Vancouver House (1400 Howe St) | 151.5m | 52Fl | Completed

[Tommyrey]

As neighbors of Vancouver House, we got a notice today of a proposed zoning change to permit a 3,440 sq ft distillery so Long Table Distillery can relocate from 1451 Hornby to 1462 Granville. That space is in the Vancouver House retail space between the off ramps. Anyone been to their current location?

[chrisel]

^^^ Thanks for the heads-up.

I wonder if that's in anticipation of redevelopment at the old site.
Does anyone know if a developer owns the lot that abuts Burrard & Pacific?

[jlousa]

Been to the current Long Table location many times, they do a great Gin, try their cucumber gin as well.

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by Changing City

With the completion of the building now anticipated for the summer, Westbank have now requested that the 47 units being offered as assignments stop advertising them for sale, and prepare to complete the purchase transaction. It would be interesting to know how many walk, and give up their deposit, and how many complete the purchase. This is apparently totally normal with completion of projects - at some point close to completion the developer cuts off assignment sales.

Interesting to see what the market will price units at now. Article about the assignment listings here:

Pre-sale buyers no longer allowed to flip condos in landmark Vancouver tower

[officedweller]

Pic by me today:

[mcminsen]

Here are some various angles of the building between the Granville Bridge and the Howe Street ramp.




April 10 '19, my pics

[mcminsen]

The ever changing view from Davie Street.




April 10 '19, my pics

[mcminsen]

Here are some various angles of the building between the Granville Bridge and the Seymour Street ramp.




April 10 '19, my pics

[officedweller]

Those lowrises look really impressive driving over the bridge.

[officedweller]

I also noticed that new curbs have been poured on Pacific at Howe.
From the pics above, there looks to be a wide bike lane.

[Vin]

Originally Posted by officedweller

I also noticed that new curbs have been poured on Pacific at Howe.
From the pics above, there looks to be a wide bike lane.

The City has already pre-designed proper sidewalk and dedicated bike lanes from here all the way to Burrard Bridge on both sides of Pacific, to tie in to the bike lane further west of Burrard. The road landscape here is going to look pretty good when completed.

[idunno]

I believe the bike lane on the south side of Pacific here will be a2-way bike lane, which might explain the width.

[SpongeG]

will the retail here open before Brentwood?

[officedweller]

From Trish Jewison twitter posted yesterday:


https://twitter.com/TrishJewison

[Prometheus]

Interesting perspective:


https://www.instagram.com/p/BvrSoSKAJUu/

[Calgarian]

That looks so cool!

[VantageHD]

Wow! I think that's my favorite angle I've seen of this building. Great shot Prometheus!

[Dimswitch]

But why 497 feet? Couldn't they cement over a case of beer or maybe a 3 foot hummingbird feeder to round it up to 500? I know were supposed to think metric but golf courses, football fields, hockey player height & weights still use feet and yards and 100 Mile House hasn't changed so either do I.

[VancouverOfTheFuture]

Originally Posted by Dimswitch

But why 497 feet? Couldn't they cement over a case of beer or maybe a 3 foot hummingbird feeder to round it up to 500? I know were supposed to think metric but golf courses, football fields, hockey player height & weights still use feet and yards and 100 Mile House hasn't changed so either do I.

because we are in Canada. we use the metric system like the rest of the world. we just happen to use a lot of imperial since we are next to the Americans, biggest economy in the world and our largest trading partner.

you can use whatever you want, but this is Canada.

[Marshal]

Drove over the bridge today and the low rise components give an interesting and exemplary intro to downtown. I think they will be a more powerful, or at a MIN a complementary, gateway to downtown than/to the towers.