[Burnaby] Concord Brentwood | U/C and Proposed

[Spr0ckets]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

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It's absolutely a vicious cycle, and given the amount of projects launching the the next 6-12 months it's only going to get worse.

If it weren't so fraught with bad connotations I'd say bring in foreign tradesmen from Asia or latin america or anywhere to help out.

It's funny you say that, because while I don't imagine it's not as bad as sending out to Asia (yet), one of our third party consultants (roofing and paving) said that the labor situation they're facing is considerably severe enough that he knows of firms sending out hiring and recruitment feelers to places as far flung as Ireland. (he said they weren't quite there yet themselves, but looking ahead at the workload he could foresee coming, he wasn't counting it out for their company either)

We thought he was joking or exaggerating for effect when he said that.

That was a couple of months ago.

Eventually he said that those costs are going to filter down to the end consumers because bringing in trades people even from abroad is not cheap, since the housing and cost of living situation is going to be no different for them than it would be for local folks.

[rofina]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Please stop slandering other developers and spreading misinformation.



It's absolutely a vicious cycle, and given the amount of projects launching the the next 6-12 months it's only going to get worse.

If it weren't so fraught with bad connotations I'd say bring in foreign tradesmen from Asia or latin america or anywhere to help out.

The shame is there is no relief on the horizon.

Enrolment in trades is on a consistent downtrend.

Kids are going into STEM, not getting their hands dirty forming concrete or building houses.

Its going to be a tough sell going forward.

[excel]

Yellow crane has been delivered to the site. Not yet erected though.

[excel]

Crane visible on the ground behind the site:

[Vantage]

Originally Posted by excel

Crane visible on the ground behind the site:

Those crane segments have been lying there for months and months already.

[officedweller]

That's part of the overall Concord Brentwood site - so probably free storage space til needed
- like some of the lots at Concord Pacific Place.

[Excel Optimization]

5 excavators on site

[officedweller]

Nice overview shot - thanks!

[rofina]

Didn't realise how steep the site was.

50 foot shotcrete wall on the left, and near grade on the right.

I wonder how deep they are going in this situation.

The left side could end up looking like quite the cliff.

EDIT: I think my perspective is off - its quite a bit deeper closest to photographer.

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by rofina

The left side could end up looking like quite the cliff.

I think the top of the parkade/podium will be level with the Lougheed elevation,
so the south façade of the parkade/podium will constitute the "cliff".

[trofirhen]

Originally Posted by Klazu

I find it stupid that they have already narrowed Lougheed Highway at its busiest section across Brentwood from 3+3 lanes to basically 2+2 lanes. The result is long line-ups in the traffic lights and having to stop at every light.

Originally Posted by GilmoreStation

This is actually a very good thing... We don't want Lougheed Highway to turn into a Highway 1. Highway 1 already got expanded by additional two lanes anyways.

GS, I think what he objects to are the long line-ups additionally being slowed down by the red lights. That extra lane on HWY1 makes it only a 3+3 anyway, with a lot of thru traffic.

People always say 'no, impossible, too expensive, but If The Lougheed could be 'double-decked, that is running on the surface plus through 2+2 tunnels for through traffic, it might work.

[LeftCoaster]

It's not that it's impossible or too expensive, its that there are WAY higher priorities.

With X amount of dollars every year to spend, there are many projects in the metro that would get far more bang for your buck than something like this.

[mgbcca]

Looks like a crane is going up today.

[rofina]

That's great.

Excited to see these go up and form a bit of a wall along Lougheed there.

— for residents across the street though - losing a great view for low rise living.

[officedweller]

That whole stretch on the north side always looked underbuilt (height-wise)

[Andros]

Crane Going Up at Concord

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[Lexus]

2018-08-10 18:30
My pics
Crane is up!
https://flic.kr/p/28Bzr4M

[Lexus]

2018-08-10 18:30
My pics
Crane is up!

Untitled by Dmytro Zhukovets, on Flickr

4.5 years later...last crane is going down:
2023, Apr 4

Untitled by Lexus LX600, on Flickr

[e-clam9]

Hi, could someone tell me the price range for the 1 and 2 bed room at the Phase 2 pre-sales ? I just want to compare it to other new pre-sales in this area. Bordeaux has incentive of waiving GST when I visited them last week. That is a lot of saving ! Many news said realty is slowing down a lot, especially for the detached home. I wonder if I should wait to get a condo in this area. It is about $1000 per sq.ft now, about 35% more than 2016 !!!!

[rofina]

Originally Posted by e-clam9

Hi, could someone tell me the price range for the 1 and 2 bed room at the Phase 2 pre-sales ? I just want to compare it to other new pre-sales in this area. Bordeaux has incentive of waiving GST when I visited them last week. That is a lot of saving ! Many news said realty is slowing down a lot, especially for the detached home. I wonder if I should wait to get a condo in this area. It is about $1000 per sq.ft now, about 35% more than 2016 !!!!

I don't know exact price sheet, but I know for a fact Concord was first pushing $1000/ft in Brentwood.