Broadway Corridor Development Plan - Page 57

GenWhy? · #**1121** Posted **May 5, 2023, 10:37 PM**

Just spit ballin' here

whatnext · #**1122** Posted **May 12, 2023, 7:19 PM**

Not a good look for ABC especially coming on the heels of their rebate of empty house tax to the "deserving poor" developers, such as the Duke of Westminster.

Motion to track Broadway ‘demovictions’ rejected by Vancouver city council
By Darrian Matassa-Fung Global News
Posted May 11, 2023 8:45 am

Vancouver city council has rejected a motion to track the pace of ‘demovictions’ along the Broadway corridor.

Housing development in the Broadway neighbourhood is expected to ramp up in the future following last year’s passing of the Broadway Plan.

Click to play video: 'Vancouver asked to track demovictions because of Broadway Plan'
1:50
Vancouver asked to track demovictions because of Broadway Plan
Green Party Coun. Pete Fry said that could mean 2,000 existing households could be forced out each year for redevelopment due to developments.....

https://globalnews.ca/news/9690937/vanco...on-track-broadway-demovictions-rejected/

mcj · #**1123** Posted **May 12, 2023, 8:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

Not a good look for ABC especially coming on the heels of their rebate of empty house tax to the "deserving poor" developers, such as the Duke of Westminster.

Motion to track Broadway ‘demovictions’ rejected by Vancouver city council
By Darrian Matassa-Fung Global News
Posted May 11, 2023 8:45 am

Vancouver city council has rejected a motion to track the pace of ‘demovictions’ along the Broadway corridor.

Housing development in the Broadway neighbourhood is expected to ramp up in the future following last year’s passing of the Broadway Plan.

Click to play video: 'Vancouver asked to track demovictions because of Broadway Plan'
1:50
Vancouver asked to track demovictions because of Broadway Plan
Green Party Coun. Pete Fry said that could mean 2,000 existing households could be forced out each year for redevelopment due to developments.....

https://globalnews.ca/news/9690937/vanco...on-track-broadway-demovictions-rejected/

Did anyone seriously expect a different approach? Giving tax breaks to the rich and doing as little as they can to help the poors is the conservative modus operandi.

GenWhy? · #**1124** Posted **May 12, 2023, 8:53 PM**

Fry's motion was a bit strange tho as it was his back door way to enact pace-of-change. Having an official quarterly / annual report or no report won't change how many people have to move due to new construction.

Either way people will have to move before construction and more people will move in after.

seamusmcduff · #**1125** Posted **May 12, 2023, 11:38 PM**

Which is why it's questionable that they would vote not to track that information. We know that demovictions are an inevitability with this plan, but it's still important information to track imo. The cost would be minimal too. Not really sure what the downside of tracking it would be, other than it would provide data to help analyze the success of the rental protections...

chowhou · #**1126** Posted **May 13, 2023, 12:04 AM**

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Originally Posted by seamusmcduff

We know that demovictions are an inevitability with this plan, but it's still important information to track imo. The cost would be minimal too. Not really sure what the downside of tracking it would be, other than it would provide data to help analyze the success of the rental protections...

What's the upside exactly? If renovictions are lower than projected, does that mean more development would be allowed? Unlikely. If renovictions are higher than projected, is this just ammunition for NIMBY obstructionism? Pretty likely.

Seems like a lose lose to me.

seamusmcduff · #**1127** Posted **May 13, 2023, 2:05 AM**

I would say if you're going to propose and enact policy, it's essential to track the effects of that policy, regardless of who chooses to use that data.

Often you won't even know how the data came come in handy until it's already too late

GenWhy? · #**1128** Posted **May 13, 2023, 5:05 AM**

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Originally Posted by seamusmcduff

I would say if you're going to propose and enact policy, it's essential to track the effects of that policy, regardless of who chooses to use that data.

Often you won't even know how the data came come in handy until it's already too late

But I mean the data is known. There are x amount of people living in the Plan area and the projection is x new residents.

Fry's motion was to be fuel for delaying building new rental and adding hours to stretched Staff. It's silly and onerous. The renters are as protected as can be. And vacancy is at an all time low.

GenWhy? · #**1129** Posted **May 13, 2023, 5:07 AM**

To add:

Housing department is tracking demovictions already. All folks eligible are getting what Council passed.

Migrant_Coconut · #**1130** Posted **May 13, 2023, 5:14 AM**

General rule of thumb: when Adriane Carr is in favour of something, the YIMBY solution is usually the opposite of that thing. Credit where credit is due, ABC saw through it.

