619 W Hastings | 110M | 28fl | Proposed - Page 7

officedweller · #**121** Posted **Nov 28, 2023, 11:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

This is the layout of floor 24

That's not a real floorplan is it (there's way too much wasted space)?
It looks like a real estate agent took some boxes and tried to fit them in.

FarmerHaight · #**122** Posted **Nov 28, 2023, 11:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

That's not a real floorplan is it (there's way too much wasted space)?
It looks like a real estate agent took some boxes and tried to fit them in.

Nope, those are the floorplans. The issue with an irregularly-shaped building is it makes square things like offices and desks an awkward fit.

I will note that MNP Tower uses DIRTT walls, so everything in that floor plan could technically be rearranged except the elevator lobby, washrooms, and kitchen. But there'll be a fair amount of square footage wasted in the north corner no matter how you arrange it.

jollyburger · #**123** Posted **Nov 28, 2023, 11:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

That's not a real floorplan is it (there's way too much wasted space)?
It looks like a real estate agent took some boxes and tried to fit them in.

The brochure for the 2400 suite has a different floor plan with those offices replaced with open cubicles (?)

https://resource.oxfordproperties.com/LoImages/ste/31170_2400_ste.pdf

The 28th floor partitioned suite has a weird layout with washroom/mechanical/electrical along the west facing curtain wall.

https://resource.oxfordproperties.com/LoImages/ste/31170_2880_ste.pdf

2800 square feet in suite 1180 they have 15 cubicles and two meeting rooms.

officedweller · #**124** Posted **Nov 29, 2023, 2:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

The brochure for the 2400 suite has a different floor plan with those offices replaced with open cubicles (?)

https://resource.oxfordproperties.com/LoImages/ste/31170_2400_ste.pdf

The 28th floor partitioned suite has a weird layout with washroom/mechanical/electrical along the west facing curtain wall.

https://resource.oxfordproperties.com/LoImages/ste/31170_2880_ste.pdf

2800 square feet in suite 1180 they have 15 cubicles and two meeting rooms.

This layout is not quite as bad but still tries to fit squares and rectangles into the curved floorplate.
It still has the strange stagger on the hallway side of the boardroom walls.

https://resource.oxfordproperties.com/LoImages/ste/31170_2400_ste.pdf

This is better - what you'd expect with partition walls lining up with the struccural columns, pie shaped offices and corners being more fully used.

https://resource.oxfordproperties.com/LoImages/ste/31170_2880_ste.pdf

trofirhen · #**125** Posted **Feb 10, 2024, 4:40 AM**

Excuse me, but I thought that this thread was about 625 West Hastings. Why the discussions of the MNP Tower? That building had a thread of its own ... (unless I'm wrong).

jollyburger · #**126** Posted **Feb 10, 2024, 4:49 AM**

Never seen something off-topic in a thread on SSP?

trofirhen · #**127** Posted **Feb 10, 2024, 11:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

Never seen something off-topic in a thread on SSP?

Yes, but this has gone way off the charts, skipping over to the MNP and elaborating on it, like a train jumping the tracks onto another set of tracks with a different destination. This is 625 W Hastings not he MNP tower thread. Thank you for your understanding.

trofirhen · #**128** Posted **Oct 6, 2024, 1:14 PM**

Are there any updates on 625 W Hstings, anyway? It seems itching to get done, and would add such a sleek streetwall effect to that classy block of Hatings from Pender to Burrard Streets.

madog222 · #**129** Posted **Oct 6, 2024, 3:03 PM**

No one is building new office towers currently.

Changing City · #**130** Posted **Oct 6, 2024, 3:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by trofirhen

Are there any updates on 625 W Hstings, anyway? It seems itching to get done, and would add such a sleek streetwall effect to that classy block of Hatings from Pender to Burrard Streets.

The owner of the site, and the Royal Bank next door, is a New Westminster company with a small portfolio of buildings. In the current office market they would be very unlikely to develop the site speculatively, and there are recently developed buildings currently available for potential tenants.

trofirhen · #**131** Posted **Mar 18, 2025, 5:49 AM**

Does anyone now where the plans for this one are "at?" It will fill out and give a feel of 'maturity' to West Hastings.

giallo · #**132** Posted **Mar 18, 2025, 4:04 PM**

I would imagine it's pretty much dead for now.

trofirhen · #**133** Posted **Mar 19, 2025, 2:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by giallo

I would imagine it's pretty much dead for now.

Thanks ... in fact, that's pretty much what I was afraid of.

madog222 · #**134** Posted **Jun 28, 2026, 7:56 PM**

Well well well, look who's back from the dead, now mainly as a hotel.

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To change the use of levels 1 to 24 from General Office use to Hotel use and for interior alterations to the office levels from level 25 to 31.

https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public/Default.aspx?PossePresentation=Guest&PosseObjectId=299753563

jollyburger · #**135** Posted **Jun 28, 2026, 11:06 PM**

Hopefully they don't butcher the facade with the change of use.

officedweller · #**136** Posted **Jun 28, 2026, 11:38 PM**

Floors 1-24 would be more than the height of the neighbouring bank building.
I wonder if a hotel conversion could add the heritage building next door.

jollyburger · #**137** Posted **Jun 29, 2026, 12:10 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Floors 1-24 would be more than the height of the neighbouring bank building.
I wonder if a hotel conversion could add the heritage building next door.

It's probably more trouble than it's worth to convert the heritage building into hotel rooms/the layout is kind of weird with the light well/elevator banks/stairs to combine them into a combined floor.

https://web.archive.org/web/202207011733...9-675whastings/documents/8FloorPlans.pdf

Doodler · #**138** Posted **Jun 29, 2026, 10:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

It's probably more trouble than it's worth to convert the heritage building into hotel rooms/the layout is kind of weird with the light well/elevator banks/stairs to combine them into a combined floor.

https://web.archive.org/web/202207011733...9-675whastings/documents/8FloorPlans.pdf

Is it the same developer as before?

madog222 · #**139** Posted **Jun 29, 2026, 10:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by Doodler

Is it the same developer as before?

Yes, and same architect.

officedweller · #**140** Posted **Jun 29, 2026, 10:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

It's probably more trouble than it's worth to convert the heritage building into hotel rooms/the layout is kind of weird with the light well/elevator banks/stairs to combine them into a combined floor.

https://web.archive.org/web/202207011733...9-675whastings/documents/8FloorPlans.pdf

Each of the office levels from level 4 upwards have the "Possible Future Connection" marking
(which is weird as I would think the old building would have short ceiling heights)
But they probably wouldn't want to rely on the elevators in the old building.
I was thinking something like 1 King West in Toronto.
I think they filled in the light well in that case.

https://web.archive.org/web/202207011733...9-675whastings/documents/8FloorPlans.pdf