Downtown Vancouver Updates - Page 648

Klazu · #**12941** Posted **Jan 20, 2016, 1:49 AM**

Hmh. While I don't mind the redevelopment, that is still the Safeway we go to (with car, bad Downtowners as we are), so I hope Safeway brand will stay. Most likely the project is still far off, so likely not a problem.

It is interesting how every single site in Downtown is currently being considered. Great time to be alive at the height of the boom.

jlousa · #**12942** Posted **Jan 20, 2016, 2:24 AM**

Westbank is holding onto their rental units along with their investor partners for now.

osirisboy · #**12943** Posted **Jan 20, 2016, 2:42 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Redevelopment of the Davie St. Safeway site?

1641 Davie Street
DE419982
Henriquez / Westbank

To develop this site with a commercial/residential building consisting of a 3 storey podium with three (3) retail units
on the lower & upper ground level, retail grocery store on the upper ground & mezzanine level, two residential towers
containing a total of 319 dwelling units (market rental) with a common amenity on the 3rd level over 3 levels common underground
parking, accessed off of Davie St and the lane.

http://vancouver.ca/files/cov/committees...pplications-development-permit-board.pdf

Wow. So that whole block will be getting redone!!

This is what I wanted to see happen with the Safeway redevelopment on robson. Good to see this happen

osirisboy · #**12944** Posted **Jan 20, 2016, 2:51 AM**

Double post

Klazu · #**12945** Posted **Jan 20, 2016, 5:30 AM**

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Originally Posted by osirisboy

This is what I wanted to see happen with the Safeway redevelopment on robson. Good to see this happen

Yeah, that's quite strange now that you mention it. They didn't want to disturb Robson's "character"?

nefc · #**12946** Posted **Jan 20, 2016, 7:05 PM**

Not sure if this has been posted - pending sale of the Royal Centre: http://business.financialpost.com/news/p...entre-for-us10-6-billion?__lsa=fab0-1454

SFUVancouver · #**12947** Posted **Jan 20, 2016, 7:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by jlousa

Westbank is holding onto their rental units along with their investor partners for now.

Interesting. Thank you. I recall that Peterson Group have been investor partners to several Westbank projects.

BodomReaper · #**12948** Posted **Jan 20, 2016, 8:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by SFUVancouver

Interesting. Thank you. I recall that Peterson Group have been investor partners to several Westbank projects.

Peterson's website also indicates that they acted as co-developers - though I've always been under the impression that the development management fell exclusively to Westbank.

s211 · #**12949** Posted **Jan 20, 2016, 8:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by nefc

Not sure if this has been posted - pending sale of the Royal Centre: http://business.financialpost.com/news/p...entre-for-us10-6-billion?__lsa=fab0-1454

They're way off on the sale price.

officedweller · #**12950** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 12:59 AM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

Yeah, that's quite strange now that you mention it. They didn't want to disturb Robson's "character"?

I think the Robson site may have more restrictive zoning
- but the main factor may have been that it was developed by Safeway Realty Holdings - before the sale to Sobeys.

http://www.safewayrealtyholdings.com/index.cfm?

I recall someone saying that Safeway favoured largely standalone or retail only projects (?).

(Note that the US Safeway stores were sold to Albertsons last year (?) which off-loaded a number of US westcoast stores to Bellingham's Haggen, causing the bankruptcy of Haggen due to over-expansion (i.e. like Target Canada). I'm not sure what the current status of the Safeway Realty Holdings company is.)

The Robson site is not listed on this list of properties sold by Empire (Sobeys) to Crombie REIT - but the Davie St. store is listed:
http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2013/07/24...properties-to-crombie-reit-in-990m-deal/

EdinVan · #**12951** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 4:52 AM**

Colouring in the Black and Greys of Skyscraper Design
by John Bentley Mays
The Globe & Mail, January 20, 2016

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home...ys-of-skyscraper-design/article28283729/

mcminsen · #**12952** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 5:03 AM**

Construction of the new park at Smithe and Richards is due to start in February so it looks like a final goodbye to the old Lucy Mae Brown. The deck on the south side is gone now.

Some previous discussion here:

oct.21 '15
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=7206606#post7206606

june 22 '15
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=7071093#post7071093

Jan.20 '16, my pics

mcminsen · #**12953** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 6:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by urbancanadian

Here's a render for Intracorp's development at 1171 Jervis Street, now called The Jervis.

http://www.intracorp.ca/news/press-release-designers-developer-partnership-a-vancouver-first/

It's simple, and with colours that aren't over-done in Van. I'm a fan.

PS - 100 posts! Look out!

Quote:

Originally Posted by mcminsen

Here's another rendering of The Jervis (Jervis & Davie) that I found. I don't recall seeing it before.

http://www.househunting.ca/homes/light+shines+collaborative+design/11529226/story.html

Here are some pics of the site from today.

Jan.20 '16, my pics

Metro-One · #**12954** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 6:32 AM**

The only thing that annoys me with these types of developments is all those interesting varied shrubs and trees are probably going to be replaced with more boring mono eastern maples.

Really wish the city / these developments were more creative with their flora.

domusile · #**12955** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 5:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by mcminsen

Construction of the new park at Smithe and Richards is due to start in February so it looks like a final goodbye to the old Lucy Mae Brown. The deck on the south side is gone now.

Which of the four designs did they pick?

mcminsen · #**12956** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 9:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by domusile

Which of the four designs did they pick?

trofirhen · #**12957** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 9:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by Metro-One

The only thing that annoys me with these types of developments is all those interesting varied shrubs and trees are probably going to be replaced with more boring mono eastern maples.

Really wish the city / these developments were more creative with their flora.

There seems to be this conditioned mindset somewhere that puts in Eastern Maples .... "because it's Canadian ..." (Grey, unimaginative, midddle of the road, stereotyped....)

Jebby · #**12958** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 10:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by trofirhen

There seems to be this conditioned mindset somewhere that puts in Eastern Maples .... "because it's Canadian ..." (Grey, unimaginative, midddle of the road, stereotyped....)

It's not really that Canadian, though.

csbvan · #**12959** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 10:22 PM**

Changing city has more info and a render of the Grosvenor Hornby site (1380 Hornby):

http://changingcitybook.com/

officedweller · #**12960** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 10:26 PM**

Awww, it's the "ordinary" design... (without the angled corner)

Here's the rezoning application page:

http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/planning/rezoning/applications/1380-1382hornby/index.htm

It appears that the view cones does not cut across the site, or they have setback the building enough to avoid it.

Balconies facing east and west (with stone spandrels and metallic balcony ceilings in different shades of gray).
Glass (possibly tinted) facing north and south (with glass spandrels).

Strange that the balconies do not face south to mitigate solar gain.

On the Pacific frontage at grade, oddly angled columns are clad in corten steel banding and perforated to show silhouettes of heritage houses..

http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/planning/rezoning/applications/1380-1382hornby/index.htm