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Looks like this building is back in the news and, yes, the plan calls for keeping the above ground parkade:

753 Seymour Street

Posted on April 13, 2016

by ChangingCity

753 Seymour 2016Two and a half years ago we posted the initial scheme at 753 Seymour Street, a new office tower proposed to replace the Vancouver Centre parkade. It’s located next to the Scotia Tower and across from the Telus office complex.

This is a pretty dead stretch of street right now, but with Telus being reclad and their new offices on Georgia as well as this project, it should be a whole lot better. It’s a design by experienced city office architects MCM.

There’s an unusual aspect to the proposal: floors 2 to 6 are proposed as above-grade parking, with 398,000 square feet of office above that. The total parking proposed just about meets the requirements here, with 7 underground floors of parking and 5 above grade. The developers appear to be anticipating those requirements coming down in future, as 65,000 of the above grade parking is designed to potentially convert to additional office space.

The rezoning report to move to a Public Hearing says “The exterior of the office building incorporates a complex curtain-wall glazing treatment that involves fritted glass, triple-glazed units and an extended capping system in order to maximize energy performance of the building.”

Source: https://changingcitybook.com/