[Delta] Delta Rise | 37fl | Completed.

[Klazu]

Made a bried stop while driving by today. Seven or so more floors to go.

This is such a strange tower for the location and the above-ground parkade doesn't really help to create nice streetscape.

[Shift]

It's not that out of place considering the amount of commercial in the area. No different than any other commercial node of the Lower Mainland really. Also this area is the defacto North Delta town centre, and there are the 2 other 15 storey towers next to it. I doubt this will be the last tower in the area.

[vanman]

It's turning out much better than anticipated. I mean I would rather this be built in place of 1300 Richards downtown. My pics taken yesterday.

[Metro-One]

It is always odd seeing the one tall tower in a super suburban setting, but you do have to start somewhere.

I also agree, it is actually not a bad looking tower.

As always, thanks for the pics guys.

[Blease]

Originally Posted by Metro-One

It is always odd seeing the one tall tower in a super suburban setting, but you do have to start somewhere.

I also agree, it is actually not a bad looking tower.

As always, thanks for the pics guys.

The setting isn't really that suburban, Scott Road is the de facto Broadway of the Surrey/Delta area.

[Shift]

Podium looks good, quite urban.

Also, yeah, that area is not suburban at all, other than Delta being a 'suburb' of Vancouver. There's a common misconception over what suburban is. Suburban is considered low density under 5 units per acre by most municipal plans. The form of development all around there is well over that between 10-30 units per acre, and considered urban with fairly compact lots, commercial, and plenty of multi-family.

[officedweller]

Looks good.
Nice to see cladding on the podium and not painted concrete.

[urbancanadian]

Thanks for the pics, vanman! It's going to look even better when the balcony glass goes in. (I'm hoping we'll be able to say that about 1300 Richards too...)

As for the area, I think Scott Road is pretty textbook suburban in it's current form. It certainly has some density, but I think that's only one factor. More than half the street is still made up of strip malls, and the rest is suburban-style townhomes, SFHs (some), and low-rise apartment buildings which don't meet the street very well. There are some good exceptions though, and things are improving. One example is Muse, which to me should be the minimum standard from here on:


https://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/ca/muse-con..._11_13_08_53_46_musecondos_rendering.jpg

Another problem for North Delta is walkability, which is pretty poor. I don't mean to be putting the area down though. Brentwood, even with its prominence these days, is still quite suburban with only a couple existing sections of true urban form.

That being said, this site has the largest concentration of high-rises in Delta - this one being the fourth. It'll be interesting to see if any other developers try to build off the success of this project.

[BodomReaper]

Great point re: 1300 Richards. It's embarrassing for everyone involved that a tower going up in the region's most desirable location, by a 'top' developer, has if anything a worse level of design and finish than a tower in *North Delta* by a developer who only has a few crappy woodframe lowrises to their name.

[urbancanadian]

Totally. It's a disgrace.

Sometimes I feel like the developers just slap on whatever materials they can find assuming that the wealthy homeowners will replace it with something much more tasteful when it comes time to replace the different parts...

[Klazu]

I haven't notice before, but this tower will be very visible when driving eastbound on SFPR. It is even more prominent earlier, but I didn't get a chance to snap a photo.

[Marshal]

It is very prominent looking straight down North Road towards Lougheed. Looks very tall, if distant, from there. North Road and Scott Road are almost in line.

[officedweller]

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[LeftCoaster]

Grabbed a shot from the plane last week. Looks just massive from above:

[Shift]

^Nice view!

I was down in that area last week and it really dominates looking up Scott Rd, but also fits in with how busy and urban the area is becoming. Between 72 and 82 there are some newer 4-storey apartments with ground retail built up the sidewalk along Scott Rd, and more (better) shops, restaurants and services along the stretch than Surrey City Centre.

[clee7903]

wow great shot from the plane! It's so noticeable now since it's the only "rise" within at least 5km radius of any other high rises.

[Vin]

Originally Posted by Shift

^Nice view!

I was down in that area last week and it really dominates looking up Scott Rd, but also fits in with how busy and urban the area is becoming. Between 72 and 82 there are some newer 4-storey apartments with ground retail built up the sidewalk along Scott Rd, and more (better) shops, restaurants and services along the stretch than Surrey City Centre.

It's just a myth that tall towers don't fit when they are "built anywhere". Once done, they always fit. Brentwood area was built from nothing and now the towers totally "fit in".

[Shift]

Also this tower is really just the start of the redevelopment of the corridor between 72 and Nordel Way (88). The recently adopted North Delta Area Plan has designated 3 High Density nodes along Scott Rd at 72 Ave, 80 Ave, and Nordel Way, all with towers ranging from 18-32 Storeys. This project is the tallest amongst the nodes and shown as site 'D' on the 2nd plan posted below.

There is also a long-term vision for LRT down Scott Rd.









http://www.delta.ca/your-government/delta's-projects/north-delta-area-plan-review

[Marshal]

Originally Posted by Vin

It's just a myth that tall towers don't fit when they are "built anywhere". Once done, they always fit. Brentwood area was built from nothing and now the towers totally "fit in".

Yes, 'fitting in' is just a fictional judgement. I just saw this tower from the same vantage point (from a plane) and it was surprisingly powerful as a singular point of contrast. You see the clusters all over the place and then there is a large flat area (western Surrey and North Delta) with this singular pinnacle in the 'middle.' It fit beautifully and even provides a point of contrast to the other high-rises of the region. It's tall enough to be a landmark all on its own.

To argue that it doesn't fit is to argue the mountains don't fit with the valley, or an alpine lake doesn't fit with the surrounding forest. It's baseless uninformed opinion.

[Klazu]

I am surprised how positive reception this project is getting from so many. I am not annoyed by it, but saying that it is start of something big and beautiful is a stretch. Even Surrey Central is still far from something that, let alone this area.

Maybe in 20 years, just maybe...