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[rofina]

Originally Posted by officedweller

1102-1138 East Georgia Street


http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2018/08/17/37-family-oriented-units-proposed-for-strathcona-site/


http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2018/08/17/37-family-oriented-units-proposed-for-strathcona-site/


http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2018/08/17/37-family-oriented-units-proposed-for-strathcona-site/


http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2018/08/17/37-family-oriented-units-proposed-for-strathcona-site/


http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2018/08/17/37-family-oriented-units-proposed-for-strathcona-site/


http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2018/08/17/37-family-oriented-units-proposed-for-strathcona-site/

Is this for purchase or rental?

[GenWhy?]

E Georgia is a strata project with a social housing component.

[Feathered Friend]

Rendering of a proposed addition to the Canadian Cancer Society Cancer Prevention and Survivorship Centre on 10th and Ash


https://development.vancouver.ca/565w10th/index.htm

A Gateway to the Healthcare Precinct
Conspicuously located a block from a major transit hub and at the eastern edge of the 10th Avenue Healthcare Precinct, the new CPSC is imagined as a gateway to the varied healthcare facilities to the west. In addition to its practical role allowing cancer patients to stay affordably close to where they receive treatment, the project has the potential to operate at the scale of the City. Through its unique wood clad architectural character, the spectacle of activities within and through careful streetscape design, this proposed project is envisioned to mark the presence of the new CPSC as world class research and engagement facility defining the main eastern entry point to this important civic precinct.

https://development.vancouver.ca/565w10th/documents/designrationale.pdf

[s211]

Originally Posted by Feathered Friend

Conspicuously located a block from a major transit hub and at the eastern edge of the 10th Avenue Healthcare Precinct, the new CPSC is imagined as a gateway to the varied healthcare facilities to the west. In addition to its practical role allowing cancer patients to stay affordably close to where they receive treatment, the project has the potential to operate at the scale of the City. Through its unique wood clad architectural character, the spectacle of activities within and through careful streetscape design, this proposed project is envisioned to mark the presence of the new CPSC as world class research and engagement facility defining the main eastern entry point to this important civic precinct.

What a load of pretentious architecture gibberish; full of its own sh!t.

[GenWhy?]

Well, that was unnecessary.

Thanks for the post, again, Feathered Friend, and looks to be a attractive addition to the area. Especially with better street interaction on 10th in that block. Good to see another timber building as well. It seems like they're keeping the existing buildings on site or just the parkades?

[Changing City]

Another interesting office design for a site in the Metro Core, outside Downtown. This one is next to VCC Station, with a mass timber structural design. More here (the image source as well).

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by GenWhy?

Well, that was unnecessary.

Thanks for the post, again, Feathered Friend, and looks to be a attractive addition to the area. Especially with better street interaction on 10th in that block. Good to see another timber building as well. It seems like they're keeping the existing buildings on site or just the parkades?

It looks as if they're keeping the existing structures, but adding a bigger atrium behind the new external screen. At the risk of further irritation; the architects say that “the proposed wood screen is an ‘Accoya’ modified timber product, treated in a process called acetylation, a cutting-edge patented technology which enables it to resist rot, defy the elements and stay strong for decades. The wood is also treated with a Class A flame-spread finish to the latest code required ratings. The wall behind is a phenolic wall panel cladding, finished in the same tone and grain pattern as the wood screen to emphasize the warm presence of wood on the façade.” A bit more here.

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by Changing City

Another interesting office design for a site in the Metro Core, outside Downtown. This one is next to VCC Station, with a mass timber structural design. More here (the image source as well).

Thanks.

That site was envisioned to have some sort of a public corridor of stairs and escalators for easier passage up and down the hill between Clark Drive and the VCC-Clark Station.

I wonder if this project provides that as a public amenity.

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Thanks.

That site was envisioned to have some sort of a public corridor of stairs and escalators for easier passage up and down the hill between Clark Drive and the VCC-Clark Station.

I wonder if this project provides that as a public amenity.

If you look at the site plan on the DP Application page, there's a set of steps apparently proposed on the south east corner of the site. They have to leave the sewer right of way untouched, by the look of the plan.

[officedweller]

Thanks.

The landscape plan shows a pathway, but not necessarily easier access than exists now,
maybe a slightly shallower slope since it's on an angle.

But it also shows a future under bridge bike path (under Clark Drive),
which is interesting and would help people from the east side of Clark access the station.
Hopefully that would be multi-use rather than just bikes
(as the diagram shows, pedestrian access from the east side of Clark is circuitous)


https://development.vancouver.ca/2102keith/documents/landscape.pdf

[osirisboy]

I'm surprised the developer wouldn't want to build more sqft or add a few 100 apartments on top given it's adjacent to a station

[LeftCoaster]

3.0 FSR and it practically IS the skytrain station. What a waste.

[misher]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

3.0 FSR and it practically IS the skytrain station. What a waste.

This city hoards density like gold thus the housing and commercial space supply crisis. Why increase supply to solve the crisis when you can raise taxes and blame foreigners.

