Surrey Updates

[officedweller]

If you enlarge the maps, you'll see that the intersection is 156th and 104th.
(i.e. not at Guildford Town Centre)

[GlassCity]

Oh, thank you!

[officedweller]

Guildford Aquatic Centre update - from last month:

http://www.bingthomarchitects.com/guildford-aquatic-centre-addition/

[red-paladin]

Nice!

[AudiA3]

Gonna be so smelly

[Metro-One]

Why??

That looks pretty cool!

[Alex Mackinnon]

Originally Posted by AudiA3

Gonna be so smelly

Oh hush, not everything can reek of elitism.

I for one love the smell of warm moist chlorine air. Very nostalgic.

[AudiA3]

Yes. Very moist, indeed.

[Whalleyboy]

So I haven't seen anything proving this is true but I've heard a couple rumours though. Its about the old dell shopping centre on king george.

So since the old iga market cleared out on 108ave and 148 buylow has came in. But what else I've heard is also the value village and bowling lanes will be joining it up at this new area. Also the old medical office that was torn down will also be getting replace by a full sized shoppers.

Again these are rumours I've heard. But if this is true we can look forward to seeing another big development site open up in central.

[SpongeG]

Weir Canada plans Surrey plant

Engineering firm Weir Canada Inc. will build a 114,000-square-foot service and manufacturing facility on 5.8 acres in Surrey’s Campbell Heights North



http://www.biv.com/article/2014/11/weir-canada-plans-surrey-plant/

[officedweller]

Article on that vacant building on 104th Ave:

http://www.biv.com/article/2014/11/prime-surrey-commercial-property-sits-empty-16-yea/

[Whalleyboy]

nothing to exciting
http://www.surrey.ca/bylawsandcouncillibrary/PLR_7914-0214-00.pdf

But looks like burger king by london drugs is gonna have a major overhaul. The are cutting down their floor space and making room for another tenant in the building. It will ad a nicer looking fronting along king george. To bad its beside the solid walls of both safeway and save on.

I'm gonna miss the old stone wall from there.

[GMasterAres]

These types of projects are great because even though it isn't a new tower or major city center project, the purpose is to part upgrade that outdated Burger King but also in part to facilitate the improved city center street grid.

You'll note the provisions for 103 Avenue which has already been started with the street light and left turn behind Safeway towards 3 Civic. This is going to allow them to continue 103 to Whalley Boulevard and then turn it into an actual cross street like 102 is allowing better traffic and bus flow. May even encourage development at the corner of Whalley Boulevard and 104th finally.

[osirisboy]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Article on that vacant building on 104th Ave:

http://www.biv.com/article/2014/11/prime-surrey-commercial-property-sits-empty-16-yea/

What an idiot. What is a lawyer from Arizona even buying property in Surrey for? How random is that. Because he doesn't want to have more than one tenant its sat empty since 2001. This does not make sense to me

[Pinion]

Originally Posted by osirisboy

What an idiot. What is a lawyer from Arizona even buying property in Surrey for? How random is that. Because he doesn't want to have more than one tenant its sat empty since 2001. This does not make sense to me

In places like Arizona it's normal to have huge strip malls etc. with nothing in them, surrounded by nothing. He might not realize it's a faux pas in Vancouver.

[officedweller]

From the Vancouver Sinclair Centre application:

Development Inquiry from Public Works and Government Services Canada: In 2014 Public Works and
Government Services Canada (PWGSC) shared with City staff a ‘letter of enquiry’ outlining a
proposed revitalization project for the buildings. They envisage that Sinclair Centre would be one
of two Canadian Government office ‘hubs’ in the Lower Mainland (the other in Surrey City Centre)
with the addition of more office space to consolidate their holdings across the downtown.

http://former.vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/cclerk/20150513/documents/cfsc3.pdf

Would that be the Revenue Canada Building on King George? or RCMP E Division? Or a new building?

[Millennium2002]

There's technically a hub (albiet spread out) of federal government buildings already at or near Surrey City Centre...

• tax office
• passport office
• RCMP headquarters
• citizenship and immigration offices

They could always add more though, and I'm probably missing a few other departments that may have existing offices in Surrey.

[Whalleyboy]

Another development close by the hospital. Looks like the trailer park by the high school is finally going to be gone

http://www.surrey.ca/bylawsandcouncillibrary/PLR_7915-0114-00.pdf

[Sheba]

Two 6 floor buildings (that may or may not be seniors and / or rental housing) and "one stepped 12-storey, mixed-use, seniors assisted living, complex care and office building". Plus they're going to push 95 Ave through to King George (it currently ends in the driveway to the trailer park).

I heard that Surrey is waiting on development for road upgrades (so the developers pay for it instead of the city) - while this is small and to be expected, I hope the city starts on some of the bigger road work that needs to be done.

[sryboy]

Originally Posted by Whalleyboy

Another development close by the hospital. Looks like the trailer park by the high school is finally going to be gone

http://www.surrey.ca/bylawsandcouncillibrary/PLR_7915-0114-00.pdf

Nice! Now only if someone could develop the Tim Horten's property at 96 & KGB.