[Burnaby] The Amazing Brentwood | 15 Towers | 186m | 56 flrs | U/C & Proposed

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Like how Marine Gateway also has pay parking, even though it's a small shopping complex.

$1.00 per hour seems low, if that includes the TransLink parking tax of 24% and GST:

https://www.translink.ca/About-Us/Taxes/Parking-Tax/About-the-Parking-Tax.aspx

Westpark website says it's $2 hour including the tax

https://www.westpark.com/en/car-park/lot-178-the-amazing-brentwood

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

Westpark website says it's $2 hour including the tax

https://www.westpark.com/en/car-park/lot-178-the-amazing-brentwood

Thanks.
Very "downtown" in terms of rate structure.
They do give a deal on weekends.
The movie crowds will pay $6.00
(but don't see a movie that spans midnight)

DRIVE IN RATE
Hourly $2.00
Daily till 6pm $10.00
Evening (midnight) $6.00
Overnight till 6am $8.00
Overnight till 8am $10.00
Sat/Sun Daily till 6pm $6.00

[Tangeray]

The cool thing here is that with the free parking in the back itll force people to walk through the old mall to get to their vehicles, which could help keep traffic in that section of the mall once phase 1 opens

[Meraki]

The old mall is depressingly empty already, other than the food court and London Drugs and Starbucks basically.

[dreambrother808]

Originally Posted by Meraki

The old mall is depressingly empty already, other than the food court and London Drugs and Starbucks basically.

I’m surprised at how many people I still see when I’m there though. The food court is relatively busy, so is London Drugs.

[Meraki]

Lots of workers go there for lunch, and London Drugs is kind of an anchor tenant? It's such a weird dichotomy between that pocket upstairs and the rows and rows of empty storefronts elsewhere.

[MetroYVR]

Is there supposed to be a direct access to the mall from the 2nd floor in tower one? i see a skybridge connecting the tower with the mall

[SpongeG]

that connects the old mall and the new mall. Does the new mall connect to the tower?

[VarBreStr18]

Originally Posted by Meraki

The old mall is depressingly empty already, other than the food court and London Drugs and Starbucks basically.

And yet they dare charge parking which would only discourage curious people from shopping there. I feel sorry for Sporting Life. A brand new make over mall should have promotions to invite people instead. Brentwood is not Pacific Center, at least not yet. I suggest free parking for first 2 years until all their retails move in. I hardly think Shape is counting on the parking fares to make ends meet.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by VarBreStr18

And yet they dare charge parking which would only discourage curious people from shopping there. I feel sorry for Sporting Life. A brand new make over mall should have promotions to invite people instead. Brentwood is not Pacific Center, at least not yet. I suggest free parking for first 2 years until all their retails move in. I hardly think Shape is counting on the parking fares to make ends meet.

And then everyone would complain about making something free into paid parking. You can't win.

[VarBreStr18]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

And then everyone would complain about making something free into paid parking. You can't win.

But then by that time Brentwood would be a well established town center. It’s an attraction in itself , people would want to visit despite the parking fee.

[Meraki]

I'm on the fence about the paid parking, but given that you can just park in the other Brentwood lots for free and walk over I'm leaning it should be free until there's more than Sporting Life and Vancity as tenants. Coming fron a non-driver.

[MetroYVR]

Someday Shape will hopefully open the direct access from the 2nd floor

[Tangeray]

Parking should definitely be free right now. Until at least 50% of the mall is open there's no reason whatsoever for them to be charging for parking. It's definitely a bit unfair to Sporting Life right now

[Joshmaxlo]

Some signage going up the past 2 days.. Rec Room, VIP Cinema, H&M Home, Steve Nash Fitness, Adidas, Nike, We Work.

[officedweller]

Nice shots, thanks!
They must be easily swapped out vinyl sheets as they all say "coming soon" (except Sporting Life).
They also used the Brentwood logo as filler on a couple of them - which may not be a good sign.

[Meraki]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Nice shots, thanks!
They must be easily swapped out vinyl sheets as they all say "coming soon" (except Sporting Life).
They also used the Brentwood logo as filler on a couple of them - which may not be a good sign.

Beat me to it!

The 'Coming Soon' on Cineplex/Rec Room looks like a vinyl sticker that can be peeled off.

For the smaller stores' signs probably a replacement.

[officedweller]

Ah, I didn't think about a peel off one.
That makes sense and explains the difference in size of the "Coming Soon" lettering.

[officedweller]

Amazing Brentwood?

Holt Renfrew:
...
A planned second Vancouver-area store was recently said to have been cancelled several months ago.

https://www.retail-insider.com/retail-in...o-close-in-canada-in-early-2020-analysis

I guess so.

Here are new floorplans now posted to the Amazing Brentwood Leasing Site
without the north end department store and with a residential tower now located there.

http://shapeproperties.com/leasing/#/brentwood//plans


http://shapeproperties.com/leasing/#/brentwood//plans

Note subdivided SEARS space (smaller anchor tenant and office space) and north end subdivided space and tower floorplate.
3 floors of the Tower 3 podium are coded dark blue for wework offices. Some retail at grade facing Lougheed Highway.
Reconfigured retail units on the lower level of the old mall look large.
The Community Centre has disappeared.
Brentwood Boulevard just extends farther north instead of diving underground.

http://shapeproperties.com/leasing/#/brentwood//plans

Strange reconfiguration of the upper level of the existing mall - the centre court is gone.
The whole south side of the upper level is coded pink for food and beverage tenant (could be a market concept)
Looks like the tent roof will be removed!

http://shapeproperties.com/leasing/#/brentwood//plans

Dark blue is office space - the 6 elevator core for the north end office seems excessive - maybe a future office tower site (?)
Note the absence of the tent roof. The tower at the north end is colour coded for residential.

http://shapeproperties.com/leasing/#/brentwood//plans

[Meraki]

To be frank the existing Brentwood Mall is depressingly empty except the food court, I fully support getting rid of it for this new development.