498 Drake St | 121.9M | 43Fl | Completed

[officedweller]

Off -topic..
They must have weighed the property tax savings of opening a new "temporary park or community garden" with the income from temporary parking (?)

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Off -topic..
They must have weighed the property tax savings of opening a new "temporary park or community garden" with the income from temporary parking (?)

I thought about that too. I recall some talk about closing that "loophole".

They are probably just leasing it out to Diamond or somebody who already did the math. I can tell you from experience the lot to the south (now supportive housing) used to be public parking and was fairly full many nights. There was less population in the area, but a night club across the street at the time. It helps that The 501 building doesn't have visitor parking. I'm not sure if the Mark does or how much.

[urbancanadian]

More info on the light art on the back side of the tower:

http://former.vancouver.ca/devapps/1310richards/index.htm

[tateyb]

Two New Towers Bringing Density and Public Art to Yaletown

Immediately to the north, another development designed by Dialog Architects but developed by Wall Financial Corporation is making its way towards ground level as well. Named for its 498 Drake Street address, this housing complex will bring an additional 300 residential units in a 145-metre, 45-storey tower located at the intersection of Drake and Richards, with a five-storey podium along Richards.

While the balconies on the west side of the building will consist of yellow glass as seen in the renderings, the partially blank east wall will become a public art wall. Entitled "Milky Way," it will be made out of 80 wall-mounted light fixtures illuminating the whole height of the stair core wall, with the density of low-wattage lights intensifying as they approach the top level.

[osirisboy]

So should this be renamed to 498 drake

[mcminsen]

Nov.14 '15, my pic

[LeftCoaster]

Originally Posted by osirisboy

So should this be renamed to 498 drake

And increased to 145M? Where did that number come from?

The development app even implies the tower to be at least 140M.

- 20 fixtures in the first 75 meters height, and 60 fixtures in the remaining 60 meters

Are they measuring from sea level?

[Klazu]

145 meters? That's nice and much taller than The Mark.

[Byron]

Nov 30th 2015 Changing it up. Night picture done by me. (also in the background you can see the crane lights just went up on the neighbour site)

[excel]

I like

[mcminsen]

Dec.7 '15, my pics

[officedweller]

Posted yesterday by Yellow Fever -
Not much progress from McMinsen's pics

Originally Posted by Yellow Fever

IMG_9554 by Yellow Fever @ SkyscraperCity, on Flickr

IMG_9555 by Yellow Fever @ SkyscraperCity, on Flickr

IMG_9556 by Yellow Fever @ SkyscraperCity, on Flickr

[mcminsen]

Yes, it's slow going as the big core gets developed. Here are some other angles from today.



Dec.29 '15, my pics

[mcminsen]

Jan.25 '16, my pics

[Byron]

Photos By Me

[osirisboy]

I wonder what that huge round concrete support is for. I saw the rebar for it getting unloaded. It's massive!

Thx for the pics

[officedweller]

There's a big support column on the alley side:

Originally Posted by Delirium

all are screenshots from PDF docs

[bc2mb]

Found some more pics of the "Milky Way" LED light display that will grace the blank wall of this tower.... gallery here: http://www.vancouvercondonews.com/blog/milky-way-public-art-led-yaletown-vancouver

[mcminsen]

Feb.22 '16, my pics

[WarrenC12]

Thanks for the pics. We should start to see some good progress now that things are above ground.