Burnaby Updates

[suburbia]

As some of you may be aware, the University of Alberta Botanic Gardens just revealed the Aga Khan Garden just outside Edmonton. It was designed by Nelson Byrd Woltz landscape architects, and is spectacular my many accounts. You can read about it here:
https://edmontonjournal.com/entertainmen...d-new-aga-khan-garden-a-gift-of-paradise

See NBW's website here:
https://www.nbwla.com/

And a video about the Aga Khan Garden:
• Video Link

I bring up the above, because another Aga Khan Garden / Park is planned for Burnaby, and from the NBW website, it seems like they have been tagged for what is now being called the Burnaby Nature Park. During a recent visit to the Edmonton garden, it was suggested to me that the Burnaby design is in advanced stages, and early land works may have even begun (though I've not seen evidence of that).

Looking at the NBW portfolio, including the Edmonton garden, it gets me quite excited about this project, which is in the Burnaby Lake area. I should note that a garden is different from a nature park, but my focus is on quality and thoughtfulness.

[VarBreStr18]

Originally Posted by vanman

http://www.imanidevelopment.ca/homes/#featured-projects

This is a good addition to the Brentwood area. Adds interesting variety and location is good too. Should do really well. But a lot of the ground floor retail on Dawson not leased yet?? And all those office space?

[officedweller]

Milano

By City of Rain Aug 26th:

Originally Posted by City Of Rain, post: 1373096, member: 70034

IMG_1804 by Hung Lam, on Flickr

IMG_1806 by Hung Lam, on Flickr

IMG_1808 by Hung Lam, on Flickr

IMG_1810 by Hung Lam, on Flickr

[vanman]

Milano has turned out quite good. It's a nice break from the usual grey/beige/blue towers that dominates the area.

Originally Posted by officedweller

Akimbo seems to be this one
- 40-45 storeys....

Thanks for digging up the info.

[goldenboi]

I've been thinking a lot about the Willingdon Corridor between Metrotown, BCIT, and Brentwood. The fact that two of Metro Van's largest urban centres and a large post-secondary school are connected by a straight arterial road is something that we need to take advantage of. I know that both centres are in a phase of massive transition and growth right now, but once they are more built out, I think it would be great to take a look at intensifying the Willingdon Corridor. Metrotown and Brentwood are probably too far apart to integrate into one big downtown, but at least the space between them could become more urban and dense than it is. This would create a definite urban core for Burnaby, as opposed to four isolated "town centres". It would also make for a very logical place to implement some form of rapid transit, as I've seen on some of the transit fantasy maps in the other thread. Has anyone else heard of any tentative plans for this area? Does anyone have any ideas?

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by goldenboi

I've been thinking a lot about the Willingdon Corridor between Metrotown, BCIT, and Brentwood. The fact that two of Metro Van's largest urban centres and a large post-secondary school are connected by a straight arterial road is something that we need to take advantage of. I know that both centres are in a phase of massive transition and growth right now, but once they are more built out, I think it would be great to take a look at intensifying the Willingdon Corridor. Metrotown and Brentwood are probably too far apart to integrate into one big downtown, but at least the space between them could become more urban and dense than it is. This would create a definite urban core for Burnaby, as opposed to four isolated "town centres". It would also make for a very logical place to implement some form of rapid transit, as I've seen on some of the transit fantasy maps in the other thread. Has anyone else heard of any tentative plans for this area? Does anyone have any ideas?

Read up about Burnaby's 4 planned Town Centres, here:

http://davidpereira.ca/projects/burnabys-town-centres/

They won't diverge from that plan
(which is somewhat refreshing compared to Vancouver's haphazard opportunistic pattern of development).

[VanK]

Originally Posted by goldenboi

I've been thinking a lot about the Willingdon Corridor between Metrotown, BCIT, and Brentwood. The fact that two of Metro Van's largest urban centres and a large post-secondary school are connected by a straight arterial road is something that we need to take advantage of. I know that both centres are in a phase of massive transition and growth right now, but once they are more built out, I think it would be great to take a look at intensifying the Willingdon Corridor. Metrotown and Brentwood are probably too far apart to integrate into one big downtown, but at least the space between them could become more urban and dense than it is. This would create a definite urban core for Burnaby, as opposed to four isolated "town centres". It would also make for a very logical place to implement some form of rapid transit, as I've seen on some of the transit fantasy maps in the other thread. Has anyone else heard of any tentative plans for this area? Does anyone have any ideas?

A simple LRT line from Metrotown to BCIT to Brentwood would so logical and ideal. I am sure it will happen one day but will only take 20 years to plan and another 20 to fund.

[djmk]

Originally Posted by VanK

A simple LRT line from Metrotown to BCIT to Brentwood would so logical and ideal. I am sure it will happen one day but will only take 20 years to plan and another 20 to fund.

Willingdon is quite steep North of Kingsway. Can an LRT be even possible?

[VanK]

Originally Posted by djmk

Willingdon is quite steep North of Kingsway. Can an LRT be even possible?

I will let an Engineer chime in on this one but I remember riding a street car trolley down the hills of San Fran... so maybe its possible

[officedweller]

Those are cable cars.
It's like an upside down gondola with the cable under the street.

[VarBreStr18]

Why do we need LRT. Broadway / UBC has been operating fine with Express 99B for years . Until such time when capacity outgrow the express bus then we can think of alternatives. But it will be many many years from now. There are many other transit priority before this one.

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by VanK

A simple LRT line from Metrotown to BCIT to Brentwood would so logical and ideal. I am sure it will happen one day but will only take 20 years to plan and another 20 to fund.

They're planning on adding a B-Line on Willingdon.

[Sheba]

Following up on the flaming hypocrite from a few pages ago - rental buildings listed in Major Development Projects:


7401 Sussex Avenue (at Rumble, next door to St. Michael’s Centre Extended Care)
32 care facility / 29 Non-Market rental

7172 14th Ave (next to Southgate)
Multi-family residential development with a non-market affordable seniors' rental housing component

Portion of 7201 11th Avenue (Southgate)
6-storey rental residential building

6050 Sussex Avenue (the long talked about tower just north of Metrotown)
Construction of a high-rise residential building and a new church facility for the West Burnaby United Church at 6050 Sussex Avenue, as well as an infill, market rental project comprised of a high-rise tower

6444 Willingdon (at Maywood)
Construction of a single high-rise apartment building with street oriented townhousing, and a low-rise non-market rental building

5777 Willingdon (at Grange)
High-rise apartment building with a low-rise market rental apartment building

8650 University Crescent (Burnaby Mountain)
construction of two low-rise rental residential buildings


A few of those were in the works before Burnaby magically discovered they could insist on rental buildings being built too.

[djmk]

3701 Hastings is also going to be rental. And I think something huge is planned for the 3800 block of Hastings. There is a new sign up.

[officedweller]

Milano
From GBL twitter Sept 28


https://twitter.com/GBLArchitects

[djmk]

I was at a meeting the other night and Derrick Corrigan showed up and told everyone that there is going to be a new community center at confed park to go along with all the other community amenities there.

[rofina]

Originally Posted by VarBreStr18

This is a good addition to the Brentwood area. Adds interesting variety and location is good too. Should do really well. But a lot of the ground floor retail on Dawson not leased yet?? And all those office space?

This looks great! I dig it.

[officedweller]

Slightly better rendering of AKIMBO:


https://twitter.com/jacgarvin

[SpongeG]

is it going where the Cabinets R Us place was/is?

[officedweller]

Just east of Gilmore Place on Dawson.