Block by Amacon | 150 Robson at Cambie | 87.2m | 29 fl | U/C

[officedweller]

Thanks.
Nice shot of the mass timber project next door, too.

[officedweller]

Pics by me yesterday - Now U/C!

[Vantage]

Hmmm, I saw someone taking photos there when I was walking over to Waterfront Station after the Sun Run. Thanks for the updates!

[officedweller]

Was he limping?

[jollyburger]

Excavators getting removed today

https://www.webcamtaxi.com/en/canada...place-cam.html

[Feathered Friend]

Rezoning Application RZ-2025-00023 In Review

Application Date: Mar, 10, 2025
Completed Date:

Details
Permit Location: 150 ROBSON STREET, Vancouver, BC V6B 2A7
Job Location:
Work Description: Amend CD-1 to enable additional height and density

https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public...ctId=258320911

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by Feathered Friend

https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public...ctId=258320911

With any luck, that should be for the hotel on the corner!

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by officedweller

With any luck, that should be for the hotel on the corner!

From the rezoning

Height and Massing — The maximum permitted height for this site under the DODP is 137.2 m
(450 ft.). However, the site is subject to View Cone 9.1 (Cambie Street to North Shore
Mountains View) which limits the proposed height to 87.2 m (286 ft.). The tower has been
positioned at the west side of the site, with a maximum floor plate of 604 sq. m
(6,500 sq. ft.). This location and the tower’s carefully sculpted massing are designed to
minimize shadow impact on the public open space of the Terry Fox Plaza, located across
Beatty Street from the site.

As well, the scale and location of the easterly midrise element provides a good transition
from the public open space to the tower. Prior to applying with the current proposal, the
applicant presented other massing options for staff’s review. The conclusion was that the
massing of the current proposal was the best response to the site in terms of being sensitive
to the heritage building, of providing no further shadowing onto the public open space, and of
making a suitable transition from the plaza to other tower forms within the immediate
context. Shadow studies were provided to ensure that Terry Fox Plaza was not affected by the
proposal. Extensive shadow and view analysis, however, were not required given the proposed
tower is significantly lower than the maximum permitted height under the DODP.

https://council.vancouver.ca/20180605/documents/p2.pdf

[officedweller]

Hmmm, so relaxing the view cones or the plaza shadowing?

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Hmmm, so relaxing the view cones or the plaza shadowing?

The 2017 shadow study

https://web.archive.org/web/20170703...hadowStudy.pdf

I assume they'll bump up the residential tower? Would that affect their pre-sales deals?

[officedweller]

I was only thinking hotel because it's in demand now, and they could come to market sooner than others, versus the poor condo market.

[jollyburger]

Yeah I just thought the 6 storey hotel shadow already started to encroach on the plaza. Not sure about the residential tower shadowing.

I think the Cambie Street viewcone affecting the tower is gone with the updated viewcones.

[officedweller]

I think the hotel rooms extend across the heritage podium and new floors on top(?).
In theory they could extend hotel rooms into the bottom of a taller condo tower.

[jrdtown]

6/16/2025, my photo

[officedweller]

Pic by me today:

[Changing City]

Here's the fourth revision of the design. This time, no change to the residential unit count (or much to the tower design, except it's now six feet taller). The hotel goes from 107 to 138 rooms, and is now 10 storeys. There's no render, but here's an elevation from the Changing City blog. A few buyers who thought they had a view of the stadium, might now have a view of the hotel.

[mcj]

Originally Posted by Changing City

A few buyers who thought they had a view of the stadium, might now have a view of the hotel.

A De Cotiis Family Special

[officedweller]

Nice to see a bigger hotel, but it would have been nice for a unique design, even if just through cladding materials on a boxy frame

[gaviscon]

Is it possible for us to get the hotel section finished before the WC next year?

[madog222]

Originally Posted by gaviscon

Is it possible for us to get the hotel section finished before the WC next year?

Nah, not a chance.