Burnaby Updates

[logan5]

Originally Posted by officedweller

I wonder whether Burnaby's focus on town centres keeps the price of single family houses outside the town centres more stable (or at least no crazy price hikes), because they aren't being bought out for speculation by developers?

My feeling is that with Burnaby building mainly apartments that are not suitable for families, the price of detached homes may be escalating faster as more people bid on these houses, and the supply remains relatively static.

I'd like to see Burnaby start building row-houses on the periphery of these town centres. The neighborhoods along the Willingdon corridor would seem suitable as it is the connector between Metrotown and Brentwood. And the area between Metrotown and Edmonds would work as well.

I don't mind tower development, but at this point they're getting a little boring. Let's build some family oriented neighbourhoods as well.

[NewWester]

Originally Posted by logan5

My feeling is that with Burnaby building mainly apartments that are not suitable for families, the price of detached homes may be escalating faster as more people bid on these houses, and the supply remains relatively static.

I'd like to see Burnaby start building row-houses on the periphery of these town centres. The neighborhoods along the Willingdon corridor would seem suitable as it is the connector between Metrotown and Brentwood. And the area between Metrotown and Edmonds would work as well.

I don't mind tower development, but at this point they're getting a little boring. Let's build some family oriented neighbourhoods as well.

The Royal Oak area has seen a lot of row-houses going up, as well as what I've always assumed were more family oriented lower-rise apartments and condos.

[Vin]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Safeway Distribution site in Burnaby near Edmonds:



http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2014/05/26/plans-for-48-acre-southgate-neighbourhood-taking-shape/


http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2014/05/26/plans-for-48-acre-southgate-neighbourhood-taking-shape/


http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2014/05/26/plans-for-48-acre-southgate-neighbourhood-taking-shape/


http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2014/05/26/plans-for-48-acre-southgate-neighbourhood-taking-shape

This could have been Olympic Village, Fairview, Broadway corridor, Kerrisdale, South Fraser Lands or Kitsilano , but sadly Vancouver chooses to go rustic low-rise or even Whistler-style wood-frame. Burnaby will definitely be the most exciting place to be in the future if this trend continues. The city just needs better commercial centres and cultural/entertainment arenas.

[jlousa]

Yes we are aware that Edmonds, Brentwood, Metrotown, are all more vibrant and happending then SEFC.

[VanK]

The NW edge (14th Ave & 18th St) of Southgate is also a longer walk to Edmonds Station than the NE corner of Olympic Village to Main Station. (according to Google maps)

[NewWester]

Won't someone think of the elderly and stop this nonsense!?

[logan5]

Originally Posted by Vin

This could have been Olympic Village, Fairview, Broadway corridor, Kerrisdale, South Fraser Lands or Kitsilano , but sadly Vancouver chooses to go rustic low-rise or even Whistler-style wood-frame. Burnaby will definitely be the most exciting place to be in the future if this trend continues. The city just needs better commercial centres and cultural/entertainment arenas.

Metrotown is one of the densest neighbourhoods in Metro Vancouver. It's denser or as dense as Mt. Pleasant, Commercial Dr., and Kits, yet you don't see anything close to the same vibrancy in Metrotown as you do in these neighbourhoods. Even Fraser St. has more street life. As long as shopping malls reign supreme in Burnaby and developers continue to build these terrible retail blocks, Burnaby will never be an exciting place to be. Unless shopping malls excite you.

[Alex Mackinnon]

Originally Posted by logan5

Metrotown is one of the densest neighbourhoods in Metro Vancouver. It's denser or as dense as Mt. Pleasant, Commercial Dr., and Kits, yet you don't see anything close to the same vibrancy in Metrotown as you do in these neighbourhoods. Even Fraser St. has more street life. As long as shopping malls reign supreme in Burnaby and developers continue to build these terrible retail blocks, Burnaby will never be an exciting place to be. Unless shopping malls excite you.

Except they're not building shopping malls anymore and they're knocking down the old ones.

I'm not sure if Metrotown's super block will ever get separated, but most of the other ones are definitely getting chopped up.

[vanman]

No need to worry about Metrotown as it is quickly moving in the right direction. Important steps are currently being made to enhance the pedestrian realm.

The retail podiums and "art walk" being built along Beresford.






The new Silver avenue that is modeled after Mainland street in Yaletown, which will cut through Station Square and be lined with office, retail, and restaurants, connecting Kingsway with Metrotown station.


The much needed overhaul of Metrotown station.

[Prometheus]

There is no question that Metrotown and Brentwood are building the biggest, most urbanized retail/commercial podiums in all of Metro Vancouver right now. In three years, Beresford is going to have a very impressive and imposing urban street wall.

