Vancouver Infill & Lowrise Updates Discussion

[VancouverOfTheFuture]

Originally Posted by seamusmcduff

I'll bite, what is so terrible about laneway homes and basement suites in Shaughnessy? It's already extremely underutilized land about as close to the City Center as you can get.

it should be underutilized. the area is unique among Canada. not many places do you get properties like close to the city centre. i think it should keep its context as what it has traditionally been.

Originally Posted by GenWhy?

"First
Shaughnessy by conserving protected heritage property and maintaining the single-family
character of First Shaughnessy while allowing increased dwelling unit density with multiple
conversion dwellings, infill buildings, coach houses and secondary suites"

is a coach house able to be a separate unit, though? i don't consider a coach house a laneway house.

coach houses traditionally don't get their own address whereas a laneway house does.

[cov]

Originally Posted by VancouverOfTheFuture

it should be underutilized. the area is unique among Canada.

it really is not... You can find something like it in any post-car era city development. There is a neighbourhood just like shaughnessey in every major city in North America. Name me a city, and I'll name the neighbourhood. No joke. I do have to admit though that Shaughnessy's architecture is subpar, and emptier than other north American counterparts.

Shaughnessey is only impressive for people who don't travel. Or people who live there and think they are special, though this crowd too is ubiquitous in every city. I've come to believe it's standard practice for people trying to justify the social status that they never earned.

[chowhou]

Originally Posted by VancouverOfTheFuture

it should be underutilized. the area is unique among Canada. not many places do you get properties like close to the city centre. i think it should keep its context as what it has traditionally been.

It should be utilized much more. The area is unique among Canada. Not many places do you get properties this close to the city centre. I think people should be allowed to use these properties for economically and socially valuable purposes.

[Ramsay]

Originally Posted by madog222

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.

Thank you for the detailed update.

[GenWhy?]

I really want 510-532 East Broadway to have the existing house and The Lido stay as is with the little garden patio and be built around by a 12-storey timber building. A girl can dream.

[logan5]

A lot of interesting history behind The Lido. Now it’s a good cultural amenity that hosts live acts on the week-end. Spaces like these need to be protected from development.

[Feathered Friend]

It looked bleak for this Moderate Income Rental Home building at the Development Permit Board, as even city staff felt it hadn’t met council’s demand for architectural excellence. Of course, there were those who continued to insist its rezoning was also an error.

All 5 public speakers voiced opposition, including a former lead planner for the Metro Vancouver Regional Growth Strategy. They stated there are a lot of “traditional Nimbys” in Kitsilano, but agreed 2 floors should be cutback, even if it eliminated the more affordable homes.

That won’t be happening, as at the city’s request, the design team toured the neighbourhood, & has now put forward a fourth concept. With an abundance of landscaping, brickwork, as well as siding, it was felt these homes were now on the right track, & were ultimately approved.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CdZWDafpYUs/...P7aj2F-7lhIEsPdsNxY3VhRZaCaG1RXH9Ft8Y4mY

[goodcitywhenfinished]

Absolutely insane that such a modest and contextually apt building has taken so long to get approved

[osirisboy]

Yes and it’s ugly as hell! Holly shit just pick one material (not fibre cement) to clad the exterior!

[GenWhy?]

Gawd I feel bad for EKISTICS. The original looked so nice. Feel worse for the current tenants stuck in limbo, BUT the longer the stay the more money they'll get upon move-out as tenant policies I think changed since the application.

[whatnext]

Legacy on Dunbar and 28-9th is slowly coming along:

[IMG]IMG_8257 by bcborn, on Flickr[/IMG]
(my photo)

[Feathered Friend]

A Lesson From An Urban Legend Opens The Door To A Family Friendly Eco-system

2062-2092 E Broadway – Midnight
When this Urban Design Panel review took place earlier this year, most present were feeling the effects of the vaccine, and probably would have preferred to be resting instead. I imagine it didn’t help that this proposal is for a simple six-floor strata building, which several didn’t even feel needed to be examined. As one put it, the surrounding context didn’t really matter, as this form was fast becoming the new normal around the Commercial-Broadway SkyTrain Station.

Still, as it’s the “first kid on the block,” or at least on this specific one, the majority felt it was important to get things right, even if the Grandview-Woodland Community Plan made that tough to do (pg 123). Its requirement for a “crazy” bilateral three on three floor form was criticized as “super uncomfortable,” as two stories atop of four was much better. They acknowledged this wasn’t the applicant’s responsibility to bear, which led them to make a desperate plea.

https://cityduo.wordpress.com/2022/07/09...he-door-to-a-family-friendly-eco-system/

[madog222]

Demolition is underway of the existing building at The Saint George site, St. George & Broadway.

[whatnext]

From the deepest West Side:

Looks like this relatively new apartment building (70s, 80s?) at 43rd and West Blvd will be replaced by something called "Chloe" which will be Parisienne inspired. I assume the old building is a co-op as there is no mention of rental unit replacement in the new building.

[IMG]eblvd by bcborn, on Flickr[/IMG]
my photo

[GenWhy?]

High end condos from Magnum Projects. I think the delayed for public sale during the Spring slump. I think most units are sold already?

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by whatnext

From the deepest West Side:

Looks like this relatively new apartment building (70s, 80s?) at 43rd and West Blvd will be replaced by something called "Chloe" which will be Parisienne inspired. I assume the old building is a co-op as there is no mention of rental unit replacement in the new building.

Chloe is at W47th and East Boulevard. The sales centre is at W43rd. The developer is Matchpoint (lead by Vicky Zheng). The renders suggest it will have 45 units in 4 storeys with retail on the main floor.


[Mike Stewart]

[dleung]

^^Ew, no. Please let Vancouver be Vancouver

[FarmerHaight]

Originally Posted by dleung

^^Ew, no. Please let Vancouver be Vancouver

What does that even mean? I see an attractive medium density building with main floor commercial. It's the same built form as the 2019 glass and panel board building across the street, except it's more attractive IMO.

[GenWhy?]

It blends in nicely with the Stanton next door, and markedly different from Sterling down the road - which is very banal looking for the area.

[officedweller]

Re-colonizing?
(Quebec-style)