Olympic Village & Southeast False Creek Updates Discussion - Page 247

squeezied · #**4921** Posted **Sep 5, 2014, 6:47 AM**

Kapten · #**4922** Posted **Sep 5, 2014, 3:09 PM**

The former Speedy Tire building at 2nd and Yukon is being demolished today.

sacrifice333 · #**4923** Posted **Sep 8, 2014, 5:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by Kapten

The former Speedy Tire building at 2nd and Yukon is being demolished today.

Saw that. Anybody know what's planned for the site? I don't recall ever seeing a Proposed Development signboard or anything...

officedweller · #**4924** Posted **Sep 12, 2014, 1:05 AM**

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Originally Posted by Kapten

The former Speedy Tire building at 2nd and Yukon is being demolished today.

History of the site here:

http://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2014/09/11/365-west-2nd-avenue/

http://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2014/09/11/365-west-2nd-avenue/

Locked In · #**4925** Posted **Sep 15, 2014, 12:05 AM**

Some photos by me today:

Block 100, Lido, Central and Vancity:

IMG_3696 by 604 City, on Flickr

Meccanica:

IMG_3698 by 604 City, on Flickr

The One:

IMG_3699 by 604 City, on Flickr

BodomReaper · #**4926** Posted **Sep 15, 2014, 3:16 AM**

I'm really enjoying the exposed, glass-clad stairwells throughout the Lido complex. For some reason they fell out of fashion after the 50's; but I've always found them to have a timeless and modern look, while serving to nicely bookend the slabs.

On the other side of the building as well:

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Originally Posted by Jebby

IMG_5302 by Yellow Fever @ SkyscraperCity, on Flickr

spm2013 · #**4927** Posted **Sep 17, 2014, 4:43 AM**

Pretty much unchanged with the water quality numbers for False Creek:

West 291
Central 1047
East 2052

red-paladin · #**4928** Posted **Sep 17, 2014, 6:03 AM**

I agree that glass stairwells are nice touches. They seem very early modern Bauhaus to me. Its good to see a few recent developments utilizing them.

sacrifice333 · #**4929** Posted **Sep 17, 2014, 3:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by spm2013

Pretty much unchanged with the water quality numbers for False Creek:

West 291
Central 1047
East 2052

Unchanged... those are down HUGE!!! FCE was over 5000 ~two weeks ago!

spm2013 · #**4930** Posted **Sep 17, 2014, 6:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by sacrifice333

Unchanged... those are down HUGE!!! FCE was over 5000 ~two weeks ago!

Sorry, I forgot what the last numbers were. I guess a few boats left and took their poop with them.

Jimbo604 · #**4931** Posted **Sep 22, 2014, 12:25 AM**

The ONE

The ONE from the east

NW corner of W 2nd Ave and Wylie St is being demolished

Some digging on Concert's property between Science World and Olympic Village??

Now you can drive/walk on road between Central and Lido

Block 100 is coming along... you can see they've already poured the first ceiling in the forefront and much of the walls around the perimeter.

Block 100

Photo credit: me

urbancanadian · #**4932** Posted **Oct 3, 2014, 4:21 AM**

Not entirely sure where to put this... But I have a bit of a random question:

Does anybody know why a project like One Pacific required sheet piling for the excavation/underground parkade, while projects in SEFC don't? For example, Central/Lido/Block 100/etc. have all used basic shoring (shotcrete?) for excavation, despite being built on reclaimed land (the Flats) so close to False Creek.

Hopefully that even made sense...

hollywoodnorth · #**4933** Posted **Oct 3, 2014, 6:15 AM**

crane #2 is up for Block 100.

also Concert Properties is building a sales center on the site of their False Creek project lands. NE side.

Jimbo604 · #**4934** Posted **Oct 6, 2014, 3:45 AM**

"We first saw Meccanica three years ago when it was heading to the Urban Design Panel.
...
Originally the project had a townhouse base, but that was revised to introduce a showroom and light industrial uses for the vehicle manufacturer recently located on the site. Intermeccanica have manufactured a replica Porsche classic sports car for over 50 years, and supposedly return (once the final sales have been completed)."

Source: Changing City Updates, Oct 1 2014

Vin · #**4935** Posted **Oct 6, 2014, 6:31 AM**

I heard Cressey is charging Meccanica residents for NEU hook-up. Is that true? Supposed to be included already. If that's true, then it would be immoral.

This condo building, although modern, looks somewhat like a government or health institution such as a hospital building. I don't know, that's just my opinion.

WarrenC12 · #**4936** Posted **Oct 6, 2014, 2:46 PM**

All of these new SEFC buildings have roller shades instead of blinds, I think that may lead to a more "institutional" look, although it doesn't bug me too much.

The NEU charge is interesting if true. What happened at Opsal? or Central? Lido? Anything else that is move-in ready.

The Concert presentation center must be for their big project.. I've heard it will be marketed in early 2015.

vanciti · #**4937** Posted **Oct 6, 2014, 5:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by urbancanadian

Not entirely sure where to put this... But I have a bit of a random question:

Does anybody know why a project like One Pacific required sheet piling for the excavation/underground parkade, while projects in SEFC don't? For example, Central/Lido/Block 100/etc. have all used basic shoring (shotcrete?) for excavation, despite being built on reclaimed land (the Flats) so close to False Creek.

Hopefully that even made sense...

The sheet piling at One Pacific is only along the BC Place Access road if I recall. Sheet piling will occur in Vancouver when a. you have a persnickety landlord who won't grant you a shoring/underpinning agreement or b. there are some form of underground services that may be under that access road that would prevent the proper underpinning patterns required to give the support needed.

nds88 · #**4938** Posted **Oct 6, 2014, 6:50 PM**

I moved into my unit last year. No NEU hook up fee for me. Our NEU fees are the strata's responsibility, not individually tracked though. Hopefully now that these additional units are being completed, my building NEU fees will remain constant or go down due to spreading out the capital costs amongst more customers. I doubt that, but that's what the NEU rep said at our AGM.

Are they removing the vertical "MECCANICA" banner from the corner of the building?

Does anyone have any info on the telephone poles in the area being put underground?

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Originally Posted by WarrenC12

All of these new SEFC buildings have roller shades instead of blinds, I think that may lead to a more "institutional" look, although it doesn't bug me too much.

The NEU charge is interesting if true. What happened at Opsal? or Central? Lido? Anything else that is move-in ready.

The Concert presentation center must be for their big project.. I've heard it will be marketed in early 2015.

WarrenC12 · #**4939** Posted **Oct 6, 2014, 7:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by nds88

I moved into my unit last year. No NEU hook up fee for me. Our NEU fees are the strata's responsibility, not individually tracked though. Hopefully now that these additional units are being completed, my building NEU fees will remain constant or go down due to spreading out the capital costs amongst more customers. I doubt that, but that's what the NEU rep said at our AGM.

Are they removing the vertical "MECCANICA" banner from the corner of the building?

Thanks for the info. I pre-purchased in Block 100, and noted that the initial strata budget has ~$100k for NEU annually. So it sounds like something similar, although without per-unit billing for resources, that doesn't help conservation efforts.

The big banner is to promote sales I'd imagine.

Which building are you in?

officedweller · #**4940** Posted **Oct 6, 2014, 7:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by nds88

Are they removing the vertical "MECCANICA" banner from the corner of the building?

I think that's a metal screen and permanent.