General Vancouver Updates - Page 401

officedweller · #**8001** Posted **Jul 17, 2019, 4:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by trofirhen

As for 40 soreys at Kingsway and Main? Hmmmmm ... seems a bit out of kilter for that neighbourhood, even though most people want taller buildings in Vancouver. Just IMHO.

Maybe the bulkiness of The Indepenednt will cause area residents to rethink their preference for short and wide versus tall and thin.

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The model for the Birch St. project looks better than the renderings.
I still think the art work should be centred on the Broadway frontage, not the corner.

Feathered Friend · #**8002** Posted **Jul 17, 2019, 11:03 PM**

https://vancouver.ca/files/cov/tmh-2303-...unity-information-session-1-postcard.pdf

jlousa · #**8003** Posted **Jul 18, 2019, 12:43 AM**

Interesting, Westbank used to own those homes and was hoping to buy the one property that the city had used as a temp firehall for years. Guess they gave up and sold to the city...

WarrenC12 · #**8004** Posted **Jul 18, 2019, 1:14 AM**

Oh man, I bet this will see some backlash for the locals.

VancouverOfTheFuture · #**8005** Posted **Jul 18, 2019, 3:58 AM**

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Originally Posted by jlousa

Interesting, Westbank used to own those homes and was hoping to buy the one property that the city had used as a temp firehall for years. Guess they gave up and sold to the city...

well there are 2 houses left on that block that aren't owned by the city. otherwise the whole block is owned by the CoV.

Galaxy · #**8006** Posted **Jul 18, 2019, 7:07 AM**

All the houses in the area around Nanaimo Station totally should be all bought up by the government municipal and or otherwise to consolidate and be redeveloped. An area in the city that is underutilized considering its prime location and all. Buying up the properties would also rid the area of some of the opposition.

SpongeG · #**8007** Posted **Jul 19, 2019, 7:37 PM**

Nearly 600 rental and co-op units slated for SW Marine Drive and Cambie
July 19, 2019 By Peter Meiszner

Developer Intracorp Homes is behind an innovative redevelopment of the Ashley Mar Housing Co-op, steps from the Marine Drive Canada Line station.

The plan calls for the demolition of the co-op’s existing 54-unit townhome complex, and the construction of three new buildings (14, 24 and 27 storeys) with a total of 582 units.

New co-op building = 118,451 sq ft.
Ash Street rental building = 186,542 sq ft.
Cambie Street rental building = 186,810 sq ft.

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https://urbanyvr.com/ashley-mar-housing-co-op-redevelopment

render too large to post: https://urbanyvr.com/wp-content/uploads/...ousing-Co-Op-redevelopment-2000x1294.jpg

WarrenC12 · #**8008** Posted **Jul 19, 2019, 7:45 PM**

Nice thanks for posting.

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125 of the units will be non-market, and 457 will be rental apartments.

So I'm reading that as 125 co-op units, a 250% increase, and 457 market rentals?

Swanson will vote no, calling it now.

misher · #**8009** Posted **Jul 19, 2019, 7:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by WarrenC12

Nice thanks for posting.

So I'm reading that as 125 co-op units, a 250% increase, and 457 market rentals?

Swanson will vote no, calling it now.

I'd say there's actually a chance she will say yes just because everything supports her saying yes. Unless she is completely batshit crazy she has to say yes.

SpongeG · #**8010** Posted **Jul 19, 2019, 7:58 PM**

the article says construction is slated for early 2021, completetion 2023/2024. Current coop residents will live elsewhere paying what they pay now and the difference in rent will be paid by intracorp and when copmpleted they will move back into the new coop.

WarrenC12 · #**8011** Posted **Jul 19, 2019, 8:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by misher

I'd say there's actually a chance she will say yes just because everything supports her saying yes. Unless she is completely batshit crazy she has to say yes.

No way, she is batshit crazy. She might accept it if the ratio was the other way around, like 400 co-op units and 100 market rentals.

