Kelowna Construction - Page 92

KevD · #1 Posted **Dec 7, 2018, 12:30 AM**

Landmark 7 hey? Cool stuff. Looks pretty much the same as landmark 6 but that’s okay as part of a office complex like that. I do agree with some that it would have been cool to try and keep 90% of the high rise density downtown rather than spread out over the city but you make a good point about having multiple skylines. Also, a high rise complex such as the landmark buildings, would look kinda lame downtown, many similar buildings all together. Downtown Kelowna is already guilty of this look with the dolphins/lagoons/discovery point buildings.

jimmyboy95 · #2 Posted **Dec 7, 2018, 7:55 AM**

Wow, quite the demand for office space in Kelowna. Good to see another new building planned for the financial district. However, like Landmark 6, I personally feel it is a bit bizarre looking with one quadrant of the building being a few stories higher than the rest of it. Still, it will add to the skyline and be another unique building for Kelowna's identity. The Landmark Centre has come a long way since the first one was built around 1992. And that one is only a mid-rise! Then came Landmark 2 around 1996 or 97, which was Kelowna's fourth high rise. Then they just kept building. This complex is Stober Construction's pride and joy.

Lets be honest though, the neighbourhood around Landmark Centre needs serious work. Forget the poor road connections for a second, some of the roads still have gravel shoulders and no sidewalks! Fortunately the city has a long term plan in place to spruce the neighbourhood up. One of the components, which should be fast tracked, is to extend Sutherland through to Spall. It would snake through from Burtch to join up with Dolphin Avenue, then on to Spall at Kent Rd. A few buildings and houses would need to go, but they are all older anyways. And then there are other plans for this area too, like a big park south of the Landmark Centre. Not sure how many more Landmark buildings will be constructed by then, but hope they make it to 10!

Then, even further in the future, Sutherland should be pushed through from Spall to join with Baron Road. It would go up Kent and Agassiz Roads then through Orchard Plaza and Orchard Park. Those malls ain't gonna stay the same forever, and this would happen many years from now anyways. The oldest part of Orchard Park will be 70+ years old by then!

uzi · #3 Posted **Dec 7, 2018, 6:50 PM**

does anyone know the height of this landmark proposal?

drto · #4 Posted **Dec 10, 2018, 2:58 AM**

The article states that it will be taller than Landmark 6, which is listed at 81m on the diagram page. 19 floors of offices on top of a five story parkade, so it would seems to be quite a bit taller assuming the height of the office floors are the same in each.

mountainman · #5 Posted **Dec 13, 2018, 11:18 PM**

^^^ Nevermind I see that it is the same company.

KelownaResident · #6 Posted **Dec 14, 2018, 8:01 AM**

A few days old news but it looks like something might be cooking.

Properties are being grabbed up in downtown Kelowna
https://www.kelownacapnews.com/news/...wtown-kelowna/

csbvan · #7 Posted **Dec 14, 2018, 4:13 PM**

That stretch of Leon seems primed for redevelopment. Apart from the night clubs, not a lot happening, and lots of open space (parking lots, etc).

KelownaResident · #8 Posted **Dec 18, 2018, 7:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by csbvan

That stretch of Leon seems primed for redevelopment. Apart from the night clubs, not a lot happening, and lots of open space (parking lots, etc).

I don't see why they couldn't revitalize Leon Ave like they did Bernard Ave years ago. Widened sidewalks, parallel parking, improved streetscapes. It could look really good and make Downtown feel larger.

Vin · #9 Posted **Dec 17, 2018, 8:39 PM**

Good news. This will make Kelowna leaner and meaner with more high density developments all over the established urban area, and especially in the city centre.

Phrescata · #10 Posted **Dec 21, 2018, 2:33 AM**

YLW welcomed its two millionth passenger today!

https://www.castanet.net/edition/new...-1-.htm#245070

240glt · #11 Posted **Dec 21, 2018, 6:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by Phrescata

YLW welcomed its two millionth passenger today!

https://www.castanet.net/edition/new...-1-.htm#245070

Very impressive. Sounds like there'll be some major changes coming to the airport very soon. I agree the departures lounge needs to be expanded, it can get very busy and crowded in there.

jimmyboy95 · #12 Posted **Dec 22, 2018, 10:54 AM**

Only comes 13 years after YLW surpassed 1 million annual passengers for the first time. The Kelowna airport is still a work in progress, the next project should be the interchange on Highway 97.

