[Burnaby] Gold House | 40fl, 28fl | Completed - Page 6

osirisboy · #**101** Posted **Aug 8, 2016, 1:17 AM**

So the excavation shown is just for tower 1 or both? Or will tower 2 be going where that low rise apartment building is as seen in the above pics?

Klazu · #**102** Posted **Aug 8, 2016, 1:40 AM**

Both are being excavated at the same time. Thr shorter tower will be directly south from the taller one. I wish it would be the other way around, but nope.

Sheba · #**103** Posted **Aug 8, 2016, 1:47 AM**

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Both are being excavated at the same time. Thr shorter tower will be directly south from the taller one. I wish it would be the other way around, but nope.

That wouldn't fit with Burnaby's plan to have the tallest buildings on Beresford and then slowly stepping down to the shortest ones on Imperial.

osirisboy · #**104** Posted **Aug 8, 2016, 1:56 AM**

What's the max height that they are allowing for imperial?

Sheba · #**105** Posted **Aug 8, 2016, 3:12 AM**

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What's the max height that they are allowing for imperial?

Probably 3-4 stories by the looks of it, so not much taller than what's there now. Check out the pdf version of the survey esp the images on the last couple of pages.

Klazu · #**106** Posted **Aug 8, 2016, 4:48 AM**

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That wouldn't fit with Burnaby's plan to have the tallest buildings on Beresford and then slowly stepping down to the shortest ones on Imperial.

I know but they could mix it up a bit. Moda isn't not in the same line either. There will be lots of condos looking right into other people's homes. Vancouver has done better mixing tower heights and placing...

vanman · #**107** Posted **Aug 8, 2016, 5:00 AM**

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Probably 3-4 stories by the looks of it, so not much taller than what's there now. Check out the pdf version of the survey esp the images on the last couple of pages.

Well there is already a 26 story tower proposed by Amacon on Imperial. Seems like the city is willing to allow decent height there.

Spr0ckets · #**108** Posted **Aug 8, 2016, 5:13 AM**

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Well there is already a 26 story tower proposed by Amacon on Imperial. Seems like the city is willing to allow decent height there.

Don't forget the 35-40 storey tower proposal for the lot at the corner of Nelson and Imperial (and Dunblane) currently in rezoning application by Transca (??).

That would make it as tall as the Mets or the Park on Nelson avenue.

Sheba · #**109** Posted **Aug 8, 2016, 6:21 AM**

Metrotown Development Plan Update

Spr0ckets · #**110** Posted **Aug 8, 2016, 8:06 PM**

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Well there is already a 26 story tower proposed by Amacon on Imperial. Seems like the city is willing to allow decent height there.

Speaking of which....

I saw this recently in print media.

There's nothing online (not even on their site that only has registration information), but seeing as they're apparently this far along in their marketing process (they've also taken over the old showroom of The Park on Imperial and seem to be preparing it for their own tower), it shouldn't be too long before this project also requires its own page.

I guess that view is Imperial Street facing.
26-30 storeys (if that's how tall it really is) isn't as tall as the other towers and proposed on that mega block, but the fact that it is shorter lends credence to the notion of short height the farther away from transit stations you head.

I'm not sure how tall the other two towers proposed for just North of it in the same block will be (Midori, and the Polygon tower), but with the 35-40 storey Mets and Park, I guess they will be just shorter than those.

vanman · #**111** Posted **Aug 8, 2016, 9:35 PM**

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Metrotown Development Plan Update

So according to this diagram Imperial, west of Nelson will be "ground oriented residential" and east will be "core residential" or "downtown core".

vanman · #**112** Posted **Aug 8, 2016, 9:37 PM**

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Speaking of which....

Nice find. It looks promising. I'm liking that dark spandrel.

Vin · #**113** Posted **Aug 8, 2016, 10:37 PM**

On the eastern side of the diagram, the "downtown core" should extend all the way to Imperial, wrapping around Bonsor Park. The grid streets there would make a nice downtown core for Metrotown. The other parts are rather linear, especially along Kingsway: not a good downtown concept.

officedweller · #**114** Posted **Aug 8, 2016, 11:10 PM**

Thanks for the Imperial pic!
Copied to the Burnaby thread.

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On the eastern side of the diagram, the "downtown core" should extend all the way to Imperial, wrapping around Bonsor Park. The grid streets there would make a nice downtown core for Metrotown. The other parts are rather linear, especially along Kingsway: not a good downtown concept.

Most of those parcels have or are slated to be redeveloped with residential condos.

Sheba · #**115** Posted **Aug 8, 2016, 11:17 PM**

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On the eastern side of the diagram, the "downtown core" should extend all the way to Imperial, wrapping around Bonsor Park. The grid streets there would make a nice downtown core for Metrotown. The other parts are rather linear, especially along Kingsway: not a good downtown concept.

There's another image on the pdf survey I posted earlier that shows most of the area being towers 12+ stories tall. Everything they've done so far shows Beresford and Station Square as being a lot taller than that, and then going shorter (still 12+ stories) in most areas before dropping down to lowrises when they get to the edges (next to SFH).

Even if you only visit the area, you can still fill in the survey. I know I mentioned (among other things) punching a street through to break up some of the long blocks. Looking at google maps, I can easily see them putting one in from Cassie through to Sussex (that way it would still be a local road).

logan5 · #**116** Posted **Aug 8, 2016, 11:52 PM**

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It looks as if Burnaby intends on redeveloping almost every walk-up in Metrotown.

Likely in 2 decades Metrotown will be as densely populated as DT Vancouver. If they're gonna clear all the lower income people out of there, they may as well let'r rip and double the allowable density to 10 FSR.

BobLoblawsLawBlog · #**117** Posted **Aug 9, 2016, 12:10 AM**

I could really see Maywood looking like the Olympic Village neighbourhood in Vancouver. With lower 7-12 storey apartments and commercial fronted streets.

Burnaby better not screw it up.

Klazu · #**118** Posted **Aug 9, 2016, 12:16 AM**

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Nice find. It looks promising. I'm liking that dark spandrel.

After Aldynne totally fooling us with its rendering, I wouldn't be surprised if this is exactly the same teal spandrel as everywhere else. Their excuse to misleading would be that the rendering is is in an evening setting, hence there is less light, changing the color (or similar BS).

One thing I don't understand is how developers can be so damn idiots and blind not to se how sweet those darker spandrel colors look in their misleading renderings. Why they keep building mediocre crap when there would be absolutely no difference in cost to go even slightly more exotic with their spandrel color is beyond me.

VanK · #**119** Posted **Aug 9, 2016, 12:23 AM**

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Speaking of which....

I'm not sure how tall the other two towers proposed for just North of it in the same block will be (Midori, and the Polygon tower), but with the 35-40 storey Mets and Park, I guess they will be just shorter than those.

The Imperial Tower = 27-storey apartment
building with street-oriented townhouses on Marlborough Avenue and live-work townhouseunits with flats above on Imperial Street.

The Polygon Tower = 38-stories

Spr0ckets · #**120** Posted **Aug 9, 2016, 12:29 AM**

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The Imperial Tower = 27-storey apartment
building with street-oriented townhouses on Marlborough Avenue and live-work townhouseunits with flats above on Imperial Street.

The Polygon Tower = 38-stories

Thanks for that.

Do you know if the Polygon Tower has a name?

It seems like Amacon may just go with 'The Imperial' as the name of their Tower (from all the marketing material, so far. It may change, though)