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[dleung]

It takes effort to make a building this ugly. Would love to meet the design team and learn the sequence of bad decisions that led to this.

[vanman]

Definitely a top contender for the ugly Canada thread.

[rickvug]

Originally Posted by vanman

Definitely a top contender for the ugly Canada thread.

I hope they at least plant a number of trees around the RCH expansion to hide some of the ugly. With this, I also hope that a multi-use path is put in with the newly planted trees acting as a small buffer to all the fast traffic on Brunette. Longer term could see Brunette being a strong cycle network connection to the Central Valley Greenway, leading to the future Sapperton Green development, which will have office and commercial space of its own.

[SpongeG]

another proposal for Coquitlam Lougheed, this one is on Edgar, I drove past it this morning, the houses looked to be empty. If anyo e knows the area, its up behind a gas station, a bit east of the Ramada on lougheed. It will neighbour a townhouse development.

Coquitlam residents will have an opportunity to voice their opinions on a 96-unit apartment building proposed for Edgar Avenue during a public hearing Jan. 27.

If council approves the project, it would consist of two five-storey buildings on land currently occupied by six houses. According to a city staff report, the development is located in the Evergreen Extension shoulder area, approximately 1,200 m from the Lougheed Town Centre Station.

https://www.tricitynews.com/news/now-hear-this-speak-up-on-coquitlam-development-1.24055480

[misher]

I thought this was funny (of course awful for the residents, goodjob to whomever was smart enough to shutoff the power).

PORT COQUITLAM -- Some condo residents in Port Coquitlam have been living with no power and no heat for the past couple of days since a torrential rain storm resulted in the building's underground parkade filling up with water.

At the height of the storm, the water almost reached the top of the entrance gate.

"We had to shut the power down because our electrical room being down there, it became a very frightening situation," said resident Arron Fillery. "We can only live by candle for so long. We need to shower, we need to eat."

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/residents-of-flood...t-was-built-in-the-first-place-1.4794613

[SpongeG]

the site of the future YWCA and two towers, 50 + 30 storeys, in Burquitlam park, has been getting worked on a couple of months now, there are no trees left


dailyhive.com

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[vanman]

Thanks for the update!

[officedweller]

Large Scale Redevelopment Proposed for Port Moody Site
http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2020/02/27/large-scale-redevelopment-proposed-for-port-moody-site/

Miserable looking plan...


http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2020/02/27/large-scale-redevelopment-proposed-for-port-moody-site/


http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2020/02/27/large-scale-redevelopment-proposed-for-port-moody-site/


http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2020/02/27/large-scale-redevelopment-proposed-for-port-moody-site/

[GMD]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Large Scale Redevelopment Proposed for Port Moody Site

Miserable looking plan...
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Yeah, the original project was the type of development that made the word 'project' into a pejorative term when it comes to development. This location is too suburban to have turned into a typical inner city project slum, thankfully, but it still sad that the developers seem to be trying to preserve the 'shady neighbourhood in the park' model that you thankfully rarely see any more in new builds.

So much better (and more likely to get past Port Moody council) if they just built to the 6 stories permitted but at a higher ground coverage, aligning the buildings to face the street. But hey, why build along the lines of Paris, when you can replicate the disastrous housing projects of the 70's instead...

[SpongeG]

they took it to the public before designing didn't they? the locals were not happy with any redevelopment.

[TheTerminalCity]

Lois Jackson, former mayor of Delta and current councillor, with the deciding vote against a 40-unit townhouse development:
"You're going to have to save, and scrimp, and you're going to have to do without a lot of things, including your lattes and all those other kinds of things."

Per CBC's Justin McElroy: https://twitter.com/j_mcelroy/status/1234645783644786688

[officedweller]

Royal Columbian Hospital Expansion

By City of Rain Feb 18th:

Originally Posted by City Of Rain, post: 1536943, member: 70034

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[SpongeG]

Massive redevelopment proposed to replace Amazon warehouse in New Westminster
Kenneth Chan | Mar 4 2020


February 2020 artistic rendering of Sapperton Green at 97 Braid Street, New Westminster. (Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership / QuadReal Properties)


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https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/sapperton-green-97-braid-street-new-westminster

[CanSpice]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

Massive redevelopment proposed to replace Amazon warehouse in New Westminster

This development already has its own thread!

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by TheTerminalCity

Lois Jackson, former mayor of Delta and current councillor, with the deciding vote against a 40-unit townhouse development:
"You're going to have to save, and scrimp, and you're going to have to do without a lot of things, including your lattes and all those other kinds of things."