KelownaResident · #13 Posted **Dec 22, 2018, 7:48 PM**

Apologies for the low light photo. Being as Ellis St is a main corridor to enter Downtown, and given Ella's size, this will greatly change the character of Downtown Kelowna. It's dwarfing everything in its vicinity already. Any idea what's happening to the lot directly west of it?

giallo · #14 Posted **Dec 21, 2018, 2:41 AM**

Wow. That's a large number for such a small airport. I can only see a continual string of expansions for YLW in the future.

Phil McAvity · #15 Posted **Jan 7, 2019, 7:23 PM**

^Apologizing for low light in a perfectly good picture? How Canadian

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Originally Posted by giallo

Of course, there will be complaints that it should be downtown, but honestly, I think it's going to look really cool have two fully-fledged skylines in the city. The double skyline effect already looks neat coming down the hill from West Kelowna, and on to the bridge.

Glad to see my complaining is actually getting through to some of you, I was starting to wonder if anyone read my posts. What I don't understand is why you want two different skylines in a city that barely has one. If the city planners had any vision they would have placed tall buildings downtown like they do in every other city thus Kelowna would have a skyline that might even rival Victoria's but due to them allowing development everywhere, tall buildings are spread out all over the place so when I posted this picture saying it was the best picture i've ever seen of it's skyline, I was basically mocking Kelowna for the abject lack of planning the city has had:

This looks like the downtown of a town of 50,000 people not the city center of a city of 200,000 people

According to this list, Kelowna should have 5 brand new buildings between 20-36 stories tall so it would be great to see someone with a bit of spare time around here update this page because it's almost 2 years old now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ngs_in_Kelowna

giallo · #16 Posted **Jan 8, 2019, 12:41 AM**

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Originally Posted by Phil McAvity

This looks like the downtown of a town of 50,000 people not the city center of a city of 200,000 people

According to this list, Kelowna should have 5 brand new buildings between 20-36 stories tall so it would be great to see someone with a bit of spare time around here update this page because it's almost 2 years old now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ngs_in_Kelowna

What a bizarre photo to choose to show the Kelowna downtown and skyline. When was the last time you came through here? It must have been a couple of decades ago if you think that is a proper representation of downtown Kelowna. I mean, the majority of the photo is a construction site. What a weird choice.

Here are some photos I took of the city eight years ago. They're dated, and a few more highrises have gone up in downtown since then, but yeah, check them out.

clamp by Andrew Rochfort, on Flickr

group hug by Andrew Rochfort, on Flickr

mo mo by Andrew Rochfort, on Flickr

lofty by Andrew Rochfort, on Flickr

blocked by Andrew Rochfort, on Flickr

crete by Andrew Rochfort, on Flickr

duuuude by Andrew Rochfort, on Flickr

240glt · #17 Posted **Jan 10, 2019, 12:51 AM**

Of interest just up the highway, the long vacant Woolworths building on 30th Ave downtown has been sold and is currently being renovated into six separate commercial retail units. Original plans to add several levels of residential apartments will not happen unfortunately.

Also a six story hotel has been approved near Village Green Mall. Construction is expected to start right away on the hotel which will be branded a Best Western

Vin · #18 Posted **Jan 7, 2019, 9:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Lethbridge

Kelowna

http://anblick.info/why-come-to-kelowna/

Could be a lot better, but not too shabby, and it is growing.

Phil McAvity · #19 Posted **Jan 8, 2019, 1:16 AM**

It wasn't a weird choice at all, I chose that picture because it almost made Kelowna look like a city. A small city but one nonetheless and most pictures i've seen of downtown make it look like a town of about 20,000 people because as i keep saying, the city has never figured out zoning laws. Thank you for ironically, proving my point with this picture of downtown showcasing it's non-existent skyline:

group hug by Andrew Rochfort, on Flickr

jimmyboy95 · #20 Posted **Jan 8, 2019, 1:40 AM**

Another large sprawl development "Canyon Creek Estates" is proposed out McCulloch Rd, near Myra Canyon Rd turnoff. Not an area I want to see developed, but at least there will be upgrades to McCulloch Rd. That one stretch on the east side of the first creek canyon is even scarier than Westside Rd! Couldn't find a website for them, and this project may be having troubles. The new streets were pushed through in Spring 2017, but nothing seems to have continued since. I'm really hoping the neighborhood will be a bit more of a rural style instead of suburban. Leave some of the Ponderosa Pines and Douglas-fir.