General Vancouver Development Updates II

[Feathered Friend]

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50 strata homes, 4,700 sq. ft. of office space
Rezoning Application Submitted – December 2016
Building Permit Issued – August 2022

https://www.instagram.com/p/DBpJTSnzKgj/

[officedweller]

That scaffold stair looks scary.

[officedweller]

PNE Amphitheatre

From Trish Jewison twitter today:


https://twitter.com/TrishJewison/sta...25246824616078

... and from Oct 23rd:


https://twitter.com/TrishJewison/sta...31075983839472

[jollyburger]

Crane appears to drop load in Vancouver, triggering investigation

WorkSafeBC is investigating after a troubling incident involving a construction crane in Vancouver.


Police and the work safety watchdog were called to a job site on East Hastings Street near Glen Drive where the crane reportedly dropped a load.

Video from the scene showed the main line of the crane dangling loosely, and the point at which it appears to have failed.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10837063/...cident-oct-29/

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

https://globalnews.ca/news/10837063/...cident-oct-29/

It seems there are a lot more crane incidents recently. Less experienced operators?

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by whatnext

It seems there are a lot more crane incidents recently. Less experienced operators?

The images after the incident showed the cable that was being used to lift a steel beam had apparently snapped, with the remaining ends frayed. If it failed during a lift without any other factors affecting the situation, the operator's experience wouldn't seem to be relevant. Whether it was rated correctly for the weight being lifted might be, I would guess?

[NewfBC]

Originally Posted by whatnext

It seems there are a lot more crane incidents recently. Less experienced operators?

Seems like the truck drivers have found a new career!

Ron.

[logan5]

There have been a lot of incidents, and while there are lots of new people on construction sites now, with many newly arrived immigrants from India and Mexico, they are very inexperienced, so that is definitely a factor.

Not the crane operator's fault. The rigger on the ground is responsible for rigging that load up safely. Pretty simple formula though. The slings are rated for a certain weight, and you should know what the weight of the load is. I'm not a rigger, but there is probly a safety factor of 4 or something like that, where if the slings are rated for 5000 pounds, your weight limit is 1250. Maybe that safety protocol wasn't followed. If the load shifts or jumps, you put a shock force many times the weight of the load on the slings.

I talked to another crane operator about another load that fell to the ground recently, and the rigger made the mistake of using chains to rig up a steel beams (or something steel). The chains were spread apart at 2 points to pull the load up, but since it's metal on metal, the chains slid inwards towards each other, and the load fell. Bad mistake by the rigger.

[jollyburger]

Anthem across the street from Oakridge Park.

Anthem Heather Street Holdings LP has applied to the City of Vancouver for permission to develop this site, consisting of:

An 18-storey, mixed use building with a partial storey for a rooftop amenity, with four-storey podium and commercial at grade
A total of 183 secured market rental units with 20% of the residential floor area allocated for below market rental units
A Proposed building height of 55.6 m (182 ft.-5 in.)
A Proposed Floor Space Ratio of 5.73
Three levels of underground parking, with vehicular access from the lane

https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/5630-5668-heather-st-2

[gaviscon]

Found a proposal for the empty site across the road from T3 (Mount Pleasant)

[Architype]

Originally Posted by gaviscon

Found a proposal for the empty site across the road from T3 (Mount Pleasant)

It looks like they plan to retain the heritage facade of the apartment building, which is already compromised in value, and move the house to the west? It's good to respect the historic character of the area.

[madog222]

Architect is Henriquez Partners so this should be a good looking building, that low res render looks promising.
12 stories with 97,000 sqft total.

[csbvan]

Good looking proposal and needed to keep these 2 buildings in a good little historic cluster in North Mt Pleasant. I wish the project didn't overwhelm the brick facade quite so much, but it should look great from street level.

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by Architype

It looks like they plan to retain the heritage facade of the apartment building, which is already compromised in value, and move the house to the west? It's good to respect the historic character of the area.

I think this project has been mentioned before, soon after it was submitted in June? If it goes ahead, and the house is moved, it's probably not the first time it's happened. It's the earliest building still standing in Mount Pleasant, but it was initially on the lot where the apartment building now sits, and was moved across by James Smith, who developed the apartment building. More details here on Changing Vancouver..

[WarrenC12]

Interesting proposal to keep the house and the apartment façade. Curious what the end product actually looks like though.

[logan5]

I like having those old houses converted to retail space, so I hope that’s the plan here.

[BaddieB]

I love the heritage retention. Those old houses have so much potential to be unique restaurants, clubs, bars, etc.

[jollyburger]

Heather Lands by GBL. Looks nice though I wonder if people are going to have a hissy fit over the massing.

689 W 35th Ave - Parcel F (DP-2024-00853) development application

MSTA Fairmont Phase 1 LP has applied to the City of Vancouver to develop three residential towers on this site (Parcel F), consisting of:

An 18-storey apartment with 232 strata units, with an approximate height of 184 ft. (56 m)
A 25-storey apartment with 298 strata units, with an approximate height of 249 ft. (76 m)
A 6-storey apartment with 78 strata units, 30 secured market rental units and 12 moderate income rental units, with an approximate height of 65 ft. (20 m)
A combined total floor area of 484,207 sq.ft. (44,984 m²)
Three levels of underground parking, having vehicular access from the lane

https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/689-w-35-ave

620 W 35th Ave - Parcel B (DP-2024-00802) development application

MSTA Fairmont Phase 1 LP has applied to the City of Vancouver to develop three residential towers on this site (Parcel B), consisting of:

A 24-storey apartment with 207 strata units and 67 moderate income rental units, with an approximate height of 250 ft. (76 m)
A 20-storey apartment with building with 203 strata units and 2 secured market rental units, with an approximate height of 200 ft. (61 m)
A 12-storey apartment with 101 secured market rental units and 32 moderate income rental units, with an approximate height of 123 ft. (37.5 m)
A combined total floor area of 496,895 sq.ft. (43,655 m²)
Four levels of underground parking, having vehicular access from Manson St

https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/620-w-35-ave

[Feathered Friend]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

Heather Lands by GBL. Looks nice though I wonder if people are going to have a hissy fit over the massing.

https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/689-w-35-ave

https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/620-w-35-ave

Both applications won the support of the Urban Design Panel yesterday.

[officedweller]

Pics at Daily Hive - the curvey balcony ones look like Senakw.

New renderings of the first phases of the Heather Lands development by First Nations in Vancouver
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/heat...t-first-phases


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