Great Northern Way Campus and Area Updates - Page 34

Architype · #**661** Posted **Jun 30, 2025, 1:48 AM**

Cranes are in place for the VCC Centre for Clean Energy and Automotive Innovation (CCEAI).

(photo by me Jun 29/25)

https://www.vcc.ca/about/college-inf...ve-innovation/

officedweller · #**662** Posted **Jul 16, 2025, 12:13 AM**

375 East 1st

Apparently the ONNI project will have a grocery store - mentioned in a G&M story today.

jollyburger · #**663** Posted **Jul 16, 2025, 1:30 AM**

They think T&T Gilmore Place is opening this summer

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Like many large, mixed-use developments, plans have changed numerous times for a site adjacent to a future SkyTrain transit station in Vancouver. A recent amendment includes consolidating the property’s ground-level retail units into a large-format space for a grocery store – a transformative anchor in today’s multipurpose complexes.

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Onni’s Mr. Vrooman says economic conditions pose a challenge for development. Capital and construction costs have skyrocketed, and “rents seem not to have approached levels supportive of new construction,” according to a report on grocery stores from real estate company JLL.

“If you talk to a lot of my developer colleagues, you won’t find a lot of optimism right now,” Mr. Vrooman says. “But we’re strong believers in the long term and in the underlying fundamentals of the Metro Vancouver market, which is land-constrained. And there’s still a lot of demand from people to come here.”

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/busi...chored-retail/

Vamo · #**664** Posted **Jul 16, 2025, 1:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

375 East 1st

Apparently the ONNI project will have a grocery store - mentioned in a G&M story today.

Will it be a 6th Save-on-Foods? They already literally monopolize the area to keep their prices high, so we will see if there will be finally competition.

WarrenC12 · #**665** Posted **Jul 16, 2025, 3:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

375 East 1st

Apparently the ONNI project will have a grocery store - mentioned in a G&M story today.

Another Save on Foods?

jollyburger · #**666** Posted **Jul 16, 2025, 4:37 PM**

Save On will probably go into the PCI development at VCC.

WarrenC12 · #**667** Posted **Jul 16, 2025, 8:13 PM**

It's Onni so No Frills would be on brand for them.

jollyburger · #**668** Posted **Jul 22, 2025, 4:59 PM**

Here's the SPCA project from 2017

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We are thrilled to be working with such an outstanding organization on such an exciting project that delivers a win-win-win for animal welfare, community needs and City services. This conceptual design proposes a new 48,000 sq.ft. state-of-the-art animal hospital, animal centre, education centre and Provincial offices for the BC SPCA, and a 100,000 sq.ft. 200+ unit student residence to help meet the demands for housing for students at Vancouver Community College, The Centre for Digital Media and Emily Carr University. The goal for the student residence is to meet Passive House and potentially make this a timber tower. We look forward to the completion of the City’s upcoming neighbourhood policy process and public input to move this exciting project forward.

https://www.slaarchitect.com/portfol...-the-priority/

officedweller · #**669** Posted **Jul 22, 2025, 8:46 PM**

Student residences to be nicknamed "The Kennels".

Architype · #**670** Posted **Aug 17, 2025, 3:25 AM**

Construction for VCC Centre for Clean Energy and Automotive Innovation (CCEAI), pic from today.

The Hive, still u/c, pic from today.

(photos by me Aug 16 2025)

madog222 · #**671** Posted **Aug 26, 2025, 5:06 AM**

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Originally Posted by madog222

Nicola picked up 304 E 1st under the foreclosure proceedings and it sounds like they will be sticking with the existing approved design.

https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public...ctId=262851124

Scratch that, they're now proposing a 21 storey tower.

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304-316 E 1st Ave - Application recently submitted. Staff preparing notification - To rezone from IC-3 to CD-1 to allow for the development of a 21-storey mixed-use building over a two storey podium with office and retail space, and 181 residential rental units with 20% of the floor area for below-market rental units under the Broadway Plan. An FSR of 9.88 and a building height of 69.4 m (228 ft.) with additional height for common amenity space and mechanical appurtenances are proposed.

https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public...ctId=271377725

madog222 · #**672** Posted **Aug 28, 2025, 1:13 AM**

Rezoning for the Onni site is now up on shapeyourcity, unfortunately with proper renders of the full towers.

Towers are a little taller, looks like 41 floors at 140m for the tallest, and now with 7 levels of parking.
Residential unit totals are now 639 strata (live-work), 485 rental, 32 artist housing, and 225 hotel rooms. The south two towers are strata and the north two towers rental, the hotel has be moved into the podium.
Office space is cut in half to 75k sf while retail is slightly reduced now at 46k sf, 12k sf will be City owned art production space.

https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/375-e-1st-ave

csbvan · #**673** Posted **Aug 28, 2025, 4:22 PM**

False Creek Flats is going to be the next downtown at this rate...

madog222 · #**674** Posted **Sep 6, 2025, 8:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

375 East 1st

Apparently the ONNI project will have a grocery store - mentioned in a G&M story today.

Level 1 and 2 plans. Looks like the grocery store space is on L1. Nice decent size restaurant space on L2.

Images from Onni / BOP https://rezoning.vancouver.ca/applic...on-booklet.pdf

jollyburger · #**675** Posted **Sep 6, 2025, 10:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by madog222

Level 1 and 2 plans. Looks like the grocery store space is on L1. Nice decent size restaurant space on L2.

Images from Onni / BOP https://rezoning.vancouver.ca/applic...on-booklet.pdf

The application seems to talk about a hard surface space for some kind of farmers market or something along those lines versus a full service grocery?

madog222 · #**676** Posted **Sep 6, 2025, 10:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

The application seems to talk about a hard surface space for some kind of farmers market or something along those lines versus a full service grocery?

I believe that’s for the exterior plaza along the Brewery Creek corridor.

jollyburger · #**677** Posted **Sep 7, 2025, 1:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by madog222

I believe that’s for the exterior plaza along the Brewery Creek corridor.

Got it thanks!

SpongeG · #**678** Posted **Sep 17, 2025, 11:48 PM**

The Hive Sept 17, 2025

PXL_20250917_221145933 by snub_you, on Flickr

madog222 · #**679** Posted **Sep 18, 2025, 4:32 AM**

It's looking very sharp, thanks for the pic.

jollyburger · #**680** Posted **Oct 2, 2025, 5:10 AM**

Broadway Plan project but not sure if it's more appropriate in this thread.

Nicola Wealth/MCM

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304-316 E 1st Ave rezoning application

The City of Vancouver has received an application to rezone the subject site from IC-3 (Industrial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District. The proposal is to allow for the development of a 22-storey mixed-use rental residential building with a two-storey podium and includes:

181 units with 20% of the floor area for below-market rental units;
Commercial space on the ground floor;
A floor space ratio (FSR) of 9.8; and
A building height of 70.9 m (232 ft.).

https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/304-316-e-1-ave

Court ordered sale, previously 9 storey rental

https://storeys.com/304-east-1st-van...nicola-wealth/