[Surrey] Avani Centre (Including Hampton by Hilton) | 107m | 30 fl | Proposed

[Shift]

Project: Hampton by Hilton (Hotel, Condo)
Developer: Yanna Holdings Inc.
Height: 30 fl | 107m
Use: Hotel, Condo, Commercial
Address: 13586 98 Ave
Anticipated Start: 2018
Anticipated Finish: 2020

• The proposal incorporates a single 30-storey landmark high-rise tower with a 6-storey mixeduse
  podium consisting of 181 residential dwelling units, 121 hotel rooms, 133 square metres
  (1,432 sq. ft.) of ground floor commercial space to accommodate a winebar, and eight, 2-storey
  ground-oriented townhouses fronting 98 Avenue.

• The hotel component is comprised of 4-storeys and is wrapped in a curtain wall on King
  George Boulevard and a frosted curtain wall on 98 Avenue. An abstract pixelated image of
  British Columbia landscapes is fritted (printed) on the curtain wall glass.

• The residential dwelling units are intended to be stratified and sold individually. The
  dwelling units intended to be marketed are located on the 8th to 29th floors of the building.

• The commercial component within the proposed high-rise 30-storey, landmark tower will
  consist of a total of 112 hotel rooms located on the 2nd to 5th floors of the building with
  336 square metres (3,617 sq. ft.) of shared hotel indoor amenity space located on the 6th floor
  that consists of a fitness centre and pool that will be accessible by hotel patrons and residents
  of the residential dwelling units.

• To complement the hotel function, approximately 133 square metres (1,432 sq. ft.) of ground
  floor commercial space is proposed at the northeast corner of the building, fronting the
  corner of 98 Avenue and King George Boulevard.

http://www.surrey.ca/bylawsandcouncillibrary/PLR_7916-0183-00.pdf

[retro_orange]

looks cool! What's on this site now?

[Tetsuo]

Originally Posted by retro_orange

looks cool! What's on this site now?

Nothing just a field

[retro_orange]

Originally Posted by Tetsuo

Nothing just a field

Ah yes, the urban prairie.

I always found that 70's highrise next to this obtuse, it doesn't look like the type of buildings built in the GVA at that time, more like what you would see in the GTA. It would have been the most dense building in that area for decades too.

[GMasterAres]

Nice. That site has gone through a few different proposals. Hope this gets built.

At this rate, the area around King George is going to have more towers than around Surrey Central. They need to start picking up the slack around there and get 4 or 5 more towers underway.

And one of the posters a bit above was correct in that the site is the one directly next to CRA, not the big one in the centre which was the Holland Point proposal and appears to be in the midst of being brought back from the dead slightly differently. Projects like this I think would go a long way to kicking that one in the butt and we'd finally start to get a bit of high-rises on both sides of the road in Surrey.

Only a few spots that have that aka City Pointe across from the Gateway development, D'corize across from Univeristy, and Park Place across from Park Avenue. If they build this and finally Holland Pointe, with Hub and the last Concord being built, you'd have a great cluster of density surrounding King George station and just inviting quicker expansion of Innovation Boulevard North toward Fraser Highway.

Give Surrey Central a run for its money and maybe kick more projects off around Surrey Central which really I think needs to start seeing some tall and close together towers going up to give that sense of density.

Also agree with another poster that we need to start seeing some true entertainment pop up.

[Blease]

Originally Posted by jhausner

Nice. That site has gone through a few different proposals. Hope this gets built.

At this rate, the area around King George is going to have more towers than around Surrey Central. They need to start picking up the slack around there and get 4 or 5 more towers underway.

And one of the posters a bit above was correct in that the site is the one directly next to CRA, not the big one in the centre which was the Holland Point proposal and appears to be in the midst of being brought back from the dead slightly differently. Projects like this I think would go a long way to kicking that one in the butt and we'd finally start to get a bit of high-rises on both sides of the road in Surrey.

Only a few spots that have that aka City Pointe across from the Gateway development, D'corize across from Univeristy, and Park Place across from Park Avenue. If they build this and finally Holland Pointe, with Hub and the last Concord being built, you'd have a great cluster of density surrounding King George station and just inviting quicker expansion of Innovation Boulevard North toward Fraser Highway.

Give Surrey Central a run for its money and maybe kick more projects off around Surrey Central which really I think needs to start seeing some tall and close together towers going up to give that sense of density.

Also agree with another poster that we need to start seeing some true entertainment pop up.

The Education Centre should be coming up soon--according to Shift, the roller skating rink on this site may be demolished as early as early next year. This 50 storey tower will look fantastic especially situated so close to 3 Civic tower. And with the Central City tower so nearby and Prime on the way up, there'll be great density by Surrey Central. PS the entertainment will start pouring in as the towers start filling up and as there's actual infrastructure to house the restaurants, cafes and other social venues. The new coffee shop and restaurant in the Civic Hotel will certainly enhance the local options in a big way.

