Vancouver Infill & Lowrise Updates Discussion

[phesto]

Originally Posted by Changing City

It looks to me like the vertical pieces are white, matching the façade, and the horizontal are the metal frames but so far without any caps, so presumably will be white once installed. The model showed dark grey mullions contrasting with the white panels, so either they've changed that or there may be a protective white film that's not the final colour.

I hope you're right!

[officedweller]

From VancouverMarket.ca

On the thrift store site at 4th & Cypress:

... The plan for the site is a new 5-storey mixed-use building that includes:
◾32 market rental units;
◾1 studio unit, 7 one-bedrooms, 18 two-bedrooms & 6 three-bedrooms;
◾4,205 SF of retail space on the ground floor;
◾a total density of 3.13 FSR;
◾a building height of 62 ft.; and
◾2 levels of underground parking.

http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2018/02/20/rental-building-proposed-for-west-4th-thrift-store-site/


http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2018/02/20/rental-building-proposed-for-west-4th-thrift-store-site/


http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2018/02/20/rental-building-proposed-for-west-4th-thrift-store-site/

[SpongeG]

better than what is there, people are going to complain i imagine.

[GenWhy?]

For a building that size, that's a large proportion of 2 and 3 beds. Good to see. I can't see that many people complain, and/or that many people complain and alter this project, affect it, especially knowing the surroundings apartments around it and developments on 4th. The one thing to note here is the implementation of the wider sidewalk dedication on 4th of an extra metre.

[Feathered Friend]

Originally Posted by Feathered Friend

Dec 15th, 2017

[whatnext]

Finally! A plan from a developer to save the Hollywood Theatre and add 40 condos on the adjacent site.

[IMG]hollywood-theatre-street-elevation by whatnextyvr, on Flickr[/IMG]
Image via Vancouver Courier/City of Vancouver

A development company has applied to the City of Vancouver to restore and revive the former Hollywood Theatre on West Broadway near Macdonald Street, and build an adjoining mixed-use retail and condo building.

The company, 4184 Investments, Ltd., is proposing that the theatre – which was built in 1935 and closed in 2011 when the building was sold – be restored to its former glory, and includes a comprehensive operational plan in its application...

http://www.vancourier.com/real-estate/de...-hollywood-theatre-add-condos-1.23186309

[GenWhy?]

Some of you might be humoured by this. For a small infill project our family units were too large as per getting a DCL waiver and having the rents set at the cap rate mandated by the City (which is lower than market). So we are either forced to make the units smaller - these are 2 or 3 bed units - and get a DCL waiver, or not take the DCL waiver and charge higher rents.

[whatnext]

Some nice small scale stuff in the Commercial Drive area:

Frances at Victoria & well, Frances. 2 and 3 bed townhomes:

[IMG]IMG_4419 by whatnextyvr, on Flickr[/IMG]

Alley side:
[IMG]IMG_4421 by whatnextyvr, on Flickr[/IMG]

Kitty corner from Bosa Foods:
[IMG]IMG_4420 by whatnextyvr, on Flickr[/IMG]

Nice to see this grand old house getting saved farther up Victoria, at Parker. The Brookhouse Residences, with townhouse infill tucked behind:

[IMG]IMG_4422 by whatnextyvr, on Flickr[/IMG]

all my photos

[Feathered Friend]

Here is the second project from February 26’s hidden UDP meeting. As the applicant introduced the project, they highlighted the building’s location between the recently renovated American Hotel social housing, the soon to be built social housing at 950 Main St, and the nearby future St. Paul’s Hospital. I assume this is the reason that only 20% of the homes will have more than one bedroom and that there will also be 4 microhomes at 270 sqft. To counter the small environment, all floors will have 9 foot ceilings. One panelist commented that to help livability, the colour for those units should be kept very light.

