Richmond Updates - Page 14

jollyburger · #**261** Posted **Aug 10, 2020, 11:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Thanks.
Not much alloance for sidewalks yet (not until redevelopment I guess).

Yes, I've walked around the area before and it's not pleasant.

VancouverOfTheFuture · #**262** Posted **Aug 11, 2020, 1:56 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Thanks.
Not much alloance for sidewalks yet (not until redevelopment I guess).

yeah the interim standard has a ped/bike lane it would seem. the adjacent development would pay for the ultimate standard.

source

officedweller · #**263** Posted **Aug 11, 2020, 2:15 AM**

Thanks.
Surprised that it is even marked as gravel on the plans.
When they extended Lansdowne to the Oval distroct, there were very narrow sidewalks.

vanman · #**264** Posted **Sep 6, 2020, 8:22 PM**

Viewstar looks to be nearing completion.

vanman · #**265** Posted **Oct 9, 2020, 1:17 AM**

From today.

zahav · #**266** Posted **Oct 9, 2020, 4:47 AM**

If you cropped out the river part and just focused on the building mass, Richmond has a super urban build-up now. If the photo contrast was played with to get the building more into focus, it would really pop

officedweller · #**267** Posted **Oct 20, 2020, 1:14 AM**

Paramount
(and bus exchange)

From Daily Hive:

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/richmond-brighouse-bus-exchange-opening

Zepfancouver · #**268** Posted **Oct 20, 2020, 5:13 AM**

They're doing a full renovation inside and out. Look to me to be almost all done.

• Video Link

officedweller · #**269** Posted **Jan 7, 2021, 9:08 AM**

Jan 5th post at Townline twitter:

Exciting things to come to Richmond in 2021.
https://twitter.com/Townline_Homes

Relating to this project:

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Originally Posted by officedweller

...coincidentally (and back on topic re: actual developments...)

PS - remember that most of downtown South in Vancouver was light industrial warehouse type building until the 1990s.
- also note that as time goes on, the public is generally receptive to denser development, so playing a waiting game may not be so bad.

Here's more on the Townline proposal across from Lansdowne Mall on No. 3 Rd. @ Lansdowne.

http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2018/07/05/mixed-use-project-proposed-for-no-3-road-lansdowne/

http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2018/07/05/mixed-use-project-proposed-for-no-3-road-lansdowne/

http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2018/07/05/mixed-use-project-proposed-for-no-3-road-lansdowne/

libtard · #**270** Posted **Jan 7, 2021, 11:14 PM**

^^^

Will never happen. Atmosphere right next door has been an empty lot for 10 years now

VancouverOfTheFuture · #**271** Posted **Jan 8, 2021, 1:56 AM**

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Originally Posted by libtard

Atmosphere right next door has been an empty lot for 10 years now

no it has not.

if you check google street view you will see they were demolishing the existing in 2016.

teriyaki · #**272** Posted **Jan 8, 2021, 2:45 AM**

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Originally Posted by libtard

^^^

Will never happen. Atmosphere right next door has been an empty lot for 10 years now

Would love to know why you think it'll never happen. Zoning or other issue? Huge amounts of development along No.3, any reason why this parcel of land is different?

Real quick take. Hope they keep the giant No.3 sign, would give the building and street some much needed presence. Its going to be a sea of generic glass in a few years.

libtard · #**273** Posted **Jan 8, 2021, 5:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by teriyaki

Would love to know why you think it'll never happen. Zoning or other issue? Huge amounts of development along No.3, any reason why this parcel of land is different?

Real quick take. Hope they keep the giant No.3 sign, would give the building and street some much needed presence. Its going to be a sea of generic glass in a few years.

The office portion definitely won’t happen. Look at view star, look at the development right across from city hall. I think you meant to say huge amount of empty lots along no. 3 road

naota2018 · #**274** Posted **Jan 8, 2021, 5:27 AM**

Do anyone know what happened to atmosphere? It is far slower than other development. Looks like the project has been frozen for a while after the digging!
thanks

spacebjorn · #**275** Posted **Jan 8, 2021, 10:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by naota2018

Do anyone know what happened to atmosphere? It is far slower than other development. Looks like the project has been frozen for a while after the digging!
thanks

Gonna go on a not-so-wild hunch saying it's likely cancelled/stalled due to insufficient funding from banks while realizing profits aren't going as projected.

