Vancouver Infill & Lowrise Updates Discussion - Page 8

officedweller · #**141** Posted **Apr 29, 2010, 9:01 PM**

Needs more windows on the corner - but I'm sure the architects minimized the windows due to street noise concerns.

wrenegade · #**142** Posted **Apr 30, 2010, 9:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

That one will be a beaut.

Does this project have a name? Or are we just calling it the 8th & Heather Henriquez job. And isn't this project a little more than "infill/lowrise"? Personally, from what I've seen from the model, this will be a fantastic looking building, and I'd love to see it have it's own thread. Finally there will be some decent stuff for the Broadway corridor (this plus Spruce, the office at Oak, and the midblock office building between Ash and Cambie). For so long I've thought of the area as where Vancouver architecture comes to die.

entheosfog · #**143** Posted **May 16, 2010, 12:07 AM**

The housing project just off the Granville bridge on Seymour:

officedweller · #**144** Posted **May 17, 2010, 7:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by awvan

Does this project have a name? Or are we just calling it the 8th & Heather Henriquez job. And isn't this project a little more than "infill/lowrise"? Personally, from what I've seen from the model, this will be a fantastic looking building, and I'd love to see it have it's own thread. Finally there will be some decent stuff for the Broadway corridor (this plus Spruce, the office at Oak, and the midblock office building between Ash and Cambie). For so long I've thought of the area as where Vancouver architecture comes to die.

Not sure if it has been marketed yet.
You could call it "The Residences at the Holiday Inn" - but that doesn't have as much cache as whatever the real name will be...

entheosfog · #**145** Posted **May 18, 2010, 1:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Not sure if it has been marketed yet.
You could call it "The Residences at the Holiday Inn" - but that doesn't have as much cache as whatever the real name will be...

I should have grabbed a picture but they have a sign out front for advertisement purposes with a picture of the view you could have, but no renderings of the building. I can't remember what they're calling the building but it has 700 in it. Oh the originality!

entheosfog · #**146** Posted **May 18, 2010, 2:21 AM**

Social housing project on East Hastings at Princess:

SpongeG · #**147** Posted **May 19, 2010, 4:16 AM**

someone should get down hastings - east of victoria - theres a lot of close to dinished and newer stuff down that way

the best has to be the one that is practicall on the A&W sign haha A&W must be pissed

bils · #**148** Posted **May 19, 2010, 4:59 AM**

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Originally Posted by entheosfog

I should have grabbed a picture but they have a sign out front for advertisement purposes with a picture of the view you could have, but no renderings of the building. I can't remember what they're calling the building but it has 700 in it. Oh the originality!

i actually just posted this on the general vancouver thread moments ago

http://www.700west8th.com/

wrenegade · #**149** Posted **May 19, 2010, 7:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by entheosfog

I should have grabbed a picture but they have a sign out front for advertisement purposes with a picture of the view you could have, but no renderings of the building. I can't remember what they're calling the building but it has 700 in it. Oh the originality!

At a certain point coming up with trendy names for these buildings seems pretty dumb too. Cosmo? Kore? Mantra? I have nothing against simple, straight-forward names. Let's people know where the hell the thing is!

jsbertram · #**150** Posted **May 19, 2010, 8:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by awvan

At a certain point coming up with trendy names for these buildings seems pretty dumb too. Cosmo? Kore? Mantra? I have nothing against simple, straight-forward names. Let's people know where the hell the thing is!

Then you have the other extreme:

14th District Senior High School for the Arts
9th State Technical and Sciences College
4th District North-East Ring Road Library for the Advancement of Research and Learning in Psychology
32nd Precinct Civic Administration Building
Public School Number 19

As crappy & useless as the focus-group -approved names are, they are an improvement over these.

I guess it depends on which sounds nicer to you if the project is called "Willow Glen Estates" or "Public Housing Co-Operative Number 7"

phesto · #**151** Posted **May 19, 2010, 8:22 PM**

I personally prefer addresses as project names rather than gimmicky names; it lends a certain sophistication to a project and is a sign that our market is maturing. If you look at Manhattan the vast majority of residential projects are merely marketed using their address. At this point though I can only see it working Downtown and on the Westside.

In the case of 700 West 8th, Westbank obviously didn't need a catchy name to sell it since the majority of units are already spoken for.

I'm just happy to see that the stupid fad of using Italian sounding project names appears to have subsided...

djh · #**152** Posted **May 19, 2010, 8:28 PM**

A couple of years back, somebody on here came up with a Condo Name Generator. It would be worth resurrecting that

sacrifice333 · #**153** Posted **May 21, 2010, 7:15 PM**

Waterloo, the development at 2481 Waterloo Street (corner of Broadway & Waterloo) seems to be nearly completion and now for sale.

Looks like they're asking a little under $800 per square foot.

Sorry no pics.

Prometheus · #**154** Posted **May 21, 2010, 9:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by sacrifice333

Waterloo, the development at 2481 Waterloo Street (corner of Broadway & Waterloo) seems to be nearly completion and now for sale.

Looks like they're asking a little under $800 per square foot.

Sorry no pics.

How does it look? Does it have commercial/retail space along the street?

sacrifice333 · #**155** Posted **May 21, 2010, 9:45 PM**

^I'll try to take some pics next time I go by it...

Looks nice. Nothing crazy, but tasteful with red brick, grey stucco, and black trim. I believe there will be some retail along the Broadway face.

jsbertram · #**156** Posted **May 21, 2010, 10:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by djh

A couple of years back, somebody on here came up with a Condo Name Generator. It would be worth resurrecting that

Years ago, I was told that the name of a new subdivision was sometimes used to describe what had been bulldozed to build the new houses.

Deer Meadows (Deer hunted or scared away; meadows paved over)
Silver Springs (spring buried in concrete sewer lines & redirected out of the area)
Oak Grove (trees chopped down & turned into finished moulding & millwork for the homes; grove filled in to level out the land for more houses)

I think he was joking .....

jsbertram · #**157** Posted **May 21, 2010, 10:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by djh

A couple of years back, somebody on here came up with a Condo Name Generator. It would be worth resurrecting that

Here's one for subdivisions: http://adrian.gimp.org/cgi-bin/sub.cgi

Sadly, its randomized names are better than the junk that make it through the focus groups.

and a blog about Denver names: http://denverinfill.com/blog/2006/09...bdivision.html
that has a handy portable format (no internet connection or batteries necessary)

sacrifice333 · #**158** Posted **Jun 2, 2010, 9:02 PM**

This site on Broadway between Birch & Alder is coming along. Still no idea who's behind it though.

Pics by me from today.

sacrifice333 · #**159** Posted **Jul 14, 2010, 8:19 PM**

Waterloo pic. Definitely retail at grade. [Corner of West Broadway & Waterloo]

Alder tower pic.

My Flickr.

Anyone know anything more on this mystery tower?

phesto · #**160** Posted **Jul 14, 2010, 8:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by sacrifice333

Anyone know anything more on this mystery tower?

Full details here: http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/PLANNIN...y-DE412570.pdf

12 storeys, 49 units, with retail at grade. The developer is Yuanheng Investments. I haven't seen any marketing so presumably they're not doing pre-sales...