[GenWhy?]

We'll be pushing for about an office building in the area under the same as the above zoning (I-3 under the False Creek Flats). 3.0 FSR can get you a lot when you can get between 18.3 and 45.7 metres of height.

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

3.0 FSR and it practically IS the skytrain station. What a waste.

It isn't really 3 FSR though. Well, it is, but the site has so many statutory rights of way that 40% of the site can't really be built on. "The site contains several encumbrances in the form of easements and required setbacks. These include a BC Transit SRW of +/- 4 meters at the North boundary, a +/- 3m meter Central Valley Greenway setback at the South boundary, and a Metro Vancouver Sewer SRW Way running diagonally through the SE corner at +/-10 meters in width. The total resulting buildable footprint after right of ways is approximately 23,500 Sq Ft (a 40% reduction from the total site area)."

So if you take the area of the site that can actually be built on, this is 5.3 FSR.

[osirisboy]

Why does there have to be a 3.7 meter set back along Keith? And it's unfortunate about the sewer. Although couldn't they build around it? like what Telus and X8 have done with the utilities along the laneway? Personally I think it would've been nice to have the building come right up to the corner of Clark and grand view

[VancouverOfTheFuture]

Originally Posted by osirisboy

Why does there have to be a 3.7 meter set back along Keith? And it's unfortunate about the sewer. Although couldn't they build around it? like what Telus and X8 have done with the utilities along the laneway? Personally I think it would've been nice to have the building come right up to the corner of Clark and grand view

buildings pretty much always need setbacks now. 3.5m seems pretty standard to me really. the footprint isn't the issue here, it is the height.

and there is no way the GVRD would allow anything to interfere with that Trunk line. it has a diameter of 2.4m. they need adequate width should it ever need maintenance and/or replacement.

[osirisboy]

Originally Posted by VancouverOfTheFuture

buildings pretty much always need setbacks now. 3.5m seems pretty standard to me really. the footprint isn't the issue here, it is the height.

and there is no way the GVRD would allow anything to interfere with that Trunk line. it has a diameter of 2.4m. they need adequate width should it ever need maintenance and/or replacement.

True. Although I think they could build around it. If they can design a building that builds around a sky train guideway I think they can build around the sewer lol

And yeah it could be much taller

[VancouverOfTheFuture]

Originally Posted by osirisboy

True. Although I think they could build around it. If they can design a building that builds around a sky train guideway I think they can build around the sewer lol

And yeah it could be much taller

the odds of the sewer needing to be dug up/opened up/whatever else is much higher than that of a SkyTrain guideway. plus because it is underground that means they need easy access to the site for the perpetual future for heavy machinery to access it. if i remember correctly, sewers for the CoV wants a minimum of at least 1m in all directions for sewer access. plus unlimited above-ground access. for GVRD trunks it is like 2m or something.

there are 3 large GVRD trunk sewers around that site though. lucky only 1 goes through it and not the other ones. haha.

but 3.0FSR is pathetic for a station on the M-Line connected to Broadway-Extension. it should be connected to the station with towers ending up around it. not what could be a walk-up...

[Feathered Friend]

UDP Rejection Puts Future of Rental Housing on Grant Street into Question

1535-1557 Grant Street
It’s rare for a proposal to be reviewed by the UDP before the community has a chance to express their feelings at a city led open house. However, given the actions of some at the applicant led open house where a member of the applicant team was surrounded and screamed at for several minutes, it makes sense that city staff would seek the panel’s opinion first. The result would lead to serious questions about the wisdom of city staff, the fairness and flaws of city policy, and ultimately, the proposal’s rejection.

From the start of the meeting there were clear problems, as city staff mistakenly informed the panel that the Pace of Change policy of the Grandview-Woodland community plan applied to this proposal, which seeks to replace 5 detached homes that have an average worth of 1.5 million dollars. The plan is actually designed to prevent more than 5 existing rental buildings from being redeveloped before 2020, though it already has a waitlist with 12 enquires.

While those homes are obviously wood framed, the applicant is in discussions with contractors to see if it would be more affordable to build these homes with steel instead. Unfortunately, those potential savings will be lost, as the site is hurt by another city aspiration that requires the applicant give the northern 10 feet of their property to the city for a future laneway, which staff admit could take 75 to 100 years to assemble.

https://cityduo.wordpress.com/2018/08/28...l-housing-on-grant-street-into-question/