Projects like these were flying off the shelves in Richmond/Lower Vancouver about 2-3 years ago. But due to the worsening market (economic climate, Foreign tax & restrictions, COVID, etc.) a lot of these Asian developers are side stepping out of deals.

Similar predicaments can be found here:

Vivagrand Developer of cancelled Cambie condo could face legal backlash, says lawyer

Investors in cancelled Richmond condo project take developer to court

officedweller · #**276** Posted **Jan 8, 2021, 11:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by spacebjorn

Similar predicaments can be found here:

Investors in cancelled Richmond condo project take developer to court

This one (Alfa) resumed - here are November 2020 pics from SRC City of Rain:

https://skyrisecities.com/forum/threads/richmond-alfa-m-15-fl.27216/page-4#post-1616740

City of Rain's last pics of Atmosphere were also November 2020 showing just a big pit.
PS - I hope Atmosphere gets sold off as a whole and redesigned, as it was pretty non-descript.

The Townline project above seems nicer.

libtard · #**277** Posted **Jan 9, 2021, 4:41 AM**

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Originally Posted by spacebjorn

Gonna go on a not-so-wild hunch saying it's likely cancelled/stalled due to insufficient funding from banks while realizing profits aren't going as projected.

Projects like these were flying off the shelves in Richmond/Lower Vancouver about 2-3 years ago. But due to the worsening market (economic climate, Foreign tax & restrictions, COVID, etc.) a lot of these Asian developers are side stepping out of deals.

Similar predicaments can be found here:

Vivagrand Developer of cancelled Cambie condo could face legal backlash, says lawyer

Investors in cancelled Richmond condo project take developer to court

Don’t forget this one

https://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/ca/glitz

Billboards on the site list glitzrichmond.com as the website but it’s long been shut down.

https://timessquarerichmond.ca/ Will suffer the same fate

naota2018 · #**278** Posted **Jan 10, 2021, 5:50 AM**

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Originally Posted by libtard

Don’t forget this one

https://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/ca/glitz

Billboards on the site list glitzrichmond.com as the website but it’s long been shut down.

https://timessquarerichmond.ca/ Will suffer the same fate

i have heard about the funding story when they were selling. South street was selling with huge discount and seem very rush to receive deposit. I remember that any realtor sold 15+ unit will receive a 100k Mercedes. Also, when Paramount was selling for above 1000/sqft, Atmosphere was selling for 850-950 price range(after discount, especially the 2nd promotion). After i heard most of the residential unit sold, they released retail stores which was not their original plan. The reason was that the founder forced them to sell as much as they can to secure more found coming when completion.
And everyone should remember that just after they start digging, the whole site paused for a long time, then someone from the inside told the industry that why they paused because there was an underground stream which they have never surveyed before. Who knows. Then they dug and left the site like this.

whatnext · #**279** Posted **Jan 13, 2021, 9:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by naota2018

i have heard about the funding story when they were selling. South street was selling with huge discount and seem very rush to receive deposit. I remember that any realtor sold 15+ unit will receive a 100k Mercedes. Also, when Paramount was selling for above 1000/sqft, Atmosphere was selling for 850-950 price range(after discount, especially the 2nd promotion). After i heard most of the residential unit sold, they released retail stores which was not their original plan. The reason was that the founder forced them to sell as much as they can to secure more found coming when completion.
And everyone should remember that just after they start digging, the whole site paused for a long time, then someone from the inside told the industry that why they paused because there was an underground stream which they have never surveyed before. Who knows. Then they dug and left the site like this.

I'd be surprised if there was an underground stream anywhere in Richmond, with their types of soil. At best, there might have been a slough but that would have been regularized into a ditch long ago when Lulu Island was divided up into farms and then put into a culvert as it was suburbanized.

LeftCoaster · #**280** Posted **Jan 13, 2021, 11:01 PM**

Richmond is more of an underground lake... or even more just land floating on top of a lake.