As usual the rest of the opinion can be read at :
https://cityduo.wordpress.com/2018/03/05...udp-approves-mixed-use-main-st-building/

[mcminsen]

Originally Posted by Feathered Friend

As usual the rest of the opinion can be read at :
https://cityduo.wordpress.com/2018/03/05...udp-approves-mixed-use-main-st-building/

Thanks! I did some digging and came up with these photos from a few years ago of that little old building rotting away and looking to be saved.



March 31 '15, my pics

[csbvan]

I'm glad that they're saving that little building. I have always thought it was just going to be demolished, but it will help keep the character of lower Main St alive. The project itself is decent infill, it's so nice that projects being built Main and east are generally not blue-ish-grey messes of spandrel.

[osirisboy]

Originally Posted by csbvan

I'm glad that they're saving that little building. I have always thought it was just going to be demolished, but it will help keep the character of lower Main St alive. The project itself is decent infill, it's so nice that projects being built Main and east are generally not blue-ish-grey messes of spandrel.

And it's good to see that they build them right to the property line and don't have odd setbacks like along cambie or west end

[csbvan]

Originally Posted by osirisboy

And it's good to see that they build them right to the property line and don't have odd setbacks like along cambie or west end

Exactly. It feels much more urban.

[GenWhy?]

That Main St project is the Feather something-or-other native health social group social housing project that's been in the works for a while, I assume? If so, I recognize the material use and design look. Fully thing is a sign went up on the property a while back for a contracting service, I'm sure, and it looks identical to Form Real Estate's logo.

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by GenWhy?

That Main St project is the Feather something-or-other native health social group social housing project that's been in the works for a while, I assume? If so, I recognize the material use and design look. Fully thing is a sign went up on the property a while back for a contracting service, I'm sure, and it looks identical to Form Real Estate's logo.

The native housing project is the 50' frontage to the south. This will be on the 25' retained façade next to the American (ex Electric Owl), and the vacant 25' lot next door.

[GenWhy?]

Then I'm super surprised about Main's façade. I thought the City and community was having a bad time looking at those facades over the last 20 odd years, the straight concrete and wanting more brick or variation. Guess they're pickier on some than others, must have been the character element. Thanks for the posts and clarification.

[officedweller]

The model shows a brick texture on the facades
The north and south elevations in the City report shows an elongated brick pattern and state:
"Exposed concrete cast to architect's approval finished with No. 2 coats paint to architect's specifications"
The west façade does not show a pattern.

[djh]

Originally Posted by whatnext

Finally! A plan from a developer to save the Hollywood Theatre and add 40 condos on the adjacent site.

A development company has applied to the City of Vancouver to restore and revive the former Hollywood Theatre on West Broadway near Macdonald Street, and build an adjoining mixed-use retail and condo building.


http://www.vancourier.com/real-estate/de...-hollywood-theatre-add-condos-1.23186309

Really good to see that site getting redeveloped AND the cinema preserved/restored. I think this could be a model for many of the local neighbourhood cinemas that is a win-win for all concerned.

The Rio Theatre would be perfect for such a plan (although I doubt the Rio's owner, who is currently fundraising to save it, would be able to fundraise enough to make this happen by herself).

I hope the Park Theatre (Cambie/19th) one day goes this way too. The whole block could do with additional residential density, but the neighbourhood loves the locally-owned and run shops very much and don't want them all replaced with big chains combining all of the CRUs, that would displace the local stores. A mix of neighbourhood stores and a mid-sized anchor, underneath several floors of residential, plus the cinema in the back, is a great combo for this kind of project.

[GenWhy?]

Originally Posted by officedweller

The model shows a brick texture on the facades
The north and south elevations in the City report shows an elongated brick pattern and state:
"Exposed concrete cast to architect's approval finished with No. 2 coats paint to architect's specifications"
The west façade does not show a pattern.

Precisely, it's exposed concrete in a 2X4 pattern, and painted concrete on the West and East façade. I was under the impression from other UDP and City meetings that this was frowned upon and even inserting conditions on better façade treatments for approvals.

[officedweller]

.. plus the design of the building wouldn't require much brick to clad the west facade.
The north and south sides would presumably be butted up against by future projects.