1477 West Broadway | 124 M | 39 fl | U/C

[Spr0ckets]

I wonder if they're fully relocating from across the street or merely just expanding.

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by urbanight93

The materials and execution is nice and a breath of fresh air. I'm overall pleased they allowed for a taller building here but can't help but feel the tower design could have benefitted from some streamlining. The balconies are doing too much and result a clunky and haphazard effect.

The balconies are probably for sun-shading to reduce solar gain.
Otherwise, you'd probably end up with 50% spandrel.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by Spr0ckets

I wonder if they're fully relocating from across the street or merely just expanding.

Nicola Wealth signed a long-term lease for 38,000 square feet across two full floors in the building’s nearly all-glass podium, the company announced Tuesday. It has secured exterior signage rights as part of the lease agreement, and access to a suite of amenities including a ninth-storey fitness facility.

“We are excited to call 1477 West Broadway our new home for at least the next 15 years,” Christopher Nicola, the president of Nicola Wealth, said in the announcement. “This move reflects our firm’s commitment to our clients, growth, innovation and sustainability while providing our team with an inspiring environment to collaborate and thrive.”

Construction of The Stories is scheduled to be complete sometime during Q3 2025. Nicola Wealth plans to move into its new space at 1477 West Broadway by mid-2026.

https://renx.ca/nicola-wealth-to-mov...-west-broadway

15 year lease.

[Spr0ckets]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

https://renx.ca/nicola-wealth-to-mov...-west-broadway

15 year lease.

Thanks, jolly.

[Spr0ckets]

Originally Posted by officedweller

The balconies are probably for sun-shading to reduce solar gain.
Otherwise, you'd probably end up with 50% spandrel.

A good bargain if you ask me.

Especially when you compare it with the rental tower rising up on Birch St. just up the road.

A certifiable "spandrel-fest" if ever there was one.

[urbanight93]

Originally Posted by officedweller

The balconies are probably for sun-shading to reduce solar gain.
Otherwise, you'd probably end up with 50% spandrel.

Interesting, i did not have that policy in mind. I do much prefer balconies (both aesthetically and practically) than a shrine to spandrel.

Still, it's the haphazardness of the balconies arrangement that bother me architecturally (so i would've preferred a simpler expression like something more akin to the Standard on Willingdon).

Ultimately I'm nit picking though i'm looking forward to seeing other projects in the area (which hopefully use Art Deco for inspiration given the building character nearby)

[jollyburger]

From the City during the rezoning

1.2 Design development to significantly improve the performance of the tower as an
architecturally distinctive element of the Broadway skyline. This may be achieved by way
of the following design strategies:

(a) Introducing additional stepping from the north at the tower’s uppermost levels;
Note to Applicant: this may impact achievable residential density. Consideration may
be given to relocating residential density to above the podium.

(b) Introducing architectural elements to the roof level intended to visually “crown” the
top of the building;

(c) More clearly referencing the strong gridded shadow-box expression of the podium
façades up the height of the tower, and refining the expression of the podium so that
the two building elements better correlate;

(d) Using balcony projections to reinforce the overall architectural concept;
Note to Applicant: as proposed, the arrangement of the balconies appears to conflict
with the overall architectural design strategy of the façades, and adds to visual mass.


(e) Adding a rooftop common amenity room in keep with the provisions in the CD-1
By-law, with substantial landscape features visible from multiple aspects, and/or;
Note to Applicant: the building will be highly visible from multiple public viewpoints on
the downtown peninsula and particular attention must be given to the unique role it
will play in shaping the south-of-False Creek skyline for decades to come. Also refer
to Urban Design condition 1.5(a) and Landscape condition 1.10.

(f) Other similar architectural design strategies intended to add visual interest and
articulation to the uppermost storeys of the building.
Note to Applicant: the building will be highly visible from multiple public viewpoints on the
downtown peninsula and particular attention must be given to the unique role it will play
in shaping the south-of-False Creek skyline for decades to come. Also refer to Urban
Design condition 1.5(a) and Landscape condition 1.10.

https://council.vancouver.ca/20220301/documents/rr5.pdf

The sister project 1434-1456 W 8th Ave rezoning application goes to public hearing at the end of the month

https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/1434-1456-w-8th-ave

[LeftCoaster]

Originally Posted by Spr0ckets

I wonder if they're fully relocating from across the street or merely just expanding.

My understanding is this is a move, not an expansion. 38k SF would be a very big expansion for a smaller firm like Nicola.

[jollyburger]

I wonder if this might lead to some more Nicola Wealth/PCI projects in the future.. Didn't know TD Asset Management was a co-owner of this project either.

[Spr0ckets]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

My understanding is this is a move, not an expansion. 38k SF would be a very big expansion for a smaller firm like Nicola.

I mean, I guess it could also be both.

(A (complete) move and an 'expansion' by virtue of moving into a bigger space).

But it does beg the question of who's going to move into their former space across the street. There seems to be lots of turnover for a lot of the commercial and retail spaces for quite a few buildings in that intersection and the blocks close by.

Great job by PCI for being able to land an anchor Grocery tenant and a considerable office tenant so quickly before completion.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by Spr0ckets

I mean, I guess it could also be both.

(A (complete) move and an 'expansion' by virtue of moving into a bigger space).

But it does beg the question of who's going to move into their former space across the street. There seems to be lots of turnover for a lot of the commercial and retail spaces for quite a few buildings in that intersection and the blocks close by.

Great job by PCI for being able to land an anchor Grocery tenant and a considerable office tenant so quickly before completion.

That block with the VSB is going to look so underdeveloped in 15-20 years.

[Spr0ckets]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

That block with the VSB is going to look so underdeveloped in 15-20 years.

And the fact that the VSB building itself sits right in front of a park doesn't help none either.

Yeah, that block isn't going to see any redevelopment for a while.

[Coldrsx]

[griswold]

This tower feels huge and really dominates the surrounding area.

[whatnext]

Showing the two new additions to the skyline.

[IMG]IMG_4707 by bcborn, on Flickr[/IMG]
my photo

[Spr0ckets]

I wasn't sure whether to post this here or at the Skytrain Broadway Extension line thread.
The feature column at the skytrain station and tower entrance at the corner was installed over the last day/couple of days.

Apologies for the widened image.
I'm not sure how to reduce it in size or show the reduced size version.

"Immediately outside the future street entrance into South Granville Station, prominently situated at the northeast corner of the intersection of West Broadway and Granville Street, a 40-foot-tall public art sculpture — designed by Squamish Nation artist James Nexw’Kalus-Xwalacktun Harry and Japanese-Trinidadian artist Lauren Brevner — has just been installed."

night-time render with the anticipated lit-up effect:-







The two artists who designed it:-



One of the original concepts in the early proposal render images.
I think the current one is a massive improvement and much more prefereble (IMHO):-




Source : https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/the-...le-station-pci

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by Spr0ckets

I wasn't sure whether to post this here or at the Skytrain Broadway Extension line thread.
The feature column at the skytrain station and tower entrance at the corner was installed over the last day/couple of days.

Apologies for the widened image.
I'm not sure how to reduce it in size or show the reduced size version.

Nice piece of artwork.

[jollyburger]

Newer rendering



https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/art...vers-fairview/

[RedArbutus]

That's a big improvement over the old entryway design. I like the backlighting.

[officedweller]

Agreed. The double height recess and pole opens it up a lot.