Cambie Corridor Updates

[madog222]

Originally Posted by GenWhy?

Odd they haven't yet assembled the whole block, unless it's just 4427 Cambie St (because it looks as if it's already stratified) that sold and not also 4491 Cambie St.

Yeah 4427 Cambie (now 508 E 28th) is strata, built 5 years ago.

4491 sold in 2012 for 3.5M, I guess they wanted more than the developer offered when the rest of the block was assembled.
It’s now been on the market for 6 months for just under 9M. For sure it’s worth less on its own than assembled.

[GenWhy?]

Oh sorry I mis-read the location. This is 506 W 27 and 4339-4367 Cambie they're referring to then?

[madog222]

Yup

[jollyburger]

Some more nice infill

The City of Vancouver has received an application to rezone 5392-5472 Manson St from RS-1 (Residential) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District. The proposal is to allow for the development of two 18-storey residential buildings over four levels of underground parking. This proposal includes:

248 strata-titled residential units;
A floor space ratio (FSR) of 5.6;
A floor area of 23,793.4 sq. m (256,110 sq. ft.);
A building height of 59.9 m (197 ft.); and
266 vehicle parking spaces and 567 bicycle parking spaces.

https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/5392-5472-manson-st

[GenWhy?]

Never knew the City planned on running a mews or "lane" E-W to connect 38th Ave from Willow to Alberta.

[jollyburger]

However, the applicants are proposing that the social housing units be consolidated and delivered at a different site nearby, on 5250 to 5270 Ash Street and West 37th Avenue, about a five-minute walk from the twin strata towers, calling it a “density transfer.”

https://storeys.com/5392-5472-manson-street-coromandel-peterson-twin-strata-oakridge-vancouver/

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by GenWhy?

Never knew the City planned on running a mews or "lane" E-W to connect 38th Ave from Willow to Alberta.

It's in the Cambie Corridor Public Realm requirements. Page 18 for this development I believe.

https://vancouver.ca/images/web/cambie-corridor/cambie-corridor-public-realm-plan.pdf

[GenWhy?]

I just imagined like a skinny sidewalk mews not some 30+ right of way. Really dig it.

[officedweller]

It appears that this "Vancouver Forest" (posted June 2021) is dead (or never got started) and the site will be built out with 2 x 6 storey blocks.

Originally Posted by Changing City

Here's an interesting project that will presumably be an application soon. It's on Cambie near SW Marine, and it's designed by Urban Agency, a European architectural firm who already have a project under construction in Calgary. It's called Vancouver Forest, with 200 apartments designed to Passivhaus, with a low-embodied energy bamboo-clad CLT frame on (as far as I can count) 19 floors. (Spotted on Frances Bula's twitter feed)

Originally Posted by SpongeG

it was featured today on Archdaily, quite a lot of technical renders and info at the source.

Urban Agency Designs New "Vancouver Forest" Block in Canada



...


Written by Eric Baldwin
about 14 hours ago

Architecture firm Urban Agency has shared new details of their Vancouver Forest development in Canada. Taking inspiration from the forest regions of the area, the project includes timber, bamboo and greenery to form a sustainable block for the city. As a series of stepped terraces, the project was designed as a 'living canopy' with trees and foliage growing along the building envelope.

...

https://www.archdaily.com/963643/urban-agency-designs-new-vancouver-forest-block-in-canada

Current proposal:

540 West 65th Ave and 8120-8168 Lord Street

The proposal for the site is to allow for the development of two 6-storey residential buildings over two levels of underground parking. The zoning would change from the existing single family RS-1 zoning to CD-1 District. The proposal includes:

146 market rental units (including 5 below market units);
36 studios, 60 one-bedrooms, 36 two-bedrooms & 14 three bedrooms;
a total density of 2.88 FSR;
A building height of 66 ft.; and
75 vehicle parking spaces and 277 bicycle parking spaces.

https://vancouvermarket.ca/2023/01/13/146-rental-units-planned-for-marine-cambie-area-site/


https://vancouvermarket.ca/2023/01/13/146-rental-units-planned-for-marine-cambie-area-site/


https://vancouvermarket.ca/2023/01/13/146-rental-units-planned-for-marine-cambie-area-site/

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by officedweller

It appears that this "Vancouver Forest" (posted June 2021) is dead (or never got started) and the site will be built out with 2 x 6 storey blocks.

Thanks for picking up the connection between the two schemes. The Irish/Danish architects still describe their 2021 project as 'ongoing', but with the Francl project submitted, the earlier design now looks more like a competition entry than a serious development. I wasn't totally sold on the idea of a bamboo CLT structure. It's interesting how the more modest rental buildings have only 54 fewer units than the much taller project. Those architects now have a second scheme in Calgary, so we might see something from them here one day.

[officedweller]

Pic from Trish Jewison twitter posted March 10th:


https://twitter.com/TrishJewison?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

[madog222]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

New renderings?

485 W 28th Ave development permit



https://shapeyourcity.ca/485-w-28-ave-2

In progress now, yellow crane in officedweller's post.

[Lexus]

2023, Mar 17

5740 Cambie

Untitled by Lexus LX600, on Flickr

[madog222]

Originally Posted by Feathered Friend

https://cityduo.wordpress.com/2022/08/08...e-stifles-vancouvers-youthful-ambitions/

The site is now for sale.

https://www.collierscanada.com/en-ca/pro...ouver-british-columbia-canada/can2012350

[giallo]

So the developer bailed on their proposal, and wants to sell the property now?

[madog222]

Originally Posted by giallo

So the developer bailed on their proposal, and wants to sell the property now?

Seems so, it's the same developer with a new name that cancelled Langara West after taking 71 presales last decade. https://vancouversun.com/business/local-...ra-west-project-contest-developers-offer

They also have two projects in the West End with development permits conditionally approved a few years ago with no signs of movement.

[giallo]

Originally Posted by madog222

Seems so, it's the same developer with a new name that cancelled Langara West after taking 71 presales last decade. https://vancouversun.com/business/local-...ra-west-project-contest-developers-offer

They also have two projects in the West End with development permits conditionally approved a few years ago with no signs of movement.

Interesting.

I wonder if the developer overextended itself in China, and is feeling the burn of the real estate crisis there. Now, it's liquidating its holdings in Vancouver (with a tidy profit) to shore up cash.

Just hypothesizing, of course.

[madog222]

Originally Posted by giallo

Interesting.

I wonder if the developer overextended itself in China, and is feeling the burn of the real estate crisis there. Now, it's liquidating its holdings in Vancouver (with a tidy profit) to shore up cash.

Just hypothesizing, of course.

Yeah probably, bit off more than they could chew.

From what I can tell 1061 Marine Drive in North Van is all they have built so far, a four storey 41 unit strata finished in 2018.

They did just submit a DP application in January for 5589 Baillie, 120 market rental units in two 6 storey buildings also in Oakridge. https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/5589-baillie-st

[officedweller]

From Onni twitter ad April 10th:


https://twitter.com/onnigroup

[seamusmcduff]

Any word on when the next phases of this will start?