General Vancouver Updates - Page 207

whatnext · #**4121** Posted **Oct 29, 2013, 12:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by quobobo

A reminder: the reconvened public hearing for 2290 Main Street (the car lot at Main and 7th) is tomorrow at 6PM.

I'll be speaking in favour because I want more housing in Mount Pleasant, and this project is in danger of being shut down by the hyper-NIMBYs in my neighbourhood. It would really help if some of you could take the time to speak at the hearing or email your comments to [email protected]

I find it strange their shadow analysis includes nothing after 2 pm. Late afternoon/evening is when this building would have the most shadow impact on surrounding residences, which are largely to the East of it. Selective use of data?

WarrenC12 · #**4122** Posted **Oct 29, 2013, 2:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by Joat

What's going to happen to that giant patch of land north of the new ECU, now that St. Pauls isnt building there?

Well, I'd say that's not happening in the same way that the UBC Skytrain line isn't happening. It's one election promise away from getting back on the drawing board.

It's inevitable IMO. St. Paul's isn't getting any younger, and population continues to densify in the downtown/False Creek area.

Smooth · #**4123** Posted **Oct 29, 2013, 3:39 PM**

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Well, I'd say that's not happening in the same way that the UBC Skytrain line isn't happening. It's one election promise away from getting back on the drawing board.

It's inevitable IMO. St. Paul's isn't getting any younger, and population continues to densify in the downtown/False Creek area.

I would guess that there is no rush to build a new St. Paul's Hospital there since Vancouver City Council is intent on removing the express access route into downtown. Also, I don't think we'll see much investment from the Liberals into Vancouver since the city cozied up to the NDP in the last election.

WarrenC12 · #**4124** Posted **Oct 29, 2013, 5:19 PM**

I'm not sure I buy the election riding theory.

It will be interesting to see what's first on the spending list if/when the provincial government makes it out of deficit and some natural resource (gas) revenue begins to flow. My guess is that it will be infrastructure related rather than wage increases for unions.

Smooth · #**4125** Posted **Oct 29, 2013, 6:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by WarrenC12

I'm not sure I buy the election riding theory.

It will be interesting to see what's first on the spending list if/when the provincial government makes it out of deficit and some natural resource (gas) revenue begins to flow. My guess is that it will be infrastructure related rather than wage increases for unions.

I believe there are some politics that come into play with the allocation of infrastructure spending. For example, I highly doubt we will see the Millennium Line extension to UBC announced during this Liberal term now that Point Grey and Fairview both went NDP. What will likely happen there is that the Liberals will announce money for that project just before the next election and proceed with the project after the election (similar to what happened with the Massey Tunnel replacement).

wrenegade · #**4126** Posted **Oct 29, 2013, 10:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by quobobo

A reminder: the reconvened public hearing for 2290 Main Street (the car lot at Main and 7th) is tomorrow at 6PM.

I'll be speaking in favour because I want more housing in Mount Pleasant, and this project is in danger of being shut down by the hyper-NIMBYs in my neighbourhood. It would really help if some of you could take the time to speak at the hearing or email your comments to [email protected]

Just sent in a letter of support, hopefully more can do the same (or speak in support at tonights Public Hearing). While not groundbreaking, the design certainly raises the expectations of what should be expected of smaller developments.

quobobo · #**4127** Posted **Oct 30, 2013, 3:34 AM**

There were a lot of people speaking in favour of 2290 Main which was nice to see. In the end it was approved with only Carr opposing.

SFUVancouver · #**4128** Posted **Oct 30, 2013, 10:49 PM**

^ Good to hear. Thanks for the update. That one slipped past me. I had intended to write Council a letter but life got busy.

Kapten · #**4129** Posted **Oct 30, 2013, 10:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by quobobo

There were a lot of people speaking in favour of 2290 Main which was nice to see. In the end it was approved with only Carr opposing.

I wonder why Carr was opposed?

quobobo · #**4130** Posted **Oct 31, 2013, 2:53 AM**

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I wonder why Carr was opposed?

You can watch her final comments here (near the end of the part 2 video) - it's kinda entertaining to watch her grandstand and try to launch into a rant about Vision before she gets cut off. She talks about how she really prioritizes feedback from people in the neighbourhood over feedback from outsiders (even though there were lots of people from Mount Pleasant speaking in support, including me, but I digress...) and she thinks that it violates the Mount Pleasant Community Plan.

