Surrey Updates - Page 74

officedweller · #**1461** Posted **Jun 15, 2015, 9:36 PM**

New event arena for Scott Road area?
(not just the rec centre replacements)

http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/2015/06/14/surrey-eyes-new-sports-arena

sryboy · #**1462** Posted **Jun 17, 2015, 1:08 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

New event arena for Scott Road area?
(not just the rec centre replacements)

http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/2015/06/14/surrey-eyes-new-sports-arena

Finally!! Hopefully we'll get a WHL team

Giants?

Whalleyboy · #**1463** Posted **Jun 17, 2015, 6:06 PM**

Even bring back a ECHL team to BC would be pretty good. I feel ECHL would do better in the lower mainland then it did in victoria

GMasterAres · #**1464** Posted **Jun 17, 2015, 7:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by sryboy

Finally!! Hopefully we'll get a WHL team

Giants?

The Giants would be pretty awesome. I think the location would be better than where they are at right now. Their training facility is SoF and they do get a lot of fans coming from out in the burbs. Being on a SkyTrain line would make getting to the arena easier than the old PC.

I'd be fine with ECHL anyway.

Who knows what will happen.

Whalleyboy · #**1465** Posted **Jul 15, 2015, 6:36 AM**

So looks like they have removed the whalley from surrey. It is now just known as North Surrey

I was look up here
http://www.tourismsurrey.com/plan-your-trip/facts-sheet/

General

Surrey owes its name to English geography. New Westminster municipal clerk H.J. Brewer looked across the Fraser River in 1879 and saw a land that reminded him of his hometown in Surrey, England. Since Surrey, England is located just across the River Thames from Westminster, England, H.J. Brewer decided that the city located opposite New Westminster, BC on the Fraser River would be called Surrey, BC.

Surrey is seven years older than Vancouver and was incorporated in 1879.
Surrey is currently the second largest city in BC based on population with over 460,000 people and the largest city in BC based on land area of 317 square km
Surrey is in close proximity to five major highways, four railways, deep-sea docking facilities and an international airport.
The SkyTrain rapid transit line means Vancouver is less than 35 minutes away via public transit.
Surrey comprises six town centres: Cloverdale, Fleetwood, Guildford, Newton, North Surrey (Previously City Centre and Whalley), and South Surrey.
Surrey is the only community in BC with two International Border Crossings – Peace Arch Crossing & Pacific Truck Crossing. The Canada/U.S. border puts City Centre businesses within easy access of local, national and world markets.
Surrey boasts over 6,000 acres of passive and active parkland and green space and over 210 km (130 mi) of signed cycling routes. 35% of the land is designated agricultural and is still being farmed today
The Peace Arch at Peace Arch Provincial Park was the first world’s first Peace Arch and was completed in 1921. It was built to celebrate 100 years of peace between Canada and the U.S.A. The arch was built by workmen from both sides, who laboured to complete a monument that would last forever. The arch, facing north and south, half in each country, is built along classic Greek-Doric design and rises to a height of 67 feet.
Surrey currently has 73 listings on the Canada’s Historic Places Registry where new historical places are added regularly.

even looking at the city site say north surrey now(look on right bar city centre whalley si gone)
http://www.surrey.ca/community/6798.aspx

GlassCity · #**1466** Posted **Jul 15, 2015, 7:13 AM**

So when are they renaming Newton then? Its reputation isn't any better than Whalley's recently.

TourOdeon · #**1467** Posted **Jul 15, 2015, 7:55 AM**

Thats actually quite a snart move to disassociate the name from past stigma

GMasterAres · #**1468** Posted **Jul 15, 2015, 10:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by GlassCity

So when are they renaming Newton then? Its reputation isn't any better than Whalley's recently.

That's fine. They aren't trying to get high-rise development in Newton. You can build single family houses and town houses until the cows come home in bad neighborhoods. And let's face it a large portion of Newton is made up of the Indo-Canadian community and it's largely their own community members doing all the shooting around town.

But combining Whalley and Surrey Central and just naming it North Surrey makes sense. It was always confusing that Surrey Central was in Whalley but Whalley was a bit more than just Surrey Central. North Surrey really does define and area a bit better. Those of us that have been around though will I'm sure continue to call it Whalley for years to come.

GlassCity · #**1469** Posted **Jul 15, 2015, 10:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by jhausner

That's fine. They aren't trying to get high-rise development in Newton. You can build single family houses and town houses until the cows come home in bad neighborhoods. And let's face it a large portion of Newton is made up of the Indo-Canadian community and it's largely their own community members doing all the shooting around town.

But combining Whalley and Surrey Central and just naming it North Surrey makes sense. It was always confusing that Surrey Central was in Whalley but Whalley was a bit more than just Surrey Central. North Surrey really does define and area a bit better. Those of us that have been around though will I'm sure continue to call it Whalley for years to come.

I really have no connection to Surrey so I always thought Whalley and Surrey Central were synonymous. I think this name change might make it harder to establish the large regional city centre they're hoping to do however.

CoryHolmes · #**1470** Posted **Jul 16, 2015, 1:28 AM**

I happily refer to my area as Central City. I'm glad that Whalley is going away, though. A re-branding will be a big boost.

