Great Northern Way Campus and Area Updates

[SpongeG]

will the emily carr on granville island close when this opens? or will they operate both locations? I probably asked before lol

It looked nicely lit from the skytrain when i saw it the other night

[VancouverOfTheFuture]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

will the emily carr on granville island close when this opens? or will they operate both locations? I probably asked before lol

It looked nicely lit from the skytrain when i saw it the other night

yes, going, going, gone.

race to fill emily car space on granville island

[SpongeG]

ah ok. Nice to see it will remain schools I guess.

[dpogue]

Some photos I took yesterday afternoon:

The PCI office building is going up rather quickly:


The side entrance to the new Emily Carr building, off of Carolina street. They've been pouring the concrete sidewalk areas this week.


The plaza area in between the two buildings. We've been arguing back and forth in my office about whether the centre will be a fountain or a tree.

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by dpogue

We've been arguing back and forth in my office about whether the centre will be a fountain or a tree.

Which one uses less water?

[dpogue]

Photo from this morning of the east side of the Emily Carr building:

[GeeCee]

Oddly, the circle there doesn't show up in the renderings. It was just a flat plaza space with no seating or anything as you see there now. I imagine that it'll be a tree or statue rather than a fountain. This is Vancouver, after all.. water features aren't really that much of a thing.

[osirisboy]

There's tons of water features/fountains in the city

[dpogue]

Let there be light(s). They look like they might provide some unique/interesting lighting effects too:


Also a look at how the PCI building is coming along... hasn't been much visible progress in the past week or so:


City of Vancouver has been doing sewer connection work on Carolina Street

[excel]

Is this slated to be operational by September?

[dpogue]

Originally Posted by excel

Is this slated to be operational by September?

Classes start in this new building in September, but the official grand opening isn't until November if I recall correctly

[officedweller]

Development lots in False Creek Flats offered in untendered deal that needs provincial approval
Sam Cooper
Vancouver Sun
Published on: June 1, 2017 | Last Updated: June 1, 2017 10:15 AM PDT
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Emily Kaplun, project manager for Great Northern Way Trust, confirmed the trust’s board has recommended the untendered sale of two lots adjacent to the new Emily Carr University building to PCI Developments Corp. and to Low Tide Properties, the development company of Vancouver yoga clothing entrepreneur Chip Wilson. However, Kaplun said she could not confirm certain details.
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Of the two lots offered, the largest, Lot 7, would have the new SkyTrain line running right through it. Lot 7 was offered for $1 in the deal — apparently because of restrictions due to the expected SkyTrain — according to information reviewed by Postmedia. As of a year ago, May 2016, the appraised value of Lot 6 was $12.3 million. PCI and Low Tide offered $24 million for Lots 6 and 7, and would spend up to $5 million to build a daycare centre on the site. This would fulfil a City of Vancouver development obligation for GNW, giving GNW final proceeds of about $19 million from the proposed sale.

In an interview on Tuesday, Kaplun said that GNW judged that an untendered sale process was warranted for Lots 6 and 7, because of the complexity of developing the site. PCI had already bought adjacent Lots 9 and 8 in an open bid process, Kaplun said. PCI’s plans on Lot 8 are expected to seek additional density that will warrant the building of the daycare, according to deal information. As PCI’s plans on Lot 8 became clear, Kaplan said, and PCI came forward with an unsolicited offer for Lots 6 and 7, GNW judged that having PCI and Low Tide develop all of these lots in an integrated way, made most sense.
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According to proposed terms, GNW Trust could be paid future proceeds for the sale of Lots 6 and 7 if PCI gets a rezoning for high residential density, Postmedia has confirmed. But Kaplun said she could not disclose how this process would work, for confidentiality reasons.
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Postmedia News informed NDP MLA David Eby of the proposed deal and he said he would be concerned if the deal was rushed through for approval. He said an NDP-Green government might want to see Lots 6 and 7 used for ideas from their election platforms, such as promotion of affordable housing or technology development.
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http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/...e-creek-flats-offered-in-untendered-deal

[WarrenC12]

BC Liberals and their developer buddies fleecing the public while they still can.

As much as I hate that refrain and it's BS some of the time, this is quite ridiculous.

[BodomReaper]

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

BC Liberals and their developer buddies fleecing the public while they still can.

As much as I hate that refrain and it's BS some of the time, this is quite ridiculous.

Actually the quote from Eby makes this a pretty obvious case of the new government intending to interfere with the highest and best use of the land, so they can have some fun with their ideological pet projects.

[GeeCee]

Originally Posted by BodomReaper

Actually the quote from Eby makes this a pretty obvious case of the new government intending to interfere with the highest and best use of the land, so they can have some fun with their ideological pet projects.

How is an untendered sale the 'highest and best use of the land' by any stretch of the imagination?

[jlousa]

Yup just as bad as when Vision did the land swap with Brenhill for way under market value. Well maybe not quite that bad, lets see if they were at least able to secure market value on this deal. Should always go to tender though to avoid this issue.
Personally I hate the fact that they have already allowed residential into the area, and it looks like more is coming, that whole area should have remained solely job space.

[officedweller]

The longer you wait to sell the land, the more valuable it will be and the higher price you'll get
- assuming that they sell the land rather than build a government project.

[SpongeG]

an article about their soon to be vacated spot

Everyone Wants a Piece of Emily Carr University’s Granville Island Property

A much larger, more well-heeled institution is also aiming for island digs. Langara College wants to move its arts programs from its South Vancouver campus to the south ECUAD building on Johnston Street. According to vice president Ajay Patel, the move would give Langara’s creative industry programs “a visible hub,” in return for a guaranteed injection of 2,500 students’ worth of foot traffic to the island. If granted the space, Langara’s web development, journalism, photography, and Aboriginal carving programs, and others, would move in.

http://vanmag.com/city/eveyrone-wants-emily-carr-university-granville-island-property/

[LeftCoaster]

I really hope the space remains creative student space, it is the perfect spot for it.

[SpongeG]

It seems most of it will be for Langara, some will become retail space and some is community
"nightlife"space.

http://vanmag.com/city/eveyrone-wants-emily-carr-university-granville-island-property/