General Vancouver Updates II

[GenWhy?]

Wonder what the leases look like and how parking factors into that - mainly due to "residential building constructed in the 1960s with 88 unsecured market rental units".

As it looks like they're getting rid of parking spaces for the original building / they wouldn't be available until after construction is complete. Looks like there is a small corridor between the new and old parkade.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by GenWhy?

Wonder what the leases look like and how parking factors into that - mainly due to "residential building constructed in the 1960s with 88 unsecured market rental units".

As it looks like they're getting rid of parking spaces for the original building / they wouldn't be available until after construction is complete. Looks like there is a small corridor between the new and old parkade.

Units are $2,950–$5,155/month

CityHallWatch says a bunch of tenants already gave up because of issues with Larco with others getting eviction notices for various reasons.

Existing building has 84 spots and the new one will have around 121 spots but with new bicycle parking.

https://rezoning.vancouver.ca/applic...ng-booklet.pdf

Rezoning Q&A also said this:

"Larco will arrange for an alternative temporary off-street parking solution for existing tenants for the duration of the construction period."

[officedweller]

360

From Lawrence Black twitter today:


https://twitter.com/LawrenceBlackTV

[officedweller]

Shawn Oaks

5505-5585 Oak Street

Not sure if this has been posted - from VancouverMarket.ca:

The current plan includes a 33-storey condo tower, a 31-storey condo tower, and a 6-storey social housing building.

Further details include:

• Approx. 450 condos;
• Approx. 180 social housing units;
• a total density of 4.0 FSR (556,000 SF);
• a daycare building for 37 children;
• Approx. 600 parking stalls.

https://vancouvermarket.ca/2024/06/3...using-lowrise/


https://vancouvermarket.ca/2024/06/3...using-lowrise/


https://vancouvermarket.ca/2024/06/3...using-lowrise/

[jollyburger]

Infill around Joyce Station

For the site, Sightline Properties is proposing a 38-storey tower with 408 rental units, consisting of 112 studio units, 156 one-bedroom units, and 140 two-bedroom units, with 10% of the residential floor area provided as below-market rental units. The tower would also sit atop 3,691 sq. ft of retail space on the ground floor and have a density of 18.89 FSR. A six-level underground parkade would also provide 183 vehicle parking spaces and 641 bicycle parking spaces.

After publishing the rezoning application on Friday, however, the City of Vancouver noted on its webpage for the project that the application "requests consideration of height and density in excess of the existing policy."

The subject site falls into Sub-Area J2 of the Joyce-Collingwood Station Precinct Plan, which designates mixed-use development with a maximum mid-rise height of 150 ft for the site. The height of the proposed tower is 384 ft, which is significantly taller than the 36-storey, 315-ft tower being developed by Westbank at 5055 Joyce Street — one building over from Sightline's site and directly adjacent to Joyce-Collingwood Station.

https://storeys.com/sightline-proper...yce-vancouver/

[jollyburger]

The new Tesla service centre on Raymur got their excavation/shoring stage issued on June 27



https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public...ctId=220352230

[Feathered Friend]

Plans for a second Vancouver Ronald McDonald House have been revealed that will seek to elevate care for families with sick children in British Columbia & Yukon. This 14 floor building, with 75 long-stay homes will be nestled a block from BC Women’s & Children’s Hospital.

While we may have found this proposal, we give a sincere hattip to Abby Zieverink for reporting that Ronald McDonald House secured these 3 properties at Willow & W 33rd Ave nearly a year ago. Sadly, it’ll be a few more years before these homes could be approved, let alone built.

https://x.com/City_Duo/status/1812991574126858691

[officedweller]

Form

From Lawrence Black twitter yesterday:


https://twitter.com/LawrenceBlackTV


https://twitter.com/LawrenceBlackTV


https://twitter.com/LawrenceBlackTV

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by Feathered Friend

https://x.com/City_Duo/status/1812991574126858691

Second Ronald McDonald House in Vancouver to open by 2028

Pass says they are now working with the City of Vancouver to rezone the density of the site, in hopes of maximizing the amount of families that will be able to stay in the new house.