Per CBC's Justin McElroy: https://twitter.com/j_mcelroy/status/1234645783644786688

How linking lattes to home ownership highlights a divisive debate over density in suburbia

Delta Coun. Lois Jackson is hoping to move on after her comments on how people need to "save and scrimp" and "do without a lot of things, including your lattes," in order to own property went viral.

Jackson — who has served as a mayor and councillor in Delta for decades — drew widespread anger for her comments during a public hearing last week, when council rejected a 40-unit townhouse development to replace seven single-family homes.

"If we were talking government policy [like] George Massey replacement, being prepared for the coronavirus, condition of roads and highways, yep I'm there!" she wrote in a text message to CBC.

"But the comment that I made about young people saving to get a house? I really don't need the continued negative hateful mail I am receiving."

The reaction to Jackson's comments has underscored tensions over housing density in suburban cities, and wider issues of affordability for younger people.

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Jackson's comments became the top item on Vancouver's Reddit page and were shared across North America, with most criticizing the councillor.

UBC political scientist Carey Doberstein said while Jackson isn't the first to suggest people start saving and skipping lattes, such advice isn't really applicable to most people in Metro Vancouver.

"The gulf between average incomes of [younger] generations and their stable incomes and professional opportunities, and that of the housing market price? The gulf is just too high," he said.

Doberstein said the debate over density in Delta — a community of just over 100,000 people, where the benchmark price for a property in the Ladner neighbourhood went up by 40 per cent in the past five years — is not unexpected.

"We find this quite consistently across the country, particularly in smaller to medium-sized cities, where they're shifting from lower-density environments to slightly more dense," he said.

"This is precisely the kind of debate that all cities go through, and their political representatives struggle with neighbourhood change."

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[Colin4567]

Originally Posted by Sheba

How linking lattes to home ownership highlights a divisive debate over density in suburbia

She made an idiotic comment and has come back essentially saying "I'm right and nothing will change my mind, stop saying I'm wrong." It's quite obvious she's learned nothing and should be tossed in the 2022 election (if not resign).

[scryer]

Originally Posted by Colin4567

She made an idiotic comment and has come back essentially saying "I'm right and nothing will change my mind, stop saying I'm wrong." It's quite obvious she's learned nothing and should be tossed in the 2022 election (if not resign).

Agreed. She represents those that line her pockets, not the people or issues her position stipulates for her to represent and address.

Let's see the savings from a grande latte at starbucks:

~$4.65 (bite me: I am too lazy to research it at this time..) x 365 = $1697.25 saved per year.
- Most people in the city make under $60k per year
- A new 1 Bdrm Condo STARTS at ~$750k in Vancouver.

#okboomer

[SFUVancouver]

Originally Posted by scryer

Agreed. She represents those that line her pockets, not the people or issues her position stipulates for her to represent and address.

Let's see the savings from a grande latte at starbucks:

~$4.65 (bite me: I am too lazy to research it at this time..) x 365 = $1697.25 saved per year.
- Most people in the city make under $60k per year
- A new 1 Bdrm Condo STARTS at ~$750k in Vancouver.

#okboomer

Out of curiosity, let's play along with her line of thinking.

Assuming one starts with zero savings for a down payment, and they save the equivalent of a $4.65 latte a day (call it $141 a month), and they are prepared to chase a high return by investing in a low- to mid-cap REIT like Melcor REIT (~8% dividend), it would only take 22 years to save up the 5% down payment on a $750,000 condo. That is, of course, assuming the cost of said condo is static for the next two-plus decades. Lois Jackson is a financial genius!

[chowhou]

Someone just finished reading The Latte Factor

This is avocado toast all over again.

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by scryer

Agreed. She represents those that line her pockets, not the people or issues her position stipulates for her to represent and address.

Let's see the savings from a grande latte at starbucks:

~$4.65 (bite me: I am too lazy to research it at this time..) x 365 = $1697.25 saved per year.
- Most people in the city make under $60k per year
- A new 1 Bdrm Condo STARTS at ~$750k in Vancouver.

#okboomer

She remembers how things were when she was younger - not the reality of how things are now. Soon she'll start yelling at those young punks to get off her lawn.

To be fair I did a MLS search and you can find 2 Bdrm condos for $600k in Ladner ($750k can get you a house in Tsawwassen). That's the area she's talking about - not Vancouver. It'll still take forever to save up by giving up lattes...