Downtown Vancouver Updates - Page 352

whatnext · #**7021** Posted **Jan 19, 2011, 11:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by SpongeG

I saw an article in BIV today that made me just open my mouth in shock - I can't find an online link - maybe i will take a pic of it tomorrow if i see it again - it was about a development downtown i think it was on granville - anyway there was a pic with some dude and i didn;t read beyond the caption - i have to paraphrase what it said as i don't recall the exact wording - but it said: so and so opposses the development because people in the new could jump off their balconies and RAPE residents in our building! LOL OMG WTF

i've never heard such a bizarre stupid excuse for not wanting a new building next door RAPE! is jumping off balconies to neighbouring buildings to rape residents a common problem downtown???

You're referring to the development discussed upthread:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=5125838&postcount=7000

While the owner's hyperbole is over the top, he was referring how close the new building will be, due to the rules being relaxed for the STIR program.

SpongeG · #**7022** Posted **Jan 19, 2011, 11:25 PM**

ah its not that bad or close i mean its downtown what do they expect

Coldrsx · #**7023** Posted **Jan 19, 2011, 11:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by TwoFace

Good observation, another reason for that rendering being just a publicity stunt. 10 feet between balconies facing each other is strange to say the least.

If I recall Vancouver has a minimum spacing between towers of 20-25m to prevent this situation, Edmonton just adopted the same, but within the same building I am not sure what the regulations are.

Smooth · #**7024** Posted **Jan 19, 2011, 11:45 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpongeG

I saw an article in BIV today that made me just open my mouth in shock - I can't find an online link - maybe i will take a pic of it tomorrow if i see it again - it was about a development downtown i think it was on granville - anyway there was a pic with some dude and i didn;t read beyond the caption - i have to paraphrase what it said as i don't recall the exact wording - but it said: so and so opposses the development because people in the new could jump off their balconies and RAPE residents in our building! LOL OMG WTF

i've never heard such a bizarre stupid excuse for not wanting a new building next door RAPE! is jumping off balconies to neighbouring buildings to rape residents a common problem downtown???

"He's climbing in your windows. He's snatching your people up. Tryin' to rape 'em so you need to hide your kids, hide your wife and hide your husbands cuz they're rapin' everyone out there!"
-Antoine Dodson

hollywoodnorth · #**7025** Posted **Jan 20, 2011, 12:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by Smooth

"He's climbing in your windows. He's snatching your people up. Tryin' to rape 'em so you need to hide your kids, hide your wife and hide your husbands cuz they're rapin' everyone out there!"
-Antoine Dodson

LOLZ!

BEDROOM INTRUDER!!!!!! RAPE!!!!!!

agrant · #**7026** Posted **Jan 20, 2011, 1:07 AM**

Way more likely that some undesirable just walk through the front door...

PaperTiger · #**7027** Posted **Jan 20, 2011, 1:09 AM**

Yeah, like your mom.

agrant · #**7028** Posted **Jan 20, 2011, 1:46 AM**

Haha! Would have been true for me maybe 20 years ago.

officedweller · #**7029** Posted **Jan 20, 2011, 9:42 PM**

Just noticed that the alley-crossing of the sidewalk behnd Lennox Pub on Robson has gotten the new concrete crosswalk treatment - cleans up the look of the alley entrance quite a bit.

Locked In · #**7030** Posted **Jan 22, 2011, 9:45 PM**

Cosmo - my photo, today (does this one have its own thread?):

Full Size

hollywoodnorth · #**7031** Posted **Jan 23, 2011, 5:48 PM**

was by there yesterday as well ... the rebar is now above grade ... whoot!

I like the looks of this tower actually ... the "side podium" is nice and tall and robust.

whatnext · #**7032** Posted **Jan 28, 2011, 3:16 PM**

Article from yesterday's Sun about downtown office construction:

Competition heats up over construction of next new office tower in downtown core
By Darah Hansen

Competition to build Vancouver's next office tower is expected to heat up over the coming months as demand for new and larger commercial space continues to grow in the city's notoriously tight downtown market.

According to a year-end report released Wednesday by commercial real estate service Avison Young, several developers are jockeying to obtain approvals needed from the city in order to get moving on new construction.

Among the proposals, Bentall Kennedy is looking to include 365,000 square feet of office space, coupled with a 33,000-square-foot retail component, in a 23-storey development at 745 Thurlow Street...

Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Com...wn+core/4175880/story.html#ixzz1CLM3p6Rf

officedweller · #**7033** Posted **Jan 28, 2011, 10:59 PM**

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Toderian said the city is aware of six proposals for stand-alone office projects in the downtown core, as well as several mixed-use projects outside the central business district, in keeping with land-use regulations.

Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Com...wn+core/4175880/story.html#ixzz1CNE1eFCd

Toderian says there are 6 stand alone office projects in the downtown core - we have:

745 Thurlow (Bentall-Kennedy)
1021 West Hastings (Oxford)
Rogers Arena Tower (Aquilini)
1133 Melville (Oxford)
Telus

What is the other?

Someone (maybe JLousa) mentioned a tower next to the Seabus Terminal?
Anything happening with that RBC branch site at Howe & Nelson?

phesto · #**7034** Posted **Jan 29, 2011, 12:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Com...wn+core/4175880/story.html#ixzz1CNE1eFCd

Toderian says there are 6 stand alone office projects in the downtown core - we have:

745 Thurlow (Bentall-Kennedy)
1021 West Hastings (Oxford)
Rogers Arena Tower (Aquilini)
1133 Melville (Oxford)
Telus

What is the other?

Someone (maybe JLousa) mentioned a tower next to the Seabus Terminal?
Anything happening with that RBC branch site at Howe & Nelson?

There are a few others in planning stages, but not publicly. Not sure which the City would consider 'formal' proposals - neither 1133 Melville nor Telus have formally submitted anything yet. Cadillac Fairview may have something in the works near the foot of Seymour Street...Austeville Properties also has a site in 500 block of Georgia...

Howe and Nelson (owned by Manulife) is dead right now, but could be revived...the fact that it is potentially mixed use (w/some residential) points to it being sold before developed...

jlousa · #**7035** Posted **Jan 29, 2011, 2:02 AM**

Believe the 6th is in fact the Austeville Project also on Georgia St although it's a couple of years behind the other proposals.
I think we could count the JP/Relaince tower as the one tower will be strictly commercial and will add as much space as the 1021 Oxford proposal.