North Shore Updates

[LowerLonsdaleMike]

Crossing the Lions Gate Northbound and looking to the right, the Squamish Nation has done a lot of site prep on a substantial portion of their waterfront area. I know its in their longterm plans to build market residential towers there for non-members but I havent seen any definite plans. Am I jumping the gun and assuming theyre about to make that waterfront community a reality?

[Tvisforme]

Originally Posted by LowerLonsdaleMike

Crossing the Lions Gate Northbound and looking to the right, the Squamish Nation has done a lot of site prep on a substantial portion of their waterfront area. I know its in their longterm plans to build market residential towers there for non-members but I havent seen any definite plans. Am I jumping the gun and assuming theyre about to make that waterfront community a reality?

Are you talking about this development:

https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...postcount=2589

[LowerLonsdaleMike]

Originally Posted by Tvisforme

Are you talking about this development:

https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...postcount=2589

No, thats nowhere near waterfront property. This is beyond the traintracks.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by LowerLonsdaleMike

No, thats nowhere near waterfront property. This is beyond the traintracks.

Did they finish the soil remediation down there?

On April 11, 2019 the Nation repaid the outstanding
balance of the Department of Environment loan (the
“DOE Loan”). The DOE Loan originated in 1974 as a
result of a lease agreement between the Squamish
Nation and the Department of Environment (the
“DOE”) which provided the DOE with a 71-year lease
of a parcel of land on the Squamish Nation’s Capilano
I.R. #5. Prior to the lease arrangement between the
Nation and the DOE, the parcel of land was leased by
another company and in order to facilitate the lease
with the DOE, the Nation had to buy-out the existing
lease. The DOE agreed to fund the Nation’s lease
buyout by providing a loan to the Nation to be repaid
over the 71-year lease period.
In 1974 the Nation and the DOE entered into a loan
agreement where the DOE provided a loan to the
Nation in the amount of $4,702,233, bearing interest
at 7.25%, to be repaid by the Nation over 71-years
(concluding in 2045). At the time of the loan, this was
highly benefi cial for the Nation given that the Nation
stood to earn a signifi cant amount of lease income
over the 71-year lease agreement with the DOE, and
the Nation did not have the resources to buyout the
existing lease. However, with a loan term of 71 years
and an interest rate of 7.25%, this meant that the
Nation would pay interest of approximately $18 million
over the term of the loan. As such, the Director of
Finance recommended, and Council approved, of a full
repayment of the outstanding balance of the loan in
April 2019 ($3,699,642).
The repayment of the loan in 2019 will save the
Nation approximately $4.6 million in interest that
would have otherwise been paid if the Nation
continued to repay the loan until it expires in 2045.

Older document with the areas I think he's talking about

https://www.squamish.net/wp-content/...c2015_web_.pdf

[LowerLonsdaleMike]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

Did they finish the soil remediation down there?



Older document with the areas I think he's talking about

https://www.squamish.net/wp-content/...c2015_web_.pdf

In that doc, the bottom of page 11 has a rendering of the sort of scale that they were thinking about developing that area into. The current site looks cleared and ready for some sort of redevelopment.

[madog222]

It sounds like Translink is looking to develop the North Vancouver Transit Centre site themselves.

TransLink seeks to retain a multi-disciplinary team to advance design for potential redevelopment of the former North Vancouver Transit Centre.

http://discovery.ariba.com/rfx/16659087

[Migrant_Coconut]

Probably best to sit on it for now; they're only allowed 2 FSR under the 2014 rezoning.

[mcj]

Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

Probably best to sit on it for now; they're only allowed 2 FSR under the 2014 rezoning.

That area needs a grocery store. Hopefully they increase the FSR and allow for that. (also you linked to your C drive)

[Migrant_Coconut]

Originally Posted by mcj

That area needs a grocery store. Hopefully they increase the FSR and allow for that. (also you linked to your C drive)

D'oh. Fixed.

