Downtown Vancouver Updates

[SpongeG]

where was that?

edit: there are two one on granville and one on hastings

[uzi]

so guys what is the news on Ole Schereen designed 1500 West Georgia?

[whatnext]

I'm confused by this article in the Daily Hive - is the Martime Museum's move to Coal Harbour pretty much a done deal? Or is this just wishful thinking still dependent on fundraising and city approval?

In a city with views as breathtaking as Vancouver, locals can be forgiven for letting the natural beauty of the city outshine its bonafide heritage as a port city and maritime commercial hub.

But the proposed relocation of the Vancouver Maritime Museum to a high-traffic site in Coal Harbour may change that. Relocating from its current space in Kitsilano’s Vanier Park, to its new location near the shores of Burrard Inlet – where our modern-day port has its roots – will put the city’s rich maritime history top-of-mind with locals and tourists alike, highlighting our city’s status as the home of Canada’s largest port...

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-maritime-museum-new-home-coal-harbour-opinion

[SFUVancouver]

Originally Posted by whatnext

I'm confused by this article in the Daily Hive - is the Martime Museum's move to Coal Harbour pretty much a done deal? Or is this just wishful thinking still dependent on fundraising and city approval?

In a city with views as breathtaking as Vancouver, locals can be forgiven for letting the natural beauty of the city outshine its bonafide heritage as a port city and maritime commercial hub.

But the proposed relocation of the Vancouver Maritime Museum to a high-traffic site in Coal Harbour may change that. Relocating from its current space in Kitsilano’s Vanier Park, to its new location near the shores of Burrard Inlet – where our modern-day port has its roots – will put the city’s rich maritime history top-of-mind with locals and tourists alike, highlighting our city’s status as the home of Canada’s largest port...

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-maritime-museum-new-home-coal-harbour-opinion

I missed this entirely; what promising news! The existing VMM location has proven to be just an impossible obstacle to the museum realizing its full potential. While the structure is gorgeous inside, and purpose-built to house the St. Roch, it's just in the wrong place. Relocating the VMM to Coal Harbour, and in an greatly expanded facility, is a very positive consolation to the failed National Maritime Centre for the Pacific and Arctic in North Vancouver. That would have been my preferred location but with it failing to come to fruition, this is the next-best thing.

Longer term, should the Vancouver streetcar see the light of day, it would be exceptionally well positioned to serve the new museum with a planned stop at on West Georgia at Cardero. Even without it, the 19 Stanley Park has a stop in the same location and the Seawall is right there, too.

[Vin]

Originally Posted by SFUVancouver

I missed this entirely; what promising news! The existing VMM location has proven to be just an impossible obstacle to the museum realizing its full potential. While the structure is gorgeous inside, and purpose-built to house the St. Roch, it's just in the wrong place. Relocating the VMM to Coal Harbour, and in an greatly expanded facility, is a very positive consolation to the failed National Maritime Centre for the Pacific and Arctic in North Vancouver. That would have been my preferred location but with it failing to come to fruition, this is the next-best thing.

Longer term, should the Vancouver streetcar see the light of day, it would be exceptionally well positioned to serve the new museum with a planned stop at on West Georgia at Cardero. Even without it, the 19 Stanley Park has a stop in the same location and the Seawall is right there, too.

Those museums located at Vanier Park would've been the perfect locations if downtown were allowed to grow organically out of the peninsula instead of having all the growth restrictions over the past 40 years or so. I think the people who first placed them there were visionary folks who thought well into the future. Subsequent generations failed them IMO.

With the move of the MM, Vanier Park is going to be deader than dead.

With that said, the move would be a plus for the dead quiet Coal Harbour neighbourhood year round.

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by whatnext

I'm confused by this article in the Daily Hive - is the Martime Museum's move to Coal Harbour pretty much a done deal? Or is this just wishful thinking still dependent on fundraising and city approval?

As it's an 'opinion piece' by the Director of the museum, I would read this as a lobbying attempt. Even if Concord, who bought the Bayshore, have had discussions with City staff about a redevelopment and incorporated relocated Maritime Museum, it would be a rezoning, so ultimately up to Council to decide. With the current makeup and voting behavior of Council, I wouldn't assume that was a done deal - especially as it will no doubt have luxury residential, almost certainly condos, to pay for the museum. Potential loss of hotel space could play into a decision as well, if anyone on Council is worried about that, and if that's what Concord are thinking. Unlike some other developers in the city, I can't think of any hotel properties owned by Concord.

