Great Northern Way Campus and Area Updates - Page 33

madog222 · #**641** Posted **Feb 24, 2025, 11:34 PM**

Hive, as of today.

VCC excavation in the foreground.

Photos by me.

giallo · #**642** Posted **Feb 24, 2025, 11:39 PM**

Thanks for the update. It's looking good.

officedweller · #**643** Posted **Feb 25, 2025, 12:15 AM**

Agreed, nice design around the corners working from the protruding fins to the flat north side.

Vancouver_Highrise · #**644** Posted **Mar 6, 2025, 8:57 PM**

Update on Onni's proposal:
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/375-...ation-proposal

officedweller · #**645** Posted **Mar 6, 2025, 11:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by Vancouver_Highrise

Update on Onni's proposal:
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/375-...ation-proposal

Site uses:

2025 rezoning concept of 375 East 1st Avenue, Vancouver. (Boniface Oleksiuk Politano Architects/Onni Group)
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/375-...ation-proposal

2025 rezoning concept of 375 East 1st Avenue, Vancouver. (Boniface Oleksiuk Politano Architects/Onni Group)
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/375-...ation-proposal

Interior gathering/cultural spaces:

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/375-...ation-proposal

madog222 · #**646** Posted **Mar 7, 2025, 12:28 AM**

Some renders from the architect: https://www.bop.ca/project/lot-p/

These all look somewhat conceptual, plenty of the renders conflict with others in the details.

jollyburger · #**647** Posted **Mar 7, 2025, 1:16 AM**

The whole timber ribbed overhang next to poles seems kind of dated at this point?

idunno · #**648** Posted **Mar 7, 2025, 5:11 PM**

^^This is Onni. Don't expect much innovation.

giallo · #**649** Posted **Mar 19, 2025, 2:59 AM**

madog222 · #**650** Posted **Jun 13, 2025, 6:52 PM**

Nicola picked up 304 E 1st under the foreclosure proceedings and it sounds like they will be sticking with the existing approved design.

https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public...ctId=262851124

WarrenC12 · #**651** Posted **Jun 13, 2025, 8:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by madog222

Nicola picked up 304 E 1st under the foreclosure proceedings and it sounds like they will be sticking with the existing approved design.

https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public...ctId=262851124

Nice find. Still a crazy amount of activity in this area.

Any idea what the latest is with the Onni site?

madog222 · #**652** Posted **Jun 13, 2025, 8:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by WarrenC12

Any idea what the latest is with the Onni site?

No idea. It is somewhat telling that the rezoing hasn't popped up on shapeyourcity yet going on six months since being submitted. Onni dragging their feet? City staff not happy with the proposal?

jollyburger · #**653** Posted **Jun 13, 2025, 8:39 PM**

Can't they go from the proposed 4.0 FSR up to 7.0?

https://www.collierscanada.com/en-ca...bia/can2015417

mcj · #**654** Posted **Jun 13, 2025, 10:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by madog222

No idea. It is somewhat telling that the rezoing hasn't popped up on shapeyourcity yet going on six months since being submitted. Onni dragging their feet? City staff not happy with the proposal?

Could see City staff being unhappy with the tower spacing. It's quite a clustered monolith of towers. Also wouldn't put it passed Onni to drag their feet too. I doubt leaving an open pit in this area for nearly a decade has created much goodwill.

Changing City · #**655** Posted **Jun 13, 2025, 10:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

Can't they go from the proposed 4.0 FSR up to 7.0?

https://www.collierscanada.com/en-ca...bia/can2015417

It appears that the site is in the MCDB area of the Broadway Plan, with 4.0 FSR maximum (which the previous owners obtained with a design for a mass timber building over a concrete podium with market rental units). No further rezonings are contemplated in the Broadway Plan in that area. Under the TOD by-law I think they could submit a new rezoning to get to 5.5 FSR, but I'm not sure what policy would get them to 7.0.

As they only paid $13m for the site, have an approved 100% market rental project for 112 apartments that they can develop as soon as they want, maybe they're happy to stick to the easy, faster route.

jollyburger · #**656** Posted **Jun 13, 2025, 11:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by Changing City

It appears that the site is in the MCDB area of the Broadway Plan, with 4.0 FSR maximum (which the previous owners obtained with a design for a mass timber building over a concrete podium with market rental units). No further rezonings are contemplated in the Broadway Plan in that area. Under the TOD by-law I think they could submit a new rezoning to get to 5.5 FSR, but I'm not sure what policy would get them to 7.0.

As they only paid $13m for the site, have an approved 100% market rental project for 112 apartments that they can develop as soon as they want, maybe they're happy to stick to the easy, faster route.

I think MCDB were part of the Broadway Plan amendments last year that passed (?) They are just 2 feet short of the min frontage if that matters.

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Creative District - Area B (MCDB)

Current: Up to 10 storeys and 4.0 FSR, all residential floor area must be artist housing.
Proposed: Up to 20 storeys and 7.0 FSR, 100% rental with 20% below-market, or strata with 20% social housing.

https://storeys.com/vancouver-broadw...n-review-2024/

jollyburger · #**657** Posted **Jun 13, 2025, 11:43 PM**

VCC

Next construction phase of CCEAI commences

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As shoring and excavation of the building site is now complete, the next phase of the project includes construction of the concrete superstructure (above ground elements of the building). The construction superstructure phase is expected to last from June 2025-December 2026.

Important things to note:

Installation of the first crane will commence the week of May 26 and formwork will begin.
Expect intermittent lane and road closures for concrete pumping and other construction activities along East 7th Avenue, Glen Drive, and Great Northern Way.
Expect construction noise, increased truck activity, parking restrictions and altered pedestrian routes around the site to continue for the duration of the project.

https://www.vcc.ca/about/college-inf...ommences-.html

Changing City · #**658** Posted **Jun 13, 2025, 11:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

I think MCDB were part of the Broadway Plan amendments last year that passed (?) They are just 2 feet short of the min frontage if that matters.https://storeys.com/vancouver-broadw...n-review-2024/

MCDB was part of the amendment area, but as you note, in theory their site isn't big enough. (However they can request that the Director of Planning let them submit a rezoning anyway). If they did, they face a delay to get another rezoning, and 20% of the space would have to be in units that rent below market. I guess they're happier just getting 100% market rental at a lower density, that's already approved.

gaviscon · #**659** Posted **Jun 29, 2025, 11:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

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.

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

I wonder if VCC will occupy some of the new office space in the northernmost buildings

jollyburger · #**660** Posted **Jun 29, 2025, 11:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by gaviscon

I wonder if VCC will occupy some of the new office space in the northernmost buildings

Maybe they'll occupy the base podium section which look pretty massive. Who knows how the finances will work to make this work.