Downtown Vancouver Updates - Page 39

lotuseater · #**761** Posted **Jan 28, 2008, 11:23 PM**

I think Amacon is owned by the de Cotiis family
and Bosa by the Bosa's
competitors...

condohype in this town is hilarious. (and lucrative apparently)
the true value added is questionable.

hollywoodnorth · #**762** Posted **Jan 29, 2008, 1:35 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by officedweller

- Noticed last night that Silver Sea (Concord tower next to Granville Bridge) has a multi-coloured floodlight effect on its mechanical penthouse - the colours look similar to the Edgewater Casino - I saw the colours change among green, blue and purple. It should be visible from the Granville Bridge.

anyone know if the CRU at Silver Sea has been taken yet? Seems like a great location for a high end restaurant.....or even a Starbucks

hollywoodnorth · #**763** Posted **Jan 29, 2008, 1:39 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by lotuseater

I think Amacon is owned by the de Cotiis family
and Bosa by the Bosa's
competitors...

Correct..........Bosa's Son owns Appia Dev (they mainly do stuff in Burnaby)

Delirium · #**764** Posted **Jan 29, 2008, 2:21 AM**

re: "The Beasley". this is what our current chief planner had to say about it (excerpt from minutes of the development board meeting)

"Regarding the architecture, Mr. Toderian thought it was a shame that the design of the building wasn’t more interesting. He felt the building was well resolved but not particularly different from other buildings in the area."

so, stay tuned for another Yaletown Park/Vita.

link to the full report: http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/commsvcs/planning/dpboard/2007/Minutes/dec3.htm#minutes1

djh · #**765** Posted **Jan 29, 2008, 2:44 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

anyone know if the CRU at Silver Sea has been taken yet? Seems like a great location for a high end restaurant.....or even a Starbucks

Nope. Still empty - walked by the other day.
There are a couple of high-end restaurants in that area already, another high-end restaurant there would either do well or suffer due to proximity. I think a $tarbucks or Blenz or (PLEASE) JJ Bean would be perfect there...watch the world go by on the seawall, the Vancouver way.

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I went by the Steve Nash sports club today at 5:30pm. When looking at the 2 floors from the windows, there are ~100 work-out machines, in 2 rows of 7 at a time. At 5:30pm today (Monday) there was a grand total of...~10 people using all of those machines.

So much for Vancouver's huge appetite for after-work gyms. If it can't work there, the one proposed for Storeyum is going down, down down...

Jacques · #**766** Posted **Jan 29, 2008, 2:47 AM**

So much for Vancouver's huge appetite for after-work gyms. If it can't work there, the one proposed for Storeyum is going down, down down...

I am truly lost for words as for the Storeyum's fate!

jjjb · #**767** Posted **Jan 29, 2008, 2:57 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jacques

So much for Vancouver's huge appetite for after-work gyms. If it can't work there, the one proposed for Storeyum is going down, down down...

I am truly lost for words as for the Storeyum's fate!

All in due time, all in due time...

djh · #**768** Posted **Jan 29, 2008, 3:04 AM**

Oh, one more update.
I walked the length of downtown Granville today. Last year I mapped the undeveloped lots and reported they were nearly all in the process of development.

Today I was pleased to discover: the last undeveloped lot now has a development application on it. Looks like a nice project too - there was a rendering posted next to the Dev. Application (they are actively looking for retailers). The lot is across the alley from Brava, so it's near the bridge end.

At last! Granville will be complete! And the quality of the developments is definitely improving. Bye bye skanky XXX shops and bad 99c pizzas, hello decent businesses.

giallo · #**769** Posted **Jan 29, 2008, 3:30 AM**

I liked the little bit of sleaze Granville had. I'll be sad to see those porn shops close. I never went in, but they added a certain flavour to the area. Maybe they'll relocate to Hastings or something.

officedweller · #**770** Posted **Jan 29, 2008, 3:42 AM**

Beasley elevations here:

http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/cclerk/20070724/documents/ph2.pdf

djh · #**771** Posted **Jan 29, 2008, 4:04 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by giallo

I liked the little bit of sleaze Granville had. I'll be sad to see those porn shops close. I never went in, but they added a certain flavour to the area. Maybe they'll relocate to Hastings or something.

A-ha, a-ha, keep talkin', keep it up, mmm

giallo · #**772** Posted **Jan 29, 2008, 4:23 AM**

Hehe, don't get me wrong, I've been inside of a few adult video stores in my time, just not the Granville ones. I like the inside of a XXX shop to be as clean and clinical as possible. Granville's variety look run down and shady, but I appreciate them regardless.

SFUVancouver · #**773** Posted **Jan 29, 2008, 5:20 AM**

The Beasley will be built to LEED Gold compliance. That's good.

officedweller · #**774** Posted **Jan 29, 2008, 5:24 AM**

This is the older scheme from the GBL website (before the UDP got to it to standardize it) - I think this was a better podium (the tower would have depended on the quality of the glass - i.e. the spandrels may have looked as bad as Flagship and Mariner).

Jacques · #**775** Posted **Jan 29, 2008, 6:20 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by officedweller

This is the older scheme from the GBL website (before the UDP got to it to standardize it) - I think this was a better podium (the tower would have depended on the quality of the glass - i.e. the spandrels may have looked as bad as Flagship and Mariner).

Sorry for my ignorance, but is this the HOMER or the BEASLEY, because Mandula is located right next door, she is out to relocate but still hasn't found a suitable place, lastly the day the passage way was being built, there was a tenant coming out of that old building after chatting with him, he was telling they were all being kick out due to demolition, so I don't know if they are saving the old building, cause the tenant told be otherwise, can you clarify this for me, please, i like this old building very much, there are very few alike left in this city!
thanks for your help in this matter

officedweller · #**776** Posted **Jan 29, 2008, 6:22 AM**

"The Homer" was the working name. The current name is "The Beasley".

Read this report - it describes the heritage retention (as you can see "The Homer" - the red building - is being preserved, the other building to the north will not be preserved).

http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/cclerk/20070724/documents/ph2.pdf

Yume-sama · #**777** Posted **Jan 29, 2008, 6:49 AM**

It doesn't look too bad, really.

raggedy13 · #**778** Posted **Jan 29, 2008, 7:19 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by vanman

Small update:

The Safeway site at Robson & Denman already has a crane up and looks as though work is wrapping up on the u/g parking. It is basically at grade now.
Across the street those small shops that burned down have already been rebuilt. It looks as though the windows are being installed now.

Here are a couple pictures I took on Friday from around the Safeway site...

Jacques · #**779** Posted **Jan 29, 2008, 7:36 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by officedweller

"The Homer" was the working name. The current name is "The Beasley".

Read this report - it describes the heritage retention (as you can see "The Homer" - the red building - is being preserved, the other building to the north will not be preserved).

http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/cclerk/20070724/documents/ph2.pdf

thank YOU

MichaelChampion · #**780** Posted **Jan 29, 2008, 10:03 AM**

I will miss the Homer Cafe. Eventually all the divey breakfast places will disappear from downtown I suppose, that's a shame.