General Vancouver Updates

[officedweller]

Great shots.
Can't wait for the first angled floor.

[LeftCoaster]

Originally Posted by vannick

Anyone have an idea of what is being done to the Dunsmuir International Village Student Housing at 500 Dunsmuir? it's all boarded up.

The building may not be economically salvageable. It is currently not inhabitable due to the disrepair it was left in by the previous tenants/owners.

Originally Posted by officedweller

Great shots.
Can't wait for the first angled floor.

Looking imposing so far. I like it but lots still to be determined.

[mcminsen]

On site rendering for The Spot, March 10 '16, my pic




May 18 '16, my pic

[officedweller]

Thanks, I was wondering if the protrusion above the yellow trailer was for the first angled floor.

[mcminsen]

Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

update on 829 Powell Street with a new render >>

http://changingcitybook.com/2013/11/29/829-powell-street/

^^^ hollywoodnorth's post is from Dec.4 '13.



May 21 '16, my pics

[jollyburger]

How much (expletive) demand for public storage is there in the city?

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

How much (expletive) demand for public storage is there in the city?

Crazy eh? You buy so much shit you don't even use, you need to pay to store it somewhere else?!

This is pretty close to the downtown area though, which probably has the most need for storage. The old storage place at Richards and Pacific closed a few years back to make way for development, I wonder where those customers went?

[Tetsuo]

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

Crazy eh? You buy so much shit you don't even use, you need to pay to store it somewhere else?!

This is pretty close to the downtown area though, which probably has the most need for storage. The old storage place at Richards and Pacific closed a few years back to make way for development, I wonder where those customers went?

Got moved to storage on terminal.

https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/2qopo4/items_missing_from_the_storeroom_storage/

[bc2mb]

There's got to be a better use for this land... storage on the waterfront?

Strathcona Village (which was a huge success) is only a couple blocks away and farther away from the water.

[Porfiry]

Originally Posted by bc2mb

There's got to be a better use for this land... storage on the waterfront?

Right next to the railyard isn't waterfront.

[officedweller]

King Edward & Kingsway - from GBL Twitter:

May 18th:


https://twitter.com/GBLArchitects


https://twitter.com/GBLArchitects


https://twitter.com/GBLArchitects

[officedweller]

Public hearing descends into chaos at Vancouver city hall
Status of proposed rental project on Commercial Drive in doubt after councillors walk out of public hearing Tuesday night.


Contributed/City of Vancouver The proposed massing at a development at Commercial Drive and 18th Avenue in Vancouver.

By: Matt Kieltyka
Metro Published on Wed May 25 2016

The fate of a controversial rental project in east Vancouver remains unclear after Non-Partisan Association and Green Party councilors walked out of a public meeting in protest Tuesday night.

NPA councillors Elizabeth Ball, George Affleck and Melissa De Genova, along with Green Party Coun. Adrienne Carr, took the unprecedented step after accusing the hearing chair, Vision Vancouver Coun. Raymond Louie, of unfair treatment while debating the proposed 110-unit Cressey development at Commercial Drive and 18th Avenue.
...

http://www.metronews.ca/news/vancouver/2...s-into-chaos-at-vancouver-city-hall.html

[retro_orange]

Originally Posted by officedweller

http://www.metronews.ca/news/vancouver/2...s-into-chaos-at-vancouver-city-hall.html

Such nonsense over a straightforward and reasonable densification (albeit smaller then I would still prefer) They even saved an old house that they have no obligation to do so. Take what you can get people, it could easily be alot worse in any other city outside of entitled Vancouver. They could build a single micro suite building covering the entire site but opted for a reasonable approach.

[jlousa]

The outrage by the councillors wasn't over the densification it was by the proceedings and frustration about how the meeting was being run.

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by jlousa

The outrage by the councillors wasn't over the densification it was by the proceedings and frustration about how the meeting was being run.

i.e. politicians being politicians
The pissing match is more important than the substantive business at hand...

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by officedweller

i.e. politicians being politicians
The pissing match is more important than the substantive business at hand...

No kidding. They actually had enough opposition votes to reject this proposal and instead they stormed out like babies.

[retro_orange]

Originally Posted by jlousa

The outrage by the councillors wasn't over the densification it was by the proceedings and frustration about how the meeting was being run.

While that's true; they never stated what the councilors who walked out wanted and requested. What isn't mentioned in this story is how much neighborhood backlash there has been and i feel that is likely the issue that was so contentious and the others didn't want to hear so they shut them out (bad idea) but they could have been bringing up the same old tired 'too big too dense' argument without any reasonable solution other then to keep SFH on that land. It was likely spinning in circles for hours with neither side budging. As officedweller said "politicians being politicians".

[dreambrother808]

edit

[mcminsen]

Originally Posted by mcminsen

Citti at 238 W. Broadway.


Rendering:

http://vancouver4life.com/citti-cm-bay-properties-vancouver-new-development-presale/#!




March 10 '16, my pics

May 28 '16, my pics

[officedweller]

Looks good, thanks for the update!