Downtown Vancouver Updates - Page 659

whatnext · #**13161** Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 12:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by Vin

It used to have fully-occupied businesses, so why would the owners spend more money to demolish it and then rebuild one to one-and-a-half storey structure that would sit empty? Obviously there is more to this. The article never said when the successful rezoning was done, nor that new bylaws now (after the new Westend OCP) would make it harder for the structure to go taller? Fact is, no one is renting those units.

I thought it was reported somewhere on this site that the city now had some bizarre bias against residential on Denman basically because they wanted to encourage beer-swilling businesses there and didn't want to have to deal with residents complaining about the inevitable noise/fights/public urination etc.

Jebby · #**13162** Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 12:06 AM**

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Originally Posted by squeezied

No you are extremely biased

is there such things as a non-biased person or opinion?

whatnext · #**13163** Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 12:06 AM**

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Originally Posted by hrhsheba

In case anyone is interested. Bosa is buying up 1060 Barclay Street unit by unit - they are planning to flip it to a rental and then, a few years from now, build a 50+ tower on that site. I believe they will also move on 1070 and 1080 at the closed bid auction on September 10. With the co-op at 1045, essentially, doomed, that little six-unit "heritage house" is going to look really ridiculous on that block (if it remains). Apparently, the overall plan is to make the 1000 block of Barclay/Nelson the most densely populated patch in the city.

There's an article in the G&M that mentions that complex and another in Coquitlam as part of a growing trend for wholesale buyouts of condo developments. That one on Barclay can't even be that old!

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home...buildings-to-developers/article28929498/

Vin · #**13164** Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 12:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

I thought it was reported somewhere on this site that the city now had some bizarre bias against residential on Denman basically because they wanted to encourage beer-swilling businesses there and didn't want to have to deal with residents complaining about the inevitable noise/fights/public urination etc.

That would make a lot of sense.

Can't confirm if that's true though, otherwise someone would storm in and cry foul over "extreme biasness" pretty soon. x

mcminsen · #**13165** Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 2:00 AM**

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Originally Posted by mcminsen

Feb.16 '16, my pic

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

The building on West Hastings next to the SFU Woodwards is less of a pit now with some concrete walls/foundation in the ground now.

The progress at the Ormidale is steady and very slow. First pic from the front and second pic from the back.

March 2 '16, my pics

squeezied · #**13166** Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 2:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by Jebby

is there such things as a non-biased person or opinion?

Everyone is biased to some degree. Some people are just blinded by their extreme bias.

mcminsen · #**13167** Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 4:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by mcminsen

Feb.6 '16, my pics

An update on 308 West Hastings by Victory Square Park. Click on post link above for previous pics.

March 2 '16, my pics

Jebby · #**13168** Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 4:38 AM**

I would have preferred a slightly darker panel color, but this building is turning out so much better than the renders.

mcminsen · #**13169** Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 4:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

2 11-storey rental projects by ONNI on West Pender between Richards and Homer - 2 separate lots - both currently empty it appears.

http://changingcitybook.com/2016/02/03/424-and-454-west-pender-street/

March 2 '16, my pics

jlousa · #**13170** Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 4:48 AM**

The SFU building next to Victory square turned out much nicer then I expected, still feel it's a shame to allow any kind of residential there and would've preferred it remained commercial.

mcminsen · #**13171** Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 5:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by Jebby

I would have preferred a slightly darker panel color, but this building is turning out so much better than the renders.

Here's the rendering and today's pic.

http://changingcitybook.com/2014/08/08/308-west-hastings-street/

March 2 '16, my pic

trofirhen · #**13172** Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 5:27 AM**

Yes, the buildings are better than the renders, and walking north down the hill beside them, it brings you directly onto the Dominion Building, which may glean a little extra profile.
These new buildings are somewhat functional and understated looking, but they seem IMO sufficient to add a cohesion to that corner of the hood,
and lead, even if only modestly, to a much-need gentrification kickoff.

NewWester · #**13173** Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 6:06 AM**

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Originally Posted by trofirhen

Yes, the buildings are better than the renders, and walking north down the hill beside them, it brings you directly onto the Dominion Building, which may glean a little extra profile.
These new buildings are somewhat functional and understated looking, but they seem IMO sufficient to add a cohesion to that corner of the hood,
and lead, even if only modestly, to a much-need gentrification kickoff.

1: The Dominion Building is going to get extra profile from this? I think one of the biggest selling features of this building is that it blends into the area (without trying too hard to appear old) and doesn't distract from the Dominion and Flack Block.

2: This area is already hyper-gentrified. I don't really see how the area could get much more gentrified. I mean, Meat and Bread, Purebread, and Revolver are within the block...

trofirhen · #**13174** Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 6:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by NewWester

1: The Dominion Building is going to get extra profile from this? I think one of the biggest selling features of this building is that it blends into the area (without trying too hard to appear old) and doesn't distract from the Dominion and Flack Block.

2: This area is already hyper-gentrified. I don't really see how the area could get much more gentrified. I mean, Meat and Bread, Purebread, and Revolver are within the block...

Yes, I stand corrected

officedweller · #**13175** Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 6:54 AM**

The only difference I see is the at-grade alcove at the corner is gone.

retro_orange · #**13176** Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 8:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

The only difference I see is the at-grade alcove at the corner is gone.

Yeah i noticed that too, disappointing. seems typical these days that they pull a bait and switch.

mcminsen · #**13177** Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 8:41 AM**

There is also a small difference with what is between some of the skinny windows near the corner. White panels on the rendering, brick on the real building.

http://changingcitybook.com/2014/08/08/308-west-hastings-street/

March 2 '16, my pic

WugOverlord · #**13178** Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 8:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

The only difference I see is the at-grade alcove at the corner is gone.

That, and the slim windows at the corner don't have the light-coloured panelling

retro_orange · #**13179** Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 9:45 AM**

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Originally Posted by WugOverlord

That, and the slim windows at the corner don't have the light-coloured panelling

Remains to be seen if the red detailing gets realized or dumbed down too.

Klazu · #**13180** Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 2:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by jlousa

The SFU building next to Victory square turned out much nicer then I expected, still feel it's a shame to allow any kind of residential there and would've preferred it remained commercial.

I was thinking the same the other day while walking by. It encloses the square very nicely, making it feel a bit more intimate. Perfect scale IMO.