Downtown Vancouver Updates

[giallo]

Originally Posted by s211

The smoke absolutely made its rounds last night. I live nowhere near there and the smoke permeated my entire apartment. I first thought that there was a fire in my apartment. That's what I get for leaving windows open, I suppose.

I'm near Broadway/Commercial, and I had to shut my windows too. The smoke smell was really strong.

[MIPS]

[The cool breeze of a Wednesday evening is suddenly interrupted by the smell of burning golf clubs, neglected Chia Pets, polyester clothing and countless duplicate copies of Kenny Rogers and polka complications on vinyl.]

[Zepfancouver]

[hollywoodnorth]

Originally Posted by Changing City

Sad, a lot of the east side rely on that store. Good thing they're planning a new one, although not in that area. Should this be in the retail thread, rather than Downtown?

I figure you may know .... what used to be in the Value Village location on East Hastings? its been a Value Village since I was a kid .... but I assume it was a Grocery Store at some point or? anyone know?

as for example the old Flea Market (now a Condo+Save-on) at Knight & Kingsway used to be a Safeway.

and the Value Village on Victoria used to be a Grocery (safeway or IGA) store as well when I was a kid.

[jollyburger]

Not sure if this site is new or not. Reliance and their essential worker housing tower

https://yvrworkforcehousing.com/

Construction (subject to approval from the City) would take place over a period of approximately 4 years and could commence as early as 2023/2024.

[Metro-One]

155.5 metres, nice!

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

I figure you may know .... what used to be in the Value Village location on East Hastings? its been a Value Village since I was a kid .... but I assume it was a Grocery Store at some point or? anyone know?

as for example the old Flea Market (now a Condo+Save-on) at Knight & Kingsway used to be a Safeway.

and the Value Village on Victoria used to be a Grocery (safeway or IGA) store as well when I was a kid.

They said it was built in 1964 and the layout sort of looks like a supermarket? They said the one near Edmonds was a Dominion/IGA and the Rona a Safeway.

You can't see the Value Village Building but there was some Pauline Johnson candy what I assume is a factory next to it.

https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/victoria-drive-and-hastings-street-looking-west

And the church next to it seems like it was a Serbian Hall / Orthodox Church from 1959

https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/1806-east-hastings-street

[privatejet]

There is a report going to council next week to recommending rejection of Reliance's proposal and the Patkau project on Haro. (They are both asking for Council direction)

https://council.vancouver.ca/20220705/regu20220705ag.htm

[wabooba]

Originally Posted by privatejet

There is a report going to council next week to recommending rejection of Reliance's proposal and the Patkau project on Haro. (They are both asking for Council direction)

https://council.vancouver.ca/20220705/regu20220705ag.htm

I rather agree with rejecting it as is, and giving it some major tweaks before another version is presented, if one is. That crooked "zig-zag" aspect for me is hokey and somehow doesn't work.
Also, there's a strange combination of "harsh fragility" that likewise doesn't achieve a pleasant, let alone dramatic, effect, but instead, again IMHO is somehow 'raw.' Maybe they'll redo it with a design that speaks to the curve of the street in a more finished, crafted, elegant way.

[jollyburger]

I wonder if this was a new site under the "Large, Multi-use Development Sites" which proposed the MacBo building with this new new tower, how much below the non-residential usage would they be at?

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

I wonder if this was a new site under the "Large, Multi-use Development Sites" which proposed the MacBo building with this new new tower, how much below the non-residential usage would they be at?

The site is just over the 50,000 sq. ft threshold - about 52,230 sf. The building is in Area A of the CBD, so the base zoning is 11 FSR. That means there would have to be 574,500 of non-residential space to be considered for any residential space. The current MacBlo building is, according to JLL, 360,000 sq ft. That's probably the leasable space, but they're a long way short of meeting the amount of non-residential space required for other uses to be considered.

It's not like they're proposing a significant office podium (as the Hotel Georgia tower has), or even a hotel. It also shouldn't be any surprise to Reliance - Jon Stovell was on the advisory committee that came up with the new rules in the Metro Core that protect commercial space.

[hollywoodnorth]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

They said it was built in 1964 and the layout sort of looks like a supermarket? They said the one near Edmonds was a Dominion/IGA and the Rona a Safeway.

You can't see the Value Village Building but there was some Pauline Johnson candy what I assume is a factory next to it.

https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/victoria-drive-and-hastings-street-looking-west

And the church next to it seems like it was a Serbian Hall / Orthodox Church from 1959

https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/1806-east-hastings-street

thanks for the work on that dude

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

thanks for the work on that dude

There's a lot of people who are confused about what exactly was there but it seems like it was a rug place for a long time. Some people mentioned some department stores but not sure about that.

Romnay Carpets (possibly was Romney Carpet from Australia)
Pool tables
Jordan's Carpet (until VV opened)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/128486813979056

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by mcminsen

Scaffolding going up now.

June 23 '22, my pics

By me today:

[uzi]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

Not sure if this site is new or not. Reliance and their essential worker housing tower

https://yvrworkforcehousing.com/

This was rejected yesterday.

[WestEnd604]

Originally Posted by uzi

This was rejected yesterday.

Of course it was, because...Vancouver.

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by uzi

This was rejected yesterday.

Are you sure? I understood there wasn't time to discuss it, and it will be decided at the meeting on 21 July.

[Ailurus]

On a personal level, I really hope the proposal is rejected. I don't like the precedent it would set if approved.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by Changing City

Are you sure? I understood there wasn't time to discuss it, and it will be decided at the meeting on 21 July.

Did it happen at the morning council meeting? It wasn't part of the public hearing in the evening.

https://council.vancouver.ca/20220705/regu20220705ag.htm

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

Did it happen at the morning council meeting? It wasn't part of the public hearing in the evening.

Yes. It wasn't a rezoning, but an issues report about whether it should be processed as a rezoning (as there's no policy that would allow it to be considered, unless Council agree that it should be). It was item 7, and there's a note from the Clerk on twitter to say items 7 to 9 would be considered on July 21st.