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[GeeCee]

Originally Posted by VarBreStr18

Does anybody know what is that building being built at north east corner of Boundary /Lougheed, opposite from Macdonld? just curious every time I drove by, dont see any signage. An unusual looking structure, with a huuuuge cement support ???

Haven't seen it myself, but I believe that this is 2020 Boundary Road.

http://brentwoodstation.blogspot.ca/...rants-for.html

http://www.bozyk.com/lougheed.html

two or three high-end auto dealerships
a 4-storey fully enclosed glass structured car parkade
an 8-storey, 85,000 SF office building with underground parking and grade level retail uses
a total density of 0.77 FAR

Possibly called OpenRoad Citiplex per http://ventanaconstruction.com/?page_id=166

[hollywoodnorth]

Originally Posted by VarBreStr18

Does anybody know what is that building being built at north east corner of Boundary /Lougheed, opposite from Macdonld? just curious every time I drove by, dont see any signage. An unusual looking structure, with a huuuuge cement support ???

http://www.bozyk.com/lougheed.html

[officedweller]

The Bozyk images are out of date, as far as I know - Bosa doesn't own the land anymore I don't think..

[Spork]

Originally Posted by GeeCee

Haven't seen it myself, but I believe that this is 2020 Boundary Road.

http://brentwoodstation.blogspot.ca/...rants-for.html

http://www.bozyk.com/lougheed.html



Possibly called OpenRoad Citiplex per http://ventanaconstruction.com/?page_id=166

I'm fairly certain this is correct. I read the signage a few months ago and I remember seeing car dealership indications on such.

[Klazu]

I have understood that the Audi dealership would be relocating there.

[VarBreStr18]

thanks for everybody's input

[Olden Retreiver]

Some weeks after a small presence at the local farmers' market, Flavelle Oceanfront in Port Moody will be holding their first full public open house next week:

Date: Tuesday, Jun 23, 2015
Time: 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Place: Old Mill Boathouse
2715 Esplanade Street

http://www.flavelleoceanfront.ca/about-the-project/

[Pinion]

Squamish is about to add thousands of units of residential

https://www.biv.com/article/2015/6/r...ooms-squamish/

Several large residential projects on Squamish’s development horizon promise to increase the town’s appeal for residents who make the 45-minute commute to Vancouver and entrepreneurs who want to start businesses in the waterfront community.

The District of Squamish is nearing the end of a rezoning process that would allow two packages of district-owned land to house about 1,100 residential units.

District council unanimously supports rezoning the 100-acre oceanfront land and selling it to a group made up of local developer Bethel Lands Corp. and Texas-based Matthews Southwest.

Adjoining land that is on the same peninsula as the oceanfront property, about two kilometres south of downtown Squamish, could house an additional 2,000 units, District of Squamish Mayor Patricia Heintzman told Business in Vancouver.

I can't imagine how miserable Lions Gate is going to be in the future. I know lots of Squamish residents don't commute to Vancouver, but it is really turning into another suburb.

[Caliplanner1]

Originally Posted by Pinion

Squamish is about to add thousands of units of residential https://www.biv.com/article/2015/6/r...ooms-squamish/ I can't imagine how miserable Lions Gate is going to be in the future. I know lots of Squamish residents don't commute to Vancouver, but it is really turning into another suburb.

I'm trying to figure out why it is taking so long for "the -powers-that-be" to effectively widen/redevelop the Lion's Gate Bridge! Seems that the original builders lacked urban vision in not constructing at least a six lane structure!

[TourOdeon]

Originally Posted by Pinion

Squamish is about to add thousands of units of residential

https://www.biv.com/article/2015/6/r...ooms-squamish/



I can't imagine how miserable Lions Gate is going to be in the future. I know lots of Squamish residents don't commute to Vancouver, but it is really turning into another suburb.

How much will it cost to buy a single-family home in Squamish?