Sheba · #**1471** Posted **Jul 16, 2015, 1:55 AM**

A history lesson from Wiki

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As early as the 1880s, people began settling what is now present-day Whalley.

The municipal council in 1908 requested a grant to construct a roadway from Fraser Bridge to present-day 108 Avenue. This provided a much safer path to the river compared to the steep, winding Old Yale Road, and the new road later became part of the King George Highway.

In 1925, Arthur Whalley moved his family from Cloverdale to a three-acre triangle of land at the future intersection of Ferguson Road (108 Avenue), Grosvenor Road and the King George Highway. After clearing the land and spending their first winter in tents, they built a service station, which included a general store, soft drink stand, and tourist cabins.

The community officially adopted the name of Whalley in 1948, after the board of trade held a contest to rename what had become known as "Whalley's Corner". "Binnieville" had also been recommended, in honour of Tom Binnie, a local real estate and insurance broker who had fostered Whalley's growth as a commercial centre.

In the mid-20th century, Whalley saw numerous debates regarding its secession from Surrey to become a separate city or municipality. In 1976, Metro Vancouver (then known as the GVRD) identified Whalley as one of four regional town centres, sparking off revitalization of the town centre. The City of Surrey adopted the "Whalley-Guildford Plan" in 1985, proposing high-density commercial development along 104 Avenue between the Whalley and Guildford areas.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whalley,_British_Columbia

Whalleyboy · #**1472** Posted **Jul 16, 2015, 9:01 AM**

For some reason this just strikes me a little as I was born and raised in what I knew as Whalley. While I get what the city is trying to do the fact they just seem to have went out and did and have said nothing to the public seems a little off. It just seems to throw away the history of the area. Who knows maybe they will have some new development one day take the corner of 108 and call it Whalleys corner for name sake.

paulsparrow · #**1473** Posted **Jul 16, 2015, 8:10 PM**

Newton = South Central Surrey. Because technically it is Central Surrey not Whalley.

GMasterAres · #**1474** Posted **Aug 6, 2015, 4:29 AM**

That's true in the sense that "Surrey Central" was never actually Central. I think they picked "Surrey Central" back in the day though partly due to the skytrain station and partly because they didn't want to (or could justify) call the main center "Downtown Surrey."

Even today it isn't designed like or has a feel like a true downtown. Much like Metrotown doesn't feel like a true downtown thus why they don't call it "Downtown Burnaby."

Anyway it is what it is and they can rename things as they wish. They did that with King George Highway errrr Boulevard and Whalley Ring Road err Whalley Boulevard... and...

Whalleyboy · #**1475** Posted **Sep 13, 2015, 9:20 AM**

So looks like the odyssey tower 2 proposal coming back up.
http://www.surrey.ca/bylawsandcouncillibrary/PLR_7915-0237-00.pdf

wonder if it will finally get made this time.

officedweller · #**1476** Posted **Sep 13, 2015, 9:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by Whalleyboy

So looks like the odyssey tower 2 proposal coming back up.
http://www.surrey.ca/bylawsandcouncillibrary/PLR_7915-0237-00.pdf

wonder if it will finally get made this time.

Thanks!

Stark contrast between the two towers:

http://www.surrey.ca/bylawsandcouncillibrary/PLR_7915-0237-00.pdf

CoryHolmes · #**1477** Posted **Sep 15, 2015, 1:23 AM**

I find it endlessly amusing how you can tell the general vintage of a building from its exterior.

Has there been any movement on the signature tower planned for King George and 108? Wasn't it part of the Quattro development?

urbancanadian · #**1478** Posted **Oct 28, 2015, 1:07 AM**

Does anyone know anything about this project by Townline?

According to their website, in the "Coming Soon" section, they list a project tentatively called "Holland Park". Here's the discription:

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A sophisticated collection of urban high-rise homes located in Surrey's new City Central neighbourhood, close to transit and the SFU Surrey Campus.

And with this map adjoining it:

Link: http://www.townline.ca/en/homes/new-homes/holland-park

Sheba · #**1479** Posted **Oct 28, 2015, 1:48 AM**

All I could find was this: http://www.surrey.ca/bylawsandcouncillibrary/MIN_ADP_2015_03_26.pdf

urbancanadian · #**1480** Posted **Oct 28, 2015, 4:58 AM**

Thanks! So it's a 25-storey tower.
Address is 10158, 10170 and 10182 – 133 Street and Portion of 13333 Old Yale Road, City Centre.

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Also saw this in BIV. Anybody know where this might be?

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‘Astonishing’ land prices skew Surrey real estate market
Frank O'Brien, Business in Vancouver

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Sohi pointed to two recent sales as examples: a small mixed-use commercial and residential building on about a half-acre lot on Surrey’s 62 Avenue that just sold for $5.25 million; and a 10-acre development site in central Surrey that sold to Anthem Properties Ltd. for $63.2 million.

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Frank O'Brien, Business in Vancouver
https://www.biv.com/article/2015/10/astonishing-land-prices-skew-surrey-real-estate-ma/