Downtown Vancouver Updates - Page 991

mcminsen · #**19801** Posted **Jul 20, 2021, 10:42 AM**

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June 22 '21, my pics

July 17 '21, my pics

s211 · #**19802** Posted **Jul 20, 2021, 2:37 PM**

I hear this project just won an award for an important distinction: it's as slow as an Edmonton LRT construction project.

officedweller · #**19803** Posted **Jul 21, 2021, 2:01 AM**

Dan Fumano: First look at Downtown Eastside’s Army & Navy property development
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news...ok-at-army-and-navy-property-development

osirisboy · #**19804** Posted **Jul 21, 2021, 2:06 AM**

Well good luck to them. I drove around there yesterday and it looks worse than ever before

officedweller · #**19805** Posted **Jul 21, 2021, 2:09 AM**

Major redevelopment with luxury hotel envisioned next to Robson Square
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/815-hornby-street-505-dunsmuir-street-vancouver-reliance-properties

also includes reference to a land assembly by Reliance at Dunsmuir & Richards for an office tower.

officedweller · #**19806** Posted **Jul 21, 2021, 2:27 AM**

The Block
150 Robson

https://twitter.com/GBLArchitects

Changing City · #**19807** Posted **Jul 21, 2021, 4:28 AM**

It looks as if Anthem will start marketing their West Georgia tower soon. It's got a name ('Park'), and a Development Permit application, with an October Board meeting.

officedweller · #**19808** Posted **Jul 21, 2021, 5:12 AM**

Poor choice of name given that the tower across the street is named "The Park".

Klazu · #**19809** Posted **Jul 21, 2021, 5:50 AM**

Nice to see so much happening on the same day, but a location doesn't get much more unappealing than the former Army & Navy. That area is pretty much lost.

I am afraid the Hornby and Robson project will suffer from dumb shadowing rules and they will really struggle to push the density there. Something tall there does feel very out of place to even think about today.

officedweller · #**19810** Posted **Jul 21, 2021, 11:21 PM**

The Army & Navy site will be all rentals.

TwoFace · #**19811** Posted **Jul 21, 2021, 11:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

The Army & Navy site will be all rentals.

In an interview last week at the now-empty Army & Navy building on West Cordova, Cohen and Bosa provided a first glimpse at the project, which envisions a mix of market and non-market rental housing, along with retail and office space, as well as publicly accessible community amenities.

Is the plan to sell it to the Province?

officedweller · #**19812** Posted **Jul 21, 2021, 11:58 PM**

That's what Reliance ended up doing with their micro units across the street, isn't it?

csbvan · #**19813** Posted **Jul 22, 2021, 12:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

Nice to see so much happening on the same day, but a location doesn't get much more unappealing than the former Army & Navy. That area is pretty much lost.

I am afraid the Hornby and Robson project will suffer from dumb shadowing rules and they will really struggle to push the density there. Something tall there does feel very out of place to even think about today.

The Army and Navy location is in one of the most appealing areas if you're looking at future potential. Heritage architecture, the refurbishment of Blood Alley, the high-end dining boom of Chinatown. It's where the old buildings are, and eventually, it's where all the tourists will be.

TwoFace · #**19814** Posted **Jul 22, 2021, 12:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

That's what Reliance ended up doing with their micro units across the street, isn't it?

https://www.urbanyvr.com/burns-block-sale/

Changing City · #**19815** Posted **Jul 22, 2021, 12:05 AM**

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Originally Posted by TwoFace

In an interview last week at the now-empty Army & Navy building on West Cordova, Cohen and Bosa provided a first glimpse at the project, which envisions a mix of market and non-market rental housing, along with retail and office space, as well as publicly accessible community amenities.

Is the plan to sell it to the Province?

Read on. The plan is to keep the property in the Cohen family.

GenWhy? · #**19816** Posted **Jul 22, 2021, 12:10 AM**

74 West Hastings days have got to be numbered by now. That giant empty lot just destroys that block. Cordova is leagues better. Tamer with the Gastown crowds having largely come back.

TwoFace · #**19817** Posted **Jul 22, 2021, 12:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by Changing City

Read on. The plan is to keep the property in the Cohen family.

I couldn't think of a bigger management problem than that.

Changing City · #**19818** Posted **Jul 22, 2021, 12:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by GenWhy?

74 West Hastings days have got to be numbered by now. That giant empty lot just destroys that block. Cordova is leagues better. Tamer with the Gastown crowds having largely come back.

Is 74 W Hastings the site on the south side, across from A&N, next to the Portland Hotel? It's under construction (as 58 W Hastings). Health Centre and a mix of market and social housing, developed by the Chinatown Foundation with BC Housing funds.

Changing City · #**19819** Posted **Jul 22, 2021, 12:24 AM**

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I couldn't think of a bigger management problem than that.

Ownership doesn't necessarily imply management. Usually social housing has an experienced non-market operator, and as Bosa are involved in the development, they also own and manage market rentals.

TwoFace · #**19820** Posted **Jul 22, 2021, 12:30 AM**

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Originally Posted by Changing City

Ownership doesn't necessarily imply management. Usually social housing has an experienced non-market operator, and as Bosa are involved in the development, they also own and manage market rentals.

This is not going to be your normal market rental. Good story, but I can't see Cohen wanting to be associated with what will be an ongoing news/crime story.