Kelowna Construction - Page 150

csbvan · #**2981** Posted **Nov 29, 2020, 6:19 AM**

88 room hotel proposed for Clement and St. Paul:

https://www.kelownanow.com/watercool...ntown_Kelowna/

giallo · #**2982** Posted **Nov 29, 2020, 12:48 PM**

UBCO has released their vision for the next 20 years. They expect the university to double in size.

UBC Okanagan campus in Kelowna to double in size over 20 years
Kenneth Chan

The University of British Columbia (UBC) has created a new long-term vision that will double the size of its Okanagan campus (UBCO) in Kelowna.

Currently, the campus near the city’s airport entails about one million sq. ft. of total floor area, and there are plans to add an additional one million sq. ft. by 2040, bringing the total size of the academic campus to approximately two million sq. ft.

A medium-term target by 2027 calls for 420,000 sq. ft. of additional academic space and 1,000 more student beds.

More here:
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/ubc-...expansion-2040

Phrescata · #**2983** Posted **Nov 30, 2020, 8:14 PM**

Word on the street is that Mission Group just bought the property at 1319-1329 Bertram street and will be announcing “another best in class building to help support downtown Kelowna’s housing demands” in the next few months. Will be interesting to see what they build here as it’s super close to the future downtown UBCO campus!

kev_427 · #**2984** Posted **Dec 1, 2020, 6:14 AM**

https://www.kelownanow.com/watercool...official_date/

The public hearing for the new Costco is on December 8. While I support them moving I am not a fan of the proposed location. This location has potential to become a nice mixed use community with amenities close by and good transit connectivity and it would be a waste of valuable land to turn it into a vast parking lot and warehouse. The gas station site in particular is next to condo towers whose residents must be less than pleased. It would be a perfect spot for townhomes or a lowrise condos.

This area is also the worst bottleneck in the city. It has been suggested that this wouldn't add more traffic because the new location is less than a kilometre away from the current location. But this is the perfect opportunity to draw traffic away from this area and move Costco elsewhere. Baron Road is way over capacity due to Costco and Superstore. It is meant to be a bus route and this would allow buses to travel more freely, which is currently not the case.

If you look at cities in Kelowna's population category, (Kamloops, Prince George, Abbotsford, Victoria, Nanaimo, Red Deer, Saskatoon, Regina) their Costco's are all on the edge of town and draw traffic away from the city. There are a number of locations that have as much or more space than the proposed location, in the Airport/University/Reid's Corner area, as well a few locations across the bridge near the Westside Road interchange.

On another semi related note, Hudson's Bay is probably not long for this world, and Orchard Park will have to deal with yet another anchor dropping out. I think it's time to consider redeveloping the mall in the way that several Vancouver malls are doing (Brentwood, Oakridge, Lougheed, Richmond). While the indoor malls seem to still be popular, the large format mall anchor is going out of style and property management companies need to prepare for that scenario.

DKaz · #**2985** Posted **Dec 1, 2020, 8:55 PM**

I'm not the biggest supporter of the location, but then there were people in Kelowna threatening to cancel their memberships if it moved to the Westside, and they couldn't find anything suitable north. Everything's ALR. There is the Jim Bailey industrial area by Lake Country.

Which raises another point, there is high demand for industrial space in the Kelowna area and, from what I hear from people who build these bayed light industrial buildings, there's no where to build them.

Nray · #**2986** Posted **Dec 3, 2020, 10:28 PM**

Well this didn't take long! Property directly across the street from the new Westcorp hotel (if it ever happens).

BC Tree Fruits building sold!

The sold sign has been hung on the BC Tree Fruits building on Water Street in downtown Kelowna.

The building, which only went on the market Oct. 1, was sold this week by HM Commercial Group for more than 44 per cent over the listed asking price.

The undisclosed buyer from the Lower Mainland purchased the 0.275 acre property for $7.514 million. The asking price was $5.2 million.

HM Commercial Group realtor Jeff Hudson says six formal offers were made for the property, three of which were over asking price.

The building has been vacant after BC Tree Fruits relocated its corporate office to facilities it owns.

The new owner is expected to look for a new tenant for the 13,600 square foot building while it decides how to proceed with redevelopment plans.

At the present time, there are no immediate plans for the property.

The city's Official Community Plan supports up to 19 storeys on the site.

Silver · #**2987** Posted **Dec 6, 2020, 4:04 PM**

Hello, new here on this forum and look forward to contributing to the Kelowna section as I live here. Hope my loading of photos works!!
Took this photo up on Black Mountain this last last Friday. It was cold and clear. I find it hard to get a good perspective of the city from certain angles as the city flows and twists it’s way through the valley you can never really get a shot that captures the entire city.

Picture of new Landmark building

Picture of One Water

Homerbush · #**2988** Posted **Dec 6, 2020, 9:35 PM**

Welcome Silver! Although, sorry to say, your photos don’t show up. At least not for me!

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Originally Posted by Silver

Hello, new here on this forum and look forward to contributing to the Kelowna section as I live here. Hope my loading of photos works!!
Took this photo up on Black Mountain this last last Friday. It was cold and clear. I find it hard to get a good perspective of the city from certain angles as the city flows and twists it’s way through the valley you can never really get a shot that captures the entire city.

