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[invisibleairwaves]

Originally Posted by logan5

Do you mean at 4th and Columbia?

Nope, a few blocks to the northeast. I guess the cross street would be Elliot? You can see it from the Expo Line guideway.

Google Maps Link

[Dylan Leblanc]

Seen over at the Luma site in Burnaby...

[logan5]

Originally Posted by invisibleairwaves

Nope, a few blocks to the northeast. I guess the cross street would be Elliot? You can see it from the Expo Line guideway.

Oh right, the M line. Thanx.

[vanman]

Originally Posted by Dylan Leblanc

Seen over at the Luma site in Burnaby...

The look on his face is priceless.

[SpongeG]

Sapperton has really come together nice after the improvements - a number of new stores has opened and should attract more people

City unveils new mosaics

By Theresa McManus, The Record May 13, 2011

Sapperton is the second neighbourhood in the Royal City to get mosaic tiles, but others will be following in their footsteps.

The City of New Westminster has unveiled four new mosaics that have been designed by Bruce Walthner and Ann Wilson as part of the East Columbia Street beautification project.

"The mosaic tiles are beautiful and really add something extra special to this part of the city," said acting mayor Lorrie Williams. "The tiles help to tell Sapperton's unique story and the whole project is a wonderful example of community engagement - of bringing community members together to take pride in the neighbourhood and beautify an urban landscape."

The project is similar to the award-winning public art project that took place on 12th Street. City staff worked with a community-based committee to consider themes and ideas for the mosaics, which will soon be installed on East Columbia Street.

"We need three days of dry, relatively warm weather," said Greg Magirescu, the city's manager of arts and cultural development. "It has to be 10 degrees or higher morning and night because of how the material has to set."

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Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/business/City+unveils+mosaics/4780660/story.html#ixzz1MMTLoBkj

[SpongeG]

that dog pic has been tumblified


http://chonostoff.tumblr.com/post/5564658037

[Dylan Leblanc]

yeah I just came across the pic somewhere and noticed the Luma sign in the background, lol

[SpongeG]

Single-moms project starts in Coquitlam

By DENISE RYAN, Vancouver Sun May 20, 2011

Premier Christy Clark announced today the start of construction on a new housing project for single mothers in Coquitlam.

Como Lake Gardens will provide housing for 30 single-mother families.

The project was made possible through a unique partnership with the city of Coquitlam, which provided the land, a $7.3 million grant from the province, and $1 million in funding raised by the YWCA.

Janet Austin, CEO of the YWCA of Metro Vancouver, said, “There is just such a tremendous need for this kind of housing. We’ll never address the poverty of children without addressing the poverty of mothers.”

The project is one of several housing initiatives that the YWCA has committed to in an expansion of their ongoing commitment to “helping single mothers transition to economic independence,” Austin said.

“Young mothers who are facing tough challenges will have a chance to create a better, brighter future for themselves and their children,” Premier Clark said in a prepared statement.

That is the future Maureen Cleary, mother of Shaylynn, 5, hopes for when she moves into the Como Lake Gardens project when it is completed in 14 months.

“It’s been tough,” she said, of the challenges facing her single-parent family of two.

“Every little penny you have goes toward the things you need for your family. We have managed to get where we are through the help of the YWCA.”

YWCA Alder Gardens in Surrey is another YWCA/Province of BC affordable housing project that recently got underway.

“We have a big vision, to expand our affordable housing throughout Metro Vancouver,” Austin said.

“When you look at Metro Vancouver rental housing stock it is mostly bachelor and one-bedroom apartments.”

Como Lake Gardens and YWCA Alder Gardens will each feature a mix of two and three-bedroom apartments.

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Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Single+...quitlam/4819559/story.html#ixzz1MxLJaspq

[SpongeG]

Safeway to sell 42-acre site in South Burnaby


This image is a 3-D concept plan of how the new owners of the old Safeway site could choose to develop the property. The land is currently zoned as industrial.

By Wanda Chow - Burnaby NewsLeader
Published: May 25, 2011 4:00 PM
Updated: May 25, 2011 4:11 PM

Just a few months after closing its distribution centre, Canada Safeway is selling its 42-acre property in South Burnaby for residential development.

The site, bounded by 11th and 14th avenues and 15th and 18th streets, near the New Westminster border, will be formally offered for sale on June 1.

There is no listed price for the land. The company wasn't able to find good comparable properties to base a price on, said Trevor Lee, senior real estate manager for Canada Safeway.

"So we felt it was better to let the market really come back to us and tell us what it's worth," he said.

As for the development potential, "this really is a complete neighbourhood that can be built here," Lee said.

There is SkyTrain access nearby and other amenities, including Byrne Creek secondary about a block away.

It's designated as multi-family residential in Burnaby's Official Community Plan, adopted in 1994, but is currently zoned industrial. Burnaby city hall is aware of Safeway's plans and it would be the purchaser's responsibility to rezone the property before development, he said.

Safeway did produce a concept plan to give purchasers an idea of the property's potential but has no plans to go further. Residential development is not the core business of Safeway and it doesn't want to push through a vision that a prospective purchaser doesn't agree with, Lee said.

The concept plan does show potential development in keeping with the surrounding neighbourhood, which includes existing highrises within a block or two of the site.

Considering Burnaby city hall's preference, as indicated in the community plan, selling the property for continued industrial use was never really an option.

"You can certainly see from the surrounding changes that have occurred there over the past 10, 15 years that slowly the industrial is disappearing from that neighbourhood," said Lee. "We didn't feel that selling or representing the site as a continued industrial use was, I guess, either fair to the community or really moving in the direction that the community would want to see and would be the highest and best use there."

