General Vancouver Updates - Page 539

officedweller · #**10761** Posted **Sep 21, 2022, 10:34 PM**

1477 West Broadway

From Lawrence Black twitter posted today Sept 21st:

https://twitter.com/LawrenceBlackTV

hollywoodnorth · #**10762** Posted **Sep 22, 2022, 5:26 AM**

does anyone know what is going on with the 700 Kingsway building? (SE Corner of Fraser & Kingsway)

I was expecting it to be a tear down but there has been an extensive renovation going on for a while now ..... looks like a flagship restaurant spot to me. but what do I know.

pic from FB. looks like old WOSK signage has been uncovered.

jollyburger · #**10763** Posted **Sep 22, 2022, 6:04 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

does anyone know what is going on with the 700 Kingsway building? (SE Corner of Fraser & Kingsway)

I was expecting it to be a tear down but there has been an extensive renovation going on for a while now ..... looks like a flagship restaurant spot to me. but what do I know.

pic from FB. looks like old WOSK signage has been uncovered.

Quote:

The building is being fixed-up for a pair of restaurants on the main floor and offices upstairs. It was purchased for $5.555 million in 2018 by 700 Kingsway Investments, which is owned by Chip Wilson’s Low Tide Properties.

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/wosks-ghost-sign-pops-up-at-vancouvers-kingsway-and-fraser

hollywoodnorth · #**10764** Posted **Sep 22, 2022, 7:37 AM**

BEEDIE sign up and some sort of site prep underway at the SE Corner of VENNABLES and RAYMUR. I am assuming a multistory industrial of some kind .... but I thought they would wait till the rail underpass is put in ..... so maybe they are just grading the site, etc to wait for that. currently some hobos living in the NE part of the site.

jollyburger · #**10765** Posted **Sep 22, 2022, 7:52 AM**

Seems like it was on sale again last year.

Also seems to be connected with a property on Vernon.

https://www.beedie.ca/industrial-real-estate/1125b-vernon-drive/

Also maybe staging or temporary detour crossing for local traffic?

Changing City · #**10766** Posted **Sep 22, 2022, 2:35 PM**

I don't think thete's any connection between the Vernon property and the Venables site, other than ownership (assuming the Beedie signs means that Beedie have acquired it). The site has been on sale for several years. Beedie have other interests in that part of the Clark Drive industrial area including 1000 Parker, the studio building.

Before it was cleared there were a series of buildings that were part of the General Paint plant that was there. No development application has shown yet, but given the previous use, there's a strong possibility of polluted soil that will need treatment or removal. I assume they'll need to remove the slab of the old buildings to test properly, so that seems likely to be what they're doing.

The railway underpass isn't going ahead any time soon. Having intially agreed to contribute to the design work, CN didn't provide any funds for that to go ahead, and there's no funding to build it yet, even if it had been designed.

madog222 · #**10767** Posted **Sep 22, 2022, 2:42 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

BEEDIE sign up and some sort of site prep underway at the SE Corner of VENNABLES and RAYMUR.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jollyburger

Seems like it was on sale again last year.

It was sold just over a month ago in August. Guess we now know the buyer.

jollyburger · #**10768** Posted **Sep 22, 2022, 3:24 PM**

1140-50 Raymur seems like it sold in a similar time frame with Parker Studios.. maybe they grabbed that as well.

Jimbo604 · #**10769** Posted **Sep 22, 2022, 4:45 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

does anyone know what is going on with the 700 Kingsway building? (SE Corner of Fraser & Kingsway)

I was expecting it to be a tear down but there has been an extensive renovation going on for a while now ..... looks like a flagship restaurant spot to me. but what do I know.

pic from FB. looks like old WOSK signage has been uncovered.

did you use or know how to use google search?

Google search for "700 Kingsway Vancouver" with results for past year
info in the 1st link ..... just saying ..... often if you google search something you will find the answer yourself. I know this as I do it all day .....

for those that missed hollywood's hyprocrisy:

Quote:

Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

did you use or know how to use google search? as you seem to have the maps part down pretty well ......

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=852+Seymour

info in the 1st two links ..... just saying ..... often if you google search something you will find the answer yourself. I know this as I do it all day .....

WarrenC12 · #**10770** Posted **Sep 22, 2022, 5:03 PM**

Hahahaha nice one!

hollywoodnorth · #**10771** Posted **Sep 22, 2022, 9:09 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbo604

did you use or know how to use google search?

Google search for "700 Kingsway Vancouver" with results for past year
info in the 1st link ..... just saying ..... often if you google search something you will find the answer yourself. I know this as I do it all day .....

for those that missed hollywood's hyprocrisy:

ya loser I did see that on google .... I wanted more info .... like you know the name of the restaurant , etc. I glanced over the link as it seemed to just be about the sign ..... which I don't really care about. I also provided a photo. when is the last time you have contributed to this forum in a meaningful way douche-bo??

ALSO ...... when you search with a forced "" like this "700 Kingsway Vancouver" like you suggested the article does not come up about the SIGN ... it does come up at 700 Kingsway Vancouver. I would further suggest you figure out how google actually does work. I know its tough to you know read and learn....but keep trying you may get it! I assume you work with your hands not your brain so google is a foreign thing to you. Try think link when you learn about search operators >> https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433?hl=en

this is the first link that comes up >> https://www.collierscanada.com/en-ca/pro...ouver-british-columbia-canada/can2002960

WHICH TELLS NOTHING ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON. THEREFOR I POSTED

Tvisforme · #**10772** Posted **Sep 22, 2022, 9:26 PM**

Off-topic, but perhaps a good opportunity to do so:

The Vancouver Sun and The Province, along with seven other PostMedia newspapers, will cease production of their Monday print editions as of October 17, 2022. The digital editions will still be available for those days. This affects PostMedia's papers in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Ottawa and Montreal.