[Tommyrey]

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/cineplex...couver-liquor-license-republic-nightclub

[SpongeG]

Republic is closing cause its building is getting redeveloped. Weird that liquor licenses are so easily transferred

[Vin]

Originally Posted by Tommyrey

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/cineplex...couver-liquor-license-republic-nightclub

They should seriously come up with a better design to complement the heritage facade.

[Vin]

More on the Waterfront transit hub redevelopment ideas: great concept but never got implemented.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-waterfront-station-hub-central-framework-plan

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by Vin

More on the Waterfront transit hub redevelopment ideas: great concept but never got implemented.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-waterfront-station-hub-central-framework-plan

What a waste of space that article is. It repeats a lot old material from a decade ago and slips into the middle that the plans are not currently being revisited. The problem of building over tracks with potentially dangerous cargoes hasn't been solved, and the Port would have to be involved - and there's no sign that they're interested at the moment. It means the city has a long-term land bank for expansion - but it's irrelevant for now.

[SpongeG]

Open house held for Westbank’s Central Steam plant redevelopment
MARCH 11, 2019 BY PETER MEISZNER



...

https://urbanyvr.com/720-beatty-central-steam-open-house

[officedweller]

From Granville twitter:


Granville NE corner sold, anticipate mixed use redevelopment. Great location at Granville and Drake near Vancouver House
https://twitter.com/GranvilleStreet

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by officedweller

From Granville twitter:


Granville NE corner sold, anticipate mixed use redevelopment. Great location at Granville and Drake near Vancouver House
https://twitter.com/GranvilleStreet

Not the oldest building on that stretch of Granville - the Yale and Golden Gate Hotel (both still standing) are a year or so older, but it was built in 1890. In the 1920s it was a car showroom.



Much more history here.

[officedweller]

1450 West Georgia

From City of Rain at SRC:

Originally Posted by City Of Rain, post: 1427235, member: 70034

An eighth new major tower has been proposed for a site located within the one block radius around the intersection of Nicola Street and West Georgia Street in downtown Vancouver.
Local developer Wesgroup Properties has partnered with Yamamoto Architecture to redevelop 1450 West Georgia Street — the southeast corner of the intersection — into a new mixed-use building.
The half-block site is currently occupied by an aging, 1955-built, 25-storey building with 162 rental units. Its latest assessed value by BC Assessment is $92 million.
The proposal calls for a new 49-storey residential tower reaching a height of about 500 ft, extending approximately 61 ft into the bottom of the Queen Elizabeth Park view cone. About 349 new homes will be created, with 162 replacement units of rental housing within the lower floors of the building and 187 units of market ownership units within the upper portion.

The unit mix is 51 studio units, 140 one-bedroom units, 139 two-bedroom units, and 19 three-bedroom units.





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Originally Posted by City Of Rain, post: 1427240, member: 70034

The project is currently in its pre-application phase, and a formal rezoning application is expected sometime this winter for a possible public hearing and City Council decision in fall 2019.

Wesgroup will offer an extensive tenant relocation assistance program to the residents of the existing building and provide a substantial community amenity contribution towards the City’s West End Community Plan’s long-term community amenity program.

If approved, construction could begin in 2021 for a completion in 2024.

This development site’s immediate vicinity is host to a number of other major development projects, such as Ole Scheeren’s Jenga Tower at 1500 West Georgia Street, the New York-style towers by Robert AM Stern at 1444 Alberni Street, and James Cheng’s flat iron tower at 1450 West Georgia Street, which has been postponed.

[ranvancan]

OH NO!!!!! 61 feet into the QEP View Cone. This project will be a 'no go' Or will get chopped to match Jenga and Alberni 'Boot'

[officedweller]

Saw an ad in the paper for Intracorp's "The Thurlow".

Found this rendering:


https://www.mikestewart.ca/presale/thurlow-presale-luxury-westend-vancouver-condos/

[giallo]

Oof. That doesn't look good.

[Vin]

Originally Posted by Changing City

What a waste of space that article is. It repeats a lot old material from a decade ago and slips into the middle that the plans are not currently being revisited. The problem of building over tracks with potentially dangerous cargoes hasn't been solved, and the Port would have to be involved - and there's no sign that they're interested at the moment. It means the city has a long-term land bank for expansion - but it's irrelevant for now.

That's what I was thinking when I went through the article too. But I guess it is also serving its purpose: to remind potential NIMBY's, and/or expose more Vancouver residents to how much the area can achieve if there is less resistance to a massive development such as what was proposed before.

People knowing about this can also judge better on what's coming. For instance, if a future plan is watered down , at least we know and can push for a better proposal.

[Vin]

Originally Posted by giallo

Oof. That doesn't look good.

Yeah I call that regressive architecture. Why blend in with West End when we can achieve better designs?