Broadway Corridor Development Plan & Project Updates
On June 20th, 2018, in preparation for the Broadway skytrain that is estimated to be completed in 2025 Vancouver City Council began the official planning process for the Broadway Corridor so that densification could occur around the skytrain stations. The Broadway Corridor will have skytrain stations down Broadway to Arbutus (possibly all the way to UBC) and currently contains about 10% as many jobs as downtown Vancouver. The photo below helps give some insight into the stations and the zones of density that may appear around them.
http://images.dailyhive.com/20180620...3-1024x447.jpg With this, the city implemented the Interim Rezoning Policy. The Interim Policy froze much of the development along Broadway during the planning process. Read it here https://vancouver.ca/files/cov/broad...plications.pdf They also implemented the "development contribution expectation policy" which hints at the sqft costs for development along Broadway in the future. Read it here https://vancouver.ca/files/cov/devel...y-planning.pdf For the next 2.5 years the city will begin planning for development along the Broadway corridor with the plan to be presented to city council in late 2020. Project timeline is here https://vancouver.ca/home-property-d...dway-plan.aspx The planning process is supposed to be guided by the terms of reference here https://vancouver.ca/home-property-d...dway-plan.aspx Read the full report presented to the city here https://council.vancouver.ca/2018062...ents/pspc3.pdf The Broadway Corridor will likely be the most significant densification since Downtown Vancouver. The Metro Core Jobs and Economy Study identified many areas along the corridor for increased commercial density. The below image shows this and the current zoning for the corridor. http://images.dailyhive.com/20180620...udy-area-2.jpg The plan's study area will be as below http://images.dailyhive.com/20180620...1-1024x434.jpg In Early 2019 there will be public consultation. Hope you can all come and cheer for density! Area Profile: Part 1https://vancouver.ca/files/cov/broad...ile-part-1.pdf Part 2 https://vancouver.ca/files/cov/broad...ile-part-2.pdf Public Consultation has begun. Update: Nov 14th 2018 new council approved city wide plan to be carried out. They agreed that the Broadway plan would still go ahead at the same time. Update: Found this case study analysis for Broadway "Land Values and Transit Investment" https://sustain.ubc.ca/sites/sustain...dor_Harlos.pdf Update: CoV voted to purchase extension to UBC with the requirement that redevelopment be based on the upcoming city plan rather then necessitated by transit (I think thats what they said, I may have to edit this). Update: Area Profile Links |
I find it odd that they specify the area of Cambie between Broadway and 6th/2nd as "Area identified for increased commercial density...". That specific area has been heavily developed in the last 5-10 years. Sure there are small parcels here and there that could be improved, but compared to the rest of this map, it's a bit weird to continue focusing on it. Unless that's an old plan that has largely been enacted.
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A solid plan would also clarify the future for the temporary housing that was recently set up on the west side of the Canada Line station there. Hopefully a plan would involve redeveloping that whole stretch into something decent, but ensuring there was housing included to at least accommodate the same number of people as the temporary spots currently do. |
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There are rumblings that Broadway will see increased shopping with possibly a shopping hub at Cambie.
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And the City also realized that they need a new MALL at their doorstep. |
The "new City Hall" block bounded by Cambie, Broadway, Yukon and 10th Ave. was always intended to be a public interface for City Hall services (presumably like ICBC service centres in malls), so a mall with retail services seems like a reasonable extension of that idea.
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If they really want Broadway to become a shopping destination, it's probably a better idea to move the mall elsewhere, or leave City Square as a smaller satellite mall (like Station Square at Metrotown), and build a new one closer to the actual Skytrain Station. |
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PCI owns the Royal Bank Building on the NE Corner of Granville & Broadway
- that site is ripe for redevelopment too. (probably soon to be another demolished example of the curvilinear international style (sort of art moderne but later in time)). https://pci-group.com/wp-content/upl...nkBuilding.jpg https://pci-group.com/PCIprojects/royal-bank-building/ |
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