Transit oriented development in Canada

[Innsertnamehere]

sorry to break it to you, but the Hamilton A line has a LOOONNG way to go before it is built. (as in 20+ years) if things go well though, you should be getting the B line soon.

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by vanman

Waterloo representing!

Just to be clear - that is Kitchener.

[Beedok]

Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere

sorry to break it to you, but the Hamilton A line has a LOOONNG way to go before it is built. (as in 20+ years) if things go well though, you should be getting the B line soon.

The goal seems to be to build both the A and B lines within 15 years, B-line first.

[Innsertnamehere]

yep but the province is only really planning to fund the B line. It is the only one in the Big Move phase 2. (the portion that will last until 2025 and use transit taxes to fund)

[Chadillaccc]

Originally Posted by MeIsThomas

Just found this thread, and I am in love. Developments like this are my favourite. Turning a mall into the Brentwood Town Centre is completely awesome, and the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre is just more awesomeness.

Brentwood Town Centre is already the name of the mall, and it will continue to be an indoor mall, it will just have towers around it and possibly some street level retail.

[vanman]

Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

Just to be clear - that is Kitchener.

My ignorance of eastern Canada is showing damn it. My bad.

[vanman]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Brentwood Town Centre is already the name of the mall, and it will continue to be an indoor mall, it will just have towers around it and possibly some street level retail.

I believe all of the new inner streets will be lined with retail, so quite alot actually.

[thomax]

Five, 20-storey condominiums proposed beside Burlington GO

- approximately 925 residential units
- commercial and office space


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[Chadillaccc]

Westbrook TOD:


100_2470 by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

100_2539 by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

100_2541 by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

100_2542 by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

[logan5]

All of a sudden I can't copy satellite images off of Google Earth. Frustrating.

The parking lots are so huge around Coquitlam Center, it seems like a given that this will be another mall that gets redeveloped. There's enough paking lot on the south side of the mall to create a retail street that would be 5 blocks (500m) long. It will be the only regional town center with both a Skytrain station and a West Coast Express station, which gets commuters into DT Vancouver in less than half an hour.

These excellent transit options should be a strong catalyst for a lot of high density TOD.

[SpongeG]

that parking lot fills up pretty often, they already lost some parking a few years ago and i don't think the city wants retail along lougheed, they want it and are getting it to the north of coquitlam centre

i really don't see what they could put out there other than some restaurants since its all mall property

[red-paladin]

Well, we've seen massings of the ultimate buildout by the City of Coquitlam, and they show condos with retail podiums in place of all the parking lots in Coquitlam Centre, and in the bus loop, Chrysler Dealership, pinetree centre stipmall, etc.

[logan5]

can i see this maybe?

[Andrewjm3D]

A billion dollar project, a dollar store video about it.

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[Andrewjm3D]

This was at Union Station the last 10 Days.

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[Tropics]

Originally Posted by vanman

Silver


Vantage

Would love if Westbrook TOD could get something close to these two buildings on the south side of Bow Trail.

From what was mentioned on the main Calgary construction forum it is wishful hoping though and it wont even be close to that level.

A sad waste for the Calgary TOD that has the largest potential with awesome views of the city, a golf course, and a 5 minute train ride to the city center.

[BIMBAM]

I'm surprised this hasn't come up yet! Wesbrook Village at UBC is one of the biggest TODs in the country, and is a rare Greenfield TOD, built in old growth forest adjacent to a regional park of protected forest, and walking distance to great recreational amenities at UBC and the beach. A total of eleven highrises will be built there (two completed, one under construction) and the whole area is half built already. That includes a walkable mixed use town square with cool retail, innumerbale midirse projects, and some gorgeous townhomes and parks. The transit that it's oriented around is the 41 bus that goes down the main street, and the many buses lines which stop with great frequency at 16th avenue coming to and from UBC.



GREAT photo tour at this address:

http://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&rct=j&...60655887954237

EDIT: found that google maps now has 45 degree angle satellite images of the area that are up to date enough to show:

https://maps.google.ca/?ll=49.254162...06641&t=k&z=18

[Chadillaccc]

I likey!

Originally Posted by Surrealplaces

Some updates of University City. More Here

I like the way the colors strike against the blue sky.


University City by Calgary Construction 8, on Flickr

University City by Calgary Construction 8, on Flickr

[Coldrsx]

Originally Posted by BIMBAM

I'm surprised this hasn't come up yet! Wesbrook Village at UBC is one of the biggest TODs in the country, and is a rare Greenfield TOD, built in old growth forest adjacent to a regional park of protected forest, and walking distance to great recreational amenities at UBC and the beach. A total of eleven highrises will be built there (two completed, one under construction) and the whole area is half built already. That includes a walkable mixed use town square with cool retail, innumerbale midirse projects, and some gorgeous townhomes and parks. The transit that it's oriented around is the 41 bus that goes down the main street, and the many buses lines which stop with great frequency at 16th avenue coming to and from UBC.



GREAT photo tour at this address:

http://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&rct=j&...60655887954237

EDIT: found that google maps now has 45 degree angle satellite images of the area that are up to date enough to show:

https://maps.google.ca/?ll=49.254162...06641&t=k&z=18

We have a condo in Hampton Place across the st and while I am being a hypocrite here, it is sad at how much old growth is being lost here. That said there is a desperate need for housing and some services out there. I suppose a good amount of the development was not on actual old growth, ie UBC service buildings/space/NRC land, but still. Tough to balance things out in this circumstance. Thankfully much of Pacific Spirit is still intact and not going anywhere.

[dleung]

The new stuff at UBC are nice, but being near a bus stop (and far away from the future M-line extension) doesn't make it "transit oriented development".

Originally Posted by Tropics

Would love if Westbrook TOD could get something close to these two buildings on the south side of Bow Trail.

From what was mentioned on the main Calgary construction forum it is wishful hoping though and it wont even be close to that level.

A sad waste for the Calgary TOD that has the largest potential with awesome views of the city, a golf course, and a 5 minute train ride to the city center.

These two pomo piles aren't any better than the existing ones at Westbrook... there are better examples