Little Mountain Redevelopment | U/C

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by SFUVancouver

^ I disagree with your assessment of out-of-catchment enrolment automatically leads to parents driving their kids to school. From personal experience, I took transit by myself to school for my last couple years of elementary school (False Creek/Granville Island to Oak/King Edward) and to high school (UBC). As for whether cross-boundary enrolment leads to a deficit of parental involvement in schools that need it most, I honestly cannot knowledgeably comment on that part of your critique. However, I suspect that there is some correlation between active parental involvement in the education of their children and the likelihood of cross-boundary enrolment. I suspect that if cross-boundary enrolment were banned there would be a whole lot more self-selection on the parts of families to live within the boundaries of 'good schools' to the greater socioeconomic detriment of the catchment areas of schools without such cache...

It may not be automatic, but you'd have to agree taking transit is not the norm in that situation. Building healthy neighbourhoods starts with getting involved in neighbourhood instiutions like schools, not driving your kids from the JO catchment over to Churchill.

[officedweller]

January 8, 2014

Little Mountain Taking Shape



Urban One Builders is the general contractor for the first phase of the Little Mountain redevelopment in Vancouver, B.C.

The project, across from Queen Elizabeth Park, includes a five-storey, 53-unit affordable housing building for seniors and families.

Gair H Williamson Architect did the design. Holborn Group Ltd. is the owner and the City of Vancouver is the developer. Consultants include MCW Consultants Ltd. (mechanical and electrical), John Bryson & Partners (structural) and BR Thorson Consulting Ltd. (code).

The second phase of the project includes more affordable rental units.

http://www.journalofcommerce.com/article/id58481/--little-mountain-taking-shape

[Thousands Wouldn't]

Time to change this project's status from "proposed" to "u/c"?

[officedweller]

The first social housing building at Little Mountain has opened:

http://www.vancourier.com/news/little-mountain-sees-first-new-social-housing-1.1820095

[hollywoodnorth]

damn I started this thread in 2008! wowza time flys

here is the website with registration for the project >> http://littlemountainvancouver.com/

and logo >>


Coming Soon
Vancouver's Best New Neighbourhood

In the heart of Vancouver, next to Queen Elizabeth Park, the soon to be unveiled Little Mountain will stay true to the neighbourhood heritage, providing a vibrant and diversified home ownership. Holborn believes in creating sensitive communities within existing neighbourhoods that everyone will enjoy for generations, building a healthier and engaged community through thoughtful and responsible design.

[urbancanadian]

Big news. Looks like Holborn has finally submitted their rezoning application for the Little Mountain site.
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/planning/rezoning/applications/littlemountain/index.htm

Here it is:

Little Mountain (155 East 37th Avenue)

The City of Vancouver has received a rezoning application for the Little Mountain site at 155 East 37th Avenue. The proposal is to rezone and develop the 15-acre site into a mixed­-use development based on the Council-approved Little Mountain Policy Statement to include:

• a variety of buildings between 3 and 12 storeys
• mainly residential uses with some commercial and civic uses (approximately 1400 residential units)
• 234 units of replacement social housing (53 of which have already been built under current zoning)
• a City-owned building containing a new Little Mountain Neighbourhood House, a 69-space childcare, and 48 units of affordable housing adjacent to Main Street
• a new community plaza and public park
• a new City street and an extension of 35th Avenue

Section 1 - Executive Summary (3.96mb)

Section 2 - Application Overview and Description (4.57mb)

Section 3 - Public Realm (4.22mb)

Section 4 - Semi-Private/Private Open Spaces (1.07kb)

Section 5 - Built Form (8.90mb)

Section 6 - Proposed Sustainability Measures (2.52mb)

Cheers!

[jlousa]

Well as soon as they get Trump tower occupancy they should get money rolling in allowing them to dive head first on this. Looks like they are playing it conservatively on the financial side so it doesn't look like we'll see the Bay parkade go ahead for another 5+ years. Of course I'm willing to be proven wrong.

[Prometheus]

Originally Posted by jlousa

it doesn't look like we'll see the Bay parkade go ahead for another 5+ years. Of course I'm willing to be proven wrong.

Didn't Holborn buy the Bay parkade site on the basis that there would be an amendment to the city's viewcones restrictions (which didn't happen) and that they would be able to build a 750 foot tower? Currently, the city's viewcone restrictions limit the height of any building on that site to a maximum 290 feet (or 88 metres). Would Holborn really want to proceed with that kind of draconian limit still in place for such a prime spot in the CBD?

[Vin]

Originally Posted by Prometheus

Didn't Holborn buy the Bay parkade site on the basis that there would be an amendment to the city's viewcones restrictions (which didn't happen) and that they would be able to build a 750 foot tower? Currently, the city's viewcone restrictions limit the height of any building on that site to a maximum 290 feet (or 88 metres). Would Holborn really want to proceed with that kind of draconian limit still in place for such a prime spot in the CBD?

Hopefully a new City Council (in a few year's time) can drop the dumb restrictions. Holborn has the tenacity.

[jlousa]

To answer the question. No. The city would never even entertain the possibility of any changes to current zoning on a potential purchasers inquiry. Seen so many developers over the years ask city staffers how receptive they would be to an upzoning at such and such location and the answer is always the same. Do not purchase it based on potential future zoning. They can not and will not promise anything. The smart developers are able to tell which areas are likely to be rezoned and buy ahead of time, but they ultimately know they are taking a calculated risk.
I do not forsee the bay parkade seeing 750ft ever. I think the current height limits allow for a stupidous amount of density to be landed already. We are already talking 10+FSR over the entire area which is huge. We will see individual parcels at probably twice that.

[WarrenC12]

Finally.. should be an active site for a number of years ahead.

Is the initial social housing already occupied?

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by urbancanadian

Section 5 - Built Form (8.90mb)

These provide a good overview:


Section 5 - Built Form


Section 5 - Built Form


Section 5 - Built Form


Section 5 - Built Form

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

Finally.. should be an active site for a number of years ahead.

Is the initial social housing already occupied?

That building has been occupied for quite a while

[BodomReaper]

Gross density of 2.5 FSR? That's the same as Coal Harbour. Really sad that we've wasted so much of the downtown peninsula.

[jlousa]

You have to take into account that Coal harbour FSR is including Harbour Green Park which was craved from it so you can double that number.

[whatnext]

LOL, go back to page 1 and 5 of this thread and see how all the little lakes, water features and interesting building forms have disappeared in favour of this, which looks like it came straight out of East Germany circa 1960!

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by whatnext

LOL, go back to page 1 and 5 of this thread and see how all the little lakes, water features and interesting building forms have disappeared in favour of this, which looks like it came straight out of East Germany circa 1960!

Well it's right next to a giant park with lakes and all.. aka QE park. Maybe common sense prevailed.

[TourOdeon]

How's the transportation connectivity in this area?

[Large Cat]

33 bus on 33rd connects to King Edward Skytrain and UBC, as well as Kingsway and 29th Ave Stn to the east. It is decent frequency but not in the FTN.

3 bus on Main St is super-frequent and connects to downtown as well as Marine Dr Stn.

From the south side of the development it would also be a short walk to the 41 bus, super-frequent between Joyce and UBC on weekdays.

37th is on the Ridgeway Bikeway and Ontario is the best north-south Bikeway in the CoV.

Drivers can just use Main and 41st to get wherever.

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

Well it's right next to a giant park with lakes and all.. aka QE park. Maybe common sense prevailed.

Or developer cheapness prevailed. And that still doesn't excuse the banality of the architecture.