Burnaby Updates - Page 224

Klazu · #**4461** Posted **Dec 18, 2022, 6:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by SpongeG

I would love something like this to happen somewhere here one tall building in a sea of smaller.

Even Taipei 101 doesn't stand quite as lonely anymore, as other tall buildings have been erected in the area. Man, one has to love the lighting on many towers in Asia.

officedweller · #**4462** Posted **Dec 21, 2022, 6:43 AM**

Auyuan's project at Brentwood taken over by Anthem is now being marketed as 'South Yards'.
At least that acknowledges the presence of the trains.

jollyburger · #**4463** Posted **Dec 21, 2022, 7:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Auyuan's project at Brentwood taken over by Anthem is now being marketed as 'South Yards'.
At least that acknowledges the presence of the trains.

https://southyardsbyanthem.com/

jollyburger · #**4464** Posted **Jan 2, 2023, 2:09 AM**

Foundation pour for Central Park by Bosa

https://www.instagram.com/p/CmPVxL5j8YT/?hl=en

jollyburger · #**4465** Posted **Jan 8, 2023, 6:37 AM**

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Originally Posted by Sheba

From the (not very) latest Burnaby Major Developments Projects:

REZ #18-20 6620 Sussex Ave
DA Architects + Planners
To permit the construction of a single high-rise strata tower with a low-rise rental apartment building.
Market: 285, Non-Market: 53
Second Reading 2021.04.12

Not sure if there's another thread for this project but from some 2022 project update

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O2 includes a 30-storey condominium high-rise and a 4-storey rental
building for a total of 338 units in the heart of Metrotown. With healthfocused amenities programmed for the development, the project will define
a new lifestyle in one of Metro Vancouver’s most popular urban centres.
O2 is inspired by the principles of the WELL Building Standard. This project
is grounded in science, incorporating design features that measurably
improve air quality, water purity - and your overall health.
Address: 6620 Sussex Ave., Burnaby, BC
Type of Project: High-rise Residential and wood frame
affordable rental
Total Square Footage: 266,000sf
Development Value: $230,915,000
Completion Date: Projected October 2025
Lender(s): BMO

Sheba · #**4466** Posted **Jan 8, 2023, 7:42 AM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

Not sure if there's another thread for this project but from some 2022 project update

There hasn't been any activity on the site so no 6620 Sussex Ave thread yet. I'd kind of forgotten about it. I just looked it up on the latest Major Developments page and it reached final adoption 2022.07.04

Spr0ckets · #**4467** Posted **Jan 9, 2023, 1:49 AM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

Not sure if there's another thread for this project but from some 2022 project update

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sheba

There hasn't been any activity on the site so no 6620 Sussex Ave thread yet. I'd kind of forgotten about it. I just looked it up on the latest Major Developments page and it reached final adoption 2022.07.04

They have a sales center at Kingsway and Burlington Ave. (at the site of the old IHOP restaurant location), and it's been open for a while now.

Maybe they're waiting to reach a pre-sales threshold before they begin actual excavation and construction.

Lexus · #**4468** Posted **Jan 11, 2023, 11:39 PM**

2023, January 23

Alaska

Untitled by Lexus LX600, on Flickr

Klazu · #**4469** Posted **Jan 15, 2023, 9:51 PM**

Alaska and Taylor few weeks ago from Metrotown.

Burnaby Hospital expansion.

Lexus · #**4470** Posted **Jan 17, 2023, 8:31 PM**

2023, January 17

4653 Kingsway

Metro King (66 storey high-rise tower)

Demolition work is underway. This is where Cactus Club used to be.

Untitled by Lexus LX600, on Flickr

Metro-One · #**4471** Posted **Jan 18, 2023, 12:09 AM**

Thanks for the update.

Had many drunken nights in that Cactus Club.

This tower must have some serious push behind it to already be clearing the site.

Klazu · #**4472** Posted **Jan 18, 2023, 2:27 AM**

Seems that the project has been rebranded to equally silly name of Citizen by Anthem.

https://citizenbyanthem.com/

Spr0ckets · #**4473** Posted **Jan 18, 2023, 4:35 AM**

Aaah,....I get it now.

'Citizen'

Cit(y) and 'Zen'

They're really going to lean into that whole Life-sense/Lifestyle theme, aren't they?

At least it's marginally better than "Metro King" (...but not by a lot), if for no other reason than they put some thought into it.

