General Vancouver Development Updates II

[jollyburger]

Just noticed on the next page they have another map with some of the towers listed on the map.

the “Stories” project, which proposes a 41-storey, 128.6m (422’) tower at the Granville Bridge gateway into downtown.

I assume this is one of the Granville Loop tower projects.

Also, maybe it's not the Reliance project but they have a red square on the parking lot next to Olympic Village station so that might be one of the other COV project sites.

By City Hall they have dots on the Cactus Club next to Crossroads, the A&W/Wendys and the new midrise office on the corner.

It also has the social housing sites near Beatty/Pacific for some reason. Those are only 29/28 storeys.

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

Just noticed on the next page they have another map with some of the towers listed on the map.

the “Stories” project, which proposes a 41-storey, 128.6m (422’) tower at the Granville Bridge gateway into downtown.

I assume this is one of the Granville Loop tower projects.

Stories is PCI's name for 1477 W Broadway (at Granville)

[jollyburger]

The Concord Pacific NE False Creek towers are going to come in at 660+ feet.

Higher Buildings Policy Overview
Introduced in 1997 to guide height around the CBD, updated
in 2011 to include higher buildings outside the CBD, such as
Georgia Gateway West, Burrard Bridge Gateway, and Granville
Bridge Gateway, to mark entry points into the downtown
peninsula.
In 2018, updated to include the Georgia Gateway in coordination
with the Northeast False Creek Plan.
New Gateway Sites
The policy will likely need to be updated to include Vancouver’s
second downtown for higher buildings in the Broadway Plan
area, to include proposed taller towers at gateway sites
exceeding current height limits, and for new gateway sites
not yet included. This includes Concord’s updated NEFC plan
featuring 60-storey towers, a 54-storey gateway at Pacific and
Hornby, the Senákw development marking the Burrard Bridge
entry with a 171m (560’), 58-storey Phase 3 tower, and the
“Stories” project, which proposes a 41-storey, 128.6m (422’)
tower at the Granville Bridge gateway into downtown.
Vancouver’s gateway towers create a transition from the highdensity Broadway Corridor to Downtown’s urban core. These
towers step up in height, reinforcing key entry points while
maintaining visual and spatial continuity in the city’s skyline.

Redefining Height and Density
The Broadway Plan area is set to experience significant growth as
Vancouver’s “second downtown”. Up to 40 storeys of additional
height is expected at major nodes along Broadway, depending on
helicopter flight paths and view cones.
Higher density and major “gateway” sites will ring the False Creek
basin, marking key nodes linking Downtown and the Broadway
Corridor.
Gateway Towers
Vancouver’s gateway towers, play a pivotal role in linking the
city’s two downtowns, creating a transition in height and density.
These towers step up in scale to reinforce critical entry points
while maintaining visual and spatial continuity in the city’s skyline.
Landmark Terminus Gateway Proposal
The Landmark Terminus at the Main Street-Science World Station
TOA will bridge north and south False Creek and connect higherdensity areas. Alongside the Georgia Gateway, it will serve as
a focal point, further emphasizing the entry points into the
downtown peninsula.
Our proposal includes a variance to policy to increase the height
of our Landmark Terminus Gateway tower to 130m (425’), to
match the current height of the Georgia Gateway in the Higher
Buildings Policy, and to focus density at the center of the Main
Street - Science World TOA.

https://rezoning.vancouver.ca/applic...-booklet-1.pdf

[logan5]

Up to 40 storeys of additional height is expected at major nodes along Broadway

What exactly does "additional height" mean? Additional to what?

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by logan5

What exactly does "additional height" mean? Additional to what?

I think it's just talking about 40 storey towers at those intersections. Additional "tall" building sites in the city

[logan5]

Higher Buildings Policy:

The policy will likely need to be updated to include Vancouver’s second downtown for higher buildings in the Broadway Plan area, to include proposed taller towers at gateway sites exceeding current height limits...

It sounds like the City is positioning itself to go taller than what the Broadway plan outlines, though I tend to misinterpret policy language, but that's what it seems to say.

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by logan5

It sounds like the City is positioning itself to go taller than what the Broadway plan outlines, though I tend to misinterpret policy language, but that's what it seems to say.