[phesto]

Originally Posted by BodomReaper

Found a rendering of Gold House. No points for guessing which color features prominently. I'd love to see what they do with the interiors:


Source

"I love GOOOOoooold!"

This is one of those projects that could wind up looking great, or horrendously awful and tacky...

[officedweller]

It'll have a nearby gold neighbour, too - the Metro Vancouver headquarters just to the north, on Kingsway.

[officedweller]

From the NewsLeader last week:

More condos proposed for Brentwood industrial area

by Wanda Chow - Burnaby NewsLeader

posted Jun 16, 2014 at 5:00 PM


The industrial area in Brentwood town centre south of Lougheed Highway could continue its transformation into a residential neighbourhood if two projects get the okay from Burnaby council.

Solterra Acquisition Corp. has applied for a rezoning of 2450 Alpha Ave., a parcel of almost one acre between Dawson and Alaska streets. It proposes building a high-rise apartment building with apartments or townhouses at a podium level to camouflage the above-ground parking.

City staff are proposing guidelines for the area bordered by Dawson and Alaska streets and Alpha and Beta avenues taking into account factors such as geotechnical and groundwater issues, according to a report on the Solterra application.

The proposed guidelines are that the area result in a mix of six to eight mid- to high-rise apartment buildings ranging in height from 15 to 30 storeys. Podium-level apartments or townhouses, potentially used to screen above-ground parking structures, would be a maximum of four storeys along fronting streets. Retail would be considered at ground level along Dawson.

City staff have encouraged Solterra to acquire the property next door, the site of the Carter automotive body shop at 2460 Alpha Ave., as part of its project. But the owner of that parcel is not willing to sell and has stated any future sale would be together with the rest of the Carter automotive dealership lands, the report said.

It noted that "a substantial portion" of the Carter auto body site is intended to be dedicated as road right-of-way for the extension of Alaska Street. That would make the remainder of the site too small for a future multi-family housing development.

Over on the other side of Willingdon Avenue, Porte Development Corp. has applied to rezone 4305 and 4349 Dawson St. on the northeast corner with Madison Avenue. It proposes constructing a six-storey, mixed-use building—five storeys of wood-frame construction above one level of concrete—with commercial space at street level, apartments above and full underground parking.

The six storey plan is due to the fact an underground rail tunnel is located on the eastern part of the site, a city staff report said.

"As the rail tunnel imposes significant challenges on the site in terms of building siting and underground parking, the site's available density is proposed to be coalesced west of the rail tunnel, at the corner of Madison Avenue and Dawson Street."

Burnaby planning director Lou Pelletier told council Monday that the six-storey height is "really dealing with the conditions of the site rather than setting the standard for Dawson."

Council gave city staff the go-ahead to work with both Solterra and Porte toward development plans that could be presented at future public hearings.

http://www.burnabynewsleader.com/news/263370011.html

Here's the Porte site on Bing with the rail tunnel marked:

http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=s69rzv4rgdvk&lvl=19.21&dir=0.09&sty=b&form=LMLTCC

[officedweller]

From the Suburban thread:

Originally Posted by red-paladin

Does anyone know about this project?
http://theparkmetrotown.com/
I saw an ad in the 24 hours paper, it showed a 41(?) storey building.

Originally Posted by Arcsec

It could be the development on the south side of the MET, on Nelson Ave. It is across from Bonsor park and the city of Burnaby website says the developer is Intergulf.

Nice looking tower:


http://shopping.vancouver.24hrs.ca/vancouver-bc/view/the-park-metrotown/a-downtown-oasis/20249719

[vanman]

Every major developer in the city wants a piece of Metrotown now it seems.

[AudiA3]

How will Burnaby look like in 10 years?

[rofina]

Originally Posted by AudiA3

How will Burnaby look like in 10 years?

Amazing. Pun intended. Get it?

[trofirhen]

Originally Posted by AudiA3

How will Burnaby look like in 10 years?

10 Years Burnaby look very good, very rich. (notice the absence of verb tenses)

[AudiA3]

Originally Posted by logan5

My feeling is that with Burnaby building mainly apartments that are not suitable for families, the price of detached homes may be escalating faster as more people bid on these houses, and the supply remains relatively static.

I'd like to see Burnaby start building row-houses on the periphery of these town centres. The neighborhoods along the Willingdon corridor would seem suitable as it is the connector between Metrotown and Brentwood. And the area between Metrotown and Edmonds would work as well.

I don't mind tower development, but at this point they're getting a little boring. Let's build some family oriented neighbourhoods as well.

Downtown Vancouver has already plenty of those high-rises

[Caliplanner]

trofirhen, Lol......let me guess (since I'm from the states)....in ten years Burnaby will be another "little Aisa" if not "Little China"?