Burnaby Updates

[GilmoreStation]

Originally Posted by BobLoblawsLawBlog

I thought that's what's already happening at Station Square and Beresford.

Some parts of Metrotown still feel pretty rough

[WBC]

Originally Posted by GilmoreStation

Some parts of Metrotown still feel pretty rough

That's to keep the folks that need maps to find Main street away ;-)

[Tetsuo]

Originally Posted by GilmoreStation

Some parts of Metrotown still feel pretty rough

Exactly! Yaletown used to be pretty rough, much more apt

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by HomeBoy

A new development by Porte along Dawson Street in the Brentwood area.

https://porte.ca/brentwood/



Floor plans look pretty good, except that the railway tunnel goes under this building...

Excavation underway - from Porte Group & GBL Twitter:


https://twitter.com/portegroup

[POCO]

I was just curious what's going on with Kensington Ave just north of the Fortius site. They appear to be bringing in alot of fill or preloading.

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by POCO

I was just curious what's going on with Kensington Ave just north of the Fortius site. They appear to be bringing in alot of fill or preloading.

If you mean just south of Sperling / Burnaby Lake Skytrain, then it's likely the expansion of the ice rinks.

[POCO]

Originally Posted by Sheba

If you mean just south of Sperling / Burnaby Lake Skytrain, then it's likely the expansion of the ice rinks.

I meant the area just North of Joe Sakic Way and West of Kensington Ave. I think I actually finally googled my way to an answer: "As for the future of other sports facilities in the area, the property north of Joe Sakic Way and west of Kensington will eventually become a recreation amenity, possibly baseball diamonds. An updated concept plan needs to be prepared, he said. In the meantime, the land was the recipient of the sediment removed from Burnaby Lake during the recent dredging project, so it will take at least a couple of years for it to settle before any construction can take place." Source: http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/136160568.html?mobile=true

[Kisai]

Found this outside the neighboring group of buildings (6540 Marlborough ave, 30 unit building, RM3 zoned.)


KunYuan brings up this, so maybe it's a legitimate Real estate investment company, who knows. Looking up the company itself reveals they've been buying properties in New West too.

Also found a request to change who cheques are made out to a numbered corporation 1075367 B.C. Ltd. at 6580 Marlborough Ave (which recently changed ownership.)

Not sure if the two are related, extreme coincidence that these show up in the same timeframe. I know numbered companies are often used to keep bids anonymous, which was the case for the three buildings and the house to the south of 6540.

[officedweller]

Two Millennium towers (32 and 26 storeys) just east of the Concord Brentwood site.

http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2015/11/23/two-more-towers-for-brentwood-area/


http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2015/11/23/two-more-towers-for-brentwood-area/

[Sheba]

Two More Towers for Brentwood Area

Millenium Developments is proposing a rezoning bylaw amendment to permit the construction of two condo towers in the Brentwood area of Burnaby. The site, located at 2630 Douglas Road, is south of Lougheed Highway near Holdom Station, in an area that is primarily still industrial uses.

The plan calls for two high-rise condo towers under the RM-5s and C1 guidelines, with some live/work units facing the street. Per the Brentwood Town Centre Development Plan, the maximum density would be 5.0 FAR. The parking would be located both above and below ground given soil conditions in the area.

http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2015/11/23/two-more-towers-for-brentwood-area/

[Spr0ckets]

Originally Posted by Kisai

Found this outside the neighboring group of buildings (6540 Marlborough ave, 30 unit building, RM3 zoned.)


KunYuan brings up this, so maybe it's a legitimate Real estate investment company, who knows. Looking up the company itself reveals they've been buying properties in New West too.

Also found a request to change who cheques are made out to a numbered corporation 1075367 B.C. Ltd. at 6580 Marlborough Ave (which recently changed ownership.)

Not sure if the two are related, extreme coincidence that these show up in the same timeframe. I know numbered companies are often used to keep bids anonymous, which was the case for the three buildings and the house to the south of 6540.

Maybe they're just buying them up (and other possible neighbouring lots) to sit on them (for the moment) while cognizant of the fact that that set of blocks between Malborough and Burlington will be the most sought after lots in the next couple of years with the potential of getting rezoned for higher density within the vicinity of Metrotown (it's closer to Royal Oak though.

Everything from Malborough to Dunblane (above Imperial) is pretty much accounted for with rezoning permit applications or pre-construction preparations already underway.

Some big(ger) developer may throw some mad money at them probably to get their hands on those properties for a possible mid-rise (or possible tower, though doubtful).

[urbancanadian]

Here's a render for Polygon's current Burnaby Mountain project, Veritas:


http://www.polyhomes.com/community/veritas/gallery/veritas-artist039s-rendering#community-content

This is the first development in the Phase 4 portion of Univercity (parcel 30). Phase 1 (white) is complete. Phase 2 (red) and 3 (blue) are still ongoing.


http://univercity.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/160104-Masterplan-for-web.jpg

[urbancanadian]

Intergulf is proposing another Burnaby Mountain highrise at 8940 University Crescent - this time at 13 stories. This one is located on Parcel 17, in between their current development (The Peak, parcel 18) and the recently completed Altitude towers (parcel 16), all of which you can see in the map above.

Link (p. 53): https://burnaby.civicweb.net/filepro/documents/?preview=16546

[Infrequent Poster]

Interesting write up on how Burnaby is out building Vancouver http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/burnaby-outpaces-vancouver-in-tower-development

Some quotes I found interesting.

