Suburban Updates - All Other Metro Vancouver Municipalities - Page 19

Volksboi · #**361** Posted **Mar 4, 2008, 9:01 PM**

The student housing towers are in the new "University District" next to the "Urban Village" Site...

SFUVancouver · #**362** Posted **Mar 4, 2008, 10:34 PM**

^ Good to see that project moving forward.

I think in time we may reverently look back on the arrival of SFU Surrey as one of the key turning points for that city and Metro Vancouver at large. It is a salient of civil society into the formerly wild west atmosphere of the Whalley area.

I feel there are few more permanent commitments a society can make to a place than the founding of a university campus. In fact there is probably a nascent field of urban planning study that looks at the catalytic effect of higher education campuses on the surrounding area. I may just file that thought away for grad school...

LeftCoaster · #**363** Posted **Mar 5, 2008, 12:13 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by SFUVancouver

It is a salient of civil society into the formerly wild west atmosphere of the Whalley area.

Haha I love university students, so eloquent. Great quote!

officedweller · #**364** Posted **Mar 5, 2008, 12:15 AM**

From the SFU link above - looks nice (I wonder if Infinity investors are concerned about the impact on rental demand).

SFUVancouver · #**365** Posted **Mar 6, 2008, 8:31 AM**

One of the new buildings at SFU is nearly complete and they have just installed a neat wavy wooden piece of art above the entrance.

My photo, taken March 5th, 2008.

vanman · #**366** Posted **Mar 6, 2008, 9:30 AM**

Looks cool.

excel · #**367** Posted **Mar 6, 2008, 7:45 PM**

Sweet entrance.

cc85 · #**368** Posted **Mar 6, 2008, 8:23 PM**

mmmmmmmmmmm ASSC, i must go back and visit it, im quite concerned about how they integrated the northeast corner of AQ 3000 with the expansion.

SFUVancouver · #**369** Posted **Mar 7, 2008, 12:13 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by cc85

im quite concerned about how they integrated the northeast corner of AQ 3000 with the expansion.

I think the integration has been quite seamless.

The connection between the northwest corner of the Academic Quadrangle (AQ) and the new Arts and Social Science Complex (ASSC) as seen from Stand Hall.

My photo, taken March 6th, 2008.

The transition from the AQ to the ASSC is via an atrium.

My photo, taken March 6th, 2008.

cc85 · #**370** Posted **Mar 7, 2008, 1:34 AM**

thanks for the pictures! im still not impressed with the transition, especially from the pov of the last picture. then again, what really could have been done to accomadate the new portion, the corner of aq was not envisioned to be a hallway. Right now I just cant stand to look at those pictures, its like having a monster 10 storey tower next to a 1 storey home. argggggggggh. they should have at least increased the amount of light at the corner of the aq. where did renaissance go? east or west? thanks again for the pics!

worldwide · #**371** Posted **Mar 7, 2008, 10:58 AM**

did i just hear somebody call 10 stories monster?

Bert · #**372** Posted **Mar 8, 2008, 6:22 PM**

I don't know if this is permanent or temporary, but there's now, at nighttime, a projected video ad on the upper blank wall (roughly two storeys high) of the ugly white office building on Kingsway, east of Nelson - Marlborough Court. Looks OK since it adds some vibrance to the street, though its somewhat washed-out in the street light.

jlousa · #**373** Posted **Mar 8, 2008, 9:45 PM**

Yet another Brentwood project.

Burnaby, BC NEGOTIATED/PLANS COMPLETE
Perspectives - Brentwood Gate; Phase 6, 2122, 2216 & 2350 Delta Ave
$32,000,000 est
Start: July, 2008 Complete: 2009
Note: The plans are complete and application for bldg permit has been made. Construction is not anticipated on this until Summer 2008.
Website: www.brentwoodgate.com
Project: new condominium high-rise with 210+/- units (between 650-900 sq ft); townhouses at podium level; three-four levels u/g prkg.
Scope: 239,000 square feet; 26 storeys; 3 storeys below grade; 210 units; 6 acres

SFUVancouver · #**374** Posted **Mar 9, 2008, 5:50 AM**

^ Do you think that would be located at the westernmost edge of the Brentwood Gate precinct, adjacent to Brentwood Town Centre?

jlousa · #**375** Posted **Mar 9, 2008, 5:56 PM**

Not sure, but since the address is listed as Delta and not Beta I can only assume it will be on the eastern side and not the western.

SpongeG · #**376** Posted **Mar 9, 2008, 8:54 PM**

its across from the brentwood gate tower - on the southside of lougheed highway

just east of watercolours - thats where they put up teh sign and fencing

SpongeG · #**377** Posted **Mar 9, 2008, 8:55 PM**

Construction halted on Fraser Valley condo project

Another residential development in southwestern British Columbia has been put on hold after failing to find enough buyers willing to shell out up to $1.1 million for the luxury condominium units.

A 28-floor residential tower in Abbotsford, B.C. is on hold after the project failed to find sufficient buyers.
(CBC)

Construction crews have abandoned the 28-floor Brio project in Abbotsford. It was advertised as the tallest residential condominium development to be built between downtown Surrey, B.C., and downtown Calgary

Real estate industry officials say the target market that developer Matsqui Land Corp. was going after didn't materialize in spite of inducements that included the use of luxury cars and valet parking.

"The average price for condos [in the Fraser Valley] is $180,000,'' said Jim McCaughan of the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board. "Brio was selling some for over $1 million," he said.

Only 20 of the 174 units were sold before construction stopped several weeks ago.

News that Brio is on hold follows reports that a handful of condominium projects in the Vancouver area have run into financial difficulty, leaving dozens of purchasers in limbo.

Two recent examples are the Chandler Development Group Inc.'s H&H Yaletown project in Vancouver and the Garden City building in Richmond, which are in the hands of a receiver.

However, Brio buyers appear to have emerged relatively unscathed, even though their dreams of living in a luxury condo may take more time to realize.

All of the presale Brio purchasers got their deposits back with interest, a project spokesperson told CBC News.

However, the spokesperson was unable to say when construction will resume.

In order to speed development at Brio, construction crews were being offered catered food service.

The residential tower was originally scheduled to be complete by April 2009.

Apartments ranging in size from 670 square feet to 2,028 square feet were priced between $279,000 and $1.1 million for the top-floor suites.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-col...iostalled.html

vanman · #**378** Posted **Mar 9, 2008, 11:47 PM**

^That's not so surprising. Million dollar condos are a rarity even in Burnaby or Coquitlam let alone way the fuck out in Abbotsford.

cornholio · #**379** Posted **Mar 10, 2008, 4:33 AM**

bet you that 19 of those 20 condos sold were bought with drug money

jlousa · #**380** Posted **Mar 10, 2008, 8:28 PM**

Can't remember if I've posted this one yet, so here goes.

Phase 1
6208-6172 Wilson Ave.
29 Storeys, 3 levels u/g.
170,612sqft, 130 condo units,
134 Parking stalls. 4 level townhouse podium.

Phase 2 only consists of 3 storey townhomes.