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Old Posted Jun 18, 2020, 11:40 PM
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There is a proposal for a 30-something floor tower between Metroplace and Highline that to my best recollection has a similar design.
Do you remember the name or have a link to that proposal, I'd love to see how the building looks like
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Old Posted Jun 19, 2020, 2:58 AM
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Do you remember the name or have a link to that proposal, I'd love to see how the building looks like
If its the one I remember then it was a design proposal by Chris Dikeakos Architects for the lot between the Metroplace and Highline (currently under construction) towers.

Unfortunately there are not any images anywhere anymore to be found as they were only on the architect's website and have since been removed.
The design proposal seemed to be at a very preliminary stage and was very rudimentary and it seemed more for rezoning purposes than an actual design proposal, so it wouldn't surprise me if the current design has changed significantly since then.

The only things I would note from my memory of it is that it was taller than 30 stories if I remember correctly (somewhere in the low to mid-40's), it was going to be one of two towers on the site (a market tower and a smaller rental tower to the south much like other projects in the area are doing). And also, not to disagree with Klazu, but I think I recall that the distinctive feature of the design was a massive interlaced structural element running up the middle of the north and south faces, and not the kind of alternating, zig-zagging balconies we see here.

I tried finding the images shortly after this and came up short, but if that's the one, then I imagine we won't be seeing any images of it anytime soon as the design has probably moved on past what we saw here.
The application for the rezoning/design permit is still up at the City of Burnaby projects page so I guess it's still being processed and its not on hold or anything (although it may have been slowed down by the lockdown and the election changes before that).

I don't imagine that that lot - located where it is - will remain undeveloped for very long. So we should probably see some design proposal images before very long.

It's one of the last two prime lots still undeveloped on that Beresford row of towers fronting the Mall and the Skytrain line with the other being the ones between Dow Ave. and Sussex, and a application process was just initiated for the lots across the street from Moda on Dow (those three lots were sold for $100 Million a little over a year ago, so it was basically a matter of time) for the usual two highrise towers combining a market tower with a non-market/rental shorter tower route that other developers have followed of late.
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Old Posted Jun 19, 2020, 5:25 AM
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Yeah, you are talking about the same proposal. I also went back on the Burnaby Projects thread but didn't find. It can alsol be that the design was very different as it was a while ago. I am sure it will be back as a proposal at some point.
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Old Posted Jun 19, 2020, 7:20 PM
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Looking back in the Burnaby updates thread, that one is called "Telford" by Westland Homes, noted as 'coming soon' and 53 storeys, here:
https://westlandliving.ca/homes
But no pics and a private link to the Dikeakos website.
If you remember it as mid-40s, maybe the height has been increased and that has caused a redesign.
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Old Posted Jun 20, 2020, 3:55 AM
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Looking back in the Burnaby updates thread, that one is called "Telford" by Westland Homes, noted as 'coming soon' and 53 storeys, here:
https://westlandliving.ca/homes
But no pics and a private link to the Dikeakos website.
If you remember it as mid-40s, maybe the height has been increased and that has caused a redesign.
Yep!
That seems like it's the one.

And I definitely don't remember it as 53 storeys, so you might have a point and it underwent a major re-design to get more FSR and height (probably in exchange for building more non-market rentals in a second tower to replace the walk-ups).
Which also indicates or hints that it will almost likely not look like the images we saw when it was posted here.

On the Westland site it says 'Coming in 2021'......which I have to assume means pre-sales and/or construction start date.
hhmm...
Seems a bit optimistic to me.

I also doubt it will be called 'The Telford' or 'Telford'-anything,....since Intracorp already have a project in presales just south of their Metroplace tower called 'Telford on the Walk'.

https://intracorphomes.com/communities/telford/


....that one has an estimated 2024 completion date.

EDIT : It doesn't say "presales" but rather "coming soon"
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Old Posted Jun 20, 2020, 4:01 AM
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EDIT #2

Boom-Shaka-Laka!!!!

Internet sleuthing for the win again....
I got it!....

(....from here, specifically,....http://www.thegreyliving.com/team/
Sounds like the marketing or sales wing of their Westland team that didn't update their site or remove the image. But this was definitely the one)





I'll be genuinely surprised if the final design proposal ends up looking anything near like that.
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EDIT #2

Boom-Shaka-Laka!!!!