Feathered Friend · #**1131** Posted **Oct 22, 2023, 8:24 PM**

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The public plaza at Granville & W 13th Ave was even busier than normal yesterday as over 80 people dropped by to help shape the future public realm along the Broadway SkyTrain. This survey closes today, so don’t pass up your chance to be heard

https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/broadway-public-realm?tool=survey_tool#tool_tab

https://x.com/City_Duo/status/1716188171644633209?s=20

trofirhen · #**1132** Posted **Oct 23, 2023, 7:44 AM**

I keep hoping that on top of all the provisions made for pedestrians and cyclists, that Broadway reborn will also be spiffy, a bit like Wilshire Blvd in LA.

idunno · #**1133** Posted **Oct 23, 2023, 5:04 PM**

*cough* there will be no provisions for cyclists. ABC made sure of that.

Vin · #**1134** Posted **Oct 23, 2023, 7:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by idunno

*cough* there will be no provisions for cyclists. ABC made sure of that.

That's awesome, especially along Broadway.

FarmerHaight · #**1135** Posted **Oct 23, 2023, 10:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by idunno

*cough* there will be no provisions for cyclists. ABC made sure of that.

Now, now, ABC promised bike lanes could be considered in the future. Just not now because that would require a redesign of the subway vents and other streetscape elements, and it will obviously be much cheaper in the future to add bike lanes when all the concrete is poured as compared to now when many of the plans are simply lines on paper.

Migrant_Coconut · #**1136** Posted **Oct 23, 2023, 10:17 PM**

Keeping in mind that reducing Broadway to two lanes would likely have screwed up the FTN and limited future bus frequency.

Some streets exclude transit, others exclude cars, some even exclude pedestrians; bikers and rollers can still access Broadway, they "just" need to head up/down one block and then dismount and walk. Personally, I'd focus on geting 8th and 10th to triple-A rather than picking a fight over a done deal.

officedweller · #**1137** Posted **Oct 25, 2023, 3:19 AM**

At Burrard & West 12th Ave.:

Greystar Acquires Broadway Plan Site in $41M Deal

https://vancouvermarket.ca/2023/10/24/greystar-acquires-broadway-plan-site-in-41m-deal/

GenWhy? · #**1138** Posted **Nov 12, 2025, 5:28 PM**

816-860 W 13th Ave and 2915-2925 Willow St rezoning re-application

"The City of Vancouver has received an application to amend the approved CD-1 (Comprehensive Development District) draft by-law. The proposal is to provide dedicated workforce housing for Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) and Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) staff within two 21-storey buildings and includes:

Increasing the total rental units from 354 to 507 and modifying the unit mix to support dedicated workforce housing for VCH and VGH staff

Modifying the affordability requirements for the below-market rental units from 20% of the residential floor area at 20% below city-wide average market rents to 100% of units at discounted rents aligned with the Westside Area Development Cost Levy (DCL) rates."

the application now proposes 77% of the apartments to be studios which average 404sf

s211 · #**1139** Posted **Nov 13, 2025, 3:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by GenWhy?

816-860 W 13th Ave and 2915-2925 Willow St rezoning re-application

"The City of Vancouver has received an application to amend the approved CD-1 (Comprehensive Development District) draft by-law. The proposal is to provide dedicated workforce housing for Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) and Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) staff within two 21-storey buildings and includes:

Increasing the total rental units from 354 to 507 and modifying the unit mix to support dedicated workforce housing for VCH and VGH staff

Modifying the affordability requirements for the below-market rental units from 20% of the residential floor area at 20% below city-wide average market rents to 100% of units at discounted rents aligned with the Westside Area Development Cost Levy (DCL) rates."

the application now proposes 77% of the apartments to be studios which average 404sf

Honest to gawd, bureaucrats take my tax money and build below-market housing for unionized public servants??????? If that isn't textbook theft disguised as conflict-of-interest, then what is!

Changing City · #**1140** Posted **Nov 13, 2025, 2:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by s211

Honest to gawd, bureaucrats take my tax money and build below-market housing for unionized public servants??????? If that isn't textbook theft disguised as conflict-of-interest, then what is!

It's being developed by a private developer. The change to the size of units is because the developer will lease the market rental units to staff of VGH and VCH, and those agencies have indicated that the demand will mostly be for studio units. Presumably they don't anticipate that a significant number of their staff that they expect to lease the units will be wanting to live there for a long time.