[Lev]

Originally Posted by Tetsuo

Nothing just a field

According to http://www.surrey.ca/bylawsandcouncillibrary/PLR_7916-0183-00.pdf, it is the site that is with the old rental condo isn't it?

[Nites]

I'm guessing this will be 3 or 4 star hotel?

With the Hub being on the opposite side there will be two signature towers on the same intersection.

[Tetsuo]

Originally Posted by Lev

According to http://www.surrey.ca/bylawsandcouncillibrary/PLR_7916-0183-00.pdf, it is the site that is with the old rental condo isn't it?

No that's across the st.

Also can anyone confirm this old urban legend from my youth, that GTA-esque (very true Retro-O) condo building used to have a unit occupied by C. Olson ?

[Will Art]

The architects are A49 and ACDF architecture

[Shift]

Originally Posted by jhausner

Nice. That site has gone through a few different proposals. Hope this gets built.

At this rate, the area around King George is going to have more towers than around Surrey Central. They need to start picking up the slack around there and get 4 or 5 more towers underway.

Well it's approved and they have a hotel chain on-board so hopefully. Someone changed the thread title from 'approved' to 'proposed' - not sure why.

Also yes King George is going to have 5 new towers underway by next year:

• King George Hub - 40-Storey Residential
• King George Hub - 29-Storey Residential
• King George Hub - 15-Storey Office
• Park Boulevard - 42-Storey Residential
• Hampton by Hilton - 30-Storey Hotel/Condo

Surrey Central will have at least 2 new underway:

• West Village 5 - 44-Storey Residential
• Education Mega Centre - 50-Storey Residential

Gateway will have 1 new underway:

• Whalley District (Phase 1) - 35-Storey Residential

Surrey Central already has more of an established, downtown feel so I don't think King George will take over despite the number of towers to rise around it.

8 new cranes next year is pretty good.. just as the current wave wraps up.

[djmk]

Seems like a bizarre place to have a hotel. Perhaps the potential guests are out of town patients and family. Maybe CRA has out of town agents that travel to the nearby office.

[Shift]

^A City Centre is a bizarre place for a hotel?

It's also right next to the emerging medical/technology district.

There also used to be a hotel across the street on the King George Hub site.

[Shift]

Also by the time the hotel opens around 2020 - there will be 15 other towers around it in that area.

Coast Capital
Park Place (x3)
Park Avenue (x2)
Park Boulevard
Hub Phase B (x3)
City Centre Professional (x2)
Innovation Village Tower
1980's Slab Tower
Balmoral tower


Then soon after 2020 - Holland Gardens, Hub phases C-D, Next wave of Lark Group Medical/Tech towers.

Hotel is in a prime location.

[retro_orange]

Originally Posted by Shift

Hotel is in a prime location.

A quick walk to KG station too, convenient for budget minded tourists who don't wanna stay in Vancouver or Burnaby.

You could put a hotel near any skytrain station these days and I'm sure it would be a success.

[Sheba]

I suspect he's thinking the Surrey Central area is downtown and the area around King George Station is 'outside' of that and why anyone put a hotel there. Sure Central is, well more central, but there's also a hotel already going in there at 3 Civic. I don't see why there can't be a few* hotels spread across downtown Surrey.

* A figure of speech. I have no idea how many hotels are there now or are planned for the future.

[scryer]

Originally Posted by retro_orange

A quick walk to KG station too, convenient for budget minded tourists who don't wanna stay in Vancouver or Burnaby.

You could put a hotel near any skytrain station these days and I'm sure it would be a success.

Hell you could put a hotel almost anywhere in the lower mainland and it would be successful these days . Hotel occupancy in summer is pretty crazy. People that I have working in the industry say that if they can't find someone a place in Surrey, that they have to recommend hotels in Langley or even Abbotsford to accommodate them... which isn't a bad problem to have for the Lower Mainland.

This is kind of off-topic but the one project that I'm personally really excited for is when they get around to re-doing the North Surrey recreation centre. An advantage that Surrey Central has over KG is that it is a more dynamic drawing point in the city than KG is.

[Vin]

Surrey makes it conducive for a developer to plant a high rise hotel with its long term comminity plan at Surrey Central. New businesses set up shop when and where they see the potential and the ease of doing business at the location. Good job Surrey!

Same thing can be said about Metrotown. Would be expecting a hotel to be built at the Brentwood mall area within the next few years.

[Max.]

Very disappointed with that low-end brand Hampton. It's better if this place have a Hilton, Crowne Plaza or Hyatt.

[Jebby]

Originally Posted by Max.

Very disappointed with that low-end brand Hampton. It's better if this place have a Hilton, Crowne Plaza or Hyatt.

I don't think anything higher than a 3 star hotel could survive that location.