Vancouver Infill & Lowrise Updates Discussion

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by cov

looks like social housing... Is this the below-market rental portion of a bigger project?

No. $2,100 for 504 sq ft 1-bed. Note - fully occupied.

[cov]

Originally Posted by Changing City

No. $2,100 for 504 sq ft 1-bed. Note - fully occupied.

That's shocking

Sqft isn't much better than actual social housing. It's even got the same ship container modular build. What a devastating housing market to be in.

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by cov

That's shocking

Sqft isn't much better than actual social housing. It's even got the same ship container modular build. What a devastating housing market to be in.

Yeah that is definitely steep for such a small space.

[Feathered Friend]

December 27th, 2020 - My photos

[cyclinginvancouver]

We would like your feedback on a rezoning application at 3304 Kingsway. The proposal is to allow for the development of a six-storey mixed use building. The zoning would change from C-2 (Commercial) to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District. This proposal includes:

79 secured residential market rental units
Commercial retail space at grade
A floor space ratio (FSR) of 3.93
A gross floor area of 5,219 sq. m (56,180 sq. ft.)
A building height of 22.52 m (73.89 ft.)
31 vehicle parking spaces and 174 bicycle parking spaces(External link)
The application is being considered under the Secured Rental Policy.

https://shapeyourcity.ca/3304-kingsway

[cyclinginvancouver]

We would like your feedback on a rezoning application at 1375-1379 Kingsway. The proposal is to allow for the development of a six-storey mixed-use building. The zoning would change from C-2 (Commercial) to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District. This proposal includes:

49 secured market rental units
Commercial retail units at grade of 546 m (5,874 sq. ft.)
A floor space ratio (FSR) of 3.80
A gross floor area of 4,436 sq. m (47,750 sq. ft.)
A building height of 24.1 m (78.98 ft.)
34 vehicle parking spaces and 104 bicycle parking spaces(External link)
The application is being considered under the Secured Market Housing Policy (Rental 100).

https://shapeyourcity.ca/1375-1379-kingsway

[Vin]

Originally Posted by cyclinginvancouver

https://shapeyourcity.ca/3304-kingsway

Beautiful building!

[Feathered Friend]

Renters & Kitsilano businesses have found an ally in David Eby, who’s added to the support for these 35 rental homes. Yet those opposed have been bolstered by 100s of 1 line emails. It’s that easy to send Vancouver city council your thoughts here

https://vancouver.ca/your-government/contact-council-public-hearing.aspx

https://twitter.com/City_Duo/status/1361055934374551562?s=20

[Feathered Friend]

https://shapeyourcity.ca/4575-granville-st

In a dramatic turn of events, the Vancouver Hospice Society is now urging city council to approve a revised version of the 35 rental homes they rejected in 2019. Time, and public feedback can heal many wounds, so make sure to add your voice here.

https://shapeyourcity.ca/4575-granville-st

https://twitter.com/City_Duo/status/1363972052504301569?s=20

[Feathered Friend]

Despite A Snap Reduction, Vancouver Rental Homes Remain Dogged By Bad Karme

1837 E 11th Ave and 2631 Victoria Dr – September 25th, 2020 Rezoning Application
This wasn’t an easy Urban Design Panel meeting to recap, as the vote was one of the weirdest I’ve ever seen, included over five recommendations, and this project’s history dates back to the Infinity War. Then again, it’s not often a proponent rescinds city council’s permission to build an 11 floor, 3.59 FSR building that offered a mix of 72 rental and 62 strata homes. Instead, they’ve opted to pursue something the Grandview Woodland Community Plan seems to discourage.

Given the low vacancy rate in Vancouver, I’m not sure why that vision limits 100% rental buildings to roughly half the height, and 20% less density than their mixed-use counterparts. Naturally, as only two homes have been eliminated, the remainder are smaller, meaning this is likely only feasible as the amount of underground parking has been reduced, saving over $60,000 per stall. Unfortunately, the problems of the past resurfaced, and were perhaps made worse by these choices.

https://cityduo.wordpress.com/2021/03/02...rental-homes-remain-dogged-by-bad-karme/

[officedweller]

Heather & 17th


https://twitter.com/urbanYVR


https://www.urbanyvr.com/heather-seventeenth/


https://www.urbanyvr.com/heather-seventeenth/

[Feathered Friend]

A Plaza Fit For A King – Vancouver’s Boomerang Returns With More Homes, And Recommendations

602-644 Kingsway (formerly 610-644 Kingsway)
To say this simple six floor rental building has undergone a long journey would be an understatement, as its first Urban Design Panel review was in April of 2018. Considering it met a warm reception from both those volunteers, and an apparently disinterested community, I was surprised when it languished for months without activity. When it returned last summer, our world had changed beyond our imagination, and it too had lost its once warm tones, and expanded in size.

