General Vancouver Updates

[logan5]

Originally Posted by GenWhy?

I think it's still on track to be approved by Council in May / June this year, same as the Vancouver Plan.

Hadn’t heard anything about the Vancouver plan being completed this year. They haven’t even released a preliminary plan for the public to digest. I hope it somehow happens though because RS zoning needs a complete rewrite so we can get away from expensive high rise condos.

[rofina]

I appreciate that both of you have faith in our civic leaders.

Ill stick with Eby on the no confidence vote.

If NDP wanted my vote, Eby got it by saying the quiet part out loud.

Municipal leadership is broken OR we need to stop admitting immigrants for a half decade.

And since were not going to have the immigration conversation, we can run with the former.

[GenWhy?]

Are you suggesting mayor and council won't have enough votes come late summer to approve the plans once they are presented by Staff?

[Migrant_Coconut]

Originally Posted by officedweller

For the Commercial and Broadway Safeway site, compare against SOLO District, Madison Centre or Station Square in Burnaby or Safeway at 70th & Granville, King Edward Village, or International Village in Vancouver.

TIL 1780 Broadway (602k sq ft) will be larger than Station Square (450k+ sq ft). Whoa.

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

TIL 1780 Broadway (602k sq ft) will be larger than Station Square (450k+ sq ft). Whoa.

Yeah, to me, that's a more comparable measure.

[rofina]

Originally Posted by GenWhy?

Are you suggesting mayor and council won't have enough votes come late summer to approve the plans once they are presented by Staff?

I'm suggesting they will find a way to fuck this up by whatever means necessary.

If they don't, great, love to be proved wrong, that way we all win.

[Spr0ckets]

Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

TIL 1780 Broadway (602k sq ft) will be larger than Station Square (450k+ sq ft). Whoa.

That's assuming they're able to get through the apparent NIMBY maelstrom headwinds they're currently facing without it getting chopped down even more,....

https://vancouversun.com/business/record...al&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1643677566

Though I doubt that even that strong level of opposition to it as is suggested in that article would be able to completely stop a project like this (close to the second busiest Skytrain hub in the GVA; fits within the city’s Grandview-Woodland Community Plan....etc) dead in its tracks, they can force changes that end up radically altering the form and scope of the end-product.

[madog222]

Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

TIL 1780 Broadway (602k sq ft) will be larger than Station Square (450k+ sq ft). Whoa.

On half the land area!

[mcminsen]

Originally Posted by mcminsen

Jan.25 '22, my pic

Feb.1 '22, my pics

[Feathered Friend]

Underground Barriers Cause Royal Pains For Permanently Affordable Modular Housing Initiative

1406-1410 East King Edward Ave
It was fitting this Urban Design Panel meeting was being broadcast live, with every chair in the room filled, as city staff announced it would mark the end of an era. Over the decades, they admitted city policy had grown complacent, focused only on providing a smooth transition between condos and single-family homes. Having ignored CMHC’s divestment from social housing in the 1980s, the loss of developer’s profit was seen as a trivial concern until home prices grew too high.

Facing a “record housing crisis,” and a severe affordability problem they now recognized not all forms of tenure should be judged equally, even if it makes some uncomfortable. Hannah and I observed that at this project’s virtual open house, as dozens of comments decried its scale, and worried it would unleash an “invasion of hoodlums.” Granted, just two individuals were responsible for about twenty of those remarks, but several panellists shared their concerns over its contextual fit.

https://cityduo.wordpress.com/2022/02/02...y-affordable-modular-housing-initiative/

[hollywoodnorth]

https://www.urbanyvr.com/solterra-italia-condos/

looks like sales for that are starting up >> https://www.italiabysolterra.ca/

I was served an ad today.

[officedweller]

The Fraser
@ 22nd Ave.

From Strand Dev twitter Feb 9th:


https://twitter.com/Stranddev


https://twitter.com/Stranddev


https://twitter.com/Stranddev

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

https://www.urbanyvr.com/solterra-italia-condos/

looks like sales for that are starting up >> https://www.italiabysolterra.ca/

I was served an ad today.

