Burnaby Updates - Page 244

VancouverOfTheFuture · #**4861** Posted **Jun 4, 2023, 2:59 AM**

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Originally Posted by Lexus

I really hope the Province steps in and allows 4-6 plexes at SFH.

hopefully not; that'd be absolutely terrible.

laneway houses are acceptable. and they can get big in Burnaby, up to 1,507sqft. a lot more livable than Vancouver's.

ecbin · #**4862** Posted **Jun 4, 2023, 3:42 AM**

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Originally Posted by Lexus

Laneway houses coming to Burnaby. 10 years behind but better than never. I really hope the Province steps in and allows 4-6 plexes at SFH.

That the city chose to pursue laneways first ahead of fourplexes is further evidence as to how unserious they are about the housing crisis. Can't wait for the province to bring the hammer down on Burnaby and force fourplexes everywhere.

Lexus · #**4863** Posted **Jun 4, 2023, 1:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by VancouverOfTheFuture

hopefully not; that'd be absolutely terrible.

laneway houses are acceptable. and they can get big in Burnaby, up to 1,507sqft. a lot more livable than Vancouver's.

6-8 plexes would be the best thing ever to happen in Burnaby, with one requirement - off street parking regulations (underground parking). Transit grids already well developed, 2 major SkyTrain systems and a lots of bike infrastructure in the next capital budget.

Migrant_Coconut · #**4864** Posted **Jun 5, 2023, 3:58 AM**

Start with the Imperial and Willingdon corridors? That's where the buses are.

logan5 · #**4865** Posted **Jun 5, 2023, 4:13 AM**

Most house lots in Burnaby are 50 - 60' wide, so a 4 plex would fit easily. You could actually build 2 top/bottom duplexes side by side. Why would anybody have a problem with that?

jollyburger · #**4866** Posted **Jun 6, 2023, 11:11 PM**

REZ 18-49 – 6645 TO 6707 DOW AVE – HIGH DENSITY MIXEDUSE DEVELOPMENT

To seek Council authorization to forward this application to a future
Public Hearing date.

https://pub-burnaby.escribemeetings....cumentId=67499

Sheba · #**4867** Posted **Jun 7, 2023, 12:10 AM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

REZ 18-49 – 6645 TO 6707 DOW AVE – HIGH DENSITY MIXEDUSE DEVELOPMENT

To seek Council authorization to forward this application to a future
Public Hearing date.

https://pub-burnaby.escribemeetings....cumentId=67499

That's this development:

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Originally Posted by madog222

6645 - 6691 Dow Avenue

This one is back after a few years on the backburner and a change to a new developer, now Peterson.
Directly west of Moda along Beresford.

-49, 41, 6 floors
-902 units total; 770 strata & 132 rental (vast majority of rental are non-market rental replacement)
-113,000 sqft of office
-7.74 FSR total

https://pub-burnaby.escribemeetings....cumentId=67499

Lexus · #**4868** Posted **Jun 7, 2023, 7:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by fredinno

Office would compete with the town centers, though.

There's also tons of land for the sports facilities on Burnaby Lake, as well as surface parking (the eastern part of Burnaby Lake- where there's the rowing Pavillion, isn't a park.
They really don't need more for sports facilities.
Even the new pool facility is being built on top of the old one.

New industrial land for dealerships and warehouses could compensate for losses in Brentwood/Gilmore/Sperling.
So maybe something like this eventually (once all the civic facilities are moved to the town centers- dunno about the police, it might stay there.)

They already build more housing diagonally across the street from City Hall:

4277 NORLAND AVE

155 affordable rental homes for seniors to be built in Burnaby

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/4277...rdable-housing

Untitled by Lexus LX600, on Flickr

Lexus · #**4869** Posted **Jun 9, 2023, 8:34 PM**

2023, June 9

Artesia

Untitled by Lexus LX600, on Flickr

Untitled by Lexus LX600, on Flickr

Burnaby Hospital

Untitled by Lexus LX600, on Flickr

officedweller · #**4870** Posted **Jun 9, 2023, 10:39 PM**

6645-6707 Dow Avenue

More on this project from Vancouvermarket.ca

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The proposed development for the site is for two condo towers (49 & 41-storeys), with a commercial podium, and a 6-storey non-market rental housing building.

Details include:

902 total residential units;
770 condos;
132 rental units (median market, inclusionary & replacement);
113,000 SF of office space (with option to convert to hotel);
a total density of 7.74 FAR (870,000 SF);
1,241 underground parking stalls.

https://vancouvermarket.ca/2023/06/0...etrotown-site/

madog222 · #**4871** Posted **Jun 9, 2023, 11:25 PM**

^Tower A height is 160.2m to the overrun, 156.8m to the roofline. Tower B is 131.35m to the overrun and 127.4m to the roofline.

hollywoodnorth · #**4872** Posted **Jun 10, 2023, 8:29 PM**

'Ridiculous': 14 levels of underground parking in proposed 80-storey Burnaby tower draw concerns

As Burnaby approves taller and taller condo towers, the parking gets deeper and deeper. “It’ll take 10 minutes just for somebody to park their car,” said a city councillor.

https://www.burnabynow.com/local-new...dvtXLaLdC_RgU8

A giant Burnaby tower project in Lougheed with 14 levels of underground parking, almost 50 metres deep, raised eyebrows at city council this week.