[Klazu]

Squamish could use some densification. It is currently a very loosely-built town. I have hard time grasping the principle their local planners have been following. The town is like a shotgun blast.

[CurtisVerbatim]

If Abbotsford can be considered a suburb then Squamish can too. Abbotsford is ~10km further away from downtown at ~60km, whereas Squamish is ~50km away. I know quite a few people who commute from Abbotsford evey day.

Also, I don't think the Lions gate corridor should be upgraded for more Vehicles to cross into downtown. If anything a new crossing should be built at Knight St connecting up to HWY 1.

[Pinion]

Originally Posted by Caliplanner1

I'm trying to figure out why it is taking so long for "the -powers-that-be" to effectively widen/redevelop the Lion's Gate Bridge! Seems that the original builders lacked urban vision in not constructing at least a six lane structure!

Lions Gate bridge was built privately by the Guiness family. The government never saw any value in the north shore and the NDP punished us for being a safe BC Liberal vote when the bridge was falling apart in the 90s, spending the bare minimum to keep it one lane most of the time.

[hollywoodnorth]

Originally Posted by CurtisVerbatim

If Abbotsford can be considered a suburb then Squamish can too. Abbotsford is ~10km further away from downtown at ~60km, whereas Squamish is ~50km away. I know quite a few people who commute from Abbotsford evey day.

Also, I don't think the Lions gate corridor should be upgraded for more Vehicles to cross into downtown. If anything a new crossing should be built at Knight St connecting up to HWY 1.

ummmm you mean at Clark? Knight St ends at 13th ave.

[CurtisVerbatim]

Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

ummmm you mean at Clark? Knight St ends at 13th ave.

yes

[VarBreStr18]

Densification of Squamish?
Not too appealing at present, I think of their flooding problem and commute the "sea to die "hiway... hmmm . Developer really needs to work hard on marketing.

[Pinion]

Sea to Sky hwy to Squamish is really nice now - ever since 2010. And I say this as someone who came very close to dying myself on that road when I was 11 years old - my grandma drove off the side of the cliff, luckily in a part that didn't go down too far.

I'd much rather live there than most of the eastern lower mainland. And considering the demand it doesn't seem like they need to work on marketing at all. Just need better planning/development/government.

[Caliplanner1]

Originally Posted by Pinion

Lions Gate bridge was built privately by the Guiness family. The government never saw any value in the north shore and the NDP punished us for being a safe BC Liberal vote when the bridge was falling apart in the 90s, spending the bare minimum to keep it one lane most of the time.

That's the big difference in the thinking of Americans vis-a-vis the thinking of Canadians. Private or public developers here in the U.S. generally tend to project optimal efficiency/profitability when planning major communications infrastructure. Thus, (for example) here in Los Angeles post World War II roads (whether built publicly or privately) are generally very wide because there is an acute awareness that travel/transportation time, is money cost, and traffic congestion due to inadequately scaled roads adversely impacts both (re: time and money)!

[Pinion]

Originally Posted by Caliplanner1

That's the big difference in the thinking of Americans vis-a-vis the thinking of Canadians. Private or public developers here in the U.S. generally tend to project optimal efficiency/profitability when planning major communications infrastructure. Thus, (for example) here in Los Angeles post World War II roads (whether built publicly or privately) are generally very wide because there is an acute awareness that travel/transportation time, is money cost, and traffic congestion due to inadequately scaled roads adversely impacts both (re: time and money)!

Even on this right-leaning pro-business site we still get a lot of people saying bridges/highways are too wide. I don't understand it either, unless they have an anti-car attitude in general and want to make driving as miserable as possible. I do agree with the "wide roads increase sprawl and then become clogged" argument generally, but not for Vancouver where maximum sprawl is physically limited.

America screwed up big time by letting Ford and Co. destroy public transit but there's no reason why we can't have adequate infrastructure for all modes of transportation.

[Caliplanner1]

Can someone please furnish updates on the Marine Gateway project and nearby ones.