General Vancouver Updates - Page 262

Jebby · #**5221** Posted **Feb 26, 2016, 3:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

"It will include 30 supportive-housing units that will be rented at below-market rates, approximately 200 apartments for sale at market rates, as well as street-level retail."

So are the 200 market rate units social housing or just the 30.

200 units for sale at market prices
30 below-market rentals

Vin · #**5222** Posted **Feb 26, 2016, 6:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by osirisboy

Lmao the "no tower" people. I'm looking at the third rendering thinking "where's the tower? Oh it's on the right.. No wait that's been there for 40 years". Baffles my mind how they think this is "inappropriate" for the area

The Commercial stretch and much of East Van are way behind many other regions in the Lower Mainland when it comes to development, partly due to these "no tower", "no building bigger than my shack" people.

Interesting to note that the low-cost housing residents will live in better surroundings than these nearby "no tower" folks.

BodomReaper · #**5223** Posted **Feb 26, 2016, 6:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Aperture (West 41st Ave) from Arno Matis Facebook and Urban One Builders Facebook January 4th, 2016:

https://www.facebook.com/urban.one.builders/
https://www.facebook.com/ArnoMatisArchitecture/

https://www.facebook.com/ArnoMatisArchitecture/

It's flying under the radar, but Aperture is one of the most interesting projects under construction in the city right now. Looking at the structure and glazing, it's turning-out exactly as rendered.

jollyburger · #**5224** Posted **Feb 27, 2016, 2:26 AM**

Nothing new, but once they come up with a price it should be a closed deal.

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There are no plans to solicit any further bids for the lands as the province has accepted a letter of intent from three First Nations to purchase the site and negotiations are ongoing to finalize an agreement,” according to an email reply from the communications manager for the Ministry of Technology, Innovation and Citizens’ Services.

If a private buyer had approached the province to purchase land, they would have been asked to go through a competitive bid process, the ministry explained. The same rules do not apply to First Nations or to local governments seeking to purchase provincially owned land.

https://www.biv.com/article/2016/2/first-nations-only-bidder-allowed-jericho-lands/

officedweller · #**5225** Posted **Feb 29, 2016, 11:14 PM**

WRT the LDB building on East Broadway - looks like they'll be there until 2019:

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LDB seeks new warehouse site this spring, plans business case for cabinet approval this summer
By Bob Mackin
Feb. 26, 2016
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The document said the existing warehouse on East Broadway near Rupert in East Vancouver is “in a high traffic commercial area bordered by residential neighbourhoods, making it a very poor location to operate a high volume distribution warehouse.”

The land was sold in August 2014 for $37 million to a consortium of the Squamish, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh first nations and the Aquilini Investment Group.

The government originally agreed to lease the property back until moving the LDB headquarters in 2017. Subject to a cabinet-approved business plan, LDB would stay in East Vancouver until September 2019.
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https://www.biv.com/article/2016/2/ldb-seeks-new-warehouse-site-spring-plans-business/

officedweller · #**5226** Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 9:20 PM**

The East Wing of City Hall to be demolished this summer:

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East Wing’s days are numbered at Vancouver city hall
Naoibh O'Connor / Vancouver Courier
March 3, 2016 11:02 AM

The demolition of the East Wing building is part of a three-phase plan for redeveloping the entire city hall campus. Photo Dan Toulgoet.

The four-storey East Wing building on city hall grounds is expected to be demolished this summer. Plans to tear it down have been in the works for several years due to its high risk of collapsing in an earthquake. Staff moved out of the building to offices at other locations more than a year ago.
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See more at: http://www.vancourier.com/news/east-wing...city-hall-1.2189542#sthash.j7M90chX.dpuf

officedweller · #**5227** Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 10:46 PM**

Sold to Delta Land Development (Hotel Georgia developer):

http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/

Klazu · #**5228** Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 10:49 PM**

That East Wing building certainly belongs to the category "what were they thinking???". Why on Earth does it have so massive structure? It looks like some utility building or an overground bunker.

It's so ugly that I have to say that I have never even noticed it before, although I ride the bikelane by it often. Good riddance.

WarrenC12 · #**5229** Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 10:50 PM**

Definitely a cold war-era expansion. Good riddance. I wonder what will replace it.

csbvan · #**5230** Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 10:52 PM**

I noticed how they were talking about a City Hall "campus" master plan. I am guessing that this could be a big transformation?

Klazu · #**5231** Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 11:03 PM**

Whatever will replace it, should be clad in nothing but gray spandrel on all sides. Let the City Hall people marvel their creation from close distance...

Vin · #**5232** Posted **Mar 4, 2016, 12:07 AM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

Whatever will replace it, should be clad in nothing but gray spandrel on all sides. Let the City Hall people marvel their creation from close distance...

Wonder if they can do better than Surrey's City Hall, which has a really awesome atrium and plaza.

