Burnaby Updates

[SpongeG]

Intracorp moves forward with 37-storey tower at Metrotown

December 4, 2019 By Peter Meiszner



Intracorp Homes is planning a 37-storey market residential tower at 6525 Telford Avenue, near Metrotown.

The tower will contain 332 market residential units, ranging from small studios to three-bedroom homes.

This will be Intracorp and architect NSDA’s fourth residential high-rise in the Maywood neighbourhood of Metrotown.

As is the case with Burnaby redevelopments in the Metrotown neighbourhood, the proposal includes a rental component. Adjacent to the tower will be a six-storey, rental apartment building with 66 units, 54 of which will be designated affordable to replace the units that will be lost in the redevelopment.

A public art component, by Douglas Coupland, will be paid for by the developer and add to the Beresford Art Walk.

The architects describe the design rationale as follows:

Building materials and colors are intended to be refined and simple. Bright white brick, concrete, panels and metal foreground frame elements contrast with a deep background of charcoal and gunmetal grey for the window frames, mullions and spandrel glass so that they “pop” and become more meaningful elements in the composition. Mid-range fields are light grey to mediate between this contrast when needed. Bamboo wood-colored metal elements as feature columns at the amenity interfaces, allude to the “bamboo” references of the building concept. Charcoal lower levels highlighted with white brick treatments at the perimeter create a strong base for the street-scale elements while 3 storey brick-clad frames and bump-outs provide a consistent visual language connecting the two buildings.

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https://urbanyvr.com/intracorp-tower-metrotown

[officedweller]

Construction begins on BCIT's new $78-million Health Sciences Centre


Artistic rendering of BCIT Health Sciences Centre. (Stantec Architecture / BCIT)
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bcit...ciences-centre


Artistic rendering of BCIT Health Sciences Centre. (Stantec Architecture / BCIT)
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bcit...ciences-centre


Site of BCIT Health Sciences Centre. (Stantec Archtiecture / BCIT)
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bcit...ciences-centre


Concept of the public realm improvements as part of BCIT Health Sciences Centre. (Stantec Archtiecture / BCIT)
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bcit...ciences-centre

[Tetsuo]

BCIT lots of room to keep developing the campus looks great.

I forget just how big that cemetery is

[SpongeG]

I went to school there decades ago and would have to go from a building along Canada Way to one way over in the south as they have it labeled SW01, it was a pretty long walk in a short amount of time between classes.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by Tetsuo

BCIT lots of room to keep developing the campus looks great.

I forget just how big that cemetery is

Only problem is that they don't have the endowment of UBC.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by Tetsuo

BCIT lots of room to keep developing the campus looks great.

I forget just how big that cemetery is

Only problem is that they don't have the endowment of UBC.

They're planning on some mixed used on the NW corner of the campus. And almost all their existing buildings are rated "criticial" condition.

https://www.bcit.ca/files/facilities...d_may_2018.pdf

[Klazu]

Ah, that's what they are building there. Fence has been up for months now, so it's definitely underway.

I hope we will one day get some rapid transit along Willingdon. It's going to be busy with all the business along it.

[red-paladin]

Well the bus from Metrotown through Brentwood to Capilano University should be a rapid bus eventually at least.

[Lexus]

Burnaby near 14th Ave and 18th Street. Senior Housing.

Originally Posted by Lexus

This is whats there now. Photo by me Dec 7

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[Metro-One]

Just as FYI Koops65 has updated the Burnaby diagram.

Always appreciated!

[Klazu]

People complaining about being disappointed with the Ultimate Rumour Thread should make a habit of checking out this thread. Almost on every second page there is a brand new project popping up in (where else but) Burnaby!

So much good stuff in the Burnaby pipeline which will keep our four skylines evolving far into the future.

[Tetsuo]

Burnabys glad to have you Klazu!!

[officedweller]

Bordeaux

By City of Rain Dec 1st:

Originally Posted by City Of Rain, post: 1512379, member: 70034

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[Sheba]

A couple of tidbits I noticed on the latest (Dec) Burnaby Major Development Projects:

To establish development guidelines for the 6 proposed City-owned sites for non-market housing, in order to provide a basis for the selection of non-profit development partners and the pursuance of future site specific rezoning applications.


5912, 5924, 5938, 5946, 5958, 5968, 5978, 5988 Sunset Street,
and 5907, 5919, 5931, 5941, 5951, 5969, 5979, 5989 Kincaid Street

7285 Kitchener Street

6488 Byrnepark Drive

7510, 7516, 7526, 7536 Kingsway; 7390, 7398 16th Avenue; 7411 15th Avenue

6365 Stride Avenue, and portions of 6370, 6380, 6428, 6448 Stride Avenue and 7514 Bevan Street

6857 and 6875 Royal Oak

Also two listings in the Brentwood area say "No specific development is proposed at this time." I haven't seen that before.

4265 Lougheed Highway

4612, 4664 Lougheed Highway and 2040, 2140, 2150 Alpha Avenue

[Tetsuo]

Royal Oak would probably fetch some $$$ for construction of the other sites, the Stride site is weird and isolated, although I know across the street Southridge (Byrne) the large forested portion is being sold to developers.