“The (rezoning) process is typically about 16 to 18 months. We’re optimistic that we’ll get through it in less time,” said Pass.

“We’ve already kicked off our fundraising and to raise the funds so that hopefully by the time zoning is done, we will be able to break ground and start this. With COVID in the way, I feel like we’re kind of behind where I’d like to be in the process, so we want to get at it, there’s families who need it.”

Pass says the hope is to have the new Ronald McDonald House open by the Spring of 2028 to act as a long-stay home for families.

“The new house will have a mix of studio style and one and two-bedroom fully contained suites so that the long-stay families can have more amenities that will serve them in a more unique way than we’re able to at the moment.”

The move to create a second house for families of sick children comes after a feasibility study showed a need to double its support, up to 150 families a night.

“What we found since we opened the (first) house in 2014 is that so many of our families stay 150 nights up to two years and this is their home. A lot of the times, the long-stay families in that situation are post-transplant, so as wonderful as our facility is currently, it’s studio-style suites that we have for the families,” explained Pass.

Pass estimates they’ll need to raise roughly $ 96 million to replenish the reserves from the land purchase and build the home.

https://www.radionl.com/2023/10/16/s...-in-vancouver/

[madog222]

Redevelopment of Southwynd Place seniors housing at Yukon & SW Marine. There is currently 90 units on the 1.9 acre site.

Four building social housing project
Building 1 - mixed use 32 storey tower
Building 2 - mixed use 27 storey tower
Building 3 - 6 storey residential
Building 4 - 17 storey tower
Shared underground parking
New development - complete demolition of existing social-housing facility

https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public...ctId=232066693

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by Feathered Friend

https://www.uniteherelocal40.org/202...in-opposition/

Here's the proposal's Shape Your City Page. It adds 145 rental homes in a 14 floor building, and doesn't displace any tenants of the existing rental building on this property.

https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/5455-balsam-st

Note the concern for many wasn't tenant displacement but the shittiness of the landlord (Larco, q'uelle surprise). Anyway, its approved now:

Vancouver council approves controversial 14-storey rental tower in Kerrisdale
Coun. Sarah Kirby-Yung: “I am not impressed — I will be honest — with this applicant.”
Mike Howell
about 16 hours ago

Vancouver city council was unanimous Tuesday in approving a proposal for a 14-storey rental housing tower in Kerrisdale, despite concerns over maintenance, repairs and other issues associated to an adjacent building owned by the same developer.

Larco Investments Ltd. owns an 88-unit rental tower at 5455 Balsam St. called the Fontainebleau Apartments and now plans to construct a 145-unit market rental tower on a portion of the same property.

In giving Larco the green light, council attached a series of conditions to the proposal in response to tenants’ concerns at the Fontainebleau Apartments, a 1960s era building which has a large seniors’ population.

Council’s approval included criticism of Larco.

“I am not impressed — I will be honest — with this applicant,” said Coun. Sarah Kirby-Yung in her closing comments.

“We desperately need new rental housing in the city, and you don't want to be against that. But taking care of existing renters, and particularly seniors in our city, I think is fundamentally important.”
During the public hearing, council heard from tenants who complained of laundry machines, toilets, leaky pipes and kitchen sinks not being repaired or replaced in a timely manner.

At times, garbage had piled up in the basement for several weeks.

The building’s pool has been closed since the pandemic was declared in 2020 and sidewalks aren’t shovelled during snowfalls, said Daniel Kasowitz, one of many tenants who opposed Larco’s proposal.....

https://www.biv.com/news/real-estate...tments-9259082

[BaddieB]

I think this is an example that illustrates perfectly the problem with our restrictive outlook on housing. Landlords have zero need to be competitive in the housing market because vacancy rates are next to zero, while the electorate decries any effort to boost supply. Good that this project was approved, and hopefully the existing building sees improvements.