I'm rather impressed that they stuck by the 66 storey height and it didn't get revised down between the DP permit application stage and now.

Klazu · #**4474** Posted **Jan 19, 2023, 8:24 PM**

Crane is up on Nuvo. West Metrotown is going to be buzzing with development for the next few years.

Vin · #**4475** Posted **Jan 19, 2023, 8:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

Seems that the project has been rebranded to equally silly name of Citizen by Anthem.

https://citizenbyanthem.com/

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officedweller · #**4476** Posted **Jan 20, 2023, 2:20 AM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

Seems that the project has been rebranded to equally silly name of Citizen by Anthem.

https://citizenbyanthem.com/

Does this pic from their website have a bit of a 'stalker' vibe?

https://citizenbyanthem.com/

Sheba · #**4477** Posted **Jan 21, 2023, 12:03 AM**

I finally saw some movement at 6837 / 6857 / 6875 Royal Oak (just north of the station - it's been fenced off fields for a few years). It's non-market housing, 134 units over retail, REZ 20-14. Has anyone seen a render for it?

Spr0ckets · #**4478** Posted **Jan 21, 2023, 7:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by Sheba

I finally saw some movement at 6837 / 6857 / 6875 Royal Oak (just north of the station - it's been fenced off fields for a few years). It's non-market housing, 134 units over retail, REZ 20-14. Has anyone seen a render for it?

This is the closest I could find after some sleuthing.

Although several caveats and big grains of salt (after the image).....
(Spoiler alert : This is probably not it)

The site that that image comes from lists the developer as "Bima Properties", while on the City of Burnaby development projects page, it shows that the rezoning and development application was filed by "Catayst Community Developments Society".

Also the Bima Properties page describes it as condo units while there's several sources (including the City of Burnaby site) that indicate they will clearly be non-market housing/below-market rentals.

All of which leads me to believe that the Bima Properties image was from a previous scheme before the City acquired the lots and sold them to be redeveloped exclusively as rentals.
(also the Bima image and proposal seems to be from before the sites were assembled to be developed as one lot and were for a development solely on the 6837 Royal Oak Ave. lot)

Unfortunately the Catalyst Community site has nothing by way of images or even a description of any sort or anything to indicate they're developing it, and no other image sources turned up anywhere else.

So it's almost certain that whatever gets built on there will look nothing like that (^^)

Bima Properties site:-

http://www.bimaproperties.com/portfo...kley-upcoming/

Catayst Community Developments Society site:-

https://catalystcommdev.org/projects/

City of Burnaby development projects list :-

https://www.burnaby.ca/sites/default...t-Projects.pdf

(Under the Royal Oak section with Final Adoption on 2022-12-05)

Sheba · #**4479** Posted **Jan 21, 2023, 7:41 AM**

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Originally Posted by Spr0ckets

This is the closest I could find after some sleuthing.

Yeah I looked on the City of Burnaby site for info and then the Catalyst Community site - and well you saw how much isn't there. I hadn't seen the Bima Properties site so that was new. How many floors do you think it'll need to be for 134 suites?

Spr0ckets · #**4480** Posted **Jan 21, 2023, 9:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by Sheba

Yeah I looked on the City of Burnaby site for info and then the Catalyst Community site - and well you saw how much isn't there. I hadn't seen the Bima Properties site so that was new. How many floors do you think it'll need to be for 134 suites?

Probably 4-6 storeys.

But since it's three assembled lots and not just the one that the Bima properties had proposed prior to this, and with retail on the ground floor side facing Royal Oak, I'd say 4 storeys is a safer bet with possibly some parts having a 5th floor.

Obviously given that it's on the west side of Royal Oak they can go higher if they wanted to, but since it's non-market housing, I doubt very much that upzoning the site and maximizing density is what they're going for.

Although they really should.
It's a pity the city didn't upzone the site prior to selling it and find a developer to sell to that would build more units - even though it would have meant a mix of condo and non-market housing - and go higher and more denser that close to a Skytrain station and on the right side of the OCP border to go taller.

Seems like a such a lost and wasted opportunity.

Especially after all the kerfuffle and drama with the BCGEU project across the street just north of the Skytrain station and the city allowing an exception in their case to go as high as 20 storeys for their rental towers on Palm avenue, why wouldn't they want to has something built as similarly tall on this side of Royal Oak (where they actually can) and that close to a Transit hub?

In any case, any housing is better than an empty lot sitting fallow right next to a skytrain stop.