Canadian City Proposals

[gunnar777]

Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

Back to your pathetic trolling ways I see. Most befitting for a moderator with a Judge Dread picture, LOL. Saying "A car is a huge benefit" is a very 90's way of looking at things.

Cornell is a perfect example of how to build an Suburban Community with a new successful main street that is pedestrian and bike friendly where cars are meant to be out of site out of mind like in older built up urban hoods. https://www.google.ca/search?espv=2&biw=...5i30.FsD2AlFD02M#imgrc=6owzmBAZSQOBDM%3A

This is part of their current plan. As you can see the entire development is built like an Inner City community. All the homes have a lane way for their cars, no big box stores to be found and a new Main Street that is only getting bigger. All of the larger structures are community centres, schools, senior homes and a Hospital (pre-existing). This is how all large scale suburban developments should be done.
Posted on : http://www.mycornell.ca/


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I have to third your opinion, dude. These comments always get deleted but the fact of the matter is that no one can post an original thought or dissenting view without getting some incredibly mean-spirited response from Whippersnapper. Something needs to be done about this because we can't have a forum member harassing other posters and calling them and their ideas "stupid" etc. all the time. Mods, please take this into consideration.

[Hali87]

The comment in question seemed totally reasonable to me Nothing about it is offensive or inaccurate.

[TorontoDrew]

Originally Posted by Hali87

The comment in question seemed totally reasonable to me Nothing about it is offensive or inaccurate.

It wasn't the comment but the reason for making it. He's been warned about doing this to other members (at least one comes to mind). He can call me delusional all he wants to or INSIDIOUS (lol) as well. One would have to be completely incognizant to his tactics when they've been chosen lucky enough to receive his non stop dissenting remarks. It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for the fact he's supposed to be a moderator.

[dleung]

Originally Posted by yaletown_fella

Underground parking makes no sense for a single story lifestyle center development. Some of the comments on this page are perplexing to say the least.

Toronto premium outlets also has surface parking and it's an example of the prevalent style of retail development in North America. It's all about minimizing maintenance costs and passing on savings to tenants.

It's prevalent yes, but is it the highest use of land, even given lower land values outside of Vancouver? I think it's just a case of mall developers using a myopic short-sighted proforma, whereas the TOD developers prefer to share the land cost with as many tenants and condo owners as possible, to ultimately get more value out of the land.

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

It wasn't the comment but the reason for making it. He's been warned about doing this to other members (at least one comes to mind). He can call me delusional all he wants to or INSIDIOUS (lol) as well. One would have to be completely incognizant to his tactics when they've been chosen lucky enough to receive his non stop dissenting remarks. It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for the fact he's supposed to be a moderator.

Jeebus. I'm not singling you out. It's all in your head.

For the umpteenth time,

I'm not a moderator

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally Posted by dleung

It's prevalent yes, but is it the highest use of land, even given lower land values outside of Vancouver? I think it's just a case of mall developers using a myopic short-sighted proforma, whereas the TOD developers prefer to share the land cost with as many tenants and condo owners as possible, to ultimately get more value out of the land.

Retail is the biggest cash cow. I cannot hold it against mall ownership to not want to throw residential condos into the mix and complicate potential future expansion.

TODs are a zoning initiative and they aren't all successful. The allowable densities causes land values to rise forcing developers to consider alternatives to surface parking.

Everything built is profit driven. Some of the biggest big box builders are also TOD partners.

[Ramako]

Enough with the personal attacks everyone. If you have a problem with the way someone is posting, report it using the 'Report Post' button, otherwise it will be deleted for being off topic.

And for the record, WS is not a moderator, he's a database editor.

[koops65]

100 Davenport Rd. Toronto - 39 floors, 141 metres

I finally made a drawing; this proposal has been around since Dec. 2015...
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=108348

[vanman]

Southgate Village Burnaby (Edmonds)

A gross density of 2.8 FAR
5.8 Million SF of Market Residential
200,000 SF of Commercial Space
Approx. 20 towers up to 46-storeys in height
15-20 year build-out

vancouvermarket.ca

[LeftCoaster]

Another? Wow that's the 4th 10+ tower masterplanned community for Burnaby, all of which have towers in the 45-60 storey range.

Honestly this is just getting crazy.

[Coldrsx]

https://www.facebook.com/TheLegendsCondos/

[esquire]

^ Looks good!

[Black Star]

Very sharp and elegant. I'm impressed.

[Pavlov]

^ I don't know. Seems a bit busy (or at least awkward) to me.

[Coldrsx]

^concur... but much of that is to do with the 'whatever the hell that roof amenity' is suppose to be.

[odogfo]

Could be better. Fairly plane looking.

[TorontoDrew]

Like that Edmonton proposal.

[Coldrsx]

Someone photoshop off the top hat, MUCH better.

[vanman]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Another? Wow that's the 4th 10+ tower masterplanned community for Burnaby, all of which have towers in the 45-60 storey range.

Honestly this is just getting crazy.

Burnaby has made it extremely easy for developers to build tall in its town centres. This is where the city wants to focus growth and local developers are more than happy to oblige.

[ssiguy]

Does Burnaby have a height or footprint size limit like Vancouver?