General Vancouver Updates

[GenWhy?]

Has a lot to do with the zoning in the area.

[wrenegade]

Oh come on, that looks ridiculous!

[GenWhy?]

Just got an e-mail from City Staff telling us that our most recent rezoning application, submitted a few weeks ago... might be processed in 12 weeks. 5 years ago it was 4 weeks.

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

the inner part looks a little like a prison

The Duke

From Acton Ostry twitter:


https://twitter.com/actonostry


https://twitter.com/actonostry


https://twitter.com/actonostry



Alcatraz, San Francisco, USA:


https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo-a...island-now-museum-usa-view-image42682516



Prison H15 (Abandoned), Lille, France:


https://www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com/urbex/2014/05/06/urbex-prison-h15-france-march-2014-revisit-2/


https://www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com/urbex/2014/05/06/urbex-prison-h15-france-march-2014-revisit-2/

[GenWhy?]

New rental strategy in full, an update from the Housing Meeting a week or so back with City Staff and stakeholders. Not much is was elaborated in this release except the rent cap for "affordable" rentals .

http://vancouver.ca/news-calendar/more-h...s-in-new-housing-vancouver-strategy.aspx

[s211]

Originally Posted by officedweller

The Duke

From Acton Ostry twitter:


https://twitter.com/actonostry

Yorks. That screams council housing, if that's the correct term from the UK.

[LeftCoaster]

Originally Posted by officedweller

From Changing City Updates:

35 and 43 West 6th Avenue

... the 1901 Coulter House would be used as a restaurant...


https://changingcitybook.com/2017/11/21/35-and-43-west-6th-avenue/

Yikes, no way this one gets through the UDP.

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Yikes, no way this one gets through the UDP.

Do DP applications in the industrial area necessarily go to UDP? I know 2040 Columbia did, but several others don't seem to have gone there.

The additional space they're adding for heritage retention is a tiny amount - 1,700 sq. ft., so not much more than the house floorspace. It seems like they could build the scheme they've designed without the house, to zoning, so there's not much incentive to change anything.

[GenWhy?]

DP Applications in general do not absolutely need to go to UD every time, but is at times on the mercy of Staff.

Also, if anyone is interested, the City is going to implement a new pilot program for affordable rental housing, similar to the Rental 100 20 sites program prior. Looks very interesting.

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Yikes, no way this one gets through the UDP.

Here's the site board - which at least has a (fuzzy) 3-D render.

[officedweller]

It would look better if the house sat in an open courtyard, even if the building spanned it overhead.

[officedweller]

The Duke and Vya

By City of Rain @ SkyRise Cties Nov 25th:

Originally Posted by City Of Rain, post: 1280340, member: 70034

Almost done.

IMG_0972 by Hung Lam, on Flickr

IMG_0974 by Hung Lam, on Flickr

IMG_0976 by Hung Lam, on Flickr

IMG_0978 by Hung Lam, on Flickr

Originally Posted by City Of Rain, post: 1280342, member: 70034

^^^^

IMG_0980 by Hung Lam, on Flickr

IMG_0998 by Hung Lam, on Flickr

IMG_1001 by Hung Lam, on Flickr

[officedweller]

The Broadway Earls site sold earlier this month:

Highly-coveted West Broadway development site sold
The corner site on Vancouver's Westside has sold for $22.5 million - more than $3 million above assessed value

http://www.westerninvestor.com/done-deal...d-1.23081201?rew.ca%2Fnews=rew.ca%2Fnews

[Migrant_Coconut]

Earl's is 1601 West Broadway, on Broadway and Fir - did that one get sold too?

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

Earl's is 1601 West Broadway, on Broadway and Fir - did that one get sold too?

Austeville still seems to own it.

https://www.austeville.com/commercial/1601-west-broadway

[Feathered Friend]

Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

Earl's is 1601 West Broadway, on Broadway and Fir - did that one get sold too?

There was an Earl's at this location (Broadway and Laurel) as recently as 2009, but it was gone by 2011. After that, it became a Speakeasy until this year when they closed. It's now the New India Buffet+Bar, though who knows for how much longer.

[officedweller]

Yeah, this one was called "Broadway Earl's" and the one at Fir is called "Earls on Fir" (or long before that "Café Fish").

[phesto]

Heard that the plan for Broadway and Laurel may be a hotel.

[rofina]

The Duke might go down in my books as the ugliest new building in Van in years.

I literally cant think of one redeeming feature, other than it providing more units than what was there.

Visually its awful from every angle.

[officedweller]

I don't mind it from the street.

It's much better than Vya next door.