Cambie Corridor Updates

[officedweller]

From City of Rain @ SkyRise cities:

4951 Cambie taken Nov 26th:

Originally Posted by City Of Rain, post: 1282557, member: 70034

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Cambria Park

Originally Posted by City Of Rain, post: 1282550, member: 70034

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Originally Posted by City Of Rain, post: 1282551, member: 70034

^^^^

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[officedweller]

Another...

Originally Posted by Yellow Fever

Vancouver | Southstreet Rental project | 6 fl

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[officedweller]

Concept from Bing Thom / Revery Architecture website for the Tzu Chi Foundation Hospital
They bought property just north of Cambie & Marine Drive (north of the Northwest condo)


http://reveryarchitecture.com/project/tzu-chi-foundation-and-traditional-chinese-medicine-hospital/


http://reveryarchitecture.com/project/tzu-chi-foundation-and-traditional-chinese-medicine-hospital/


http://reveryarchitecture.com/project/tzu-chi-foundation-and-traditional-chinese-medicine-hospital/

Originally Posted by SFUVancouver

Interesting bit of news on VancouverMarket.ca



http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2015/02/17/cambie-site-sells-in-16-7-million-deal/

Is this the same group that has a facility on the southwest corner of Cambie and Marine? I could see them redeveloping the site that they have just purchased and then selling their existing site to a developer.

[retro_orange]

Nice design and interior courtyard greenery!

[LeftCoaster]

Very cool, would like to see some more details on this one.

[Migrant_Coconut]

Still beautifying Vancouver even from beyond the grave. James Cheng, please take notes.

[BobLoblawsLawBlog]

It's pretty ugly. I'm tired of this "curvy" meme. Real buildings have angles.

[Migrant_Coconut]

Originally Posted by BobLoblawsLawBlog

It's pretty ugly. I'm tired of this "curvy" meme. Real buildings have angles.

Angles like this?

[szechuansean]

Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

Angles like this?

When the Tetris blocks don't go where you want them to.

[LeftCoaster]

Originally Posted by BobLoblawsLawBlog

It's pretty ugly. I'm tired of this "curvy" meme. Real buildings have angles.

I think that's what works so well with this building, the curves of the window wall contrast with the hard angular corners of the buildings plates.

[retro_orange]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

I think that's what works so well with this building, the curves of the window wall contrast with the hard angular corners of the buildings plates.

Agreed, the gentle curves make it feel spacious. Though I am curious as to what the final design is.

[Feathered Friend]

This is the first open house my partner and I attended this year. While a Cambie Corridor project is usually pretty run of the mill, this one is slightly different as it is proposing townhomes rather than the usual condos. That said, the event was tame, as the 14 people in attendance seemed more interested in selling their home for redevelopment than in what was being presented at the event. The project itself seems like a good use of the block, and it does what it can under the area plan, but I would have supported more height and density. Its nice to see that the materials and design chosen will help it stand out, though I'm curious what the UDP will feel about them. My favorite comment of the night was an older couple from the area expressing that they should sell their nearby home and buy two in here; one to live in, and one to rent out. On that note, if I heard correctly as I was leaving the UDP meeting, the units will also feature lock-off suites, which could help make a home just a bit more affordable.

http://rezoning.vancouver.ca/applications/146-186w41stave/index.htm

[LeftCoaster]

This is way too small for the location. I like the scale for non-transit locations, but this is far too close to Oakridge for the scale it is proposed at. This would look great about a block to two east.

On the positive that's a great piece about the lock off suites if true. Hopefully we see more and more of those as it allows for perspective families to grow into a unit and get help with the mortgage.

[officedweller]

Yeah, that's the whole difference between Vancouver and Burnaby.

In Burnaby, there's district-wide "town centre" planning.

In Vancouver, towers are only allowed on historically consolidated parcels - older malls and grocery stores, etc. - what I call "opportunistic" sites.

Oakridge is Vancouver's only "Municipal Town Centre" under the Metro Vancouver Regional Growth Strategy (why not Kerrisdale too?).
The Oakridge town centre shouldn't be focussed only on the mall site.
All 4 corners should be built out to the same extent.
Remember what Coromandel has proposed for the NE corner of Cambie & 41st? 3 storeys is it?

[GlassCity]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Yeah, that's the whole difference between Vancouver and Burnaby.

In Burnaby, there's district-wide "town centre" planning.

In Vancouver, towers are only allowed on historically consolidated parcels - older malls and grocery stores, etc. - what I call "opportunistic" sites.

Oakridge is Vancouver's only "Municipal Town Centre" under the Metro Vancouver Regional Growth Strategy (why not Kerrisdale too?).
The Oakridge town centre shouldn't be focussed only on the mall site.
All 4 corners should be built out to the same extent.
Remember what Coromandel has proposed for the NE corner of Cambie & 41st? 3 storeys is it?

I don't know about Kerrisdale, but you'd think Joyce-Collingwood would be a municipal town centre too. Maybe they think it's too close to Metrotown?

[BodomReaper]

1.87 FSR in this location? This city has no hope.

[Vin]

Originally Posted by GlassCity

I don't know about Kerrisdale, but you'd think Joyce-Collingwood would be a municipal town centre too. Maybe they think it's too close to Metrotown?

Joyce-Collingwood is definitely not a municipal town centre, but merely one of Vancouver's "prop up my ego" neighbourhood. It would never have densified if not for the skyscrapers of Metrotown, which is a stark contrast when one crosses Boundary Road.

Same thing can be said about Marine Gateway and more recently, East Fraserlands.

For other areas that deserve more densification and commercialization, such as Kerrisdale, or Commercial/Broadway, nothing's done for decades. Either that or the densification process is less than spectacular (Broadway/Cambie).

[Tetsuo]

Joyce/Collingwood is only dense as it was prime for what OD mentioned above re: "opportunistic sites", Wall only recently managed to pull off their land assembly.

Even then down Kingsway, it has all been large parcel lots without much assembly required, I wouldn't be surprised if the school at Joyce/Kingsway was coveted as an opportunistic development site

[officedweller]

As Vin mentioned, you can add East Fraserlands / River District to the list of "opportunistic" development sites - formerly sawmills, I think.

[officedweller]

Regent
Next to King Edward Station

By Yellow Fever Jan 20th:

Originally Posted by Yellow Fever

The Regent at King Edward

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