Olympic Village & Southeast False Creek Updates Discussion

[dleung]

Originally Posted by bodomreaper

could someone remind me again why we have the udp if not to kill things like this with fire before they've left the drawing board?

+1000000000

[mrjauk]

Originally Posted by TwoFace

You would have to search the land titles for that info.
Although people in the business just know.

http://www.conferenceboard.ca/Economics/...eighs_On_Vancouver_s_Housing_Market.aspx

Two things:

1) Regarding the article at the link you provided, correlation does not equal causation. A similar graph could be made by substituting CMHC issuance, or credit availability with Vancouver home prices.

2) As for the part I quoted in red, I've consulted in various industries and it's remarkable how much conventional wisdom is wrong. Often, those who "just know" have their businesses destroyed by competitors who actually spend the time and money to collect the actual data.

So, my initial question still stands. Moreover, you implied, with a relatively high degree of assurance, that the building (near the No.5 Orange) in which you own (live?) has a very high foreign-owned component. What is your evidence for this? I'm just curious as I have no idea how many foreign-owned condos there are in my building and wouldn't know where to find that information.

Thanks for your input.

[TwoFace]

Originally Posted by mrjauk

I'm just curious as I have no idea how many foreign-owned condos there are in my building and wouldn't know where to find that information.

Once again ... spend some time in Land Titles and get your answers for your and other buildings.

Don't forget to report back with your stats.

[Sir Conga]

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[ablefire]

Originally Posted by BodomReaper

Sorry for the poor bus pic, but I pass this pile (Pinnacle Living False Creek) every day and yet continue to be shocked every time by its sheer atrociousness. Could someone remind me again why we have the UDP if not to kill things like this with fire before they've left the drawing board?

Pinnacle seems to know how to work the UDP better than most since it also managed to get their building on the corner of 2nd and Crowe through with no retail on the 2nd Av. side. That building is already showing more discoloration and grime than one would expect (there was a picture in this thread a while ago).

[s211]

Originally Posted by BodomReaper

Sorry for the poor bus pic, but I pass this pile (Pinnacle Living False Creek) every day and yet continue to be shocked every time by its sheer atrociousness. Could someone remind me again why we have the UDP if not to kill things like this with fire before they've left the drawing board?

Actually, that likely flew through UDP. It has their calling card written in bright letters: design, dulled by committee.

[sacrifice333]

Originally Posted by BodomReaper

Sorry for the poor bus pic, but I pass this pile (Pinnacle Living False Creek) every day and yet continue to be shocked every time by its sheer atrociousness. Could someone remind me again why we have the UDP if not to kill things like this with fire before they've left the drawing board?

Originally Posted by ablefire

Pinnacle seems to know how to work the UDP better than most since it also managed to get their building on the corner of 2nd and Crowe through with no retail on the 2nd Av. side. That building is already showing more discoloration and grime than one would expect (there was a picture in this thread a while ago).

Originally Posted by dleung

+1000000000

And on top of all that, they somehow manage to sell-out building after building!!!

[SpongeG]

they know what sells - why building something some skyscraper geeks like and have it sit empty?

[BodomReaper]

Originally Posted by ablefire

Pinnacle seems to know how to work the UDP better than most since it also managed to get their building on the corner of 2nd and Crowe through with no retail on the 2nd Av. side. That building is already showing more discoloration and grime than one would expect (there was a picture in this thread a while ago).

Yeah, I have the pleasure of seeing that building every day too... another formless blob of cheapo spandrel, and as you said, looking grimy already!

Originally Posted by sacrifice333

And on top of all that, they somehow manage to sell-out building after building!!!

Tell that to the poor folks in charge of marketing Atrium at the Pier

No but in all seriousness, we're in a sorry state when the nearby social housing at First and Main looks higher quality than "luxury" market housing...

[Jimbo604]

Excavation of Bosa's Lido project is moving ahead on Quebec St between Central and the Burger King.


Another building finished demolition at Cressey's Meccanica development leaving this one at the east end of the site and the office/show room building at the west end of the site. This building is being prepped for demolition.


Demolition continues at the West project on 2nd ave between Manitoba St and Columbia St.


Different view of above.


Medical/Dental office is opening in the Olympic Village besides the TD bank location. MedicalDentalAtFalseCreek.com is their website.


And the last location of future retail could likely be the Village real estate sales office located south of the TD bank location.

[ablefire]

Thanks for the update Jimbo604.

[sacrifice333]

Originally Posted by Jimbo604

And the last location of future retail could likely be the Village real estate sales office located south of the TD bank location.

PLUS the red elephant, aka The Salt Building, which you may recall was orignally slated to be occupied by a Mark James Group BrewPub.

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by BodomReaper

Sorry for the poor bus pic, but I pass this pile (Pinnacle Living False Creek) every day and yet continue to be shocked every time by its sheer atrociousness. Could someone remind me again why we have the UDP if not to kill things like this with fire before they've left the drawing board?

Stranbge thing is- it doesn't look that much different than the renders...although there is more spandrel..
Maybe the glass balcony enclosures will help unify the facade.


http://www.bharch.ca/projects/cat/34/id/59

http://pinnacleliving.ca/phase2/

[dleung]

This unusually nice raw colour of the tower in the center gave me pause while I was quickly scrolling down the thread... until i realized they simply haven't gotten to ruining it with some tacky grey or beige paint yet.

[VanK]

From the Sept 4-10 issue of the BIV: "The city is expected to announce who will operate a 13,000-square-foot pub in the refurbished historic Salt Building later this month."

[memememe76]

A pub? Unless they're moving already, the Tap and Barrel must not be happy.

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by VanK

From the Sept 4-10 issue of the BIV: "The city is expected to announce who will operate a 13,000-square-foot pub in the refurbished historic Salt Building later this month."

Wow, that's a huge spot for a pub. A bit of a kick in the nuts to Tap & Barrel.

I pray it isn't a Donnelly Pub

[sacrifice333]

Originally Posted by VanK

From the Sept 4-10 issue of the BIV: "The city is expected to announce who will operate a 13,000-square-foot pub in the refurbished historic Salt Building later this month."

Originally Posted by memememe76

A pub? Unless they're moving already, the Tap and Barrel must not be happy.

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

Wow, that's a huge spot for a pub. A bit of a kick in the nuts to Tap & Barrel.

I pray it isn't a Donnelly Pub

It was originally leased by MJG (Mark James Group) IIRC, but they pulled out. Maybe they've now renegotiated?!

[sacrifice333]

WCFC W1 Crane was removed a month or so ago, and now the Construction Elevator is getting removed:

Untitled by sacrifice333, on Flickr

The large steel framing structure for "The Playhouse" is coming along nicely:

Untitled by sacrifice333, on Flickr

WCFC E2 coming along, with E1 & W2 in the background:

Untitled by sacrifice333, on Flickr

[officedweller]

WCFC looks good. The bits of coloured spandrel look good.
The towers aren't extraordinary, but they aren't awful, either.