General Vancouver Updates

[officedweller]

Those look nice.

[Jimbo604]

Digging away at former surface level parking lot at NW corner of 7th Ave East and Main St.


wework entrance


SE corner of 6th Ave East and Main, no visible change on this one.
Edit: updated sign mentioning Public Hearing on Tue May 14th, 2019:
https://rezoning.vancouver.ca/applications/2202main/index.htm


SE corner of 5th Ave East and Main, "Elenore On Fifth" lots of progress


1940 Main St was supported by City of Vancouver Urban Design Panel recently:
https://vancouver.ca/files/cov/UDPMinutes03202019.pdf


Current site status


Down a little bit on the SE corner of 2nd Ave E and Main St


Current site status


Meanwhile across the street at the former Maynards auctions site, what was this one called again...

Photo Credit: me

[truenorth44]

Originally Posted by Jimbo604

1940 Main St was supported by City of Vancouver Urban Design Panel recently:
https://vancouver.ca/files/cov/UDPMinutes03202019.pdf


Current site status

NOOOOOoo!!!! Where am I going to get my bbq tanks filled then?!? Am I going to have to drive out to Abbotsford soon?!?

[LeftCoaster]

Great update thanks!

[Feathered Friend]

Abandoned 2016 Application


2019 Pre-application Notice

The Wait is Almost Over – Moderate Income Rental Housing Finally Comes to West Point Grey

3701–3743 West Broadway
It may not get a lot of attention, but Broadway and Alma is easily one of the most important intersections in our city. As a UBC alumna, I cannot count how many times every year I balanced on the 99 B-Line as it snaked around these corners on my way to and from the West Point Grey Campus. Often I would stop to grab a Slurpee from 7-11, or a treat from Professor and the Pigeon after a hard day...

...So, despite feeling overwhelmed with how much time we spend on civic engagement, we made some enquiries to see what we could discover. After learning about the Moderate Income Rental Housing Pilot Program, and that the developer had switched architectural firms, we made an educated guess that the developer was planning something that should bring a smile to many who rent in Vancouver.

Now, thanks to several people contacting us with copies of their notification cards, we can safely say we were right...

https://cityduo.wordpress.com/2019/05/08...ousing-finally-comes-to-west-point-grey/

[officedweller]

302 West 2nd Avenue

The proposal is for a 4-storey building with manufacturing uses on the ground floor and office space above. Details include:

18,772 SF of manufacturing space;
37,545 SF of office space;
a total density of 3.0 FSR;
a building height of 60 ft.;
three levels of underground parking (74 stalls) having access from the lane.

http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2019/05/08/office-building-proposed-for-west-2nd-avenue/


http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2019/05/08/office-building-proposed-for-west-2nd-avenue/


http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2019/05/08/office-building-proposed-for-west-2nd-avenue/


http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2019/05/08/office-building-proposed-for-west-2nd-avenue/


I liked the previous proposal for this site (partial site) better:


https://www.facebook.com/pg/ArnoMatisArchitecture/photos/?ref=page_internal

[officedweller]

Elenore on Fifth

From RJC twitter May 8th:


Great Topping Off Ceremony today for Elenore on Fifth with @ChardDev in support of @RMHBC
https://twitter.com/RJCvancouver


https://twitter.com/RJCvancouver

[officedweller]

Same "concept" design we've seen before...

Proposed development at Vancouver MEC property to tower above neighbourhood
Rafferty Baker · CBC News · Posted: May 09, 2019 3:00 AM PT | Last Updated: May 9

...
It's in the 100-block of Broadway that Reliance Properties is planning to redevelop the site now occupied by the outdoor equipment retailer, Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC).
...
MEC is building a new store near False Creek, and when it vacates the large one-floor building with a parking lot on the roof, Reliance intends to build two towers, one with rental units and another with office space. The plan is for retail at street level.

MEC's building is about 56,000 square feet, but the towers Reliance is planning to build will be more than 350,000 square feet.

"It's a very large site, so we hope to have a project that has a couple of significant buildings," said Jon Stovell, president of Reliance Properties.

Reliance is months away from beginning the city's rezoning and development application process, but last summer, an artist's renderings of an architectural concept were revealed, showing two, 23-storey white, modern towers, perched on a raised park area above retail space.
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Stovell said the artist's renderings shouldn't have been released, and may not accurately show the design of the development Reliance plans to put forward.
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He said the design that eventually goes to public hearings and in front of city council for final approval will likely be shorter than the 23-storey concept. He said the podium may be about six storeys high, and the two towers may be closer to 15 storeys.
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Stovell said he hopes to have a design to bring to city officials in the fall.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c...evelopment-heritage-neighbours-1.5125615

[SFUVancouver]

^ Standing by for NIMBY backlash in 5. 4. 3.

[Feathered Friend]

https://rezoning.vancouver.ca/applications/2202main/documents/Visualisations.pdf

May 14 & 16, 2019 Public Hearing – Flawed Community Plans Foreshadow a Stormy Summer

May 14 & 16, 2019 Public Hearing
No public hearing is ever really boring, but the truth is this one should be a cakewalk compared to the applications that will be heard in June. Already, a proposal to add 21 rental homes in Shaughnessy has received over 700 pieces of correspondence, most of them negative.