I think it's saying that the Higher Buildings Policy needs to be amended to include the 40 (ish) storey towers that are now allowed as a result of the Broadway Plan.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by logan5

It sounds like the City is positioning itself to go taller than what the Broadway plan outlines, though I tend to misinterpret policy language, but that's what it seems to say.

Broadway Plan seems to already allow for it.

The station areas will typically have a mix of high-density housing (outside of Uptown) and major employment spaces as well as shops, services and amenities, with building heights of up to 30 to 40 storeys

https://guidelines.vancouver.ca/poli...n-broadway.pdf

[GenWhy?]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

Broadway Plan seems to already allow for it.



https://guidelines.vancouver.ca/poli...n-broadway.pdf

It might be technically allowed around Broadway and Main, if the City doesn't enforce their view cone policy, which might limit heights to 20-25 storeys, same with Cambie

EDIT: Nvm, now seeing the comments on the potential amendment to the Higher Building's Policy. This could benefit other buildings "in front" of those structures as they would then be in the " view cone shadow".

[GenWhy?]

However Main street view cone encroachment appears to block views only to downtown North Van so they could likely let that slide for specific locations at that intersection.

[jollyburger]

Last month, members of the PNE Freedom Mobile Arch team from Fast + Epp and Ellis Don, visited the Nordic Structures shop to review the manufacturing process of the glulam arches. ⁠
⁠
Operating out of Northern Quebec from their manufacturing center in Chibougamau, Nordic are supplying the 60 long span glulam arches, which, upon assembly, will create 80-foot-high arcs that span of 345 feet (105m) from pin to pin. ⁠
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The tour offered a unique opportunity to witness the entire production process, from raw material to finished product. A big thank you to @nordic_structures for hosting us! ⁠
⁠
The arrival of these timber glulam arches on-site is expected shortly, and their installation will give the structure it’s distinct shape. ⁠

https://www.instagram.com/p/DHMQG_Vym1m/

[jollyburger]

I don't think this was posted. The rezoning for that hotel near Granville Island from Arno Matis might go for rezoning soon

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1500...anville-island

[jollyburger]

There's that Arno Matis hotel/residential at 917/927 Main too. 36 floors

Building Grades BG-2024-00170 Completed
Application Date: Oct, 21, 2024
Issue Date:
Completed Date: Nov 27, 2024

Details
Related Information

Length of Property: 77 (m)

Work Description: Please Include Parcels for both 917 and 927 Main Street
PID:
015-642-623
015-642-631
015-642-640
015-642-658
015-642-666

36 floor mixed use building - Hotel and Residential building, new development

https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public...ctId=243705872

Similar in height to the tallest City Gate Tower

[whatnext]

When you get to combine the elegance of Shaughnessy with being adjacent to a strip mall.

Condo tower redevelopment of gas station in Vancouver's Shaughnessy neighbourhood proposed by Westbank
Kenneth Chan
Mar 26 2025

The longtime Esso gas station at the southwest corner of the intersection of King Edward Avenue and Oak Street in Vancouver could be redeveloped into a mixed-use strata market ownership condominium tower.

A new rezoning application by local developer Westbank seeks to turn 1010 King Edward Avenue into a visually distinct 143-ft-tall, 14-storey mid-rise tower, envisioned as a series of vertical sky gardens.

This is a relatively significant project for the property, given the area; it is located within the easternmost edge of the Shaughnessy neighbourhood, immediately west of the Safeway grocery store at King Edward strip mall, and just northwest of the BC Children’s Hospital campus...

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1010...tower-westbank

Strata proposals are a relative rarity these days, I wonder what market Gillespie is targetting?

[GenWhy?]

The target market is probably people that want to live in this part of town near a grocery store.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by whatnext

When you get to combine the elegance of Shaughnessy with being adjacent to a strip mall.

Condo tower redevelopment of gas station in Vancouver's Shaughnessy neighbourhood proposed by Westbank
Kenneth Chan
Mar 26 2025

The longtime Esso gas station at the southwest corner of the intersection of King Edward Avenue and Oak Street in Vancouver could be redeveloped into a mixed-use strata market ownership condominium tower.

A new rezoning application by local developer Westbank seeks to turn 1010 King Edward Avenue into a visually distinct 143-ft-tall, 14-storey mid-rise tower, envisioned as a series of vertical sky gardens.

This is a relatively significant project for the property, given the area; it is located within the easternmost edge of the Shaughnessy neighbourhood, immediately west of the Safeway grocery store at King Edward strip mall, and just northwest of the BC Children’s Hospital campus...