Safeway's Lucerne milk plant will continue to operate on an adjacent six-acre site. The facility supplies a significant amount of milk for Safeway and others in the Lower Mainland and employs 82 people, said Betty Kellsey, public affairs manager for Canada Safeway.

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http://www.bclocalnews.com/greater_vancouver/burnabynewsleader/news/122624199.html

[tybuilding]

As a complete nieghbourhood it would be great to see some commercial mixed in with this development as the Choices market is the only place to buy some food in the immediate area and there an no restaurants in the immediate Edmonds Skytrain area.

Originally Posted by SpongeG

Safeway to sell 42-acre site in South Burnaby


This image is a 3-D concept plan of how the new owners of the old Safeway site could choose to develop the property. The land is currently zoned as industrial.

By Wanda Chow - Burnaby NewsLeader
Published: May 25, 2011 4:00 PM
Updated: May 25, 2011 4:11 PM

Just a few months after closing its distribution centre, Canada Safeway is selling its 42-acre property in South Burnaby for residential development.

The site, bounded by 11th and 14th avenues and 15th and 18th streets, near the New Westminster border, will be formally offered for sale on June 1.

There is no listed price for the land. The company wasn't able to find good comparable properties to base a price on, said Trevor Lee, senior real estate manager for Canada Safeway.

"So we felt it was better to let the market really come back to us and tell us what it's worth," he said.

As for the development potential, "this really is a complete neighbourhood that can be built here," Lee said.

There is SkyTrain access nearby and other amenities, including Byrne Creek secondary about a block away.

It's designated as multi-family residential in Burnaby's Official Community Plan, adopted in 1994, but is currently zoned industrial. Burnaby city hall is aware of Safeway's plans and it would be the purchaser's responsibility to rezone the property before development, he said.

Safeway did produce a concept plan to give purchasers an idea of the property's potential but has no plans to go further. Residential development is not the core business of Safeway and it doesn't want to push through a vision that a prospective purchaser doesn't agree with, Lee said.

The concept plan does show potential development in keeping with the surrounding neighbourhood, which includes existing highrises within a block or two of the site.

Considering Burnaby city hall's preference, as indicated in the community plan, selling the property for continued industrial use was never really an option.

"You can certainly see from the surrounding changes that have occurred there over the past 10, 15 years that slowly the industrial is disappearing from that neighbourhood," said Lee. "We didn't feel that selling or representing the site as a continued industrial use was, I guess, either fair to the community or really moving in the direction that the community would want to see and would be the highest and best use there."

Safeway's Lucerne milk plant will continue to operate on an adjacent six-acre site. The facility supplies a significant amount of milk for Safeway and others in the Lower Mainland and employs 82 people, said Betty Kellsey, public affairs manager for Canada Safeway.

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http://www.bclocalnews.com/greater_vancouver/burnabynewsleader/news/122624199.html

[SpikePhanta]

Damn, My mom lives several blocks from it, (where I am at atm), I always knew that something would happen with the site, but I've always planned to be the one who redevelops it, even building a mini model myself

Byrne Creek secondary about a block away.

That school is an absolute joke along with the elementary west of the site.


Anyways if the site gets redeveloped hopefully it is something similar to East fraserlands, because more single family and townhomes are boring.
Also retail would be nice, but translink would probably have to run more buses in the area(or just reroute a part of the 116)

[SpongeG]

i hope they improve the intersection at kingsway and 12th - that one is hrrible been stuck there many times

[SpikePhanta]

Do you mean Kingsway and 14th that one is pretty bad.

Edmonds area going to be pretty exciting the next few years, I could see the Value Village site getting redeveloped too.

[SpongeG]

the one where that catholic school and church is where kingsway turns into 12th

is its kingsway and 10th?

its the main way most people coming from surrey use to get to metrotown it seems

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

the one where that catholic school and church is where kingsway turns into 12th

is its kingsway and 10th?

its the main way most people coming from surrey use to get to metrotown it seems

St. Patricks is at Main and 12th. Kingsway and 12th has the condo with the Honda dealership and Toyota dealership kittycorner to it.

[hollywoodnorth]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

the one where that catholic school and church is where kingsway turns into 12th

is its kingsway and 10th?

its the main way most people coming from surrey use to get to metrotown it seems

its K & 10th >> http://goo.gl/maps/GQLD

[SpikePhanta]

Originally Posted by whatnext

St. Patricks is at Main and 12th. Kingsway and 12th has the condo with the Honda dealership and Toyota dealership kittycorner to it.

He's talking about burnaby/NewWest

And that intersection as stated above is 10-Kingsway, which I think is shared by both New West and Burnaby, its a shame it didnt get up dated because Kingsway going down the hill in New West got a 2 million retrofit, but they didnt upgrade the intersection.

Also the intersection is not safe at all for Cyclist and Pedestrians, I can't even count how many times a car nearly hit or clipped me.

[Dylan Leblanc]

Here's an aerial of the Safeway site as it is now - http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=s61ry84...e1=Burnaby%2C%20BC&q=burnaby&form=LMLTCC

[SpikePhanta]

Btw which one is the milk site?

I would say the western tip would be it but im not sure.

[SpongeG]

thanks thats the one i was thinking of - last week i got stuck through 3 red lights at that intersection and it wasn't even rush hour it was like 2 pm - if that many more people are gonna be living there they need some alternate routes