[Burnaby] Station Square | 35,38,48,41,52 fl | Completed

[SpongeG]

there is a Kokoro Mazesoba in the Lougheed area, it looks really nice, has lineups quite often. They are also opening another one at Madison Centre in Brentwood, thats 3 Burnaby locations for the chain from Tokyo. The JJ Bean has a nice spot. There are also traffic lights at the corner to get to MEtropolis parking now. But not activated yet.

[Vin]

Originally Posted by Sheba

I just looked up the site plan (pdf). It shows one of the spots still available in 'restaurant row'. Also the small Starbucks that used to be on Kingsway (next to the TD Bank) has been replaced by CoCo Bubble Tea. I thought it was odd that there were two Sbux in Station Square.

Under tower 4 they list (facing Silver Drive) JJ Bean, Tendon Kohaku, two spots that just say leased, two still available and then Kokoro Mazesoba. The McKay side has three available spots (at either end) and Discovery Centre taking most of the spaces.

All the spaces under tower 5 are listed as still available.

What is the Discovery Centre?

The Tendon Kohaku downtown (Howe & Smithe) is striving to survive when the provincial lockdown for restaurants started, which happened the day after it had its grand opening: what luck! After opening for takeout-only and a brief shutdown, they somehow reopened after managing to squeeze in a patio for a couple of tables. Got something to try when there was only takeout. Thought it was just OK as I've had better prawn tempura elsewhere.

[officedweller]

Probably a fancy name for their condo presentation centre.

[vanman]

Originally Posted by Klazu

They are expanding the patio space of Earls, Dollar Restaurant and Cactus Club Cafe by having taken out all parking along Silver Drive in front of the restaurants.

I was in the area on an overcast weekday last week around dinner time and even then there was plenty of people walking around and on the patios. Nice to see actual street life around these new developments.

[FarmerHaight]

Originally Posted by vanman

I was in the area on an overcast weekday last week around dinner time and even then there was plenty of people walking around and on the patios. Nice to see actual street life around these new developments.

It's true. I live two blocks away and regularly walk to the PriceSmart Foods. There is always a queue of people waiting to get into Earls, and the patios are filled to capacity even on weekdays. Now I'm waiting for the businesses across the street to open and for residents to start moving in, and those two blocks will be really bustling!

[Klazu]

Uh oh, bad news. There is some really random and unfortunately noticeable spandrel going up on the west side of the penthouse levels. I haven't noticed it on east side, but will have to check again. As consistent as rest of the tower is, this looks atrocious. How can they mess up such a detail?

There is also awfully lot of solid black spandrel on the second terrace level facing south. Now that I look at the rendering it has always been there but is doesn't look all that good in practice after they completely changed the color tone of this tower to be dark. There is something weird about how the penthouse levels are laid out vs. rest of the building.



Disappointed by this as it it otherwise a very sharp looking tower.

[officedweller]

So looking closely at that rendering, it looks like they have fake balconies on the mechanical penthouse levels!

[jollyburger]

An older rendering? Mechnical is in the levels with the frosted glass?

https://vimeo.com/249425888



Credit: https://www.burnabycondo.com/station-square-6000-mckay-avenue-burnaby

[Klazu]

I think the top will have a lot of fake space but I wouldn't mind if it would at least look consistent.

I will have photos this evening.

[Spr0ckets]

Originally Posted by officedweller

So looking closely at that rendering, it looks like they have fake balconies on the mechanical penthouse levels!

I'm not sure about the balconies shown on the side, but the one on the south side could just be a rooftop balcony space for the penthouse units below them accessible by internal stairways.

Alternatively it could all collectively be a secondary (or tertiary?) common rooftop outdoor amenity space.

It otherwise wouldn't make sense to have balconies for mechanical penthouse.

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by Spr0ckets

I'm not sure about the balconies shown on the side, but the one on the south side could just be a rooftop balcony space for the penthouse units below them accessible by internal stairways.

