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Originally Posted by LeftCoaster
I was thinking in front of the cluster of high-rises, which I know is Coquitlam Centre, but it sure seems ripe for densification from 10,000 feet.
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It's got a huge amount of surface parking that could be redeveloped. That site alone could probably house 10,000 people.
I measured using Google Maps and the main mall site has 1.6 million square feet of surface parking. Across the street at the Chrysler dealership there's another 500,000 square feet of almost empty lots. And the lots bound by Lougheed/Pinetree/Lincoln/Westwood have another 1.5 million square feet of usable space.
At just a 3 FSR across this area (and not even touching the existing mall) that's about 11 million square feet of buildable area. Take 70% of that for residential, and you could build 7,700 units of 1000 square feet each.