Richmond Updates

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by gaviscon

Viewstar 2 is planned to go under construction this year:

https://viewstar.ca/lotb/

Thanks!
I see a sign that says 'Capstan Community Centre' on the podium.

[Snow_Wolf]

Originally Posted by gaviscon

Viewstar 2 is planned to go under construction this year:

https://viewstar.ca/lotb/

That link sent me to an obvious scam popup site.

[jollyburger]

CIBT is going ahead with their GEC Cyber City project. Completion 2026.



https://cibt.net/gallery/gec-cyber-city/

Article on DH

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/gec-...840-river-road

[officedweller]

Anyone else wonder about that point load column on silty-sandy soil?
Maybe there's an underground parkade and a big transfer slab at grade to spread out the load?

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Anyone else wonder about that point load column on silty-sandy soil?
Maybe there's an underground parkade and a big transfer slab at grade to spread out the load?

Someone said they use raft slabs that can be 12 feet thick in Richmond so it's probably not an issue.

https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/c...t_berm_by_sea/

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

Someone said they use raft slabs that can be 12 feet thick in Richmond so it's probably not an issue.

https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/c...t_berm_by_sea/

Cool, thanks.

[Lexus]

2023, Feb 24

Dono much about Richmond development by names.
this one east of future Capstan Station:

Untitled by Lexus LX600, on Flickr

Untitled by Lexus LX600, on Flickr

random..

Untitled by Lexus LX600, on Flickr

[madog222]

Thanks for the updates!

That first one is Galleria by Concord. The last picture is Luxe Lansdowne.

Originally Posted by officedweller

From Townline twitter.
Rendering of Luxe, just to the south of Atmosphere.
The office tower reminds me of the one at King Gerorge Hub, Surrey (but shorter)
or the one at Kings Crossing, Edmonds (but taller).

It would be nice if Townline (and partner Canderel) bought out Atmosphere and continued this project to the north.

Luxe


https://twitter.com/Townline_Homes

[officedweller]

Oh, wow, that's moving fast.

[Lexus]

2022, July 17

Hollybridge

Untitled by Lexus LX570, on Flickr

Untitled by Lexus LX570, on Flickr

8 month later...getting ready for completion:

Untitled by Lexus LX600, on Flickr

Untitled by Lexus LX600, on Flickr

Untitled by Lexus LX600, on Flickr

They also doing some work on the dyke.

Untitled by Lexus LX600, on Flickr

[Lexus]

2023, Mar 26

Untitled by Lexus LX600, on Flickr

Untitled by Lexus LX600, on Flickr

[officedweller]

Luxe

Model pic from Townline twitter.

Too bad the office tower doesn't peak higher than the condo towers.


https://twitter.com/Townline_Homes

[SFUVancouver]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Luxe
Too bad the office tower doesn't peak higher than the condo towers.
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Agreed. But I'm happy to see a solid office building going in right beside the station. Richmond is never going to achieve an office-dominated CBD, but credit where it's due: they're consistently attracting moderate purpose-built office buildings along No. 3 Road.

[cairnstone]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

CIBT is going ahead with their GEC Cyber City project. Completion 2026.



https://cibt.net/gallery/gec-cyber-city/

Article on DH

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/gec-...840-river-road

Wow really surprised that they will be building 2 levels below grade parkade. Especially when its backs on to a dyke. This is going to be a $$$$ parkade.

[cairnstone]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Luxe

Model pic from Townline twitter.

Too bad the office tower doesn't peak higher than the condo towers.


https://twitter.com/Townline_Homes

Airport has control of the air rights and 13 or 14 floors is max. So you end up with a table top city and a very uniform look as it costs to much not to utilize the floor space

[dleung]

Marpole is closer to the north runway than Brighouse is to the south runway, but is allowed to build higher and on higher ground

Most of the air traffic is relegated to the south runway to impact the least number of homes, but arguably more homes are closer to the south runway now? Or are they just favoring the rich westsiders in Vancouver?

[VancouverOfTheFuture]

Originally Posted by dleung

Marpole is closer to the north runway than Brighouse is to the south runway, but is allowed to build higher and on higher ground

Most of the air traffic is relegated to the south runway to impact the least number of homes, but arguably more homes are closer to the south runway now? Or are they just favoring the rich westsiders in Vancouver?

i would take a look at this article. it has some good maps from NAV Canada on YVR approaches, etc. it shows their proposed changes, and the historical tracks

[madog222]

Originally Posted by dleung

Marpole is closer to the north runway than Brighouse is to the south runway, but is allowed to build higher and on higher ground

Most of the air traffic is relegated to the south runway to impact the least number of homes, but arguably more homes are closer to the south runway now? Or are they just favoring the rich westsiders in Vancouver?

YVR Zoning Regulations only limit heights in a small section of Richmond, roughly between Cambie & Lansdowne and west of Sexsmith/Kwantlen.

[dleung]

So the 16-storey tabletop has more to do with the carrying capacity of the soil?

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by madog222

YVR Zoning Regulations only limit heights in a small section of Richmond, roughly between Cambie & Lansdowne and west of Sexsmith/Kwantlen.

I'm not sure that's true. That area is subject to lower potential heights because YVR want to protect possible future expansion. It was reported in detail in 2019.

In the whole of Richmond City Centre the height limit is 47m above sea level. That's set by Transport Canada. Richmond has wanted to increase possible heights around City Hall since at least 2005, and there's a statement to that effect in their OCP, but only YVR can request a Transport Canada alteration to the current 47m limit, and they haven't requested any change.