General Vancouver Updates

[Klazu]

I think Kensington Gardens should have its own thread. The view of Downtown from those towers will be sweet.


http://vancitypresales.com

[jlousa]

Good idea...

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=200317

[Klazu]

Touche.

Now someone should just copy and paste the recent renders to that thread and rename it to Kensington Gardens...

[officedweller]

From BIV:

First Nations roll out major real estate projects
Musqueam and Squamish bands plan large UBC and Vancouver City developments

By Glen Korstrom

Mon Nov 11, 2013 12:01am PST

Two major First Nation developments are set to transform different Vancouver neighbourhoods.

The Musqueam Indian Band expects to make a rezoning application for a 22-acre site on the University Endowment Lands (UEL) within the next couple of weeks while the Squamish Nation continues negotiations with the City of Vancouver for an agreement to get water and sewer services for a project at the south end of the Burrard Bridge.

The Musqueam band must seek UEL approval for its site, known as Block F, because the freehold parcel is not part of its reserve land. The Squamish land, in contrast, is part of the band's reserve land so it doesn't need city approval for plans that include a 35-storey and a 28-storey tower.

Gordon Easton, who is managing director of Colliers Consulting and is overseeing the Musqueam project, told Business in Vancouver that the band is making "minor adjustments" to its preferred option identified in several open houses earlier this year.

That plan was to build four towers between 18 and 22 storeys each, a four-storey hotel, several mid-rise buildings ranging up to six storeys as well as townhouses and about 30,000 square feet of commercial space.

The Squamish band, meanwhile, is far less decided on what to do with its 11 acres adjacent to the Molson brewery on Burrard Street and stretching toward Vanier Park.

"We were a little premature when we went public a few years ago," Squamish chief Gibby Jacob told BIV.

In 2010 the band floated the idea of towers and other buildings on its land, even though it had not secured financing or an agreement with the city to secure access to sewer and water systems.

Jacob said he and other band members are now negotiating sewer, water and city service agreements with the three North Shore municipal governments as well as various regional districts and civic governments in Gibsons and Squamish.

He added that his band has yet to seek financing for what would likely be rental towers.

Financing can be a problem for any native band that wants to build multi-family projects on its land because prospective residents are prohibited from securing fee simple title to homes on reserve land. Financial institutions, pension funds or other lenders similarly have no recourse for projects on reserve land.

[whatnext]

Some photos of Walls' project at Shannon. The first shows how incredibly hamhanded the siting of the building is in relation to the historic property. While Erickson's townhouses attempted to blend into the estate and complement it, this will simply overwhelm it and dominate it.

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What a Vancouver moment - the church hall to become a display suite.

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[Dylan Leblanc]

don't know if we've seen this, an office building for beside Renfrew Station

http://www.renfrewcentre.com/

[Log1988]

Skyway Tower on Kingsway, taken yesterday.

[trofirhen]

[QUOTE=whatnext;6336138]Some photos of Walls' project at Shannon. The first shows how incredibly hamhanded the siting of the building is in relation to the historic property. While Erickson's townhouses attempted to blend into the estate and complement it, this will simply overwhelm it and dominate it.

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You got that right !! Another botch-up, and too late to do anything about it.

[city-dweller]

Taken Today:

South Creek Landing

South Creek Landing 2211 Cambie by city-dweller Vancouver, on Flickr

Broadway Central

by city-dweller Vancouver, on Flickr

[city-dweller]

(Didn't mean to split up the post)

One Pacific
1/3 (The crane in the left of the shot is a pill driver/drill machine making substantial noise.

by city-dweller Vancouver, on Flickr
2/3

by city-dweller Vancouver, on Flickr
3/3 (In the middle left you can see the metal retaining wall for the excavation)

by city-dweller Vancouver, on Flickr

Rogers West Tower ~ Now able to see from South (Sorry, I didn't realize it was zoomed)

by city-dweller Vancouver, on Flickr

[officedweller]

Nice, thanks!

[officedweller]

MEC HQ pics by me Sat Nov 23, 2013:

Interesting light steel frame clad in glulam and glulam floors
and chipboard walls:


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[s211]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Interesting light steel frame clad in glulam and glulam floors and chipboard walls:

For that reason, several potential institutional purchasers passed on this.

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by Dylan Leblanc

don't know if we've seen this, an office building for beside Renfrew Station

http://www.renfrewcentre.com/

We've seen it before, but it has been on hold, until now:

Acquiring space

AIMCo Realty Investors LP of Alberta, working with asset manager Blackwood Partners Management Corp. has acquired Renfrew Centre from its development partner Pacific Capital Real Estate Group.

The deal closed earlier this fall but was announced in early November, coinciding with the start of construction of the 170,000-square-foot office project. A value wasn’t disclosed for the property, located at Renfrew and East 12th Avenue in Vancouver adjacent to the Renfrew SkyTrain station and opposite the Art Institute.

Pacific Capital had undertaken pre-marketing for the seven-storey project but without lease commitments in place it hadn’t proceeded with construction. The investment by AIMCo and Blackwood allowed construction to proceed with a completion date of 2015.

Jonathan Button, senior vice-president of asset management and operations for Blackwood, said the property was attractive because of its central location in the region on transit and as well as the Central Valley Greenway bike route.

Blackwood owns a variety of projects in B.C., including the Central City office complex in Surrey, and manages a portfolio of industrial and mixed-use properties. •

http://www.biv.com/article/20131126/BIV0...in-check-appliance-dealer-set-to-service

[officedweller]

South Creek Landing - from their Facebook:

Another first...our team has just installed the first of many spandrels (see the white guardrail on the third floor). This will be an essential, practical and iconic element incorporated on every floor.
Watch for more spandrels to be installed in the coming weeks!

https://www.facebook.com/2211cambie



https://www.facebook.com/2211cambie

[LeftCoaster]

First time the addition of spandrels has improved a building?

It's really coming together, thanks for the post.

[officedweller]

I think they're really railings, rather than spandrels, as the window wall is already in place.

[wrenegade]

curtain wall?

[officedweller]

I think all the windows are sitting on concrete ledges.

[Kapten]

Originally Posted by officedweller

I think all the windows are sitting on concrete ledges.

I really think that this is going to be one of the nicest midrise developments in the city (the other one that comes to mind is the "forest" building planned for Main/7th).