Migrant_Coconut · #**8012** Posted **Jul 19, 2019, 9:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by WarrenC12

No way, she is batshit crazy. She might accept it if the ratio was the other way around, like 400 co-op units and 100 market rentals.

In that case, Intracorp might as well do it for free!

... Actually, that's probably what Swanson wants. Nevermind.

WarrenC12 · #**8013** Posted **Jul 19, 2019, 9:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

In that case, Intracorp might as well do it for free!

... Actually, that's probably what Swanson wants. Nevermind.

That's exactly what she wants, no joke.

VancouverOfTheFuture · #**8014** Posted **Jul 20, 2019, 12:21 AM**

it would be crazy to vote no. that's a big increase that close to transit. i hope she wouldn't vote no. that'd be too crazy.

Migrant_Coconut · #**8015** Posted **Jul 20, 2019, 1:47 AM**

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Originally Posted by VancouverOfTheFuture

it would be crazy to vote no. that's a big increase that close to transit. i hope she wouldn't vote no. that'd be too crazy.

Spoiler alert: she's crazy. So are the people who continue to cheer her on exactly because she votes No for everything (unless they're trolling, in which case, well played).

s211 · #**8016** Posted **Jul 20, 2019, 4:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by WarrenC12

Nice thanks for posting.

So I'm reading that as 125 co-op units, a 250% increase, and 457 market rentals?

Swanson will vote no, calling it now.

I know nothing about Swanson but struggle to understand how someone so outside the realm of reasonable appears to be getting so much microphone time. A little refresher course in Cause and Effect 101 (aka Economics 101) required?

csbvan · #**8017** Posted **Jul 23, 2019, 4:17 PM**

I was perusing Google Maps out of curiosity and noticed that 33 W Cordova street, the Stanley and New Fountain hotel redevelopments, as well as the Blood Alley rehabilitation, have begun construction (views from May, 2019):

https://www.google.com/maps/place/33+W+C...802cf857!8m2!3d49.2827445!4d-123.1051967

https://www.google.com/maps/place/33+W+C...802cf857!8m2!3d49.2827445!4d-123.1051967

Vin · #**8018** Posted **Jul 23, 2019, 6:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by Galaxy

All the houses in the area around Nanaimo Station totally should be all bought up by the government municipal and or otherwise to consolidate and be redeveloped. An area in the city that is underutilized considering its prime location and all. Buying up the properties would also rid the area of some of the opposition.

Totally agree with you. The City is quite bankrupt about good ideas in this regard. Potential is there but no one is doing much.

Vin · #**8019** Posted **Jul 23, 2019, 7:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by WarrenC12

No way, she is batshit crazy. She might accept it if the ratio was the other way around, like 400 co-op units and 100 market rentals.

The fact that she's even voted in shows what this City is turning into: too many jaded and entitled folks here who want freebies at the expense of others.

SpongeG · #**8020** Posted **Jul 25, 2019, 7:18 AM**

219 homes proposed for Kingsway in Vancouver's Norquay Village
Kenneth Chan|Jul 24 2019

A pair of 116-ft-tall, 10-storey buildings wedged by four- and five-storey podiums has been proposed for Vancouver’s Norquay Village.

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A total of 219 strata-titled residential units are proposed, with a unit mix of one studio, 118 one-bedroom units, 78 two-bedroom units, and 22 three-bedroom units. Residents will have access to both indoor amenity spaces and outdoor amenity spaces located on the rooftops, including communal gardens, and BBQ and sitting areas.

On the ground level, there is 18,137 sq. ft. of retail and restaurant space spread over seven commercial units.

Artistic rendering of 2725-2751 Kingsway, Vancouver. (GBL Architects)

The complex could stand out during the nighttime with an optional exterior lighting feature that “transforms and visually marks this special site in the Norquay Village Neighbourhood Plan.”

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/2725-2751-kingsway-vancouver