Vancouver Sun: "A note to our readers"

The Province: A note to our readers

Postmedia to end Monday print edition of 9 urban daily newspapers

hollywoodnorth · #**10773** Posted **Sep 22, 2022, 10:01 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by jollyburger

Seems like it was on sale again last year.

Also seems to be connected with a property on Vernon.

https://www.beedie.ca/industrial-real-estate/1125b-vernon-drive/

Also maybe staging or temporary detour crossing for local traffic?

sadly that seems to not be the case ..... in typical COV fuck up >>

City of Vancouver misses deadline to pursue federal funding for Prior-Venables road upgrade

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/prior-ve...ilway-vancouver-project-funding-deadline

A key opportunity to seek funding from the federal government to help cover the estimated $125-million cost of building the Prior/Venables road project has been missed by the City of Vancouver.

There was a $1 million gap in the required funding to commence work on detailed design in order to advance to the next stage of the application, according to City staff in a memo last month.

The first phase of design and planning work was expected to cost $4 million, with $2 million covered by the federal government. The Port of Vancouver agreed to cover $500,000, and the municipal government agreed to fund a further $500,000.

Other partners benefiting from the project, including CN Rail, were expected to contribute to fill the remaining $1 million, but they did not agree to allocate funding.

and back to the BEEDIE project this render here shows whats sort of envisioned for the site ... looks like the site will have a grade change to it in the future ... sloping down to the underpass. I have to imagine it would be much easier for them to wait for the underpass to be built before they build.

Jimbo604 · #**10774** Posted **Sep 22, 2022, 10:31 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

ya loser I did see that on google .... I wanted more info .... like you know the name of the restaurant , etc. I glanced over the link as it seemed to just be about the sign ..... which I don't really care about. I also provided a photo. when is the last time you have contributed to this forum in a meaningful way douche-bo??

ALSO ...... when you search with a forced "" like this "700 Kingsway Vancouver" like you suggested the article does not come up about the SIGN ... it does come up at 700 Kingsway Vancouver. I would further suggest you figure out how google actually does work. I know its tough to you know read and learn....but keep trying you may get it! I assume you work with your hands not your brain so google is a foreign thing to you. Try think link when you learn about search operators >> https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433?hl=en

this is the first link that comes up >> https://www.collierscanada.com/en-ca/pro...ouver-british-columbia-canada/can2002960

WHICH TELLS NOTHING ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON. THEREFOR I POSTED

I said "700 Kingsway Vancouver" and that indicates the search phrase, you're not supposed to actually put the quotes in. Ya.

When someone says push the "Enter" key you're not supposed to look for a key that says "Enter", you push enter.

> I also provided a photo. when is the last time you have contributed to this forum in a meaningful way douche-bo??

You can see a large number of my photo contributions in "Find all posts by".

On that note, I do thank you for your photo contribution. It is photo-contributions that really animate content here on the forum.

Changing City · #**10775** Posted **Sep 22, 2022, 10:36 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

and back to the BEEDIE project this render here shows whats sort of envisioned for the site ... looks like the site will have a grade change to it in the future ... sloping down to the underpass. I have to imagine it would be much easier for them to wait for the underpass to be built before they build

As Beedie bought the site in August, and that render is from the Daily Hive in 2019, it's just a placeholder image and not a real scheme.

Beedie would be crazy to wait for the underpass, which may be years (if ever) it's built. CN seem to have paused the twin tracking and wouldn't even put $1m into the design, so until their plans are clearer it's unlikely that anything else will happen to Prior / Venables.

Jimbo604 · #**10776** Posted **Sep 22, 2022, 10:41 PM**

Source: Lee & Associates - 701 Kingsway - Development Opportunity in the Heart Of Mount Pleasant

When utilizing my supreme Google skills for the 700 Kingsway property (SE corner Kingsway and Fraser) I did find the strip mall across the street on the NE corner is/was for sale as of January.

"Further opportunity to rezone under the Rental 100 Program to achieve higher density
Favorable C-2 zoning allowing for a mixed-use development up to 2.5 FSR (base density)
17,978 SF site with additional density potential"

Another source - Georgia Straight:
Kingsway home of Vancouver diners Sal y Limón, Straight Outta Brooklyn Pizzeria, awaits buyer for $15.8 million

"Based on tracking by real-estate site Zealty.ca, the 701 Kingsway strip mall was listed on March 4, 2020.

Available records do not indicate a sale has happened.

The listing carries a $15,888,000 price tag.

A Lee and Associates brochure indicates that a sale presents an opportunity to consolidate the strip mall with three single-family lots to the east.

The material also mentions the potential of redeveloping the site for a six-storey, mixed-use building for residential and commercial purposes."

madog222 · #**10777** Posted **Sep 22, 2022, 10:51 PM**

^That site sold in July 2020 for 14.5M

Jimbo604 · #**10778** Posted **Sep 22, 2022, 11:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by madog222

^That site sold in July 2020 for 14.5M

Interesting, though that doesn't bode well for the current tenants, I would assume.

Just conjecture but maybe Sal y Limón will move across the street to the aforementioned 700 Kingsway property under renovation across the street.

We know from the very informative Vancouver Sun article that "The building is being fixed-up for a pair of restaurants on the main floor."

jollyburger · #**10779** Posted **Sep 22, 2022, 11:07 PM**

I think they want to expropriate some land for the overpass as well so it would just need to accommodate that.

djmk · #**10780** Posted **Sep 22, 2022, 11:09 PM**

I just want to add that Kinsgway is weird. Total random collection of sketchy businesses from New Westminster to Main street.

carry on.