-to-mid-rises. Everything behind that (i.e., south of 1st avenue, and east of the village) is on privately-developed land and will be 15-25 storeys. That's approaching the heights of Citygate, and helping to ease the transition between the two neighbourhoods.

True enough.

incredible rendering.

there's actually a lot of great renderings and pictures on their website...
like these;

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so cheesy, other than that this project is awesome

at last count, there were 7 cranes up..

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^Impressive.

Even more impressive is that even with starting at 450K there are already people lined up today (Monday) for sales that don't start until Thrusday for the VIPs.

Acutally I just heard that they starting lining up on Saturday in the huge downpours. Oh well, while I really like this development I won't be investing in it as I feel there are better bang for your bucks out there, but if I was looking for a home then this might hit the spot.

additional photo from an article in saturday's sun

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thought this was interesting:

"The residences will go to the Olympics with their kitchens sealed off and their hardwood floors protected."

so athletes won't have access to a kitchen. that will be weird for those staying in the suites. i know it's only 2 weeks but still -
i wonder how they will protect the floors? i guess new owners will have to contend with used toilets too.

I think that the athletes should be allowed to use the kitchens, hardwood floors, etc, but would be forced to cover any extensive damage they cause.

I really don't think the residents would have a problem with a used kitchen and floors when they've only been used for 2 weeks. just like buying your first house, someone else has certainly used it.

This is so exciting! Can't wait to visit Vancouver for the Olympics... but its quite a wait. :(

Very cool waterfront design. What kind of transport links to downtown are there going to be? Seabus?

no kitchens and hardwood floors protected? that's quite weird, they should have access to everything. and i agree, if they do damage their suite they should pay.


i can just see it now...some rowdy Americans are playing football in the living room. one guy flies into the air to catch the ball, and he crashes into a wall. the guy that threw the ball now sees a kitchen through the gaping hole, and yells out "holy fuck!". 24 hours later, everyone in the village does the same thing.

I have a hard time imagining Finnish cross-country skiers making a diving catch through a wall for a football, just so they can access a kitchen.

i was a volunteer two years ago for the Team Services department at the Pacific Coliseum and GM Place for the World Junior Hockey Championships. i had interaction with all of the teams there, including Team Canada's. I even had access to every team's change rooms, and even their game jerseys - which i washed. I did their laundry, gave them food, drinks....did whatever they asked from me. I also had to pick up their pucks after they had practiced, and after they had warmed up for a game....so i had to go out with others on the ice in front of thousands, picking up pucks. That last part wasn't too enjoyable.

It was the best experience of my life [and a bit arousing too watching them change and work out].

But that's besides the point :haha: , the Fins and Latvian's (puny people btw) were all quite active with frisbees and soccer balls.


and of course, i watched many of the games for free - at the team benches...including the finals at GM Place - behind Sutter. :D

Photos at sunset, October 22nd
 

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I took these in the midst of a breathtaking, sudden fall sunset today. The light faded moments after I snapped the last photo. In order to capture the light I ran past the sales centre for the Olympic Village and there were people camped out in line in order to buy the condos and townhouses and they don’t even go on sale for five more days.

impressive shots
look out, dubai!

^ holy crap, those are amazing...thanks! good enough for my wallpaper!


you ran all the way there to take these pics? you should go into the paparazzi business.

i can't believe ppl are already camping out, either they have no life or they must be really desparate.

anyways can anyone enlighten me if there are separate phases for the buildings. the site only shows two buildings up for grabs at the moment.

A contractor told me that temp bath fixtures were being put in, and then being replaced after the athletes leave... :rolleyes:

***WAY*** too much information.
:yes:

That's FUNNY;
Naked hockey player or a bag of cement....decisions, decisions.

I think the buildings will operate as dormitories during the games with a central eating hall somewhere in the village - my guess is the Urban Fare space?

The building will be reconfigured - new walls, etc. after the games. There should be a substantial period after the games to do that work before occupancy.

I heard somewhere the dining hall is the new community centre.