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/1010...tower-westbank

Strata proposals are a relative rarity these days, I wonder what market Gillespie is targetting?

Downsizing NIMBYs.

[logan5]

The Broadway Corridor will quickly develop into an actual 2nd downtown with all the amenities that the dt peninsula has, so there is going to be a strong spillover effect for areas south of 16th Ave. King Ed and Oak is only 9 blocks away from the Broadway core. I would expect a lot is going to happen in the zone between 16th and all the way up to 33rd.

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

https://www.instagram.com/p/DHMQG_Vym1m/

Wood from Quebec?
There's no BC supplier?

[Zepfancouver]

Posted on Aug 17, 2021 General Vancouver Updates - Post #9869 - Driven by it countless times...Today it was gone (Must be signed in to view)

Public art made of stacked cars to reappear in new Vancouver location

If anyone has info on the secret location and when it will be erected, please share, I'd like to capture the work.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by Zepfancouver

Posted on Aug 17, 2021 General Vancouver Updates - Post #9869 - Driven by it countless times...Today it was gone (Must be signed in to view)

Public art made of stacked cars to reappear in new Vancouver location

If anyone has info on the secret location and when it will be erected, please share, I'd like to capture the work.

FOI request had some old location for the installation that doesn't match with the new Fairview disclosure

flagging this request from Would it be possible for staff to
get back to him directly regarding the work plan and also an
update to Council.
Email for reference ‐
When might the artist, funder, & Biennale expect to see a 'work
plan' with dates that identifies site confirmation, artwork
restitution & ultimately re installation. of TRANSAM T ?

In response to inquiry regarding the Trans Am
Totem installation status addressed to Mayor Sim, staff
provided with an overview of upcoming work
and considerations related to the Trans Am Totem
installation as per below.
Following a meeting with the artists Helene Aspinall and
Marcus Bowcott in early March, both artists have confirmed
their support regarding the proposed site at Oak Street and
SW Marine Drive. There are various necessary steps as part
of the overall installation considerations.
Immediate next steps include:
 Engaging with the Host Nations regarding the Oak St.
and SW Marine Dr. site; and,
 Contacting the appropriate Provincial authority to
confirm feasibility and approval of the site (the site
falls under the jurisdiction of the Province).
This will be followed by numerous items related to structural
and safety considerations, including:
Undertaking a geotechnical survey and confirming
exact siting of artwork in collaboration with the
artists, pending site approval;
Undertaking engineering for foundation and site
preparation, pending geotechnical survey results;
 Designing, fabricating and installing bird proofing, and
repainting damaged surface areas and applying
protective coating on targeted areas; and,
 Repairing the solar‐powered lighting system.
Finally, this will be wrapped up by:
 Engineering review and signoff to confirm longevity of
support structure inside cars, adapting as needed;
 Site prep and foundation construction; and,
 Transporting the sculpture to site and re‐assembling for
installation.
Staff also informed that a precise timeline
cannot be provided prior to completion of engagement as
well as site confirmation and approval by the Province. Staff
will continue to work with the artists as this project moves
forward.
In addition to the above response, it is important to highlight
that:
Staff recently once again reviewed the four sites proposed by
the Biennale in August 2022, as well as the previously‐
reviewed site at 1st St. and Thornton St. mentioned by the
artists in their letter to M&C earlier this year. This specific
site was deemed unfeasible based on feedback from
Transportation and Transit Integration and Projects branch
who advised that there will be ongoing construction in this
area related to the Broadway Subway until potentially 2026,
as well as other development sites on both sides of the street
that would be under construction during the same time
frame and potentially after.
Following the most recent meeting with the artists, they
expressed that the most suitable site was the traffic
roundabout at Oak St. and SW Marine Dr.; after visiting the
site, they informed the staff that they would like to move
forward with this option.
Public Art staff informed the artist that engagement with the
Host Nations was the next step in approving the site – the re‐
siting and proposed site was officially referred to the Nations
for engagement and presented at the Cultural Liaisons
meeting last week.
Since then, the Land Survey team has informed staff that the
preferred site is under the jurisdiction of the Province which
will require additional discussion with the appropriate
provincial authority to determine whether this site remains
feasible.

https://vancouver.ca/files/cov/2023-443-release.pdf