Burnaby Updates - Page 58

vanman · #**1141** Posted **Sep 14, 2016, 11:27 PM**

I agree with Jebby. Outside of downtown we should only allow towers near skytrain stations and in town centres. Everywhere else should be midrises.

vanman · #**1142** Posted **Sep 14, 2016, 11:32 PM**

New rendering of Sussex.

http://www.townline.ca/projects/sussex/

vanman · #**1143** Posted **Sep 14, 2016, 11:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by Cypherus

Some new information about Millennium's new development named "Triomphe" located at 1904 Gilmore Ave., Burnaby, BC.

Not sure what to make of the obvious shrunken buildings to make the tower look like One World Trade Centre.

http://presalesvancouver.vip/triomphe/#close

Must have been made at an offshore rendering farm lol.

trofirhen · #**1144** Posted **Sep 15, 2016, 12:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by Jebby

Towers shouldn't be built in Kitsilano. If that area is going to density, it should be done with midrises.

I would like add my strong agreement on that.

Sheba · #**1145** Posted **Sep 15, 2016, 12:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by vanman

New rendering of Sussex.

http://www.townline.ca/projects/sussex/

I keep thinking this is going to be along Beresford but no it's on the other side of the mall. It's the tower going in next to the church (I'd have to look back but I'm pretty sure there's more rental going in to add to the two existing rental towers next door).

officedweller · #**1146** Posted **Sep 15, 2016, 12:30 AM**

Thanks for the renderings.

The Gilmore one still looks the same as the renderinsg on the Chris Dikeakos website:

http://www.dikeakos.com/projects/high-rise/gilmore-avenue

The Sussex one looks sharp.

BobLoblawsLawBlog · #**1147** Posted **Sep 15, 2016, 1:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

Ummm, the first rendering makes the tower look like a supertall, but its far from that. What were they smoking when rendering that on?

The tower's podium in the rendering is go oversized it actually goes out onto the street and continues on the next block

Cypherus · #**1148** Posted **Sep 15, 2016, 3:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

Not sure if it has been mentioned, but there will be a new "iconic" tower called Fulton House going up in south Brentwood. Not sure of the floor count, but there will be 303 units. I could also not find any renderings yet, but here's the sales page.

http://www.polyhomes.com/community/fulton-house

http://www.polyhomes.com/community/fulton-house

A rendering has been released and Polygon wants a piece of the action in Brentwood.

Vin · #**1149** Posted **Sep 15, 2016, 5:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by vanman

I agree with Jebby. Outside of downtown we should only allow towers near skytrain stations and in town centres. Everywhere else should be midrises.

And there will be new town centres....New stations will also start popping up too. So be prepared to see a lot more tall towers outside Vancouver.

vanman · #**1150** Posted **Sep 21, 2016, 8:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by Spr0ckets

Updates by me taken yesterday.

Rezoning application for Polygon's proposal Vittorio.

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Amacon has begun clearing its site for The Imperial.

OfficeProcrastinator · #**1151** Posted **Sep 21, 2016, 7:22 PM**

Not sure how I feel about the name 'Vittorio,' but who knows maybe they'll change it. On a different note, I really hope with all these towers getting erected they soup-up Lobley Park, it's a really sad looking place right now.

Spr0ckets · #**1152** Posted **Sep 21, 2016, 8:51 PM**

That corner is going to be pretty busy with construction activity over the next year or two, especially if Tranca's own project for the corner of Nelson and Imperial gets approved ( they're in 3rd Reading now, I believe).

Midori is already under way with the crane just having been erected, and Polygon's second tower project is now going for rezoning, while Amacon seem to be gearing up for demolition and possibly excavation soon.

It'll be a densely packed block with seven 35-42 storey towers once they're all done.
Which is a bit funny when you consider it's sandwhiched between a park on the one side west of Nelson, and the lowerises and firehouse on the other side and the SFH's down south of Imperial street.

red-paladin · #**1153** Posted **Sep 21, 2016, 8:54 PM**

One day all those lowrises will be replaced with towers too I think.

Spr0ckets · #**1154** Posted **Sep 21, 2016, 9:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by red-paladin

One day all those lowrises will be replaced with towers too I think.

More likely they'll be replaced by midrises (or newer lowrises) east of Malborough.

Going by the Burnaby plan to have high density around (major) transit and skytrain stations and then taper to lower density as you edge away, and lso considering that most of what's going up around Royal Oak right now is new lowrises, I don't see them allowing any tall towers the further east you get from Metrotown.

I could be wrong through, but I suspect they would prefer more density around Kingsway, just north of the mall and the area south of it in between Beresford and north of Imperial first, before allowing rezoning for higher density or taller towers anywhere else.

I'm just surprised that so much density was able to get in those lots between Nelson and Marlborough this quick.

OfficeProcrastinator · #**1155** Posted **Sep 21, 2016, 10:04 PM**

Does anyone know if there are projected developments on the block between Kingsway and Bennett (the block the LifeLabs and the London drugs are located), or even Newton and Kingsway (the block where the Chevron is located)?

officedweller · #**1156** Posted **Sep 21, 2016, 10:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by OfficeProcrastinator

Does anyone know if there are projected developments on the block between Kingsway and Bennett (the block the LifeLabs and the London drugs are located), or even Newton and Kingsway (the block where the Chevron is located)?

Both are Metrotown "Core" - so the answer should be "yes"
- as to when, who knows.
It has been suggested in this thread that the Chevron site could be a good site for a convention facility.

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Originally Posted by Sheba

Metrotown Development Plan Update

Overview of that Chevron / Old Orchard Plaza area:

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Originally Posted by officedweller

From Boffo Twitter:

https://twitter.com/BoffoGroup

OfficeProcrastinator · #**1157** Posted **Sep 21, 2016, 11:22 PM**

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It has been suggested in this thread that the Chevron site could be a good site for a convention facility.

Sorry are you referring to the Esso? The Chevron is East of mall ~ across the street from the London Drugs.

BobLoblawsLawBlog · #**1158** Posted **Sep 22, 2016, 12:41 AM**

I think the Esso site would make a better site for an office tower. Maybe both?

officedweller · #**1159** Posted **Sep 22, 2016, 1:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by OfficeProcrastinator

Sorry are you referring to the Esso? The Chevron is East of mall ~ across the street from the London Drugs.

Oops - yeah - Esso.
Both of Burnaby's Metrotown hotels (Hilton & Element) are within a block of it - so good site for conventions.

Sheba · #**1160** Posted **Sep 22, 2016, 1:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Both are Metrotown "Core" - so the answer should be "yes"
- as to when, who knows.
It has been suggested in this thread that the Chevron site could be a good site for a convention facility.

It's a performing arts centre. There was an article back in 2014 and I found another from May this year that mentions it, so it hasn't been dropped. Someone found a reference to it potentially being located at Kingsway and Willingdon.

Btw you forgot the Holiday Inn at Station Square - that makes three hotels in the area.