Alternatively it could all collectively be a secondary (or tertiary?) common rooftop outdoor amenity space.

It otherwise wouldn't make sense to have balconies for mechanical penthouse.

I meant the ones on the north side.
The terraces probably are accessible penthouse space (I can't see them "wasting" that space), maybe just accessible by a stair from the floor below if there's also mechanical on that floor?
I suppose it depends how far above the penthouse it is.
The first render show the terrace 2 levels above the highest condo, whereas the second render shows it one floor above the highest condo (on a shared mechanical floor?)

[Spr0ckets]

Originally Posted by officedweller

I meant the ones on the north side.
The terraces probably are accessible penthouse space (I can't see them "wasting" that space), maybe just accessible by a stair from the floor below if there's also mechanical on that floor?
I suppose it depends how far above the penthouse it is.
The first render show the terrace 2 levels above the highest condo, whereas the second render shows it one floor above the highest condo (on a shared mechanical floor?)

Which is why I'm not entirely convinced it's all mechanical.

The top two levels might be mechanical penthouse but the one just below them, on the same level as that balcony space I would wager is a common rooftop Amenity space.

The balconies on the north and (at least by this render) east sides don't make any sense to me at all, if those aren't residential units. Especially if those are the same level as what would be the mechanical space..
The older render with the frosted-ish panels seems to suggest mechanical penthouse with (possibly?) a lantern/lighthouse lighting feature.

But yeah, the more recent one with the balconies shown going all the way to the top level with no mechanical penthouse is a bit puzzling unless the configuration is that the mechanical is only in the central part of those two upper floors while the side portions are extensions of the penthouse units.
But even that would be a weird configuration given all the vibrations one would expect from a mechanical level.
But the one thing for certain is that you certainly wouldn't waste the money for balconies on a purely mechanical penthouse floor.

[Vancouver_Highrise]

Just passed by. I think it looks great. The dark spandrel blends in.

[dleung]

Seems like they really didn't need balconies on the east and west sides, given the unit layouts:


Could've done an innie with the one bedroom on the west side

[Spr0ckets]

Yeah, those balconies for those East and west side corner units seem superfluous and excessive.

And I imagine they probably wouldn't want to eat into the west side one bedroom's already constricted floor area by carving out an 'innie' balcony.

I guess it helps the marketing guys in selling the units since, between this project and the balcony orgy going on in the Concord Metrotown project, it would seem that balconies and exterior living are al the rage these days with condo projects.

[CondoInvestor]

Originally Posted by dleung

Seems like they really didn't need balconies on the east and west sides, given the unit layouts:


Could've done an innie with the one bedroom on the west side

How much is the 3bedroom unit?

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by Spr0ckets

But the one thing for certain is that you certainly wouldn't waste the money for balconies on a purely mechanical penthouse floor.

I was thinking that the lines created by the balconies within the grid seem to be an integral part of the design of the tower, and would account for the "extra" balconies on the east and west sides for the corner suites that already have north or south side balconies.
So that may be a reason to continue them up to the top on the mechanical floors.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by officedweller

I was thinking that the lines created by the balconies within the grid seem to be an integral part of the design of the tower, and would account for the "extra" balconies on the east and west sides for the corner suites that already have north or south side balconies.
So that may be a reason to continue them up to the top on the mechanical floors.

Pretty sure Vancouver House wasted money on balconies for their mechanical floors around the podium cooling room.

[jollyburger]

Another perspective on the roof.



Credit: https://www.vancouver-real-estate-direct.com/buzz/2016/09/burnaby-station-square-3-condos/

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by Spr0ckets

Yeah, those balconies for those East and west side corner units seem superfluous and excessive.

And I imagine they probably wouldn't want to eat into the west side one bedroom's already constricted floor area by carving out an 'innie' balcony.

I guess it helps the marketing guys in selling the units since, between this project and the balcony orgy going on in the Concord Metrotown project, it would seem that balconies and exterior living are al the rage these days with condo projects.

More square footage?