SFUVancouver · #**5233** Posted **Mar 4, 2016, 12:11 AM**

I worked in the East wing for a summer and found it an interesting, if somewhat dysfunctional building. Its very long shallow floor plate meant that a lot of people got windows (myself included, which was almost unheard of for a grad student intern), but the windows themselves are not very large.

Klazu · #**5234** Posted **Mar 4, 2016, 12:14 AM**

It doesn't look like a building that can collapse in an earthquake. In fact, it looks like it will be the last building to stand in this city upon The Big One taking place. It looks so massive and strong. Like a flak tower.

jbrizzy · #**5235** Posted **Mar 4, 2016, 1:30 AM**

I posted the development application board for the ~2800 block of Kent/Marine Dr probably about a year ago. I can't remember what exactly it was but I think it involved two short towers. Anyways, over the last 3-4 weeks they've cleared the site and have been excavating.

Here's what it looked like before:

https://www.google.ca/maps/@49.2062892,-...YuYVDsTuFBuw25Lbu-kiA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

They're also moving on the property at Kent and Jellicoe that had its board go up around the same time.

Marshal · #**5236** Posted **Mar 4, 2016, 3:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

It doesn't look like a building that can collapse in an earthquake. In fact, it looks like it will be the last building to stand in this city upon The Big One taking place. It looks so massive and strong. Like a flak tower.

I am in and out of that building all the time. This is just an educated guess: it is a very strong building, provided the loads are pushing down upon it. You could probably put a cruise ship on top of it. However, shake it, put loads pushing horizontally, and even worse, back and forth like an earthquake, and this thing would come down with ease. The lateral resistance is not enough, and the detailing in the concrete (this is a rumour from staff) is not strong enough (not enough rebar/not the right shapes in the columns) to hold the column tops to the slabs. Which would probably be moot because the slightness of the columns compared to the mass of the overall means the columns' concrete would fail throughout anyway.

urbancanadian · #**5237** Posted **Mar 4, 2016, 7:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by csbvan

I noticed how they were talking about a City Hall "campus" master plan. I am guessing that this could be a big transformation?

From what I remember, the City wants to have the relocated employees return to the main City Hall campus eventually. But that will need to be in a new building so they were looking at options that included partnering with the private sector. I really, really hope that we don't see residential built on that site.

The article makes it sound like something pretty significant is in the works (ie. more than just the site of the building being demolished). I hope they can keep the green space north of the main tower somehow.

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Originally Posted by SFUVancouver

I worked in the East wing for a summer and found it an interesting, if somewhat dysfunctional building. Its very long shallow floor plate meant that a lot of people got windows (myself included, which was almost unheard of for a grad student intern), but the windows themselves are not very large.

In high school I had a work experience placement at the main HSBC office on Georgia. One of the regular employees was away that week so I got a corner cubicle overlooking a big chunk of downtown. The view was amazing, but unfortunately the job was by far the most boring thing I've ever done...

urbancanadian · #**5238** Posted **Mar 4, 2016, 8:08 AM**

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Originally Posted by jbrizzy

I posted the development application board for the ~2800 block of Kent/Marine Dr probably about a year ago. I can't remember what exactly it was but I think it involved two short towers. Anyways, over the last 3-4 weeks they've cleared the site and have been excavating.

Thanks for the pic! I've been looking on the city's website for updates on this, but they took down the development application page for the project. The plan was for two 12-storey towers with separate townhomes on the southern half of the site - similar to the adjacent development to the west. It was supposed to be one large non-market rental project. The address was/is 2750 SE Marine Drive.

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Originally Posted by jbrizzy

They're also moving on the property at Kent and Jellicoe that had its board go up around the same time.

This one also disappeared from the City's website. It was to be a rental project with mostly townhomes. Address was/is 2900 East Kent Avenue South. If anyone has up to date info on these I would appreciate it!

officedweller · #**5239** Posted **Mar 4, 2016, 10:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

Whatever will replace it, should be clad in nothing but gray spandrel on all sides. Let the City Hall people marvel their creation from close distance...

Yeah -

I actually think the vertical slit windows on the East Wing went well with the vertical elements on City Hall.

Whatever gets built will probably include the City-owned block to the north.
A tower could be sited outside of view cones at the corner of Broadway & Yukon.
And the complex would have access to the Broadway-City Hall Canada Line Station from the east.

urbancanadian · #**5240** Posted **Mar 4, 2016, 11:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Whatever gets built will probably include the City-owned block to the north.
A tower could be sited outside of view cones at the corner of Broadway & Yukon.
And the complex would have access to the Broadway-City Hall Canada Line Station from the east.

Forgot they own the block to the north. Do they own the entire block (Broadway-10th/Cambie-Yukon)? I would be ok with some residential on that block.