I don't really like all that park space. I'd rather the building come out more to meet the street. Encourage workers/visitors to use Thornton park, which is very underused.
Here's the rendering from the link.
The park out front could be expansion space.
Probably better to build-out the east side fronting the other eastern park, as you could get complaints of overshadowing once that park is developed.
St. Paul's Downtown isn't going anywhere its still likely to be renovated/redeveloped.
Eh, what? The hospital is definitely leaving. There may be a small urgent care facility that remains but it will be a tiny footprint in comparison to what exists now. If anything the Burrard Street façade may stay as a sop to heritage advocates but make no mistake moving to Station Street is a real estate play.
Wonder where all the car companies going to store their cars now? Also the fil industry is going to lose another staging area for all their trucks and equipment.
I'm positive the green space is just temporary until medical buildings are built surrounding the hospital. The planning renders from earlier show it that way. The portion closest to Pacific Central Station is certainly going to see a mid-rise medical building built. But the land won't all be developed at once.
I'm positive the green space is just temporary until medical buildings are built surrounding the hospital. The planning renders from earlier show it that way. The portion closest to Pacific Central Station is certainly going to see a mid-rise medical building built. But the land won't all be developed at once.
(This could all be wrong just from a document last year with the two design options)
The expansion zone is set for the "temporary" surface parking lot between the hospital and Trillium Park. And possibly adding floors to the top of the buildings (though they are somehow in some view cone)
Quote:
Expansion, Flexibility and View Cones
The initial phase of the hospital will include all the essential
components of an acute care facility to deliver patient care services.
As the demand for care continues to grow, and the needs of the
population change, the hospital will be able to adapt and expand
into additional expansion space to continue serve the population of
British Columbia.
The expansion space will need to accommodate and be adaptable to
new care models in the future. To provide a continuum of care with
a patient centred focus it is important that strong direct linkages
are developed between all components of the new hospital and
expansion spaces.
Expansion can occur both vertically and horizontally (i.e. new
buildings). Horizontal expansion is limited by available land area.
Vertical expansion is limited due to the view corridor limitations:
maximum building heights are subject to the City of Vancouver’s
view protection guidelines (view cone 3.2.4a & 22). In addition,
building heights may be further restricted to transition to adjacent
uses, including the single family neighbourhood to the north and
Trillium Park to the east. Taken together, these constrain the number
of floors that can be built, and as a result, the new St. Paul’s facilities
will occupy more land area than if buildings could be built taller.
Wonder where all the car companies going to store their cars now? Also the fil industry is going to lose another staging area for all their trucks and equipment.
Why should Providence care about that? They are the land owner, they decide what to do with their land.
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