I assume those updates triggered this second review, and since I always supported this proposal more than Darren, we agreed I should be the one to summarize it. Granted, I thought this would be an easy assignment, as even the panel’s prior request for Vancouver’s engineering department to close East 15th Avenue to create a public plaza had been met. That said, by the end of this meeting, these individuals had drafted an even longer list of demands.

https://cityduo.wordpress.com/2021/06/03...rns-with-more-homes-and-recommendations/

[Feathered Friend]

Three Years Of Consistent Improvements Help Grafia Gardens Blossom Into The Light

2406 Garden Dr (DP-2021-00206) – Grafia
From the moment Hannah and I first saw this proposal we wondered why it had basically been split into two buildings, when unifying them seemed so much simpler, and efficient. Thanks to city council that’s now become a reality, as their approval of this application’s general shape came with a condition to move it further away from the nearby single-family homes (pg 20 1.2). That decision forced several of these homes closer to Broadway, and also necessitated this Urban Design Panel review.

It’s start was significantly delayed due to technical difficulties, which the applicant brushed-off, noting what was a few more minutes when they’ve been at this for three years? Over that time I’ve watched many faces come and go from this body, and this meeting brought a handful of new members to join those I’ve grown accustom to. Certainly change can be refreshing, and this group acknowledged most of the ones made here, despite needing some work, were for the better.

https://cityduo.wordpress.com/2021/08/12...p-grafia-gardens-blossom-into-the-light/

[madog222]

Originally Posted by Feathered Friend

2525 Carolina Street


https://twitter.com/City_Duo/status/1079170367262867456

Excavation is now complete with early formwork underway for 2525 Carolina Street. The Connacher Residence house is at it’s new home along Carolina from the Broadway frontage of the site and The Carolina is no more but a facade. 65 strata units with retail along Broadway.


550 East Broadway, an otherwise unrelated development, is underway at the same time immediately to the West. 550 E Broadway will be 25 rental units on three floors over commercial at grade with a mass (cross-laminated) timber construction.


From Michael Green Architecture http://mg-architecture.ca/work/550-east-broadway/



Sept 7th

2525 Carolina St. Site From Broadway






550 E Broadway on the left and 2525 Carolina on the right.
Photos by me

[whatnext]

Looks like the Dunbar Theatre is for sale as a development site.

Sad.

https://www.rew.ca/properties/3401983/4543-4555-dunbar-street-vancouver-bc?property_click=map#

[cov]

Originally Posted by whatnext

Looks like the Dunbar Theatre is for sale as a development site.

Sad.

https://www.rew.ca/properties/3401983/4543-4555-dunbar-street-vancouver-bc?property_click=map#

that place has been a vacant tear down for as long as I remember. Redevelopment can only do that neighborhood a lot of good.

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by cov

that place has been a vacant tear down for as long as I remember. Redevelopment can only do that neighborhood a lot of good.

LOL showing how little you know. It’s been open throughout the pandemic with private showings and takeout popcorn. Of course the area doesn’t have the squads of screaming junkies that give downtown such animation.

[VancouverOfTheFuture]

Originally Posted by cov

that place has been a vacant tear down for as long as I remember. Redevelopment can only do that neighborhood a lot of good.

Originally Posted by whatnext

LOL showing how little you know. It’s been open throughout the pandemic with private showings and takeout popcorn. Of course the area doesn’t have the squads of screaming junkies that give downtown such animation.

i thought it was still open. i haven't been since the pandemic, but i know it was open before it.

[csbvan]

Originally Posted by cov

that place has been a vacant tear down for as long as I remember. Redevelopment can only do that neighborhood a lot of good.

Its still open, and is surrounded by new development. Maintaining arts venues is more important for that neighbourhood than another new building with a London Drugs. A neighbourhood of just condos and pharmacies, without entertainment? What sort of deprived neighbourhoods do you aspire to live in?

[Feathered Friend]

Revised Wedding Cake Formula Gives Vancouver’s Urban Design Panel Backdoor Troubles

2268 E Broadway (DP-2021-00510)
Despite having attended its previous Urban Design Panel meeting, I barely recognized this application when it returned for further examination. Obviously, I knew it was located only a couple blocks east of the Commercial-Broadway SkyTrain station, as that’s one of the few areas where the Grandview-Woodland Community Plan that allows up to six floors (pg 10). A quick Google search confirmed my assumption, and helped me remember this project once had a more colourful, and unique look, which had been stripped away.

That direction came from their prior review, and like normal city council obeyed it, including it as conditions for their approval of this application’s general shape and massing. Now the panel was asked if our elected officials had satisfied their requested re-submission by enforcing this wedding cake form. Most appreciated these revisions, and the set-backs they created, yet others complained this architecture was overly symmetrical, and continued to question whether it was detailed enough to belong near single-family homes.

https://cityduo.wordpress.com/2021/09/28...rs-urban-design-panel-backdoor-troubles/