And from the bid book:


Don't forget that the Vancouver Village will house 2,100 athletes and their coaches. While the Whistler Village will house 2,400 athletes and their coaches....probably more at Whistler since the IOC asked VANOC to add in 800-units to the Whistler Village.

That makes more sense - it'll have windows!

I just walked past the sales room. I'm not exaggerating. There were between 80-100 people in the line-up. I saw 1 white guy, I East Indian guy in a chair...EVERYBODY ELSE was Asian.

So I think that sums it up: Too expensive for the locals. Off-shore investors, hooray! Keep pushing up the prices!

Most, if not all of those people, are bloodsuckers...err real estate agents. They should put a limit of 1 per person, since they will sell them all in a day anyways, and regular people will be able to get a better deal...rather than paying twice their value...

I saw this on the news too:

To be honest, I wouldn't really want another person living in the suite before me... Millennium Water has done an excellent job in marketing this though: Vancouver's Last Waterfront Community... Well, according to the City of Vancouver, the Olympic village area we see by 2010 is only lot 2A. Anyone wanting suites that are new and in the olympic village can purchase them after 2010 when construction starts for lot 1AB, 2B, 3ABC.

some pics i found on www.flickr.com

you can see that they've started planting trees on habitat island and along the new seawall
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^That last pic is pretty dope.

Millennium Water project does $200 million in sales on 1st day

Malcolm Parry
Sun

Saturday, October, 27, 2007

Folk camped on the Cook Street sidewalk for up to five nights this week to spend an average of $915 a square foot on South False Creek condominiums they can't occupy until 2011. By Thursday night, they'd committed $200 million to acquire 241 of the 302 units in the Millennium Water project's first offering.
It was a big day for star condo marketer Bob Rennie, whose staff recorded deals on an ultra-sustainable project that will put 1,100 residential units -- 400 of them affordable-housing and market-rental -- on its 11-hectare site.

But it wasn't Rennie's biggest opening day. That was the $240-million buying frenzy for the Woodward's redevelopment that also attracted a longer-lasting line of sidewalk campers -- not to buy in but to make their case for the homeless.

Athletes' village still on budget: Mayor
With concrete poured and construction about to begin, development could hit $131-million target

Clare Ogilvie, The Province
Published: Wednesday, October 31, 2007

WHISTLER -- The Whistler athletes' village is set to come in on budget.

With the in-ground infrastructure in place for at least five per cent less than budgeted, the concrete poured and home construction about to begin, it looks like the developers will hit their $131-million target.

"I just don't see it being substantially over budget," said Eric Martin, chairman of the board of the Whistler Development Corporation, which was formed by the municipality to build the village.

"We have tried to build in contingencies all the way along and we have tremendous expertise . . . in everyone that is working on the project," added Whistler Mayor Ken Melamed.

Site work costs came in under estimates by approximately $500,000, due to efficient use of machinery and smaller than anticipated volumes of rock to blast and move. Rock crushing was also moved up in the schedule and completed in 2006, providing a stockpile of approximately 40,000 tonnes of gravel for road base and sub base.

The WDC hasn't touched its $11-million contingency fund, though Martin said he has no qualms about using it if necessary.

The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Games contributed $35.5 million to the project. Originally, the money was to be used to put a temporary village in place to house the close to 2,500 athletes and team officials who will be staying there.

The municipality in 2005 decided instead to use the money as seed funding to help build permanent housing that would be used for local workers after the Games. It is contributing $11 million, with the rest of the money being borrowed, then repaid from proceeds of the sale of the units.

"I think the really good news is that we will end up with over 300 units of resident housing and have the legacy," said Martin, a vice-president at Bosa Development, who took on the project for $1 a year.

The 40 townhouses will go on sale next year and, with more than 700 people on the municipal waiting list for employee housing, there is little doubt they will be snapped up.

There will be 350 residential units for use after the Games. Of those, 240 will be available to local workers to buy. An apartment rental building and an international hostel will provide the remaining 110 units.

The athletes' village phase will sell for about $231 a square foot, so the housing will range from $150,000 to $500,000.

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