Burnaby Updates

[officedweller]

Not sure if this has been posted before.

Bourdeaux Living
by Solterra
@ SW corner of Juneau & Willingdon


http://www.metronews.ca/your-home/va...h-burnaby.html

[rofina]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Not sure if this has been posted before.

Bourdeaux Living
by Soterra
@ SW corner of Juneau & Willingdon


http://www.metronews.ca/your-home/va...h-burnaby.html

I'm confused, I thought this tower the same as Juneau?

Are there two separate towers going here?

[officedweller]

Juneau is on the NW corner by Amacon.

[rofina]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Juneau is on the NW corner by Amacon.

Ohhhh.

They are both on corner of Juneau and Willingdon, just opposite sides of Juneau.

Did not realize.

Wow - at this rate of building Brentwood has enough land supply for maybe 5 or 10 more years max.

Sites are being snapped up at a rapid, rapid clip. Particulalry when you consider the large assemblies like Concord, Lumina, and whoever purchased the Olympia tile site off Willingdon.

Those dealerships are only going to become more and more coveted.

[rickvug]

Originally Posted by rofina

Ohhhh.

They are both on corner of Juneau and Willingdon, just opposite sides of Juneau.

Did not realize.

Wow - at this rate of building Brentwood has enough land supply for maybe 5 or 10 more years max.

Sites are being snapped up at a rapid, rapid clip. Particulalry when you consider the large assemblies like Concord, Lumina, and whoever purchased the Olympia tile site off Willingdon.

Those dealerships are only going to become more and more coveted.

Is there an overall map of all of the development sites in Brentwood? It would be interesting to see what has been snapped up vs. what is left.

[towerseeker101]

Originally Posted by rofina

Ohhhh.

Those dealerships are only going to become more and more coveted.

I hope that the likely extravagant cost of those dealerships will translate into an extravagant building. They should be built even taller than Altus/Brentwood. One can hope, but when the time comes, they will most likely be overpriced generic rectangles, and shorter in height.

[sburnaby33]

Originally Posted by rickvug

Is there an overall map of all of the development sites in Brentwood? It would be interesting to see what has been snapped up vs. what is left.

I have not seen one. However, I do know that there are only one or two major lots that have not been purchased: Carter's on Lougheed and the buisness lot next to it, and Revs. If I am mistaken please correct. There are pockets left, such as to the west of Juneau and Bordeux, a stretch of lots on Dawson, east of Madison and west of Willingdon, and a dealership on Douglas Road. Not much left. The build out of the area is occuring at a feverish rate. Roughly 25 to 30 buildings to be completed in 5 years. Wish there was more staff on the permitting department so we can see more development.

[Tetsuo]

Rev's is in a weird lawsuit position atm, isn't it?

I know Carter is banking on collecting a much larger sum once they are the last large lot at the most central position.

[SpongeG]

what about the executive inn? that area at one point was going to be replaced wasn't it? and is cactus club and staples etc all separate or all together?

[rofina]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

what about the executive inn? that area at one point was going to be replaced wasn't it? and is cactus club and staples etc all separate or all together?

There are a few large assemblies left.

- Carter Dealerships
- Staples
- Revs
- Few smaller warehouses that could be assembled into larger block around Holdom.

Other than that, mostly everything else has been purchased and has towers proposed, or under construction.

Any other lots are too small for towers - that being along Dawson, and potentially for odd lots on Halifax.

[osirisboy]

Looking at a map there seems to be a number of places left. And how big do you think lots have to be to have a tower on it? It would be nice if they started building things other than point towers with2-3 storey townhouse bases or the standard 6 floor building

[djmk]

3700 Hastings (@ bounday, the old Comor) has been demolished.

[rofina]

Originally Posted by osirisboy

Looking at a map there seems to be a number of places left. And how big do you think lots have to be to have a tower on it? It would be nice if they started building things other than point towers with2-3 storey townhouse bases or the standard 6 floor building

As witnessed Downtown, you can definitely get creative on narrow lots. MNP Tower comes to mind.

I think the trick is that land scarcity and values first have to drive that need - I don't think Brentwood is there yet.

Granted - after the current UC and Propsed are finished, the area is going to look extremely different than the sparse few towers you see now.

