[Burnaby] The Amazing Brentwood | 15 Towers | 186m | 56 flrs | U/C & Proposed - Page 33

Pinion · #**641** Posted **Oct 27, 2014, 6:04 PM**

"highway" means nothing in Vancouver. I'm near Mountain Hwy and it's just a moderately busy one lane street.

jb1969 · #**642** Posted **Oct 27, 2014, 6:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by red-paladin

Sources??

The speed limit was reduced but the signs on the road are few and far between. as far as the sidewalks/bikelanes and street parking, it's all in the rezoning reports for both projects. and a call to planning department. the name change is just a suggestion

spm2013 · #**643** Posted **Oct 27, 2014, 8:20 PM**

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jb1969 · #**644** Posted **Oct 27, 2014, 8:44 PM**

The OCP for brentwood used to include a pedestrian overpass over Wilingdon at Buchanan, which would have entered the brentwood mall site about the same place as the old bus loop. But I think that is gone now. And the original application for Solo also had a pedestrian overpass included half way down Willingdon between Lougheed and Dawson, but that requirement was eliminated by Burnaby as the process went on. Are they planning anything at the actual intersection?? I doubt it.

officedweller · #**645** Posted **Oct 27, 2014, 9:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by jb1969

Apparently they have reduced the speed limit along Lougheed Hwy to 50 (or so they say), and future developments, including brentwood and solo, will be improving the lougheed and willingdon frontages to be more pedestrian friendly. Wider sidewalks with separate bike lanes and retail fronting the street. also they are putting in off peak metered parking along Lougheed, similar to the length of broadway. perhaps they should change the name so its not referred to as a HWY anymore. Maybe Lougheed Way???

Arterials that are still called "highways" are historical leftovers.

Maybe follow Surrey's King George lead and change "Highway" to "Boulevard".

I suppose the argument is that long haul traffic should take the improved Highway 1 route, not Lougheed Highway.

AudiA3 · #**646** Posted **Oct 29, 2014, 3:32 AM**

Here's an update on the sales of the Brentwood Two tower. The VIP sales began last Saturday.

Alpine · #**647** Posted **Oct 29, 2014, 6:42 PM**

I've been observing the redevelopment of Brentwood and Station Square since the beginning and I would like to know from the SSP:Vancouver community--do you think the big developments in Burnaby have enough office towers, or is it skewed towards condos too much?

Personally, I think there should be more office towers. Metrotower III is a good start, but it's not enough. Office space near a Skytrain station, instead of way out in business parks (Big Bend, Still Creek, Canada Way) where you would need a car, will attract more young people to the burbs.

Of course, that would be common sense.

Jebby · #**648** Posted **Oct 29, 2014, 6:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by Alpine

I've been observing the redevelopment of Brentwood and Station Square since the beginning and I would like to know from the SSP:Vancouver community--do you think the big developments in Burnaby have enough office towers, or is it skewed towards condos too much?

Personally, I think there should be more office towers. Metrotower III is a good start, but it's not enough. Office space near a Skytrain station, instead of way out in business parks (Big Bend, Still Creek, Canada Way) where you would need a car, will attract more young people to the burbs.

Of course, that would be common sense.

Problem with that is cost. Land around SkyTrain is a lot more expensive and building towers is a lot more expensive than building low-rise office buildings in the middle of nowhere. That translate to higher rents which many companies are either not willing or unable to pay for office space.

s211 · #**649** Posted **Oct 29, 2014, 7:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by Alpine

I've been observing the redevelopment of Brentwood and Station Square since the beginning and I would like to know from the SSP:Vancouver community--do you think the big developments in Burnaby have enough office towers, or is it skewed towards condos too much?

Personally, I think there should be more office towers. Metrotower III is a good start, but it's not enough. Office space near a Skytrain station, instead of way out in business parks (Big Bend, Still Creek, Canada Way) where you would need a car, will attract more young people to the burbs.

Of course, that would be common sense.

The market cannot be expected to supply an infinite amount of demand for office space. There's a reason why you see more condos being built than office space: demand.

phesto · #**650** Posted **Oct 29, 2014, 9:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by AudiA3

Here's an update on the sales of the Brentwood Two tower. The VIP sales began last Saturday.

Wow! Am I interpreting this correctly? Almost all 500 units have sold in the first couple of days of sales? If that's the case, that is unreal!

officedweller · #**651** Posted **Oct 29, 2014, 9:46 PM**

From the Brentwood Station blog:

http://brentwoodstation.blogspot.ca/2014/10/bw-tunnel-entry-outline-visible.html

AudiA3 · #**652** Posted **Oct 29, 2014, 9:56 PM**

No, the picture is a bit blurry... I calculated that only 320 units are already sold out of 563. So, only about 57% of the units are actually sold.

faston · #**653** Posted **Oct 29, 2014, 10:02 PM**

So the red ones are sold?

jb1969 · #**654** Posted **Oct 30, 2014, 4:10 PM**

the sales photo is deceiving, it doesn't show that there are three or four colours on that board. according to sales persons they are just about 50% on the second tower which is still pretty damn good.

AudiA3 · #**655** Posted **Oct 30, 2014, 6:35 PM**

The photo that I took is deceiving, the 2-bedroom units are colored red, but they are not necessarily sold. Only red color with 'SOLD' are actually sold. Like I said earlier, I calculated and there were only 320 units sold out of 563 as of Tuesday night. I will retake another picture this weekend in the afternoon for better clarity.