Great Northern Way Campus and Area Updates - Page 32

dleung · #**621** Posted **Dec 17, 2024, 8:52 AM**

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The generous podium setbacks from the north side seem unnecessary. I would've done this instead:

This gives way more light to units and the podium rooftop. The public space at the SE corner can be weather-protected by the overhang of the office tower instead of a canopy

I doubt it makes much of a difference with sunlight. As VCC gets built out it's more likely the podium will be fairly dark most of the time considering how low it is compared to further up Broadway.

I mean if the towers get to this height on the VCC Campus redevelopment

That only strengthens my case - the west part of the site gets minimal shadowing from new mid-rises south of 6th and gets the most light, while the east is boxed in by towers

giallo · #**622** Posted **Dec 17, 2024, 4:29 PM**

I've never seen these renderings before. Wow. If built as shown, my apartment building will be at the very edge of this density.

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I mean if the towers get to this height on the VCC Campus redevelopment

https://www.urbanstrategies.com/proj...elopment-plan/

gaviscon · #**623** Posted **Dec 17, 2024, 4:56 PM**

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I've never seen these renderings before. Wow. If built as shown, my apartment building will be at the very edge of this density.

Your apt building looks dangerous to be in, in an earthquake

jollyburger · #**624** Posted **Dec 17, 2024, 6:35 PM**

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I've never seen these renderings before. Wow. If built as shown, my apartment building will be at the very edge of this density.

I think they are brand new. They said they will finish up this month so something might get released early next year. Thank god they didn't purse that low form development.

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Urban Strategies is leading a team that includes Avison Young and Francl Architects to explore the long-term development capacity of the Vancouver Community College (VCC) Broadway Campus and define near term development options for both academic and residential facilities. The College is within an intensifying mixed-use neighbourhood that includes significant new transit investment. Place-keeping strategies include the integration and extension of a “Cultural Corridor” that recalls the historic southern bank of False Creek, connects the site westward into Downtown Vancouver, and highlights the legacies of the Coast Salish First Nations.

VCC is seeking to ensure the Broadway Campus provides adequate facilities for the growth and evolution of the institution while promoting land value capture. This work was initiated in December 2023 and is anticipated to be completed in December of 2024, and includes engagement with the City of Vancouver and collaboration with local First Nations.

https://www.urbanstrategies.com/proj...elopment-plan/

jollyburger · #**625** Posted **Dec 24, 2024, 12:36 AM**

The PCI/Low Tide development website for the Emily Carr and VCC projects

https://southflats.com/

RedArbutus · #**626** Posted **Dec 24, 2024, 4:58 PM**

Hang on. When did they stop calling it South Flatz, with a Z? I remember that being ridiculed online when it came out. Or is this a Mandela effect sort of thing?

dpogue · #**627** Posted **Dec 24, 2024, 5:13 PM**

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Hang on. When did they stop calling it South Flatz, with a Z? I remember that being ridiculed online when it came out. Or is this a Mandela effect sort of thing?

I was asking myself the same question, it definitely used to be with a Z. Maybe they finally got tired of being mocked relentlessly and came to their senses

RedArbutus · #**628** Posted **Dec 24, 2024, 5:15 PM**

Hahaha possibly. It was so lame. I don't mind it much as an S actually. The Fortnite-esque font is quite jarring though lol

madog222 · #**629** Posted **Dec 24, 2024, 5:26 PM**

Don't worry you're not going crazy.

They had rebranding promotional material posted on the Skytrain construction hoarding this past summer. The tag line was something like "South Flats is growing up" iirc.

RedArbutus · #**630** Posted **Dec 24, 2024, 5:54 PM**

Ah! Thanks for the info

Tvisforme · #**631** Posted **Dec 24, 2024, 7:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by madog222

Don't worry you're not going crazy.

They had rebranding promotional material posted on the Skytrain construction hoarding this past summer. The tag line was something like "South Flats is growing up" iirc.

Hopefully the marketing people who like to push "LoLo" in North Vancouver get the same message...

madog222 · #**632** Posted **Jan 27, 2025, 12:49 AM**

Not sure if this was posted elsewhere, here is the new rezoning for the Onni site.

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Rezone from CD-1(402) to new CD-1 to permit:
A) 38-storey building with 210 hotel units and 126 market rental units;
B) 38-storey building with 189 market rental units and 60 below-market rental units;
C) 38-storey building with 290 market rental units;
D) 38-storey building with 300 strata units;
all over a 6-storey podium with 150,110 sq. ft. of office space and 52,466 sq. ft. of commercial space, under the Broadway Plan. Buildings share 5 levels of U/G parking and a common outdoor plaza. A floor space ratio of 9.99, 102,724.1 sq. m (1,105,713 sq. ft.) net floor area are proposed. 665 parking stalls, 17 loading spaces, and 2178 bicycle parking spaces are proposed, accessed from Thornton Street.

https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public...ctId=247967680

Changing City · #**633** Posted **Jan 27, 2025, 1:08 AM**

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Originally Posted by madog222

Not sure if this was posted elsewhere, here is the new rezoning for the Onni site.

A) 38-storey building with 210 hotel units and 126 market rental units;
B) 38-storey building with 189 market rental units and 60 below-market rental units;
C) 38-storey building with 290 market rental units;
D) 38-storey building with 300 strata units;
all over a 6-storey podium with 150,110 sq. ft. of office space and 52,466 sq. ft. of commercial space, under the Broadway Plan.

So the previous version had 199 hotel units, 220 residential live/work units, 80,000 sq ft office space, 45,000 sq ft of ground-level retail/restaurant, and 86,000 sq ft underground warehouse space, in four towers 7 to 15 storeys high.

Now there are 965 residential units, with the majority of the additional units as rentals. The office space doubles, and as it's in the podium, they have to provide it in order to build the residential above it. The hotel and retail space is a little more than previously.

WarrenC12 · #**634** Posted **Jan 27, 2025, 4:46 PM**

That is a massive complex, and not a huge footprint IIRC.

jollyburger · #**635** Posted **Jan 27, 2025, 5:51 PM**

This was the rough building form they proposed last year

https://www.instagram.com/p/C5ogsZYs8Yf/

officedweller · #**636** Posted **Jan 27, 2025, 10:38 PM**

For reference, the 2 residential towers at the PCI/Low Tide project immediately east are supposed to be 35 storeys.

urbancanadian · #**637** Posted **Jan 27, 2025, 11:24 PM**

It feels like Great Northern Way is going to have a weird table-top skyline. Glad these ones aren't all 35 storeys... except they're all 38 storeys...

I don't think the office or hotel floors are going to make much of a difference.

officedweller · #**638** Posted **Jan 28, 2025, 12:46 AM**

Emily Carr and the existing South Flatz office building already establish a shorter form in the area, and I doubt that the Discovery Parks building (formerly QLT) would be demolished any time soon.

urbancanadian · #**639** Posted **Jan 28, 2025, 3:42 PM**

Okay, gap-toothed tabletop.

jollyburger · #**640** Posted **Jan 28, 2025, 4:48 PM**

Just pray Mark Anthony Group keeps raking in the money and they build a 50 storey tower next door.