General Vancouver Updates

[s211]

Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

B.C.’s AirCare program to end after 20 years
To end after 2014 for light cars and trucks

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/scraps+AirCare+after+years/6674280/story.html

Does ICBC own most of the Aircare locations? or lease?

Regardless should be a fair chunk of land and space coming back into the system in a few years when they shut down >> http://www.aircare.ca/inspinfo-locationsandhours.php

Pretty sure that ICBC does not own. When Aircare was set up, the business was contracted out. This is going back a long way, but I seem to recall that some group affiliated with Intrawest (if not Intrawest themselves, as they were in the development game here before they became Intracorp) or some other local development group took the project on.

[wrenegade]

Originally Posted by SFUVancouver

The Immigrant Services Society of BC building makes me think that their prime downtown site on Drake Street at Seymour will be in play sometime in the near future.

It already is.

[osirisboy]

Originally Posted by wrenegade

It already is.

expand on that

[wrenegade]

It's for sale. 530 Drake

[huenthar]

Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

Powell Street overpass proposal will level buildings, raise street

$50 million project would add pedestrian paths and bike lane

Read more: http://www.vancourier.com/news/Powell+St...+street/6680980/story.html#ixzz1w3yPeI51

I believe the building in question is this one:

https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=vancouver+...UDhziSyMl2585JIIA&cbp=12,140.33,,0,-7.89

So would they close the Cordova Street level rail crossing as well? Seems kind of silly if they don't...

[wrenegade]

I posted this in the infill updates thread but I'll add it here too.

A couple shots from the Werks on west 7th (just west of Cambie).

I find this is an interesting project as they are fitting 3 levels of parking on a 50' wide site. They do have the advantage of the P1 level being below the 7th ave grade, but still.


IMG_0759.jpg by Alex.Wren.Photo, on Flickr


IMG_0762.jpg by Alex.Wren.Photo, on Flickr

[leftside]

Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

Powell Street overpass proposal will level buildings, raise street

$50 million project would add pedestrian paths and bike lane

Read more: http://www.vancourier.com/news/Powell+St...+street/6680980/story.html#ixzz1w3yPeI51

Nice!

[SpongeG]

that building on rupert across from AI school is gone! was demolished this past week

too lazy to get a pic from the skytrain

[CPE]

Does anyone have details of the building that is going up at the corner of Rupert and 22nd avenue?

[jlousa]

The old Rupert fish market wasn't rezoned, so it'll be built under existing zoning so probably end up as 3-4 stories with commercial at grade.

[entheosfog]

Does anyone know if anything is planned for that empty lot on the NW corner of 10th and Ash? I noticed some heavy equipment there the other day...

[jsbertram]

Originally Posted by entheosfog

Does anyone know if anything is planned for that empty lot on the NW corner of 10th and Ash? I noticed some heavy equipment there the other day...

I heard years ago when the new BCCA research centre was built on the west half of the 600 block 10th Ave, that there were plans for an expansion of the research centre to fill in the remainder of the block.

I haven't heard any recent announcements that the BCCA research centre is doing more construction though ...

[jsbertram]

Originally Posted by huenthar

I believe the building in question is this one:

https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=vancouver+...UDhziSyMl2585JIIA&cbp=12,140.33,,0,-7.89

So would they close the Cordova Street level rail crossing as well? Seems kind of silly if they don't...

See the second item when you google "powell street overpass"

[CPE]

Originally Posted by jlousa

The old Rupert fish market wasn't rezoned, so it'll be built under existing zoning so probably end up as 3-4 stories with commercial at grade.

Thanks!

[mr.sandbag]

crane went up for collection 45 on 8th and main today. they are moving fast.

[logan5]

crane went up for collection 45 on 8th and main today. they are moving fast.

For this area of industrial land, I'm all for redevelopment as this is the perfect area for a high density neighbourhood of say 15 000 people. It would be nice though if the developer of this particular development could do something more creative with the retail portion, instead of the same old large panes of glass with window mullions. This leaves no opportunity for the prospective merchant to add his/her own colour and style to stand out from the rest of the crowd, plus make the pedestrian realm more colourful and interesting. So we'll probably see a bank and a coffee shop fill the retail spaces as usual.

[SFUVancouver]

^ GBL designed that building and intended office space to go in on the ground floor. Also, GBL has quite possibly the most insane website design I've seen all year: http://www.gblarchitects.com/flash/index.html

[wrenegade]

238 West Broadway was approved at DPB this afternoon.

[huenthar]

Originally Posted by jsbertram

See the second item when you google "powell street overpass"

yep, found that. So the Powell overpass was the top priority for the Burrard Inlet rail corridor and it's getting underway. Interesting that the Malkin connector to replace Venables is the #2 priority - and how their plan says that it requires a connection to the viaducts at the other end... Doesn't that make the city's $$ spent on this corridor plan and the Powell overpass, and the $$ they're spending on the viaducts tear-down campaign, completely self-contradictory???

For that matter, it's interesting how the province, CP rail etc. envision the expanded use of the rail connector to increase utilization of the False Creek railyards to support port operations - whereas City of Vancouver planners seem to think the rail yards are going to disappear and be replaced with condos (at least that's what I'm told when I ask about the motivation for a GNW alignment on the M-line extension...)

[officedweller]

City planners have come to the realization that the railyards will stay a lot longer than they expected (or wanted).

That was acknowledged recently in the replotting of the roads for the GNW lands - See paragraph at the bottom of Page 8 here:

http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/cclerk/20120418/documents/ptec1.pdf