Preaching to the choir. Ideally, they'd get up to ten floors and a SkyTrain station as well, but that might be pushing it.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by mcj

That area needs a grocery store. Hopefully they increase the FSR and allow for that. (also you linked to your C drive)

Are you think of a Nesters-scale grocery? I think Whole Foods/Save-On/City Market are too close.

[idunno]

There's enough density in Moodyville for a mid-size grocer I'd say.

[griswold]

Hey everyone. First time poster here. Got some shots of a few things in the Lonsdale area yesterday. Taken July 15


New Harry Jerome Rec Center



Lions Gate Hospital Addition



Apartments across the street from LGH



Millenium Lonsdale



Cheers

[madog222]

Welcome and thanks for the pictures!

[Jimbo604]

North Shore RapidBus travel times to drop by six minutes from new bus lane : dailyhive.com : Kenneth Chan Jul 18 2023, 4:15 pm

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/r2-r...e-construction

"Changes to the design of a one-km segment of arterial roadway within the City of North Vancouver are estimated to reduce eastbound travel times for TransLink’s R2 RapidBus service by six minutes during peak periods.

Construction is now underway on a redesign of East 3rd Street between Queensbury Avenue and Gladstone Avenue.

The eastbound bus lane on East 3rd Street currently ends east of Queensbury Avenue, but the project will further extend the bus lane eastward to reach Gladstone Avenue.

This segment currently sees major delays for buses, as the existing eastbound bus lane ends just east of Queensbury Avenue. Buses are required to merge into the single general eastbound vehicle lane west of the intersection with Lower Level Road to Gladstone Avenue. ..."


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[madog222]

Crane is up for 'Executive on the Park' beside the Park Royal parking garage at the NE corner of Taylor & Marine.

[Jimbo604]

Originally Posted by madog222

Crane is up for 'Executive on the Park' beside the Park Royal parking garage at the NE corner of Taylor & Marine.

Src: Executive on the Park website

Wraps around the multi-level parkade. Doesn't go all the way to Clyde Ave or does it?

Google Street View 2010 shows Husky gas station open on the corner:
https://goo.gl/maps/TzAxUJywnQck7XL2A

2019 view shows office building that was east of the gas station until 2019:
https://goo.gl/maps/yKmEh2zRioXCRWjg9

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by Jimbo604

Src: Executive on the Park website

Wraps around the multi-level parkade. Doesn't go all the way to Clyde Ave or does it?

Google Street View 2010 shows Husky gas station open on the corner:
https://goo.gl/maps/TzAxUJywnQck7XL2A

2019 view shows office building that was east of the gas station until 2019:
https://goo.gl/maps/yKmEh2zRioXCRWjg9

https://westvancouver.ca/major-proje...xecutive-group

[Jimbo604]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

https://westvancouver.ca/major-proje...xecutive-group

src: CoWV website

Thanks. So 660 Clyde Avenue is a Heritage building that according to my quick reading of above will be preserved.

I added blue arrows noting some other things in the immediate vicinity:
- empty lot facing Taylor Way street, two 2-storey low-density commercial buildings in the center and a three story office by the river

[Tvisforme]

Originally Posted by Jimbo604

src: CoWV website

Thanks. So 660 Clyde Avenue is a Heritage building that according to my quick reading of above will be preserved.

I added blue arrows noting some other things in the immediate vicinity:
- empty lot facing Taylor Way street, two 2-storey low-density commercial buildings in the center and a three story office by the river

The empty lot - the long-time home of the Boy Scouts' seasonal Christmas tree sales lot - is the subject of a proposal for 200 residential apartment microsuites. The majority of the suites (79%) would be approximately 350 sq. feet, with 8% studio units (362 to 378 sq. ft.) and 13% "Adaptable Units" (466 to 497 sq. ft.). District council is still considering the proposal as best I can tell:

Vancouver Is Awesome: West Van ponders 350-square-foot 'micro' apartments (October 2021)

West Vancouver Council: Council Report (November 2022)

[seamusmcduff]

Some have pointed out that this is basically just an updated version of servants quarters for West Van. They still don't want anyone new living there, but they've realized they need workers at their businesses, so they're willing to concede this small development on the edge of their City that will maybe house the workers.