Downtown Vancouver Updates - Page 851

GenWhy? · #**17001** Posted **Mar 3, 2019, 9:30 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by whatnext

Umm, don't think they're keeping the older rental tower. It's getting demo'ed in favour pricy condos and expensive rental units (which only the city would have the gall to deem "affordable").

These are market rentals. FYI the "afforable" component that I hear regularily tied to the classification and program terminology of the Rental 100 program come from the Province, as far as I remember (80%) when it was written. The City has to include that term in the program when it was penned. The term refers to and in comparasion to a mortgage.

"Expensive" and "affordable" are relative. Old rentals at below market rates are expensive to landowners (property tax), but affordable to renters of a certain income bracket. While "expensive rentals" may be out of reach for a good number of individials and households earning below $60k for a nice new unit, but is more affordable for the landowner.

GenWhy? · #**17002** Posted **Mar 3, 2019, 9:32 PM**

Lastly for 1450 W Georgia... the current rent rates are market rate.

Metro-One · #**17003** Posted **Mar 3, 2019, 10:10 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Otis_Van

Here’s a new (to me, at least) proposal for the southwest corner of Georgia at Nicola. It’s for the surface parking lot adjacent to the older rental building shown in my second picture.

(My pictures, today)

Nice find!

It was posted a while back but without official height.

151.6 m

officedweller · #**17004** Posted **Mar 5, 2019, 9:05 PM**

From Granville twitter:

Granville @ Nelson:
Hopefully more than just a paint job.

https://twitter.com/GranvilleStreet

osirisboy · #**17005** Posted **Mar 5, 2019, 9:15 PM**

I reall hope they retire the crown

csbvan · #**17006** Posted **Mar 5, 2019, 9:40 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by officedweller

From Granville twitter:

Granville @ Nelson:
Hopefully more than just a paint job.

https://twitter.com/GranvilleStreet

I'm guessing that it will be a fairly substantial renovation. They are turning it into a new, boutique hotel:

https://www.straight.com/news/1146951/do...-will-soon-close-granville-entertainment

retro_orange · #**17007** Posted **Mar 5, 2019, 10:07 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by csbvan

I'm guessing that it will be a fairly substantial renovation. They are turning it into a new, boutique hotel:

https://www.straight.com/news/1146951/do...-will-soon-close-granville-entertainment

Hopefully a facade restoration to look as it was originally built. The cornice was quite nice with nice brick detailing near the top.

https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/belmont-hotel-granville-street/

officedweller · #**17008** Posted **Mar 5, 2019, 10:23 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by csbvan

I'm guessing that it will be a fairly substantial renovation. They are turning it into a new, boutique hotel:

The Moda Hotel (formerly Dufferin Hotel) on Seymour was just painted on the outside (but it still had its cornice)

retro_orange · #**17009** Posted **Mar 5, 2019, 10:36 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by officedweller

The Moda Hotel (formerly Dufferin Hotel) on Seymour was just painted on the outside (but it still had its cornice)

I can't remember now, is the brick on the Comfort Inn painted or covered in stucco? If stucco It's possible it could be easily removed, if not they could always paint in the same motif the original brickwork had if it has been painted over. A cornice rebuild is pretty straightforward as long as you have original pictures of how it looked, these buildings had a cornice that was often just sheet metal wrapped around a wood frame which is easy to recreate; which it looked like this one had.

officedweller · #**17010** Posted **Mar 5, 2019, 11:46 PM**

Not sure.

Here area 1981 pics showing the brick:
https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/1000-granville-street-east-side
https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/600-nelson-street-south-side

EDIT: It's painted. Wonder if it is in good enough condition to be exposed.

https://www.amoma.com/hotel-comfort-inn-downtown-vancouver-7177/en

osirisboy · #**17011** Posted **Mar 6, 2019, 3:48 AM**

Why don't we have exterior fire escapes anymore?

jollyburger · #**17012** Posted **Mar 6, 2019, 4:11 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by osirisboy

Why don't we have exterior fire escapes anymore?

People don't want to walk down steel staircases down 50 floors outside.

retro_orange · #**17013** Posted **Mar 6, 2019, 4:47 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by jollyburger

People don't want to walk down steel staircases down 50 floors outside.

Someone correct me if i'm wrong but I believe they were outlawed and mandated internal stairwells be fit in or attached to older buildings for fire egress a few decades ago. I think it was in the 70's or 80's when the law changed for them as that's when many older buildings had new proper staircase structures added usually in the alley or take out a room in a suite on each floor to fit a second staircase to replace these exterior mounted open steel fire escapes.

retro_orange · #**17014** Posted **Mar 6, 2019, 5:10 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by officedweller

Not sure.

Here area 1981 pics showing the brick:
https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/1000-granville-street-east-side
https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/600-nelson-street-south-side

EDIT: It's painted. Wonder if it is in good enough condition to be exposed.

https://www.amoma.com/hotel-comfort-inn-downtown-vancouver-7177/en

I'd imagine the brick was likely just dirty from the nearby industrial area so a genius decided to paint instead of clean, it looks intact without any peeling or bubbling paint. That's a huge job to remove that much paint, it was also painted white prior to those 1980 pictures, so back in the lead paint days. White and off white paints had the highest amount of lead and were ideal for outdoors and applying to brickwork. It's likely safest to encapsulate the old paint below than expose it from cleaning.

osirisboy · #**17015** Posted **Mar 6, 2019, 5:10 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by jollyburger

People don't want to walk down steel staircases down 50 floors outside.

No I meant why have they been removed from all the old buildings

Having to retrofit in an internal stairwell would be one huge expense.

jollyburger · #**17016** Posted **Mar 6, 2019, 5:36 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by osirisboy

No I meant why have they been removed from all the old buildings

Having to retrofit in an internal stairwell would be one huge expense.

Sorry my mistake. I think it's part of Part 11 of the Vancouver Building bylaws when people upgrade a building.

Fire escape history in the US:

https://www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research/P...ember-October-2014/Features/Fire-Escapes

officedweller · #**17017** Posted **Mar 7, 2019, 2:16 AM**

Those 2 small buildings on Seymour between Robson & Smithe are for sale:

http://www.collierscanada.com/26832?utm_...ancouverofficeproperty26832#.XIB90uTsaUl

Metro-One · #**17018** Posted **Mar 7, 2019, 3:42 AM**

Is that Hollywood North?

That sucks, Vancouver’s one true Japanese hostess bar.

By the time I move back to Vancouver I don’t think there will be a single establishment that I liked left.

Is the Warehouse still around?

SpongeG · #**17019** Posted **Mar 7, 2019, 4:54 AM**

the El Furniture warehouse on Granville?

Metro-One · #**17020** Posted **Mar 7, 2019, 5:01 AM**

No, the 5 dollar burger joint