[Coquitlam] Fraser Mills

[Burquitlaman]

Originally Posted by seamusmcduff

Great drone shots. They really highlight what a truly awful location this is for high density housing. It's completely disconnected from anything remotely urban or transit friendly. Driving will be necessary for literally every errand.

I agree with you that there is nothing around it and that's a big issue. But more and more I'm realizing that a lot of people don't want to be near SkyTrain. There is a market for it. Both because of noise and the issues that come with ST (bums etc...). I'm minutes away from the Burquitlam station and in three years I've used the train two times. My wife and I will never take the train over our car. Not in this area. Because the train to Vancouver takes so long and it's so uncomfortable compared to our car.

I would still want to be near the train station because of the amenities, the density, and heck, even the possibility that if I want to use the train in an emergency, I can. But I know a lot of people that absolutely despise the noise, the litter around the stations, the graffiti, the bums etc.

[Plastikman]

It's bit of an odd take because there is going to be a shuttle to Braid station that is 5 minutes away. Also there are two grocery stores and multiple restaurants within 5 minutes. The final development will also have ground floor commercial space. Should it have been single family detached housing?

Originally Posted by seamusmcduff

Great drone shots. They really highlight what a truly awful location this is for high density housing. It's completely disconnected from anything remotely urban or transit friendly. Driving will be necessary for literally every errand.

[Spr0ckets]

Originally Posted by Plastikman

It's bit of an odd take because there is going to be a shuttle to Braid station that is 5 minutes away. Also there are two grocery stores and multiple restaurants within 5 minutes. The final development will also have ground floor commercial space. Should it have been single family detached housing?

Indeed.
The Master plan for the development shows that some of the later parcels - including one currently in permit process) will have commercial and retail on ground level, not for from where this tower is.

Though until those get built, it's going to be a bit of a rough going for both this tower and the next two phases currently in presale (another tower and the lowrise residential building nearby.).

And there's quite a fair bit of commercial across the highway to the north.

[officedweller]

Debut

https://x.com/BeedieBuilt/status/2093009809306185759/video/1

[logicbomb]

It just makes no sense from an urban planning perspective.

The walkability in this area totally — thanks to the large number of commercial traffic that use this route to bypass other routes. The area is pretty much landlocked by new and old warehouse complexes. It would have made sense if there was some sort of master plan to build a full community from Braid St to Pacific Reach Linear Park but there are plans to build new business centers.

From a sustainability standpoint, this becomes even worse as we keep getting rid of industrial lands in favour of high rise developments which is in turn forcing the development of warehouses and businesses centers in the outer reaches of the region...primarily over grass and former farm lands.

[mcj]

Originally Posted by logicbomb

It just makes no sense from an urban planning perspective.

The walkability in this area totally — thanks to the large number of commercial traffic that use this route to bypass other routes. The area is pretty much landlocked by new and old warehouse complexes. It would have made sense if there was some sort of master plan to build a full community from Braid St to Pacific Reach Linear Park but there are plans to build new business centers.

From a sustainability standpoint, this becomes even worse as we keep getting rid of industrial lands in favour of high rise developments which is in turn forcing the development of warehouses and businesses centers in the outer reaches of the region...primarily over grass and former farm lands.

Boneheaded move by Coquitlam approving this, this is their only industrial space. Also takes up space that could have been potentially utilized in the (eventual) Brunette Ave interchange redevelopment.

At this point the best urban planning move would be to establish a halfway decent path along the water to eventually connect to the New West waterfront pathway. It's still quite a ways from Braid or Sapperton station even if a direct path were established.

[SpongeG]

Coquitlam was desperate for some waterfront properties, they don't have anywhere else, I've always thought it was a stupid idea too.

[towerseeker101]

Originally Posted by mcj

Boneheaded move by Coquitlam approving this, this is their only industrial space. Also takes up space that could have been potentially utilized in the (eventual) Brunette Ave interchange redevelopment.

At this point the best urban planning move would be to establish a halfway decent path along the water to eventually connect to the New West waterfront pathway. It's still quite a ways from Braid or Sapperton station even if a direct path were established.

Who needs farmland when you can have hundreds of studio sized condos??