In contrast, the second day of this hearing, May 16th, is comprised entirely of rezoning applications for townhomes along the Cambie Corridor. All six of these proposals were envisioned in the community plan, and their small scale means they are unlikely to generate any attention.

Likewise, the Heritage Designation items scheduled for the May 14th hearing are largely being supported, as they propose modest growth to allow for the retention of several historical properties. The remaining three rezoning applications are in areas with relatively new community plans, and resemble their neighbours. Only the failings of the Marpole Community Plan, and the fears of a few residents on Main Street, may cause some headaches.

Backlash Expectations:

8638-8658 Oak Street – Mild
The low turnout at the open house masks concerns about tenant displacement.

4906 – 4970 Quebec Street – Very Low
There are already plenty of similar buildings on the block.

2202 – 2218 Main Street and 206 East 6th Avenue – Low
The concerns raised focus on private views and the amount of nearby construction.

https://cityduo.wordpress.com/2019/05/13...munity-plans-foreshadow-a-stormy-summer/

[SpongeG]

this looks like its in the finishing stage

2019-05-14_09-56-33 by snub_you, on Flickr

[officedweller]

That would be the Cathay Villa Seniors Home on Vanables?

[osirisboy]

Originally Posted by officedweller

That would be the Cathay Villa Seniors Home on Vanables?

Close. Prior

What was thee before? It had a huge fence and barbed wire all around. It looked like a halfway house lol

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by osirisboy

Close. Prior

What was thee before? It had a huge fence and barbed wire all around. It looked like a halfway house lol

It was all the Villa Cathay. Part of the existing lower building was demolished to add the tower. It was probably to protect the neighbourhood - those Chinese seniors can be pretty fierce.

[Feathered Friend]

A quick heads up for anyone planning to speak on the rental homes at 8636 – 8658 Oak St. For reasons unbeknownst to us, the item has been pulled from tonight's Vancouver public hearing. Our sympathies to those who have had their time wasted due to this last minute change.

https://twitter.com/City_Duo/status/1128463869813432320

[retro_orange]

Originally Posted by Feathered Friend

https://twitter.com/City_Duo/status/1128463869813432320

canceled project maybe?

[mcminsen]

Here's a look at the ongoing excavation at the SW corner of Cambie & Broadway.




May 15 '19, my pics

[Feathered Friend]

Approved September 2015 Proposal - https://rezoning.vancouver.ca/applications/445kingsway/documents/3Dviewsandprojectstats.pdf

Trade in and Trade up – Rental 100 Proposal Shelved in Favour of Moderate Income Rental Homes

445 Kingsway and 2935 St. George Street
When Darren and I received this notice from a concerned citizen, we dismissed the proposal as just another sign of Kingsway’s evolution from a series of car-focused corridors to a growing destination. The property should be familiar to most people, as it is one of the larger car dealerships just south of 12th Avenue. Others, like the housing advocates with Abundant Housing Vancouver, will likely recognize it for a different reason.

Like a couple of other proposals under the Moderate Income Rental Housing Pilot Program, this one had also been previously submitted under a different policy. In this case, the old application was under the Rental 100 Policy, and sought to add 109 rental homes above a new car dealership, similar to the building almost kitty-corner to this one. In the end, that project won the support of the community and of city council in 2016.

https://cityduo.wordpress.com/2019/05/16...-favour-of-moderate-income-rental-homes/

[GenWhy?]

This is so old I forgot about it and thought it was alraedy built.

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by Feathered Friend

https://twitter.com/City_Duo/status/1128463869813432320

Is this the one that has drawn quite a lot of media attention?

The two well-worn low-rise apartments on Oak Street in Vancouver’s Marpole neighbourhood have become a kind of ground zero in this city’s dilemma over how to solve its rental-housing shortage.

A new owner has applied to demolish the existing buildings – with their 43 units renting for as little as $1,000 a month for a one-bedroom – and build 91 new rentals.

But there is no way that the new apartments will rent for anything near what the old ones did.

The owners, APCanada Investment Corporation, are offering compensation to tenants, including as much as four months of the rent they are currently paying for those who have been there for more than a decade, reimbursement of moving expenses for everyone and a right of first refusal on the new units, with 30 per cent off the new rents.

But the demolition likely means that many or all the existing tenants will be pushed out of the area and possibly Vancouver.

On the other hand, the redevelopment will double the number of rentals on the two lots.

That’s the challenging decision Vancouver’s new councillors face as they confront the first major rental project that involves so much demolition. The project is the subject of a public hearing this week...

...There has already been resistance from some councillors in recent months about any affordable units being demolished, even for new rentals. As a result, staff are coming forward with a new report on June 11 on how to provide even more protections for what are being called “vulnerable tenants” who may be displaced, which may lead some to say the project decision should wait until after new options are presented.

If the public hearing goes ahead, councillors will be faced with heartfelt pleas to stop the demolition and, even from the most pragmatic of the tenants, an acknowledgment that the redevelopment will mean leaving Vancouver.

“There’s no way I could afford anything more here,” said Don Krossa, a 13-year resident in one of the buildings who does credit adjudication for a major bank. He will be moving to Chilliwack, thanks to his employer’s willingness to let him work from home...

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/a...lition-become-ground-zero-for-vancouver/