There was small homeless encampment under the Fir overpass last time I went by. I'm sure it had nothing to do with the proximity of the social housing across from the Italia site though....

[Feathered Friend]

Prolonged Plans To Enliven Vancouver’s Healthcare Precinct Told To Head Eastward

855-865 W 10th Ave
What’s an appropriate amount of time for city staff to spend reviewing a 12 floor office building, less than a block from a future Skytrain station? Apparently, in Vancouver the answer is over four years, since it’s taken this modest proposal that long to reach the Urban Design Panel. Granted, Hannah and I should have realized this, as aside from some limited exceptions, only rezoning enquiries submitted before the Broadway Interim Rezoning Policy was approved in 2018 can move ahead.

Another example of this is the hotel planned immediately across the lane from this site which was approved in 2020, and was instrumental in shaping this design. For years the two teams behind these buildings have worked together to ensure their placement allowed them both to receive plenty of sunlight, and the best views possible. So I wouldn’t blame this applicant team if they were feeling pretty confident up until these volunteers sought to brush their collaborative efforts aside.

https://cityduo.wordpress.com/2022/02/11...althcare-precinct-told-to-head-eastward/

[mcminsen]

Originally Posted by mcminsen

Feb.1 '22, my pic

~A couple weeks later...




Feb.15 '22, my pics

[Vin]

Originally Posted by whatnext

There was small homeless encampment under the Fir overpass last time I went by. I'm sure it had nothing to do with the proximity of the social housing across from the Italia site though....

Homeless encampments are everywhere:
* Below Cambie Bridge beside The One
* Under the viaducts
* In front of AIDS Vancouver at Hekncken
etc etc etc.

It has to do with the proximity of social housing, services, DTES, and anywhere campers can easily get to without being chased away.

[hollywoodnorth]

some interesting Strata Windup Sales >>



3380 Vanness Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada >> https://www.collierscanada.com/en-ca/pro...ouver-british-columbia-canada/can2002166

https://www.collierscanada.com/en-ca/pro...itlam-british-columbia-canada/can2006408

2701 Westview Drive, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada >> https://www.collierscanada.com/en-ca/pro...ouver-british-columbia-canada/can2008799

https://www.collierscanada.com/en-ca/pro...itlam-british-columbia-canada/can2003330

https://www.collierscanada.com/en-ca/pro...itlam-british-columbia-canada/can2007678

https://www.collierscanada.com/en-ca/pro...itlam-british-columbia-canada/can2002361

Transit Oriented Strata Wind-Up Development Opportunity – Dewdney Place, Port Moody >>
https://londonpacific.ca/sites/strata-wi...-medium-density-development-opportunity/

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

some interesting Strata Windup Sales >>



3380 Vanness Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada >> https://www.collierscanada.com/en-ca/pro...ouver-british-columbia-canada/can2002166

https://www.collierscanada.com/en-ca/pro...itlam-british-columbia-canada/can2006408

2701 Westview Drive, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada >> https://www.collierscanada.com/en-ca/pro...ouver-british-columbia-canada/can2008799

https://www.collierscanada.com/en-ca/pro...itlam-british-columbia-canada/can2003330

https://www.collierscanada.com/en-ca/pro...itlam-british-columbia-canada/can2007678

https://www.collierscanada.com/en-ca/pro...itlam-british-columbia-canada/can2002361

Transit Oriented Strata Wind-Up Development Opportunity – Dewdney Place, Port Moody >>
https://londonpacific.ca/sites/strata-wi...-medium-density-development-opportunity/

The Vanness highrise was built in 1994? Welcome to Vancouver, The Disposable City.

Not sure how all that landfill fits into the Greenest City slogan.

[cov]

Originally Posted by whatnext

The Vanness highrise was built in 1994? Welcome to Vancouver, The Disposable City.

Not sure how all that landfill fits into the Greenest City slogan.

this literally happens in every city. Still environmentally better than sprawl

[vanman]

Is the highrise being sold off as well or just the lowrise?