Broadway Corridor Updates

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by Changing City

As GlowFun says, but they will obviously be running the 99 until the SkyTrains are operating, and after that the #9 will still run along Broadway, as it does today.

So after the subway opens there will be no 99 at all? Everyone getting off at Arbutus will have to take the #9 to UBC?

[RedArbutus]

Originally Posted by whatnext

So after the subway opens there will be no 99 at all? Everyone getting off at Arbutus will have to take the #9 to UBC?

No, I think there's just a misunderstanding there. After the extension starts operating the 99 will run between UBC and Arbutus Station only. It'll continue to be called a B-Line to distinguish it from Rapidbus (though it's effectively just a branding difference), and also to highlight that it's a legacy product that is expected to be dropped when (if?) the Millenium Line is extended the full length to UBC.

[kikin]

are there any plans at all for the extension to UBC, or is it one of those things that probably won't happen in our lifetimes?

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by whatnext

So after the subway opens there will be no 99 at all? Everyone getting off at Arbutus will have to take the #9 to UBC?

No - I was referring to the image that was posted showing a bus stop outside the Lee Building. And I noted GlowFun had already said "The 99 will be shortened to just run between Arbutus Station and UBC."

[idunno]

Originally Posted by kikin

are there any plans at all for the extension to UBC, or is it one of those things that probably won't happen in our lifetimes?

Plans? Yes. Money? No.

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by idunno

Plans? Yes. Money? No.

We even have a thread for the Arbutus to UBC extension.

The geotechnical study and most of the business case work has apparently been completed, but the financial part is said to still in progress.

The last statement on where the province has got to seems to have been in October last year, when the Minister (Mike Farnsworth) said "We have been doing preliminary work and working with TransLink. It is part of TransLink’s 10-year plan, but it is in the second half of the plan. And so, we are looking at working with Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, UBC, and the Province in terms of how do you move a project of that size forward".

[madog222]

Have people forgotten what google is?

[PBlonde]

Originally Posted by Changing City

We even have a thread for the Arbutus to UBC extension.

The geotechnical study and most of the business case work has apparently been completed, but the financial part is said to still in progress.

The last statement on where the province has got to seems to have been in October last year, when the Minister (Mike Farnsworth) said "We have been doing preliminary work and working with TransLink. It is part of TransLink’s 10-year plan, but it is in the second half of the plan. And so, we are looking at working with Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, UBC, and the Province in terms of how do you move a project of that size forward".

I don't think it's a secret that the province has no money right now, I wouldn't expect that this gets started until the latter years of that 10 year plan. The stretch from Arbutus to UBC has the lightest traffic of the existing 99 line route, so the economic benefit is likely to be smaller vs what will be achieved on the extension from Commercial to Arbutus.

[Spr0ckets]

I guess a key part of how urgently this next phase gets treated and progressed depends a lot on what's going to happen with the Jericho Lands development since that's a major node of the route that will have a station, and there's a case to be made that the viability of one relies on the existence or progress of the other (as to which is the heavier reliance? Chicken and Egg debate all over again).
Regardless of how much UBC might want it progressed quickly for their obvious benefit.

But since the extension project's continuation also relies on outside sources for funding (Provincial and possibly the Feds), then you also have that little spanner to throw into the works, given the current state of finances and budgeting of the two.

So with the cities and the province already jacking up taxes to deal with their respective deficit and budgetary issues rather than to fund capitol projects, I imagine most of us aren't expecting to see any progress on it for some time after the main extension line to Arbutus opens.

Which is why I always thought it was silly to do it piece-meal like this rather than funding and building the whole route in one go.

[AlessioSBT]

We are entering in a period of lower demographic growth, money deficits, real estate downturn, jobs loss, etc.

It's not even only the potential skytrain extension, I think pretty much everything will be put on pause for the next 10 years until the economy improves (if improves at all).

[kikin]

Originally Posted by Changing City

...the Minister (Mike Farnsworth) said "...And so, we are looking at working with Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, UBC, and the Province in terms of how do you move a project of that size forward".

reading this depresses the hell out of me and makes me question whether staying in my and my parents' and grandparents' birth country makes any sense anymore as it is feeling like there is no hope to reverse this downhill slide

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by kikin

reading this depresses the hell out of me and makes me question whether staying in my and my parents' and grandparents' birth country makes any sense anymore as it is feeling like there is no hope to reverse this downhill slide

I think you probably need to log off and touch grass.

[mcj]

Originally Posted by kikin

reading this depresses the hell out of me and makes me question whether staying in my and my parents' and grandparents' birth country makes any sense anymore as it is feeling like there is no hope to reverse this downhill slide

Don't let the door hit you on the way out!

