Telus Garden | 135m, 88m | 46fl res, 22fl office | 928,000sqft | Completed

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by city-dweller

Not sure if this their land, but I wish they would redesign the parking entrance at Richards and Robson. Its such a misuse of potential comercial space. I don't see any reason the ramp couldn't be straightened to come out on Seymour instead of curving around and existing on Robson.

I think you mean exitting to the alley - but I agree - you could put in a small shallow retail frontage there (probably at little cost, except maybe for providing plumbing).
But the issue becomes moot if the condo tower is built there.

[city-dweller]

Sorry, I meant Richards.

[wrenegade]

That corner would be home to the residential portion of this development. As for ownership, Westbank/Peterson are developing it, and would own the land in the interim. Whether the decide to keep it after it's completed is unknown, my guess is they would try and sell it to a REIT or something.

[golog]

New article, some added information

Telus's headquarters has always been situated in the Lower Mainland, Hall said. Of Telus's 3,500 employees across the country, 1,000 of them work in Vancouver.

Hall said Telus aims to have 70 per cent of its employees working at home or offsite full-time or part-time in the next five years, so a new office building would feature shared, open workspaces instead of walled offices. He couldn't say what proportion of an office tower Telus employees would occupy.



Read more: http://www.vancourier.com/business/T...#ixzz171JtwA00

[Some guy]

So what exactly happened with this project?

[jlousa]

The wheels are turning....

[navazan]

hopefully the ppl turning the wheels have spotted dleungs design and want to use it. because seriously do we need another couple of boring turquoise boxes? better than nothing tho.

[navazan]

Originally Posted by Phil McAvity

Since you didn't include yourself in that "crowd", I gotta ask, why would you join a site called "skyscraperpage.com" if you aren't interested in them?

[trofirhen]

Originally Posted by navazan

hopefully the ppl turning the wheels have spotted dleungs design and want to use it. because seriously do we need another couple of boring turquoise boxes? better than nothing tho.

Couldn't agree more about "aargh .. more turquoise..." It's becoming the "theme colour" of the city. (I would have preferred something upbeat, like a cream-colour, or such. Oh well .... )

Also > if there is an overall consensus to create a continuous "canyon effect" on Georgia, then why place the taller building in the background, and the shorter on on Georgia?

Won't this break up the continuity of the street? I'm sure there are practical reasons for having it the way it is, but I would have liked to see the "canyon" extend just that much farther along. It creates that true "big city; important street" feeling. .... (just my opinion, though)

[Coldrsx]

... Ah the history of the telus hq... That merger screwed Edmonton because of climate.

[hazel]

Originally Posted by Some guy

So what exactly happened with this project?

Good question. Might want to ask why the proposal was put forward before the developer had secured all of the land... city owns the parkade on the corner, and they were nowhere close to securing the parkade site when they went public.

[PaperTiger]

Originally Posted by Coldrsx

... Ah the history of the telus hq... That merger screwed Edmonton because of climate.

God screwed Edmonton long before the merge did.

[Yume-sama]

Did this always say 43fl residential or am I imagining things? The rendering looks too stumpy to be 43fl.

Is this real life?

[vanlaw]

Originally Posted by Yume-sama

Did this always say 43fl residential or am I imagining things? The rendering looks too stumpy to be 43fl.

Is this real life?

Worried about your new view, or wondering whether you should buy?

[Yume-sama]

Buying a Telus branded condo isn't on my list of things to do, for sure. It probably comes with some annoying elevator usage fees...

And you don't even want to know what that smoke alarm will cost you per month.

[BCPhil]

Originally Posted by Yume-sama

Buying a Telus branded condo isn't on my list of things to do, for sure. It probably comes with some annoying elevator usage fees...

And you don't even want to know what that smoke alarm will cost you per month.

If you get the right strata plan, your incoming water might be free, but you'll probably still have to pay for outgoing water.

[giallo]

^So funny, yet so true....and sad.

[jlousa]

Don't worry Yume, I'm sure we can find you a new unit with an even better view.

[PROSTSHOCKER]

Originally Posted by Yume-sama

Buying a Telus branded condo isn't on my list of things to do, for sure. It probably comes with some annoying elevator usage fees...

And you don't even want to know what that smoke alarm will cost you per month.

I got a pretty good plan with unlimited building access and electric but I just heard from Telus that its an antiquated service plan so I probably need to look at "alternative" plans available for the highrise before they start charging antiquated plan fees.

[racc]

Originally Posted by PROSTSHOCKER

I got a pretty good plan with unlimited building access and electric but I just heard from Telus that its an antiquated service plan so I probably need to look at "alternative" plans available for the highrise before they start charging antiquated plan fees.

And the elevator is ten times faster going down than up.