[Burnaby] Silver | 127 meters | 38 Floors | Complete - Page 2

mr.sandbag · #21 Posted **Mar 8, 2012, 11:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Galileo at Robson & Homer had 2 bedrooms in 688 sq ft about 10 years ago.

ouch!!!

The one bedrooms at 544 sqft in the District are huge then.

Homeowner · #22 Posted **Mar 9, 2012, 1:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by RoyalCity

LOL, I'm with MFB on this one, 2 bedrooms starting at 730 sqft....what a joke!!!
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Not at all unsual these days as developers try to keep prices down. And the only way to do that is reduce square footage.

Take a look at the Marine Gateway project on Cambie & Marine Drive. Junior 2 bedrooms are roughly 630-640 SQUARE FEET!

Homeowner · #23 Posted **Mar 9, 2012, 1:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by mr.sandbag

ouch!!!

The one bedrooms at 544 sqft in the District are huge then.

District units are NICE. Good developer with nice furnishings. They are located in the sweet spot of Mount Pleasant. Now is a good time to pick up a decent unit at a good price with all the flippers wanting to unload their units.

mr.sandbag · #24 Posted **Mar 9, 2012, 1:50 AM**

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Originally Posted by Homeowner

District units are NICE. Good developer with nice furnishings. They are located in the sweet spot of Mount Pleasant. Now is a good time to pick up a decent unit at a good price with all the flippers wanting to unload their units.

Yeah they are a great buy for the area and target audience, I was really just make a sqft comparison with the 680+ sqft 2 bedrooms officedweller mentioned. I live across the street in the social so Ive watched them built and now have neighbours, plan in checking out some of the open houses. Their value will only go up.

MFB · #25 Posted **Mar 9, 2012, 4:32 AM**

In the city..maybe. Out in the burbs there's no way you should be living in that shoe box.

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Originally Posted by Homeowner

Not at all unsual these days as developers try to keep prices down. And the only way to do that is reduce square footage.

Take a look at the Marine Gateway project on Cambie & Marine Drive. Junior 2 bedrooms are roughly 630-640 SQUARE FEET!

spiritofevil99 · #26 Posted **Mar 27, 2012, 2:54 PM**

VIP previews this Friday. Anyone going?

quobobo · #27 Posted **Apr 5, 2012, 3:27 AM**

Here's a photo from today. I need to find a better imagehost, sorry about the small size.

Silver by quobobo1, on Flickr

mr.sandbag · #28 Posted **Apr 5, 2012, 3:36 AM**

this is metroplace, silver is the on the next block to the right with the small house, great shot though

mr.sandbag · #29 Posted **Apr 5, 2012, 3:37 AM**

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Originally Posted by quobobo

Here's a photo from today. I need to find a better imagehost, sorry about the small size.

Silver by quobobo1, on Flickr

look at all the potential.... time to rezone those 3 story walk-ups (thats what I call them) to allow for highrises...

quobobo · #30 Posted **Apr 5, 2012, 3:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by mr.sandbag

this is metroplace, silver is the on the next block to the right with the small house, great shot though

Ah, my mistake. Will post it in the correct thread, thanks.

red-paladin · #31 Posted **Apr 5, 2012, 6:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by mr.sandbag

look at all the potential.... time to rezone those 3 story walk-ups (thats what I call them) to allow for highrises...

I live in a nearby three floor apartment building, (Grange and Willingdon) but I don't have a problem if the city slowly allows them to be replaced. I do think that the city does have the responsibility to make sure it's not too fast and that people of lesser incomes aren't driven out. (For the record I'm not 'lower income' but still live in such a place.

) There should be a community plan that allows both development for that triangle south of the Skytrain line, and protects livability. I'd think after Metroplace and Silver, they should rezone for towers on the rest of the lots on the street, then come up with a long term plan for the rest.

spiritofevil99 · #32 Posted **Apr 5, 2012, 9:18 PM**

I wonder how much they gave the residents of the low income apartments to move out and sell their apartments.

mr.sandbag · #33 Posted **Apr 5, 2012, 10:03 PM**

yeah im not trying to force people out but a planned turnover of that stock would be great, building both rental and market units

MFB · #34 Posted **Apr 19, 2012, 3:11 AM**

No surprises here:

http://www.burnabynewsleader.com/bus...148005975.html

logan5 · #35 Posted **Apr 19, 2012, 3:31 AM**

Things are happening fast in the Maywood neighborhood. The little building I used to live in on Cassie is gone, as well as the house that was behind it. There is now a rezoning application at that site, and this is deep inside the Maywood neighborhood, so it looks like there is going to be a radical change to the whole area; not just confined to Bersesford.

VanK · #36 Posted **Apr 19, 2012, 11:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by logan5

Things are happening fast in the Maywood neighborhood. The little building I used to live in on Cassie is gone, as well as the house that was behind it. There is now a rezoning application at that site, and this is deep inside the Maywood neighborhood, so it looks like there is going to be a radical change to the whole area; not just confined to Bersesford.

The Cassie application is for a 4 storey building (44 unit)... not quite the radical change just yet..

vanman · #37 Posted **May 6, 2012, 2:30 AM**

Already 75% sold according to an ad in the Vancouver Sun. Construction must be imminent.

Homeowner · #38 Posted **May 6, 2012, 5:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by vanman

Already 75% sold according to an ad in the Vancouver Sun. Construction must be imminent.

I have a feeling a lot of speculators have bought. Priced well due to small sizes of some of the units.

A few of the units are under 500 square feet. Hard to imagine someone willing to live outside of downtown in such a small unit.

vanman · #39 Posted **May 8, 2012, 12:21 AM**

^ I agree that some of the units seem small for a suburban location. However, I think most people buying actually plan on living in their units. Metrotown may just be desirable enough now that people would be willing to sacrifice space for a central location. All the area really needs is a large, post secondary institution, and a few more bars, pubs, and restaurants to round it out.

red-paladin · #40 Posted **May 8, 2012, 1:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by vanman

^ I agree that some of the units seem small for a suburban location. However, I think most people buying actually plan on living in their units. Metrotown may just be desirable enough now that people would be willing to sacrifice space for a central location. All the area really needs is a large, post secondary institution, and a few more bars, pubs, and restaurants to round it out.

Um... BCIT is just down the hill, but if you mean an urban university campus development, that would be great to have also. I agree that the area seems a bit too dead at night, but that's something people complain about the lower mainland in general.