Downtown Vancouver Updates

[VanCityDeveloper]

Originally Posted by jayyb

Anyone know what's going on at Nelson and Pacific? There is a lot of building material in the parking lot. Is this the start of the Concord development?

Nothing at the moment, Concord had a storage yard in South East Richmond down near the Riverport Flats, they've lost that yard and they moved the cranes back into the city for storage, similar to what they used to use the expo land for prior to it all be moved out for the Olympics.

[officedweller]

Thanks for the info.

[Jimbo604]

Originally Posted by VanCityDeveloper

Nothing at the moment, Concord had a storage yard in South East Richmond down near the Riverport Flats, they've lost that yard and they moved the cranes back into the city for storage, similar to what they used to use the expo land for prior to it all be moved out for the Olympics.

Will the residents be thrilled about the Concord junk yard returning to the neighborhood?

[Klazu]

Artemisia today

[officedweller]

Anyone know about this one at the UDP May 8th -
14 storeys in the heart of the DTES - social housing?

EDIT: It's this one -
http://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/41-east-hastings-street
(for some reason thought this one was farther east)

Address: 41 E Hastings Street
DA: NA
Description: The proposal is for a 14-storey mixed-use building, with commercial/retail
space at the ground and second (mezzanine) floors and a total of 169
residential units from floors 3 to 14.
Zoning: DEOD to CD-1
Application Status: RZ
Review: First
Architect: Perkins+Will Architects (Jim Huffman and Alex Minard)
Staff: Yan Zeng and Scot Hein

[jlousa]

I posted about that one a few months back, it's a mix or units. I'll try and find the post.

Here's a link to the details
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=5895914&postcount=9281

[officedweller]

Thanks.
I realized that later.

[Klazu]

Alexandra on English Bay today. This view is an extreme angle from our apartment and layers of the window start to distort the image resulting in poor photo quality...

[Prometheus]

Thanks for all the updates.

[officedweller]

Nice pic nonetheless.

[officedweller]

Granville & Robson - pic by me today:



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[jsbertram]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Granville & Robson - pic by me today:



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Noticed today on my commute by Sears (ex-Eatons) that the street-level glass on the Granville Side is now gone, giving a good look into the empty main-floor space.

Gives me another excuse to change buses there & see if Five Guys lives up to the hype.

[SpongeG]

order a little burger and have someone with you to share the fries - the small fries are way too much for one person to handle

[officedweller]

Pic by me today -
Granville & Robson from the west.
You can see the staggered mullions installed in the elevator core:


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[Coldrsx]

5 guys is a basic burger but with good taste, step up from fast food, step down from sit down, but fries suck

[dreambrother808]

The bun is horrible but the meat is very tasty and juicy.

[Built Form]

Mason Robson Centre 720 Robson.
Spandrels and panels are quite light, thought they'd be darker.






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[Built Form]

1134 Burrard.




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[officedweller]

Originally Posted by Built Form

Mason Robson Centre 720 Robson.
Spandrels and panels are quite light, thought they'd be darker.



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Yeah, not what I expected based on these renders (where only the alley elevator core has light spandrel):

http://www.mcmparchitects.com/portfolio/93

[djh]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Yeah, not what I expected based on these renders (where only the alley elevator core has light spandrel):

The old "Great Render, Terrible Building" bait-and-switch that's been going on for years and years and years and...