[chowhou]

Originally Posted by kikin

reading this depresses the hell out of me and makes me question whether staying in my and my parents' and grandparents' birth country makes any sense anymore as it is feeling like there is no hope to reverse this downhill slide

If it makes you feel any better if the NDP don't change their tune we're currently polling towards a BC Conservative government in 2028, and ironically the right wing in BC has a good track record of supporting Skytrain.

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by chowhou

If it makes you feel any better if the NDP don't change their tune we're currently polling towards a BC Conservative government in 2028, and ironically the right wing in BC has a good track record of supporting Skytrain.

No matter which party wins they're going to be very constrained by the debt run up since Horgan left office.

[kikin]

Originally Posted by chowhou

If it makes you feel any better if the NDP don't change their tune we're currently polling towards a BC Conservative government in 2028, and ironically the right wing in BC has a good track record of supporting Skytrain.

I'm trying to hold up hope. I am voting in the leadership election this month. We need a hard steer around to start to fix Eby's mess.

[jollyburger]

DEAL | Prince Rupert Villa, a three-storey, 38-suite rental building at 727 East 7th Ave., Vancouver, sold April 30 for $10.6 million. The sale price averaged $280,000 per unit. The cap rate on sale was 5 per cent, reflecting strong cash flow. Recent upgrades include a partial roof replacement in 2023 and new boilers in 2017, as well as regular improvements on turnover. Considerable upside potential exists, not only in rents but through redevelopment following rezoning per the Broadway Plan and provincial Transit-Oriented Areas policies.

PRICE | $10,640,000

https://www.westerninvestor.com/done-dea...t-block-sells-for-280k-per-unit-12302752

[jollyburger]

Dual tower proposal for Vancouver aims to go higher, reduce social housing units

A Vancouver developer has submitted a revised proposal for a dual tower project in the 1700-block of West 8th Avenue that will reduce the number of social housing units by nine and add 20 more strata units.

Amacon Construction Ltd., on behalf of 1745 W 8th Property Ltd., had planned to build 421 strata units and 107 social housing units. The revised application calls for 441 strata units and 98 social housing units.

That change means the original plan to build two 29-storey towers now requires one of the buildings to increase in size to 31 storeys, according to a city staff report prepared for a June 2 public hearing on the project.

The original application did not meet several Broadway Plan objectives.

The size of the child-care area was smaller than the minimum requirements for a 37-space facility, and the provision of live-work units did not meet the requirement for commercial-retail or office space.

Further, the privately owned public space was small for the site.

The staff report said the revised application addresses these issues by providing the space required for licensing the child-care space. The new proposal replaces the live-work units with commercial-retail units along West 7th Avenue and Pine Street.

https://www.biv.com/biv-rss-linkedin/dua...her-reduce-social-housing-units-12332967

[madog222]

Originally Posted by madog222

They’ve already submitted a demo permit for the now former Jordan’s Furniture building at the site.

Now the main building permit application is in.

Construction of 39-storey tower with 5-level underground parkade.
Levels 1-2 to be retail space. The secondary Granville Station box on Levels 1, P1, P2 for future fit out by TransLink
Levels 3-38 to be purpose built rental. Level 39 to be amenity space dedicated to the residential use

https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public/Default.aspx?PossePresentation=Guest&PosseObjectId=297683192

[jollyburger]

Broadway Plan implementation update Q1 2026

• Rezoning and development progress remains strong
The development pipeline includes 166 active projects. Reflecting continued progress on
Plan implementation, 49 projects have reached the development permit stage or
beyond, and an additional 44 projects have an approved rezoning.
• Significant majority of proposed residential units are secured rental
There are approximately 25,000 residential units in the development pipeline and
approximately 90% are rental housing, including over 3,900 below-market rental units.
• Tenant protection measures in effect
85% of tenants living at sites undergoing redevelopment are eligible for the Tenant Relocation and Protection Policy (TRPP). Most buildings being redeveloped have high
occupancy, with an average of just 1.3 vacant units across all 68 projects where data is
available.
• Rental vacancy rates remain low
As of December 2025, the vacancy rates across the Broadway Plan area range between
1.7 and 2.5% depending on the area, which is below the citywide average vacancy rate
of 2.7%. This indicates that the rental market in the area remains tight relative to the
broader city, highlighting the continued importance of adding rental housing options.

https://vancouver.ca/files/cov/2026-05-1...oadway-plan-implementation-quarterly.pdf