Cambie Corridor Updates - Page 74

WarrenC12 · #**1461** Posted **Oct 31, 2023, 9:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

Yawn. Another stop on the million dollars of banality tour along Cambie. Such a wasted opportunity.

What would you like to see instead?

whatnext · #**1462** Posted **Oct 31, 2023, 9:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by WarrenC12

What would you like to see instead?

Better architecture. Is that too much to ask along one of the city's two true boulevards?

WarrenC12 · #**1463** Posted **Oct 31, 2023, 9:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

Better architecture. Is that too much to ask along one of the city's two true boulevards?

Join the UDP and get in the way of everything like they do. Honestly who cares what this looks like.

Migrant_Coconut · #**1464** Posted **Oct 31, 2023, 9:49 PM**

Oh no, the city all looks the same when you go for a drive. Oh the humanity.

And if they spent extra to make it look amazing, the prices would go up even higher, and haters would be complaining about that instead.

whatnext · #**1465** Posted **Oct 31, 2023, 11:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by WarrenC12

Join the UDP and get in the way of everything like they do. Honestly who cares what this looks like.

Then why do so many forumers wet themselves over the Curv, Vancouver House etc etc

Migrant_Coconut · #**1466** Posted **Nov 1, 2023, 12:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

Then why do so many forumers wet themselves over the Curv, Vancouver House etc etc

Because those are downtown and 50+ floors high. This one is infill.

osirisboy · #**1467** Posted **Nov 1, 2023, 2:13 AM**

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Originally Posted by WarrenC12

What would you like to see instead?

Seriously? lol I mean for starters a way higher density, personally.

WarrenC12 · #**1468** Posted **Nov 1, 2023, 3:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by osirisboy

Seriously? lol I mean for starters a way higher density, personally.

In the context of the UDP...

Feathered Friend · #**1469** Posted **Nov 13, 2023, 12:45 AM**

https://www.google.com/earth/about/

https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public/Default.aspx?PossePresentation=Guest&PosseObjectId=213752069

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The 147 market & 37 below-market rental homes in this proposed 19 floor building at 5630-5668 Heather St may not stand out next to the Oakridge Centre, but as they’re no longer being kept confidential we found them pretty easily.

https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public/Default.aspx?PossePresentation=Guest&PosseObjectId=213752069

https://x.com/City_Duo/status/1723862751242506348?s=20

vanman · #**1470** Posted **Nov 13, 2023, 7:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

Development application

533 W 49th Ave - formerly 6409-6487 Cambie St (DP-2022-00868)

https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/6409-6487-cambie-st-2

I wonder if we'll see this reworked in light of the new provincial zoning rules.

vanman · #**1471** Posted **Nov 13, 2023, 7:59 PM**

There's also the development adjacent Langara 49th Station that was approved at only 14 floors.

Changing City · #**1472** Posted **Nov 13, 2023, 8:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by vanman

533 W 49th Ave - formerly 6409-6487 Cambie St (DP-2022-00868)

If they were not planning on building straight away, they might wait a year or so for the new plan, and then resubmit, but they don't get much more density, only a few potential extra floors in height - the current project has an FSR of 4.68.

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Originally Posted by vanman

There's also the development adjacent Langara 49th Station that was approved at only 14 floors.

If Transca wanted to wait and add a few extra floors, their current approved DP is only for 3.99 FSR, so theoretically they could go to 5 FSR once there's a new plan in place. Their website does say 'Size: To be announced'!

osirisboy · #**1473** Posted **Nov 13, 2023, 10:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by Changing City

If they were not planning on building straight away, they might wait a year or so for the new plan, and then resubmit, but they don't get much more density, only a few potential extra floors in height - the current project has an FSR of 4.68.

If Transca wanted to wait and add a few extra floors, their current approved DP is only for 3.99 FSR, so theoretically they could go to 5 FSR once there's a new plan in place. Their website does say 'Size: To be announced'!