Picture of new Landmark building

Picture of One Water

Apey · #**2989** Posted **Dec 9, 2020, 6:04 AM**

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Originally Posted by kev_427

https://www.kelownanow.com/watercool...official_date/

The public hearing for the new Costco is on December 8. While I support them moving I am not a fan of the proposed location. This location has potential to become a nice mixed use community with amenities close by and good transit connectivity and it would be a waste of valuable land to turn it into a vast parking lot and warehouse. The gas station site in particular is next to condo towers whose residents must be less than pleased. It would be a perfect spot for townhomes or a lowrise condos.

This area is also the worst bottleneck in the city. It has been suggested that this wouldn't add more traffic because the new location is less than a kilometre away from the current location. But this is the perfect opportunity to draw traffic away from this area and move Costco elsewhere. Baron Road is way over capacity due to Costco and Superstore. It is meant to be a bus route and this would allow buses to travel more freely, which is currently not the case.

If you look at cities in Kelowna's population category, (Kamloops, Prince George, Abbotsford, Victoria, Nanaimo, Red Deer, Saskatoon, Regina) their Costco's are all on the edge of town and draw traffic away from the city. There are a number of locations that have as much or more space than the proposed location, in the Airport/University/Reid's Corner area, as well a few locations across the bridge near the Westside Road interchange.

On another semi related note, Hudson's Bay is probably not long for this world, and Orchard Park will have to deal with yet another anchor dropping out. I think it's time to consider redeveloping the mall in the way that several Vancouver malls are doing (Brentwood, Oakridge, Lougheed, Richmond). While the indoor malls seem to still be popular, the large format mall anchor is going out of style and property management companies need to prepare for that scenario.

Awesome article Kev_427! Gives a great perspective on the situation!

KelownaResident · #**2990** Posted **Dec 13, 2020, 9:12 AM**

Any update on the Leon Ave towers? I'm also assuming Westcorp is dead as they're focusing on other projects.

Phrescata · #**2991** Posted **Dec 13, 2020, 3:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by KelownaResident

Any update on the Leon Ave towers? I'm also assuming Westcorp is dead as they're focusing on other projects.

The hearing got delayed until the new year due to the new Covid restrictions.

rdave · #**2992** Posted **Dec 15, 2020, 5:41 AM**

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Originally Posted by KelownaResident

Any update on the Leon Ave towers? I'm also assuming Westcorp is dead as they're focusing on other projects.

http://www.kelownacapnews.com/news/m...owna-council/#

Homerbush · #**2993** Posted **Dec 19, 2020, 11:16 PM**

Pics from today of Landmark7. Really starting to climb skyward now. Looks like they are at level 12. By the way, Happy Holidays everybody!

giallo · #**2994** Posted **Dec 20, 2020, 1:20 AM**

I was wondering how this was looking. Thanks for the update, Homerbush.

The Great Scaper · #**2995** Posted **Dec 20, 2020, 5:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by rdave

http://www.kelownacapnews.com/news/m...owna-council/#

What a fantastic development. I hope it gets approved. Must be exciting to live in Kelowna and see all this amazing growth.

jimmyboy95 · #**2996** Posted **Dec 22, 2020, 1:13 AM**

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Originally Posted by The Great Scaper

What a fantastic development. I hope it gets approved. Must be exciting to live in Kelowna and see all this amazing growth.

I live in Kelowna and its been pretty incredible these past few years. The biggest highlights for me would be the redevelopment of the Clement Avenue corridor and the Central Green/Rowcliffe Park projects. The completion of the 1151 Sunset Drive tower (abandoned from 2007), completion of Sopa Square, development of the infamous dirt mound into One Water Street, buildout of Conservatory site in Glenmore, and buildout of long time vacant lots at Richter/Lakeshore, Spall/Enterprise, Gordon/Guisachan, and Harvey/Ethel; have all been awesome improvements as well. Now I feel its time for the development to slow down a little. Its awesome we got all those key projects, stalled construction sites, and high profile vacant lots built up, now we should relax. I hope to see some key infrastructure projects come up soon, such as the extension of Clement to Highway 33.

giallo · #**2997** Posted **Dec 23, 2020, 2:38 AM**

^ Yeah. Infrastructure has always been an issue in Kelowna, and I think it's really going to come to a head in the next 15-20 years. I don't envy city council.

DKaz · #**2998** Posted **Dec 23, 2020, 4:29 PM**

At least some sort of two lane starter road. We don't want to sink anymore money than that but the province won't even start to contemplate funding this project until next decade.

The Harvey Ave HOV lane is an unenforced disaster too. They should just turn it into a bus only lane 7 to 7, then there's no question on who is and isn't allowed to be in that lane and people don't feel they need to get into that lane 10 blocks early to make a right turn because otherwise no one lets them into the lane.

rdave · #**2999** Posted **Dec 27, 2020, 11:37 PM**

A little update from the downtown area.

Brooklyn has surpassed Ella in height

Viewing One Water from St. Paul. Another mid-rise called "The Cawston" is popping up in that area.

Brooklyn looks to be standing at 22-storeys now. So about 3 more floors to go.

A new mid-rise development between harvey and leon ave.

Metro-One · #**3000** Posted **Dec 28, 2020, 6:53 AM**

Awesome update, thanks