I'm guessing that infrastructure will need to be amped up significantly if there will be large scale development of this area. It also makes me wonder what is in the works for Fraser and 152.
I wonder if the owners of Fleetwood elementary site will change their plans from townhomes to towers
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the area is already like that, now its time to go up.
It's mostly townhomes, the tallest things in the area are churches and civic amenities
The Fleetwood Plan is currently in the early stages of planning / public consultation. It's targeted for completion in Summer 2022. Between now and then, the City will be working with residents to determine appropriate densities and uses along the corridor.
The 57-Storey proposal is unlikely to go anywhere until this plan is adopted, providing direction for what density should go in the area. I doubt the plan will call for such heights.
I think some height will be required to create the sense of a town centre or node.
i.e. no one thinks of the former Carling O'Keefe lands and area as being a town centre, compared to, say, Kerrisdale.
Bah 600 feet is not ridiculous. It's only "ridiculous" because it is in Metro Vancouver where we think 600 feet is insanely tall. Look to other major cities on the planet or even near to us, and Shangri-la, the region's tallest, wouldn't even crack the top 5 and in many cases the top 20 or 30 in other cities.
I think if anything, something this tall, or even if it gets trimmed to 500 feet or a bit shorter, could be a spark even more for Surrey Central. It will really establish that Surrey Central is the new downtown for South of Fraser and I think drive even more development in the core.
If Burnaby is building to the 50s and taller, then it seems to me that Surrey needs to match that height if it wants to emerge from the shadows of the other regional municipalities as the second downtown core in the region.
B.C.’s population rose by more than 70,000 people last year, hitting 5,071,336 as of July 1, 2019 according to B.C. Statistics’ 2019 population estimates. This is an increase of 1.7 per cent over 2018.
Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum said he wasn’t surprised to see that B.C. Stats had pegged growth at 2.9 per cent in his city, which was the largest hike in the number of residents year over year of any single B.C. community, at 16,382 people.
“We thought we were growing at a rate of 1,000 a month but it’s more like 1,400 a month,” he said.
“We see growth as a good thing, as long as we keep up the infrastructure,” he said. “We recognized that we would have this growth and we got out in front of it.”
He said improvements in infrastructure includes the recently announced SkyTrain extension and the Pattullo Bridge repairs and, mentioning his pet project, the creation of “our own city police department.”
He said the city has three new ice rinks, a new community centre in Clayton and more than a dozen new schools. However, controversially, it has put some projects on hold to help fund the switch to a municipal police force.
The city has been building “a lot of affordable housing” and five to six modular buildings are in the works to provide housing for the homeless.
Holland Parkside heading to Council Monday for Rezoning, City Centre Plan Amendment, and 'General DP'. To be phased subject to market conditions, with separate applications for 'Detailed DP's' to be submitted for each phase.
I'm not sure how this will be phased, as all 4 towers share a common parkade, podium, and are linked to a level 3 central courtyard. Also of interest is a public market of sorts proposed for the podium.
Details:
42 + 36 Storey Market Residential Towers above a townhouse base (818 Units)
19-Storey Rental Residential Tower (204 Units)
10-Storey Mid-Rise Office Tower (212,000 sq.ft. including retail)
Ground-level Retail in a double-height podium at the base of the office and rental towers along King George Blvd, including a 2-storey restaurant and large market hall for food vendors
A publicly accessible Central Courtyard on level 3 with an urban agriculture and food-related theme
The first rendering below is a bit incorrect. The road through the Hub will actually be re-configured to intersect 98B Ave south of Parkside.
Nicely scaled project and I like the step down in height toward KGB to enhance the street level. Great density around the King George Skytrain. I also like how Central City Tower 2 was purposely included in the rendering to show its relative height and scale.
Another rendering / angle from tonight's Council meeting. Some visual interest with the offset massing between the upper and lower halves of the towers. Also the prominent glass box crown on each tower is nice. Looks like they will be illuminated from within.
Aside from that, good mix of uses. Nice office cluster forming. And the food 'market hall' is of interest. Not sure if that implies food court or public market type vendors.
^It received 1st & 2nd Readings. Will go to Public Hearing / 3rd Reading in 2 weeks. Final Approval is at 4th Reading (once servicing agreement and other legal items completed - typically takes up to a year).
Keep in mind, this application was just for Rezoning, City Centre Plan amendment, and 'General DP' for form and character. Detailed DP's / detailed design will be submitted for each phase under separate applications, subject to their own Council approvals.
Centra just got its plumbing, fire, zoning, and code reviews completed yesterday. This is probably the least talked about project in surrey and it's good to see some progress and signs that it's still happening
Random question,
Does anyone know where the excavated earth from Surrey developments goes? I'm just curious, because there are quite a few parkades being dug right now
Centra just got its plumbing, fire, zoning, and code reviews completed yesterday. This is probably the least talked about project in surrey and it's good to see some progress and signs that it's still happening
Their sales centre closed not long ago. Not sure how sales went, but I assume it will be moving into construction.
Also, Avani Centre has had building permit activity in the past month, good indication it may not be dead either.
Random question,
Does anyone know where the excavated earth from Surrey developments goes? I'm just curious, because there are quite a few parkades being dug right now
Goes all over the lower mainland and to the valley. Soil has many different classifications that determine what happens to it. So some loads go to the landfill in Delta others got to reclaim gravel pits, some areas qualify for ocean dumping.
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