"Targeting land around rapid transit nodes and four malls — Metrotown, Brentwood, Lougheed and Edmonds, developers have at least 106 highrise residential buildings with more than 30,000 units proposed or under construction. Of those, 47 are 40 storeys or more in height, according to data collected by a real estate expert with Colliers International. By comparison, there are 68 highrises under development in Vancouver, of which only 13 are 40 storeys or taller."

“You’ve got neighbourhoods that don’t want any development. If you could build towers anywhere in Vancouver, you would see hundreds of them. There is that much demand for that. But the reality is that to build a 40-plus storey tower in the city of Vancouver, even downtown, is extremely difficult.”

“I think most developers will tell you they like working in Burnaby because it is the place where the political side and the staff side are on the same page,” he said. “For years, developers have been saying that given the way Vancouver manages its planning and approval process, we’re not building in Vancouver.

[BobLoblawsLawBlog]

I don't think there is any other North American city where the suburbs are building taller and more buildings than their Downtowns. I guess Vancouver is one of a kind.

[Vin]

Originally Posted by Infrequent Poster

Interesting write up on how Burnaby is out building Vancouver http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/burnaby-outpaces-vancouver-in-tower-development

Some quotes I found interesting.

"Targeting land around rapid transit nodes and four malls — Metrotown, Brentwood, Lougheed and Edmonds, developers have at least 106 highrise residential buildings with more than 30,000 units proposed or under construction. Of those, 47 are 40 storeys or more in height, according to data collected by a real estate expert with Colliers International. By comparison, there are 68 highrises under development in Vancouver, of which only 13 are 40 storeys or taller."

“You’ve got neighbourhoods that don’t want any development. If you could build towers anywhere in Vancouver, you would see hundreds of them. There is that much demand for that. But the reality is that to build a 40-plus storey tower in the city of Vancouver, even downtown, is extremely difficult.”

“I think most developers will tell you they like working in Burnaby because it is the place where the political side and the staff side are on the same page,” he said. “For years, developers have been saying that given the way Vancouver manages its planning and approval process, we’re not building in Vancouver.

Well, exactly!

[BobLoblawsLawBlog]

I made a map showing the proposed and under construction developments in the Royal Oak neighbourhood. I think the ones lining Royal Oak and Imperial all have commercial components on the floor levels.

https://www.burnaby.ca/Assets/city+servi...Development+Projects/09+-+2015+April.pdf

[urbancanadian]

^Nice map, thanks! I didn't realize there was that much proposed so close to the station.

[sburnaby33]

Originally Posted by Infrequent Poster

Interesting write up on how Burnaby is out building Vancouver http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/burnaby-outpaces-vancouver-in-tower-development

Some quotes I found interesting.

"Targeting land around rapid transit nodes and four malls — Metrotown, Brentwood, Lougheed and Edmonds, developers have at least 106 highrise residential buildings with more than 30,000 units proposed or under construction. Of those, 47 are 40 storeys or more in height, according to data collected by a real estate expert with Colliers International. By comparison, there are 68 highrises under development in Vancouver, of which only 13 are 40 storeys or taller."

“You’ve got neighbourhoods that don’t want any development. If you could build towers anywhere in Vancouver, you would see hundreds of them. There is that much demand for that. But the reality is that to build a 40-plus storey tower in the city of Vancouver, even downtown, is extremely difficult.”

“I think most developers will tell you they like working in Burnaby because it is the place where the political side and the staff side are on the same page,” he said. “For years, developers have been saying that given the way Vancouver manages its planning and approval process, we’re not building in Vancouver.

Originally Posted by BobLoblawsLawBlog

I don't think there is any other North American city where the suburbs are building taller and more buildings than their Downtowns. I guess Vancouver is one of a kind.

I think there are far too many restrictions in Vancouver, such as the preservation of view cones in Downtown, NIMBYism, and slow permitting process, that makes large scale projects not worthwhile. For example, we all know about big protest over the proposed towers on the Safeway lot on Commercial Drive/Broadway and Asterino's on Venables. We need to protect centers of culture, but also need revitalization to take place on a regular basis, say ever 30 to 40 years to keep urban centers from deteriorating. I think that is the case on Commercial Drive where the shape of old structures, and the Skytrain, would warrant densification on a large scale.

I live close to Brentwood and am incredibly excited that I am seeing a dense urban core with mixed-use developments coming into existence. It was one of the main reasons why I decided to purchase in the area, which is to be close to towers that are some of the highest in western Canada.

BTW, I regularly read the list of proposed developments from the City of Burnay's website. I see a few developments whose status is "To Be Superceded." What does this mean?

[Alex Mackinnon]

Originally Posted by sburnaby33

I think there are far too many restrictions in Vancouver, such as the preservation of view cones in Downtown, NIMBYism, and slow permitting process, that makes large scale projects not worthwhile. For example, we all know about big protest over the proposed towers on the Safeway lot on Commercial Drive/Broadway and Asterino's on Venables. We need to protect centers of culture, but also need revitalization to take place on a regular basis, say ever 30 to 40 years to keep urban centers from deteriorating. I think that is the case on Commercial Drive where the shape of old structures, and the Skytrain, would warrant densification on a large scale.

I live close to Brentwood and am incredibly excited that I am seeing a dense urban core with mixed-use developments coming into existence. It was one of the main reasons why I decided to purchase in the area, which is to be close to towers that are some of the highest in western Canada.

BTW, I regularly read the list of proposed developments from the City of Burnay's website. I see a few developments whose status is "To Be Superceded." What does this mean?

They're to be replaced.