5fsr is just the new minimum. when the city updates the zoning it would be nice if they allow higher than the bare minimum

officedweller · #**1474** Posted **Nov 30, 2023, 2:16 AM**

From the general thread:

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Originally Posted by gaviscon

Development permit is also up for 488 W 43rd Avenue (formerly 5910-5998 Cambie St) with an updated rendering

https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/5910-5998-cambie-st-2

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/5910-5998-cambie-street-vancouver-hotel-approved

officedweller · #**1475** Posted **Dec 1, 2023, 5:10 AM**

5630-5668 Heather Street

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/5630-5668-heather-street-vancouver-rental-housing-anthem-properties

GenWhy? · #**1476** Posted **Dec 1, 2023, 6:18 PM**

This Heather St rezoning is interesting as I thought the "mixed-use" designation for this section of Heather would have more commercial.

If the rest of the block's developments just have one 1,200sf CRU maybe that's not the end of the world for activity but it sure isn't what I had in mind to connect Heather Lands with Oakridge. Thought it was to be a high street. Nvm it IS disappointing now that I'm thinking about it but it's the Cambie Plan after all.

seamusmcduff · #**1477** Posted **Dec 1, 2023, 9:30 PM**

Especially since the area between 41st and king ed is already a commercial dead zone, it's frustrating that developers are choosing to put the bare minimum amount of commercial in for an area that will he severely lacking.

officedweller · #**1478** Posted **Dec 15, 2023, 12:16 AM**

Just noticed today that there's a crane up for this one.
NE Corner of Cambie & 41st.

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Originally Posted by Feathered Friend

https://cityduo.wordpress.com/2021/06/30...sign-panel-seeks-to-heal-a-green-divide/

GenWhy? · #**1479** Posted **Dec 15, 2023, 1:07 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Just noticed today that there's a crane up for this one.
NE Corner of Cambie & 41st.

Dirt patch no more! That's great news to hear and to finish up this intersection but also for some more rental to come online in the area.

jollyburger · #**1480** Posted **Dec 29, 2023, 9:02 PM**

GECC/CIBT purchased two parcels near the Langara station

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GECC Subsidiary Completes Land Purchase for GEC Langara
December 21, 2023
Vancouver, B.C., December 21, 2023 – Global Education Communities Corp (“GECC” or the “Company”) (TSX: GEC, OTCQX International: GECSF) is pleased to report that its subsidiary, GEC Langara Limited Partnership (the “LP”) has completed the purchase of two parcels of land (together, the “Property”) at 6428 Cambie Street, Vancouver.

The Property is situated at the corner of Cambie Street and West 48th Avenue, only a few metres from the Canada Line’s Langara – 49th subway station in the heart of central Vancouver. The Langara – 49th Canada Line Station is less than a 15-minute subway ride to downtown Vancouver, where there are hundreds of public and private colleges and universities, including the University of British Columbia (Robson Campus), Simon Fraser University (Downtown Campus), BCIT (Downtown Campus), Sprott Shaw College and Sprott Shaw Language College. The Vancouver International Airport and the City of Richmond are within an 8-minute subway ride. Only four blocks away is the Oakridge Centre Mall, dubbed the largest urban redevelopment project in Vancouver’s history1.

The Property received rezoning approval as a ten-storey concrete highrise tower with 64,000 gross buildable square feet. GECC has initiated plans to apply for higher density zoning according to the province of British Columbia’s Transit-Oriented Areas (TOA) plan2, announced on December 7 , 2023, to allow the height of TOA developments to be increased to a minimum of 20 floors and the waiver of parking requirements. Other new development incentives have also been announced by the Federal3 and Municipal4 governments, including the GST tax waiver and development cost levy (DCL) waiver.

“We are excited to move forward with the Langara development supported by the various incentives, which will reduce the development cost and increase the potential capacity for all GEC® projects under development,” commented Toby Chu, President, CEO and Chairman of Global Education Communities Corp. “According to the Government of Canada, over 280,000 new study permits were issued to international students5 as of June 2023, which is 77% higher than the same period in 2022 despite the shortage of rental inventory in Metro Vancouver and the current expensive rental rates.”

Toby added, “We are eager to deploy more projects in response to the high demand for rental properties. Over the years, GECC has operated 15 GEC®-branded buildings, including:

https://gechq.com/blog/2023/12/21/gecc-subsidiary-completes-land-purchase-for-gec-langara/