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Originally Posted by GenWhy?
No they were not.
I will add that this proposal in its various forms has been in the works, actively for years. Was previously proposed under the old Council non-compliant policy who were receptive and it then got shuffled into the Granville Street Interim Rezoning Policy
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How do you know for certain? The man in the orange vest told you so?
As far as I can remember, the previous proposal was for something much shorter. Over time, it became taller, much taller. Obviously they are following the sentiments of City Hall, as well as taller-building advocates.
2016:
https://www.urbanyvr.com/new-rental-...lle-vancouver/
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Originally Posted by Changing City
It probably won't be Council that prevents this from happening. The developer has quite a bit of very underdeveloped property Downtown, and has pursued several projects (including one on this site) and then not followed through in building them. I think there are maybe two modest buildings completed in 30 years.
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You say it as if it is not an issue to propose developments, when in reality every time a completely new building is proposed, possibly hundreds of thousands of dollars go into an application process, including the many hours of work by consultants and others to ensure such a building can even be built on the said site. Obviously, like many other developers, this one did not see the opportunity ripe to build here despite initially proposing a short rental building a few years ago. These are not well-known property owners/developers and likely not have deep pockets like some of the more prominent ones, such as CF. Who knows, perhaps this particular hotel proposal is their big breakthrough. At least someone is proposing something nice (and tall) here.
I am, however, still pleasantly surprised that a nice hotel is proposed here, especially since across the street is the very rundown former Howard Johnson hotel purchased by the province and turning into a slum. So many businesses left the area after.
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