I would think a doubling of the count of towers in Brentwood in the next 5 years is definitely in the books.

[invisibleairwaves]

There's also the possibility of expanding the scope of the Brentwood area- upzoning the single-family homes to the north, or the industrial/business areas to the south and west. It's a slightly different situation than downtown Van because the boundaries are purely political rather than physical.

[rofina]

Originally Posted by invisibleairwaves

There's also the possibility of expanding the scope of the Brentwood area- upzoning the single-family homes to the north, or the industrial/business areas to the south and west. It's a slightly different situation than downtown Van because the boundaries are purely political rather than physical.

This is true.

However, I will say that rezoning any of the Lawns seems about as likely as rezoning swaths of the West Side.

Moving closer to HWY1 seems plausible, though the soil conditions are rather challenging for high-rise.

Plus I suspect that there would be some strong reluctance to expand the boundaries of the Town Plans if for no other reason than to keep land values up for the developers that already own land.

I would think that if there are rezoning's, it will be spot only and not an enlarged town plan.

Either way - will be exciting to witness the continued build out of Brentwood.

[BobLoblawsLawBlog]

Some new developments for Metrotown!

6525 Telford - Intracorp

This 48,553 SF site, owned by Intracorp, is located just south of Beresford in Metrotown and is improved with an older walkup apartment building. Now designated RM5s in the Metrotown Plan, the site is slated for a highrise tower at 5.0 FAR, which will be Intracorp’s ninth tower in Metrotown.

6556-6596 Marlborough Avenue - Accorde

This 36,361 SF site assembly of five lots is located at the northeast corner of Marlborough Avenue and Grimmer on the East side of Metrotown. The application, by Accorde Properties, proposes a residential highrise with townhouses under the RM4s designation at 3.60 FAR.

5852 Patterson Avenue - Artillery

This is a 20,000 SF site located mid-block on Patterson between Kingsway and Central Boulevard. The site is in the “Central Park East” neighbourhood of the Metrotown Plan and has an RM5s designation. The plan includes 31 rental units in addition to market condo units. The total density is 4.7 FAR. The developer is Artillery Developments, with development consulting by Brook Pooni. A variance is required as the site is under the 24,000 SF minimum site area in the Metrotown Plan.

5895 Barker Avenue - Corcord Pacific

Yet another Metrotown highrise application! The fourth highrise tower rezoning application for Metrotown is 5895 Barker Avenue by Concord Pacific. The 46,285 SF site is located at the southwest corner of Baker Avenue and Olive Avenue and is designated under the RM5s high density residential guidelines which allow up to a density of 5.00 FAR (in this case 4.99 FAR). The site is also occupied by an older 3-storey walkup apartment building. The tower will be in the range of 30-40 storeys.

Source : http://www.vancouvermarket.ca/2018/0...pplications-4/

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by BobLoblawsLawBlog

Some new developments for Metrotown!

They should show up on the next Major Developments Projects listings (they're not there now). I'm slightly bummed about the Patterson one as that building is a bit different and stands out.


A couple of Metrotown / Patterson listings that are at 'Initial Report' stage:

5977 Wilson Avenue - Permit a high-density multiple-family residential apartment with townhouses fronting Wilson Avenue and full underground parking (currently a rental building basically across the street from the next one).

6004, 6006 and 6018 Wilson Avenue - Construction of a single high-rise apartment building with townhouses fronting Wilson Avenue.

6438-6468 McKay Avenue and 6443-6467 Silver Avenue, 4305 and 4325 Maywood Street - Construction of a single high-rise apartment building with full underground parking, as well as expand the southern boundary of Maywood Park to Maywood Street in line with the adopted Metrotown Downtown Plan.

and

3883 Imperial Street - Permit the installation of a one-storey electrical building related to the Metro Vancouver Central Park Pump Station.

[BobLoblawsLawBlog]

What do you mean by Paterson one? Do you mean the brutalist one, because that's staying.

[Klazu]

Interesting news about the Telford Avenue site. I wonder how tall tower that FAR makes possible? Really exciting to see the area transforming.

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by Klazu

Interesting news about the Telford Avenue site. I wonder how tall tower that FAR makes possible? Really exciting to see the area transforming.

You know we're going to want regular photo updates from you