“It just seems ridiculous to have this much parking,” Coun. Alison Gu said on June 5 at third reading of the two-tower Pinnacle International development at 9850 Austin Rd. and 9859/9898 Gatineau Place.

madog222 · #**4873** Posted **Jun 10, 2023, 8:40 PM**

-snip-

ecbin · #**4874** Posted **Jun 10, 2023, 9:05 PM**

Zero interest or urgency from the planning team at City Hall to address these kinds of issues. Far as they're concerned there's no housing crisis.

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Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

'Ridiculous': 14 levels of underground parking in proposed 80-storey Burnaby tower draw concerns

As Burnaby approves taller and taller condo towers, the parking gets deeper and deeper. “It’ll take 10 minutes just for somebody to park their car,” said a city councillor.

https://www.burnabynow.com/local-new...dvtXLaLdC_RgU8

A giant Burnaby tower project in Lougheed with 14 levels of underground parking, almost 50 metres deep, raised eyebrows at city council this week.

“It just seems ridiculous to have this much parking,” Coun. Alison Gu said on June 5 at third reading of the two-tower Pinnacle International development at 9850 Austin Rd. and 9859/9898 Gatineau Place.

logan5 · #**4875** Posted **Jun 10, 2023, 9:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

'Ridiculous': 14 levels of underground parking in proposed 80-storey Burnaby tower draw concerns

As Burnaby approves taller and taller condo towers, the parking gets deeper and deeper. “It’ll take 10 minutes just for somebody to park their car,” said a city councillor.

https://www.burnabynow.com/local-new...dvtXLaLdC_RgU8

A giant Burnaby tower project in Lougheed with 14 levels of underground parking, almost 50 metres deep, raised eyebrows at city council this week.

“It just seems ridiculous to have this much parking,” Coun. Alison Gu said on June 5 at third reading of the two-tower Pinnacle International development at 9850 Austin Rd. and 9859/9898 Gatineau Place.

Is this a super small site? The deepest parkades I've seen are usually P7 or P8, but P14! I have never seen anything close to that. But who cares if they want to build that, it's their money, which by the way must be a lot to build a parkade that is 50 meters deep. Lol.

Cypherus · #**4876** Posted **Jun 10, 2023, 9:06 PM**

Inserting the preliminary concept for 5000 Kingsway. Phase 1 includes a 70-storey signature landmark tower

Source

hollywoodnorth · #**4877** Posted **Jun 10, 2023, 9:36 PM**

Phase 4 ..... 100 year vision .... and its a 10 story building .... what in the *uck?

the whole 1-4 phasing mentioned here is whacked out. I get it there are leases in place ..... but 100 years from today to finish this small site? .... MENTAL

madog222 · #**4878** Posted **Jun 10, 2023, 10:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by logan5

Is this a super small site? The deepest parkades I've seen are usually P7 or P8, but P14! I have never seen anything close to that. But who cares if they want to build that, it's their money, which by the way must be a lot to build a parkade that is 50 meters deep. Lol.

It's this project https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=254922 The parkade extends under the roadway west of the towers, but not south.

They are building the minimum required parking so the councilor is asking if those minimums need to be looked at. This project has a 514,000 sqft commercial office podium, that requires 1040 parking stalls plus 27 for the retail. One stall per residential unit for 1466 plus 147 visitor. For bike stalls two required per unit plus some for visitor and the commercial.
It total that's 2680 car and 3225 bike stalls for Phase 1, for all phases is 4341 car and 5860 bike.

Ground elevation is about 50m there and the plans show the parkade going 47.5m down so almost to sea level!

Here's a standard parkade floor:

https://web.archive.org/web/20230602...cumentId=60251

Tysonbrown · #**4879** Posted **Jun 10, 2023, 10:30 PM**

I think you both are talking about 2 different projects. One is near Metrotown and the other is adjacent to Lougheed.

Klazu · #**4880** Posted **Jun 10, 2023, 10:37 PM**

14 levels of parking is pretty crazy and it would be best to have half of the levels above and half below the ground. Climate wacko Gu's answer would probably be more bicycles stalls (LOL), but she hasn't realized that these Pinnacle towers are being built as vertical ghettos with 12 units on floors throughout all those 80 floors. It is going to be a very, very crowded and unpleasant building to live in.