Internet sleuthing for the win again....
I got it!....

(....from here, specifically,....http://www.thegreyliving.com/team/
Sounds like the marketing or sales wing of their Westland team that didn't update their site or remove the image. But this was definitely the one)





I'll be genuinely surprised if the final design proposal ends up looking anything near like that.
That is a unique balcony design lol. Looks like the right side has something doing on too.
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Old Posted Jun 20, 2020, 8:22 AM
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https://sl2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/us...pdf?1589236897

Seems there's only 1 retail spot left on the ground floor. Lots of office space still available on the second and third floors though. Link also has a nice detailed look into the layout for the 3 floors. I wonder what kind of retail stores will open there

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Old Posted Jun 20, 2020, 7:06 PM
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That is a unique balcony design lol. Looks like the right side has something doing on too.
I would guess that they have that pattern running up all 4 sides of the tower and not just the 2 as I recalled before.

And yes, it is bizarre, if not,......busy......and "eye-catching" (I guess that's what it's supposed to be). Get rid of it and you just have another cookie-cutter highrise residential tower with balconies.

But like I said, I highly doubt that the final design looks anything like that much less has any feature like that. I'm mean, I'd be really really surprised.

I've been wrong before.
I previously thought the GoldHouse screen feature on Central Boulevard would end up looking tacky and gawdy, but it seems like they pulled it off, or they will.
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Old Posted Jun 20, 2020, 9:37 PM
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Sweet!
I've never seen that one before.
A floor count of the rendering looks like 53 storeys.
I've copied to the Burnaby Updates thread to move it out of Akimbo's thread.
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Old Posted Jun 20, 2020, 9:56 PM
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https://sl2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/us...pdf?1589236897

Seems there's only 1 retail spot left on the ground floor. Lots of office space still available on the second and third floors though. Link also has a nice detailed look into the layout for the 3 floors. I wonder what kind of retail stores will open there
The retail fronts Dawson Street, which is Burnaby's "retail high street" in Brentwood.
If they are sold as strata units, though, you may end up with hairdressers and nail salons.

Of interest from that brochure - it looks like Akimbo may be the first of 2 towers in a 2 tower complex, with a 2nd tower to the north,
based on the circular driveway shown in the plans.


https://sl2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/us...pdf?1589236897


https://sl2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/us...pdf?1589236897


https://sl2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/us...pdf?1589236897


https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/akim...naby-brentwood
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Old Posted Jun 21, 2020, 2:26 AM
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The retail fronts Dawson Street, which is Burnaby's "retail high street" in Brentwood.
If they are sold as strata units, though, you may end up with hairdressers and nail salons.

Of interest from that brochure - it looks like Akimbo may be the first of 2 towers in a 2 tower complex, with a 2nd tower to the north,
based on the circular driveway shown in the plans.


https://sl2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/us...pdf?1589236897


https://sl2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/us...pdf?1589236897


https://sl2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/us...pdf?1589236897


https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/akim...naby-brentwood
I hope there's a good mix of new restaurants and cafes to the Brentwood/Burnaby area that open up on the ground floor like a Popeyes or Blendz (I'm still new to the west coast but what I've had there was pretty tasty. I'm surprised there's none in Brentwood, I get my fill though when I work downtown or visit Metrotown). A haircut place downstairs would be really convenient too. Would be a shame to have like a Starbucks and/or Tims open up down there since they're already nearby, walking distance.
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That'd be interesting if it ended up being a 2 tower project. I can't recall if they ever advertised a second tower. Is there enough room for a second tower? I thought there was a small office building to the north just before the Honda dealership. Unless they bought that space too but last I saw, it was still up and not demolished.
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A sign at the site mentions that there is office space available.
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It's a really nice looking building but views at least to northwest and Downtown will be compromised by Gilmore Place development. Not sure what may end up going up to the east or south from here.
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Yeah it's shame Gilmore Place blocks the Vancouver view. I'm in the northwest too lol, I'm hoping there's a gap between the two buildings so there's a partial view of the Vancouver. Unobstructed north mountain though
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I think there's some restaurants (as well as services) on Dawson in the Tandem development near Gilmore station, so that's probably typical for what'll open up along the street.
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Haven't visited the website in a while but they added a video on the main page.
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that doesn't work.

is it this one?

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that doesn't work.

is it this one?

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Yup that's the one, thanks.
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