Oakridge Park | 13 Towers | 154m | 52fl | 5M sqft | U/C

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by VancouverOfTheFuture

i mean, the more pipe in the ground, the more fittings, the more potential for leaks. the key is to use quality products and good installation. its a pressurised system, basically the same idea as the potable water system. it shouldnt be anymore or any-less reliable than the potable system. but now youre talking about a developer that cuts corners and cuts costs.

now i LOVE the idea of a grey water system. i think we should be looking into doing that here, personally; water scarcity will only get worse over time through population growth and global warming. i also do quite like infrastructure in general, so i find it fascinating from that aspect. BUT i would NOT want to be in a strata, on the hooks for the costs of 2 pressurized pipe systems built by a developer getting all their parts in china, and cutting corners on the labour... see what happened with Vancouver House.

Yeah, I was just thinking of the duplication and the various recent instances of leaks - Vancouver House, Charleson, etc.
It makes sense from an environmental perspective, just a question of the headaches and costs that could result.

[cairnstone]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Yeah, I was just thinking of the duplication and the various recent instances of leaks - Vancouver House, Charleson, etc.
It makes sense from an environmental perspective, just a question of the headaches and costs that could result.

Olympic village I believe they abandoned the gray water system. I think the Convention center is the only system that still works and has been fairly trouble free. Running gray water systems are $$ to the strata as to be done properly they need to treat the the water somehow. Otherwise you end up with growth etc. We have a water supply issue here for 3 maybe 4 months.. Is it worth the cost to build cisterns and pump that water to green roof when we are telling people to not water. More flaws of a head in sand metro Vancouver board

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by cairnstone

Olympic village I believe they abandoned the gray water system. I think the Convention center is the only system that still works and has been fairly trouble free. Running gray water systems are $$ to the strata as to be done properly they need to treat the the water somehow. Otherwise you end up with growth etc. We have a water supply issue here for 3 maybe 4 months.. Is it worth the cost to build cisterns and pump that water to green roof when we are telling people to not water. More flaws of a head in sand metro Vancouver board

Our strata building has a cistern based system for some of our irrigation and our water feature. I wouldn't say it has been "trouble free" but it hasn't caused any major issues.

OTOH our city bills for sewer and water are massive. I don't know how it breaks down but this could be saving us money overall, hard to say.

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by cairnstone

Olympic village I believe they abandoned the gray water system.

Interesting. I think a friend who lived there said he had to use biodegradable detergents, etc. because the gray water was being used to water plants. I guess that became too troublesome to regulate.

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

OTOH our city bills for sewer and water are massive. I don't know how it breaks down but this could be saving us money overall, hard to say.

I remember that my strata had massive water bills during Covid because everyone was staying at home!

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by officedweller

I remember that my strata had massive water bills during Covid because everyone was staying at home!

I would expect gas and maybe electricity to increase, but water less so, unless people were showering at work.

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

I would expect gas and maybe electricity to increase, but water less so, unless people were showering at work.

Flushing toilets, I think, and some people may shower at the gym in the morning.

[om604]

https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/n-e-granville-and-nelson

Truly astounding to see how Oakridge has ascended from what it once was.

[Lexus]

2023, Feb 16

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[giallo]

Great update. Thanks, Lexus.

[gaviscon]

[Metro-One]

Fantastic updates, thank you! It’s actually taking shape now.

Can anyone give an official simple rundown of which towers are currently U/C and their current planned heights?

[madog222]

Originally Posted by Metro-One

Fantastic updates, thank you! It’s actually taking shape now.

Can anyone give an official simple rundown of which towers are currently U/C and their current planned heights?

Buildings 1-4, 6, & 7 are under construction. Possibly also 8 and 12 though they haven't extended past the podium yet.

Building 1: 5fl, 25m
2: 22fl, 70m
3: 36fl, 110m
4: 45fl, 138m
NE Office: 10fl, 33m
5: 52fl, 154m
6: 34fl, 115m
7: 23fl, 84m
8: 34fl, 111m
9: 12fl, 43m
10: 12fl, 43m
11: 14fl, 45m
12: 35fl, 113m
13: 24fl, 87m
14: 40fl, 129m


Image from Henriquez Partners/Quadreal

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by madog222

Buildings 1-8 plus 12 and the NE Office are under construction.

Are you certain? I don't think Building 5 is under construction yet. That's the 52 storey rental, and I haven't seen a Development Application for it yet.

[madog222]

Originally Posted by Changing City

Are you certain? I don't think Building 5 is under construction yet. That's the 52 storey rental, and I haven't seen a Development Application for it yet.

No, you're right it isn't.

[SFUVancouver]

Thanks for the great update, Gaviscon. You really covered a lot of ground that day.

[Feathered Friend]

A screenshot taken from the UDP review of the Transit Plaza last year. Based on this, development applications still need to be filed for Buildings 5, 9, 10, 11, 13, and 14.

[LeftCoaster]

Yep, and from my understanding they are in flux too, some growing some shrinking. Will be interesting to see if the City allows much more density or if it comes in similar to what we've already seen.

[officedweller]

Double post

[officedweller]

I just noticed these "Site Plans" (Leasing Plans) at the Oakridge website.

Video Walk-Throughs:
https://leasing.oakridgepark.com/videos/



Food Store (Safeway) is really awkwardly shaped with a mezzanine; adjacent liquor store.
Is there a pedestrian streetfront entrance to the Safeway from Cambie (or is access only from parkade and mall)?

Connection from Canada Line is through a "Lower Galleria".

Hudson's Bay is the only department store. I don't see pedestrian entrances to Hudson's Bay from 41st Ave.
There's a 32,000 sq ft space at the south end of the mall on Level 1.
There's a 44,000 sq ft space at the west side of Level 2 marked "office".
14,000 sq ft and 23,000 sq ft units on 2nd floor of south side podiums.

P3

https://leasing.oakridgepark.com/buildings/leasing/

P2

https://leasing.oakridgepark.com/buildings/leasing/

P1

https://leasing.oakridgepark.com/buildings/leasing/

Level 1

https://leasing.oakridgepark.com/buildings/leasing/

Level 2

https://leasing.oakridgepark.com/buildings/leasing/

[GenWhy?]

Big fan of the "Mixing Chamber"