She's been playing up her role as an anti-developer "neighbourhood advocate" lately, I think she really wants the NIMBY vote next election.

Not the first time I've said this, but it's depressing to see a Green Party member really lobby against additional housing in a temperate city with good transit.

Joat · #**4131** Posted **Oct 31, 2013, 3:13 AM**

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Originally Posted by quobobo

You can watch her final comments here (near the end of the part 2 video) - it's kinda entertaining to watch her grandstand and try to launch into a rant about Vision before she gets cut off. She talks about how she really prioritizes feedback from people in the neighbourhood over feedback from outsiders (even though there were lots of people from Mount Pleasant speaking in support, including me, but I digress...) and she thinks that it violates the Mount Pleasant Community Plan.

She's been playing up her role as an anti-developer "neighbourhood advocate" lately, I think she really wants the NIMBY vote next election.

Not the first time I've said this, but it's depressing to see a Green Party member really lobby against additional housing in a temperate city with good transit.

Good point. Hopefully she gets called out for her hypocrisy.

I would imagine that lots of these NIMBYs claim to be very pro-environment. It would be great if they were taken to task for their selfish anti density and anti environmental agenda!

Kapten · #**4132** Posted **Oct 31, 2013, 9:14 PM**

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Good point. Hopefully she gets called out for her hypocrisy.

I would imagine that lots of these NIMBYs claim to be very pro-environment. It would be great if they were taken to task for their selfish anti density and anti environmental agenda!

I think she's also claimed that residential towers *aren't green*. There are a lot of problems with this claim (documented elsewhere), but the 7th/Main proposal was for a relatively short building. So if she's against towers and against midrises, is she only in favour of low-rise housing not exceeding 4 storeys? How is that "green" in a city growing this rapidly? I'm all in favour of adding density through a combination of low-rise, mid-rise, and high-rise housing forms, but all three types need to be on the table due to the rate of population growth. Furthermore, not every single-family homeowner *desires* to become a landlord via laneway suites and/or secondary suites, and the 'traditional' 4-storey wood-framed buildings can take a while to get built due to the frequent need to acquire multiple single-family houses for land assembly (towers and midrises usually replace surface lots or low-rise businesses); thus, it's taken quite a while to see low-rise and mid-rise housing develop on the Canada Line route south of King Edward.

On that note, however, there's one new development I haven't seen mentioned elsewhere on the forum: the new Empire at Queen Elizabeth Park. Its website is at http://www.empireqe.com .

officedweller · #**4133** Posted **Nov 5, 2013, 12:00 AM**

Pics of Collection 45 - 8th and Main by me Saturday, Nov 2nd:

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officedweller · #**4134** Posted **Nov 5, 2013, 12:01 AM**

Pic of the trellis on the new hydro substation on West 6th Ave, by me Saturday, Nov 2nd:

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Homeowner · #**4135** Posted **Nov 5, 2013, 1:26 AM**

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Pics of Collection 45 - 8th and Main by me Saturday, Nov 2nd:

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The views from the upper floors looking north are going to be awesome.

Kapten · #**4136** Posted **Nov 5, 2013, 4:45 AM**

It appears that construction is about to start on Renfrew Centre, the 7-storey office building next to Renfrew Skytrain station.

http://www.renfrewcentre.com

SFUVancouver · #**4137** Posted **Nov 5, 2013, 4:48 AM**

^ That's good news. At one time I think that building was in the running for the Translink headquarters.

Kapten · #**4138** Posted **Nov 6, 2013, 5:34 AM**

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^ That's good news. At one time I think that building was in the running for the Translink headquarters.

Construction fencing, a trailer, and signage (Ventana Construction) now occupy the surface lot in front of the art institute.

Delirium · #**4139** Posted **Nov 6, 2013, 2:05 PM**

Vertical Forest Building: Vancouver Approves Modern Project
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/11/05/...g-vancouver_n_4215857.html#slide=3086972

Looking forward to this one!

nefc · #**4140** Posted **Nov 8, 2013, 7:40 PM**

Does anyone know what's planned for the old Northwest Produce site at 730 Terminal? They have a development permit board up, but I can't find any information about the project on the interweb (or on this site). I haven't been able to get a close-up view of the sign - I've just read the DE# from the Skytrain.