these TOD's are terribly small for where they are. by transit, they are only 15-20mins by Canada-Line/SkyTrain. they should be much higher density then they are since the city wants to promote using transit and smart designs to minimize car use blah blah blah. 6 floor buildings on a major transit line that goes from Downtown Richmond, YVR Airport, Downtown Vancouver, connecting in the future to a Millennium Line extension giving access to Broadway, Expo and Millennium Lines.
basically, what they are saying they want, is the opposite of what they are actually allowing on this corridor. but no one said Vision Vancouver were smart people; that's one thing they wont be accused of.
In my opinion, I'm certain many of the people buying into these new projects won't be taking transit but driving everywhere anyways.
that building next to renfrew station is getting a tim hortons and a CIBC in the retail portion. The timmies looks very close to opening, has the menu screens on already.
3. 05:15 pm Address: 77 E Broadway
Permit No. DP-2016-00751
Description: To develop a 6-storey mixed-use building comprised of retail and a restaurant at grade and
28 dwelling units from the 2nd to the 6th floor, all over two levels of underground parking
accessed from the lane.
Zoning: C-3A
Application Status: Complete Development Application
Review: First
Architect: Eric Law Architect
Staff: Ji-Taek Park
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4. 06:15 pm Address: 138 E 8th Avenue
Permit No. DP-2017-00695
Description: To develop a 6-storey mixed-use building with commercial at grade and 18 market dwelling
units from the 2nd to the 6th floor, all over underground parking accessed from the lane.
Zoning: C-3A
Application Status: Complete Development Application
Review: First
Architect: Ankenman Marchand Architects
Staff: Jason Olinek
I found these two applications while scanning the agenda of the upcoming August 9th UDP meeting. Both are improvements to there area; replacing a car lot and one story retail unit (which has a nice mural). However, given the proximity to the future Broadway Extension, I can't help feel that both (especially the 77 East Broadway proposal) are poor examples of TOD. COV really needs to allocate spending to hire the staff needed to get a Broadway Corridor plan started before all of it's potential is wasted on short mid-rises.
Going past on July 22nd, I noticed they were in the process of demolition the small retail unit to make way for the approved 4 story rental 100 building.
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COV really needs to allocate spending to hire the staff needed to get a Broadway Corridor plan started before all of it's potential is wasted on short mid-rises.
There is a system wide staffing shortage problem in the planning and development groups. It's already creating significant problems across the board.
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While I didn't attend the UDP hearing for this proposal, I did make sure to head down and grab some photos today. Overall, I do like the aesthetics of the project; at the least it's a huge improvement over what currently exists.
However, I still feel that the project provides a terribly low amount of density for an area that will have a Skytrain station roughly a block away. Again, I feel it really speaks to the poor funding/under staffing that city staff are being forced to work through. At the very least, the civic government could finally build the City Hall Campus so the planning and development departments could be in the same building, rather than having to rely on one satellite desk in the counterparts department.
Unfortunately, the model and information boards for the nearby 138 East 8th Avenue project were already gone, so I wasn't able to grab any of that info. As for whether the projects were approved, we'll see in two weeks when the minutes are out.
I'm not sure that it is limited - Citti, a few blocks west of here that was completed a few months ago has eight storeys. The density under zoning is limited to 3 FSR, and in terms of economic performance that usually translates into around 6 storeys. OnQue, that was built a few years ago on this same intersection (but the south side of the street), managed to squeeze their 3 FSR into only four storeys of woodframe construction.
If a developer wants to build a rental building under Rental 100 then a rezoning can be contemplated, like the building at East 11th and Kingsway currently under construction. The Mount Pleasant Plan (adopted less than 7 years ago) identified a few places where rezonings for condos could also occur - like The Independent just up the street from here, but this wasn't one of those locations.
The duke looks massive. Looks denser than most of downtown. Not a fan of 14-storey street wall.
From the lane, it's quite overbearing, but from Kingsway I think it actually fits in quite nicely. If the long facade that fronts the lane were on Kingsway then I would agree, but the way it is now looks good, IMO.
From the lane, it's quite overbearing, but from Kingsway I think it actually fits in quite nicely. If the long facade that fronts the lane were on Kingsway then I would agree, but the way it is now looks good, IMO.
I don't think it's overbearing at all. Maybe you think so because so many of the surrounding buildings are tiny and totally unsuitable for an area which is pretty much an extension of downtown.
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