Kinkaid site is decently sized, Kingsway site is small

Kitchener St, I forget for an isolated part of Burnaby, there's a decent amount of density in the surrounding area, enough to support the retail complex at Greystone. Very 1980s area

[LeftCoaster]

Missed this through the year but it looks like Grosvenor has tied up the Carter Dodge site at Brentwood. This isn't the Carter Chevy site on the corner but the one right next to it.

http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2019/1...deals-of-2019/

This is a big property and with a developer like Grosvenor and P+W at the helm architecturally this will be an exciting property to watch.

[jollyburger]

Another article about Grosvenor in Brentwood

Grosvenor Americas paid $167 million for a 4.77-acre site at 4612 Lougheed Highway and 2040, 2140 and 2150 Alpha Ave. It had been owned by the families which operated an on-site car dealership, according to Avison Young Vancouver principal Bob Levine, who was part of the team that brokered the deal.

The acquisition gives Grosvenor Americas a 7.9-acre site immediately southeast of SkyTrain’s Brentwood Town Centre station and south of The Amazing Brentwood development. Its borders are Lougheed Highway to the north, Beta Avenue to the east, Dawson Street to the south and Alpha Avenue to the west.

“We first acquired an interest in 4664 Lougheed in late 2016 and have worked on acquiring the rest of the block, including the remaining interest in 4664 Lougheed, since then on an off-market basis,” Grosvenor Americas senior vice-president of development and general manager for Vancouver Michael Ward told RENX.

“There is an existing high-quality office building on the eastern portion of the site and some smaller businesses located on the western portion of the site. The car dealership is no longer in operation and there is a lot of surface parking.”


Grosvenor Americas part of Brentwood boom
The site is one of the last full-block, large-scale development opportunities in the rapidly evolving Brentwood neighbourhood. That is what attracted Grosvenor Americas, along with its proximity to transit retail, natural amenities and educational institutions.

Following the implementation of the Brentwood Town Centre Official Community Plan in 1996 and the Metro Vancouver SkyTrain expansion in 2002, Brentwood has seen the addition of more than 10,000 new residential units, more than one million square feet of new retail and more than 500,000 square feet of new office space.

“We are in the very early stages of working with the City of Burnaby, but envision a high-density, mixed-use development that could have over 2,000 residential units, including condominiums and rental housing, with approximately 500,000 square feet of commercial space, which could include such uses as office, retail, hotel, et cetera,” said Ward.

The City of Burnaby wants to establish more non-market-priced affordable rental housing. That will be incorporated into the Grosvenor Americas’ development.

Ward called it an “opportunity for us to make a significant community impact, which is something we strive to do with all of our developments, as we intend to be there for the long term.”

Grosvenor Americas will master-plan the site and go through a rezoning process for each phase of the development. Ward said it was too early to establish any timelines.

“In the short term, we have a vision to create opportunities to engage the community in ways that haven’t really been seen before in this neighbourhood,” said Ward.

“We always strive to engage with the community in meaningful ways in all of our projects. We are currently working with the city on those plans and hope to have more to share soon.”

Other Brentwood developments
Shape Properties’ The Amazing Brentwood is a 28-acre community with phased plans that include more than 250 shopping and dining options, entertainment, offices, public space and more than 6,000 homes in 11 towers.

Aoyuan International also has big plans for the Brentwood neighbourhood. It owns a 9.3-acre property on Dawson Street that’s currently comprised of retail and light industrial buildings.

The company plans to transform it into a mixed-use development called The Grove that would incorporate condominiums, purpose-built rental apartments and a commercial element.

It’s seeking approval to build five towers reaching up to 51 storeys, four low-rise buildings of up to six storeys, and 280,000 square feet of office, retail and restaurant space.

Grosvenor Americas in B.C. and elsewhere
Grosvenor Americas teamed up with Citimark Group and Transca Development to begin construction of the 36-storey Polaris condo in Burnaby’s Metrotown area last year.

It’s also building the 39-storey The Pacific condo in downtown Vancouver and Ambleside Phase 2 in West Vancouver.

“Grosvenor has been an active property developer in the Vancouver area for over 65 years,” said Ward. “This acquisition represents one of our largest commitments to date, and exemplifies our enthusiasm for this region.”

Grosvenor Americas is part of the Grosvenor Group, one of the world’s largest privately owned property companies, which develops, manages and invests in properties in more than 60 cities around the world.

Its other development projects include Crescent in San Francisco and Central in Washington, D.C.

Grosvenor Americas had assets under management worth $5.2 billion at the end of 2018.

https://renx.ca/grosvenor-americas-a...d-town-centre/

[Klazu]

Brentwood could really use a nice hotel in the central area, as there is almost nothing. Metrotown has seen hotels go up recently which bring nice buzz to the immediate area.

[Tetsuo]

Yeah there is only the Executive.

And interesting tidbit about Grosvenor helping out with Polaris which was dead for awhile back then

[cairnstone]

Originally Posted by Tetsuo

Yeah there is only the Executive.

And interesting tidbit about Grosvenor helping out with Polaris which was dead for awhile back then

I heard rumors that that block was also for going to be redeveloped as its a big area of parking lot mainly used by the gym and a timmies