Cambie Corridor Updates - Page 67

Changing City · #**1321** Posted **Mar 28, 2022, 6:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by CondoInvestor

Pennyfarthing Homes have been gobbling up properties along Ash Street between McGuigan Ave and West 37th.

4989-5049 Ash Street: 4-storey condo buildings currently under construction
5079-5161 Ash Street: Proposed 6-storey rental
5229-5249 Ash Street: Proposed 4-storey condo with rooftop amenity room

5079-5161 Ash Street rezoning says it's 6-storey strata, not rental.

CondoInvestor · #**1322** Posted **Mar 29, 2022, 12:21 AM**

not allowed to build 6-storey tall unless it's rental

Changing City · #**1323** Posted **Mar 29, 2022, 1:58 AM**

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Originally Posted by CondoInvestor

not allowed to build 6-storey tall unless it's rental

I thought that too. Somebody has got something wrong!

Feathered Friend · #**1324** Posted **Mar 29, 2022, 2:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by CondoInvestor

not allowed to build 6-storey tall unless it's rental

As they say, location is everything

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However, for sites adjacent to the future 35th Avenue, increased height up to 6 storeys for strata and up to 8 storeys for rental will be considered to facilitate road dedication.

as per pg 58.
https://guidelines.vancouver.ca/policy-plan-cambie-corridor.pdf

Changing City · #**1325** Posted **Mar 29, 2022, 2:37 AM**

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Originally Posted by Feathered Friend

As they say, location is everything

That makes sense, thanks for digging that out. The dedication for the continuation of W35th allows them to have a taller building.

Feathered Friend · #**1326** Posted **Apr 7, 2022, 2:10 AM**

https://council.vancouver.ca/20220412/documents/rr5appJ.PDF

source for all images
https://council.vancouver.ca/20220412/documents/rr5appJ.PDF

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After years of consultation, city staff are recommending Vancouver city council approve the demolition of the Class A heritage Fairmont Building that served as the RCMP E division's HQ. Not even the Park Board wanted to take on its legacy, or a ~$47 million moving bill.

https://twitter.com/City_Duo/status/1511884018773467140?s=20&t=-SEYMeW-vVqmeqh0ByKq4w

Aside from this, the referral to a public hearing for the Heather Lands will be debated next week. Expect the public hearing to be scheduled for the middle of May.

For those interested, here's the referral report.
https://council.vancouver.ca/20220412/documents/rr5.pdf

WarrenC12 · #**1327** Posted **Apr 7, 2022, 3:14 PM**

I've been inside the Fairmont building. It's a nice design outside but pretty much crap inside. No point spending much money to do anything with it. It has some bad history too. Tearing it down is the right call.

GenWhy? · #**1328** Posted **Apr 7, 2022, 4:20 PM**

Omg Referrals are taking so long this year! So happy to this this finally on the docket. Seeing Dogwood up and running is promising to see what'll happen here.

Any news on the old transit depot?

Vin · #**1329** Posted **Apr 7, 2022, 8:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by Feathered Friend

https://twitter.com/City_Duo/status/1511884018773467140?s=20&t=-SEYMeW-vVqmeqh0ByKq4w

Aside from this, the referral to a public hearing for the Heather Lands will be debated next week. Expect the public hearing to be scheduled for the middle of May.

Re: Tearing the historical Fairmont Building down:

This makes me really really angry!

WarrenC12 · #**1330** Posted **Apr 7, 2022, 9:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by Vin

Re: Tearing the historical Fairmont Building down:

This makes me really really angry!

Why?

GenWhy? · #**1331** Posted **Apr 7, 2022, 9:43 PM**

Other In-kind Community Benefits (non-quantified components):
• 540 social housing units,
• 400 secured market rental units with 25% of the floor area (approx. 100 units) dedicated to below
market rental housing,
• 4.4 acres of parks and open spaces,
• 2,095 sq. m xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ cultural centre,
• 74-space childcare facility, and
• 1-acre site for a CSF school and childcare facility.

officedweller · #**1332** Posted **May 10, 2022, 11:21 PM**

427-449 West 39th Avenue

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The proposal is to allow for the development of an 18-storey residential building that includes:

176 secured market rental units (including 34 below market rental units);
A total density of 6.10 FSR;
A building height of 199 ft.;
69 vehicle parking spaces and 337 bicycle parking spaces.

https://vancouvermarket.ca/2022/05/10/18-storey-rental-tower-planned-for-oakridge-site/

osirisboy · #**1333** Posted **May 11, 2022, 1:31 AM**

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Originally Posted by WarrenC12

Why?

For me it’s like trying to erase history. A lost opportunity

Migrant_Coconut · #**1334** Posted **May 11, 2022, 4:24 AM**

Meh, it's just another Tudor. We can build more Tudors.

osirisboy · #**1335** Posted **May 11, 2022, 4:35 AM**

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Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

Meh, it's just another Tudor. We can build more Tudors.

No. It’s the history attached to it. And yes we can technically build something just like it but it’ll never happen.

Migrant_Coconut · #**1336** Posted **May 11, 2022, 5:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by osirisboy

No. It’s the history attached to it. And yes we can technically build something just like it but it’ll never happen.

Sure, it's old. That's it. Nothing in its hundred years of existence really stands out and makes it worth keeping.

Not necessarily. We've got 459 West 63rd on the Corridor just a five-minute drive away.

osirisboy · #**1337** Posted **May 11, 2022, 3:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

Sure, it's old. That's it. Nothing in its hundred years of existence really stands out and makes it worth keeping.

Not necessarily. We've got 459 West 63rd on the Corridor just a five-minute drive away.

It was a residential school!! That is definitely something that should stand out and be remembered and worth keeping

That aside, It’s just a waste to demolish something that is still functional

Regarding 459 west 63. You can still tell it’s new

WarrenC12 · #**1338** Posted **May 11, 2022, 4:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by osirisboy

It was a residential school!! That is definitely something that should stand out and be remembered and worth keeping.

That aside, It’s just a waste to demolish something that is still functional

Regarding 459 west 63. You can still tell it’s new

The Fairmont building is hardly functional, I know as I've worked inside it.

The report outlines the cost to move and renovate it. Very expensive and there's no appetite for it.

osirisboy · #**1339** Posted **May 11, 2022, 4:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by WarrenC12

The Fairmont building is hardly functional, I know as I've worked inside it.

The report outlines the cost to move and renovate it. Very expensive and there's no appetite for it.

Oh really? I thought it was too expensive to move it. Not that it was to expensive to renovate it in its current location

I thought they wanted to demolish it because of its past

WarrenC12 · #**1340** Posted **May 11, 2022, 4:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by osirisboy

Oh really? I thought it was too expensive to move it. Not that it was to expensive to renovate it in its current location

I thought they wanted to demolish it because of its past

I think the MST want it gone because of it's past, so the plan was commissioned to figure out the cost of moving.