General Vancouver Updates - Page 338

csbvan · #**6741** Posted **Feb 11, 2018, 1:46 AM**

I am quite positive that has been posted before, I seem to remember commenting on the fact that the retail looked like townhouses...

Edit: Indeed, it was posted back on page 320 of this thread, October of last year.

Changing City · #**6742** Posted **Feb 11, 2018, 2:14 AM**

Thanks - I missed it then. It has only just appeared on the UDP agenda, and it hasn't yet got an entry on the Development Permit webpage. It's possible it might look slightly different from the initial render - maybe someone will be able to check the model that should be in City Hall soon.

giallo · #**6743** Posted **Feb 11, 2018, 4:21 AM**

Grids looks good. It's a nice fit for the area.

whatnext · #**6744** Posted **Feb 11, 2018, 7:41 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Changing City

This is a new 8-storey proposal for Granville at West 7th. Headed to UDP soon; not on City website yet. Very little more here

Looks like they're prepping the sales centre anyway. Crafted (no doubt lovingly) by Aoyuan (?) Given that the wooden building with the bay windows at 8th and Granville still has a For Sale sign on it, I assume this project is just half the block?

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SpongeG · #**6745** Posted **Feb 11, 2018, 8:37 PM**

the rio has been saved

Rio Theatre operator says venue saved from redevelopment — for now

http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/vancouvers-rio-theatre-saved-from-redevelopment-for-now

SpongeG · #**6746** Posted **Feb 11, 2018, 9:10 PM**

South Vancouver fire hall will be first built to Passive House standards

Energy-efficient building to serve as a post-disaster citywide emergency hub
Naoibh O’Connor / Vancouver Courier
FEBRUARY 9, 2018 03:09 PM

An artist's rendering of the new fire hall No. 17, which is expected to open mid-2019.

South Vancouver’s aging fire hall No. 17 will be knocked down and replaced with Canada’s first fire hall built to Passive House standards.

The new energy-efficient building on Knight Street at 55th Avenue is expected to open mid-2019. It will be more than double the size of the old building and will also serve as a post-disaster citywide emergency hub in the event of an information technology network breakdown.

...

http://www.vancourier.com/news/south-van...lt-to-passive-house-standards-1.23170188

SpongeG · #**6747** Posted **Feb 11, 2018, 9:13 PM**

Funky mixed-used development slated for Commercial and Pender

Joannah Connolly / Vancouver Courier
JANUARY 31, 2018 12:06 PM

development on Commercial and Pender is proposed by local developer Cressey. Image via City of Vancouver planning

A mixed-use development, made up of three buildings around a shared courtyard, is being proposed for the north-west corner of Commercial Drive and East Pender Street in Vancouver.

Local developer Cressey wants to build the four-storey development on a site already zoned for mixed use, under the condition of approval by the City.

...

http://www.vancourier.com/real-estate/fu...ted-for-commercial-and-pender-1.23160438

osirisboy · #**6748** Posted **Feb 12, 2018, 1:20 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpongeG

South Vancouver fire hall will be first built to Passive House standards

Energy-efficient building to serve as a post-disaster citywide emergency hub
Naoibh O’Connor / Vancouver Courier
FEBRUARY 9, 2018 03:09 PM

An artist's rendering of the new fire hall No. 17, which is expected to open mid-2019.

South Vancouver’s aging fire hall No. 17 will be knocked down and replaced with Canada’s first fire hall built to Passive House standards.

The new energy-efficient building on Knight Street at 55th Avenue is expected to open mid-2019. It will be more than double the size of the old building and will also serve as a post-disaster citywide emergency hub in the event of an information technology network breakdown.

...

http://www.vancourier.com/news/south-van...lt-to-passive-house-standards-1.23170188

Wow finally, solar panels! The city has been extremely slow in putting this into developments versus other cities

officedweller · #**6749** Posted **Feb 12, 2018, 1:26 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Changing City

This is a new 8-storey proposal for Granville at West 7th. Headed to UDP soon; not on City website yet. Very little more here

The brick along Granville look like narrow walls
- so there could still be retail frontages between them.

Changing City · #**6750** Posted **Feb 14, 2018, 12:39 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by officedweller

The brick along Granville look like narrow walls
- so there could still be retail frontages between them.

There's a new render now loaded to the City's website, (see here from the ChangingCity blog) and all the other details. There are indeed three retail units - the two to the south are double height.

VancouverOfTheFuture · #**6751** Posted **Feb 14, 2018, 2:02 AM**

i think i like the original better.

officedweller · #**6752** Posted **Feb 14, 2018, 2:06 AM**

Thanks.

Yeah, those will be noisy balconies...

osirisboy · #**6753** Posted **Feb 14, 2018, 2:45 AM**

I like the revised one better

officedweller · #**6754** Posted **Feb 14, 2018, 10:20 PM**

More info at VancouverMarket.ca:

http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2018/02/14/8-storey-building-planned-for-granville-west-7th-corner/

whatnext · #**6755** Posted **Feb 14, 2018, 10:37 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by officedweller

Thanks.

Yeah, those will be noisy balconies...

You have to wonder why they even bother. Those will never get used.

WarrenC12 · #**6756** Posted **Feb 14, 2018, 10:58 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by whatnext

You have to wonder why they even bother. Those will never get used.

Your BBQ'd burgers will taste like diesel exhaust.

osirisboy · #**6757** Posted **Feb 15, 2018, 12:21 AM**

Are you kidding? I would constantly use those balconies!!

Wish the building was closer to the street. Instead of stepping back after the retail

WarrenC12 · #**6758** Posted **Feb 15, 2018, 3:50 AM**

It's on a hill, at a stoplight. Constant loud engine noise as cars and trucks floor it to get up the hill. No thanks.

Vin · #**6759** Posted **Feb 15, 2018, 6:16 PM**

Mostly electric trolley buses and passenger cars using Granville Street these days. It would be really noisy back more than a decade ago when those B-Line buses would scream by when they tore down Granville Street.

The thing bad about such balconies is that the upper floor neighbours can stare down at you. If they do a bit of dusting near the windows upstairs, stuff is going to fall down on your burger patty sitting on the grill.

Evening at the balconies would be great if owners host some friends for a drink in the summer. The view would be awesome.

whatnext · #**6760** Posted **Feb 15, 2018, 8:54 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vin

Mostly electric trolley buses and passenger cars using Granville Street these days. It would be really noisy back more than a decade ago when those B-Line buses would scream by when they tore down Granville Street.

The thing bad about such balconies is that the upper floor neighbours can stare down at you. If they do a bit of dusting near the windows upstairs, stuff is going to fall down on your burger patty sitting on the grill.

Evening at the balconies would be great if owners host some friends for a drink in the summer. The view would be awesome.

I have friends who live off that stretch of Granville, trust me it can be noisy. people underestimate engine noise created when you're going accelerating uphill. It's constant, broken by louder emanations from trucks, motorbikes, sportscars etc .