Burnaby Updates

[djmk]

Originally Posted by Vin

However, if I were a contractor trying to pay for a permit fee or to submit drawings, then I would prefer that they stay put since I would want to park my huge truck at a free parking lot away from traffic.

it's done online

https://www.burnaby.ca/services-and-payments/permits-and-applications

[Sheba]

New homes open for families, seniors in Burnaby

Located at 6438 Byrnepark Dr., Susana Cogan Place is a 20-unit development with a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom homes. It is a part of a larger five-storey, 122-unit condominium known as Byrnepark by Polygon.

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This is down the hill from Edmonds Station, next to Southridge Dr.

[WBC]

Originally Posted by djmk

it's done online

https://www.burnaby.ca/services-and-payments/permits-and-applications

Yes, like everything else. I am yet to hear a compelling reason why would one want in person access to government bureaucracy these days. As in, you know what we need in the city center - a huge government building to liven up the place and generate foot traffic

What we need in Metrotown are services that matter - like bigger library with more rentable meeting space, bigger rec center, permanent open space for entertainment, festivals and maybe Farmers Market (see NV's shipyards) and gasp, maybe a highschool. And for the love of God, 49th Parallel.

[SpongeG]

Burnaby is Getting a New European Inspired Shopping Plaza

The project is set to transform the currently empty lot at 5820 Marine Dr. (formerly Marine Pub) into a vibrant new community space.

The upcoming project three-story shopping complex will house various businesses, making it an exciting addition to the South Burnaby community.

It will include space for 8 retailers, 7 restaurants, and 18 office spaces.

https://604now.com/burnaby-new-european-...tOaXFQsP36MuQRM_Cs84EqR2Lsmtz5RXXpsSfwHU

[jollyburger]

The developer's portfolio

https://www.fountanagroup.ca/real-estate/

Floor plans

https://naibc.ca/fountana-plaza/floor-plan/

[madog222]

^I can see the tag line now "A decade in the making"


Image from Google Maps

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by Spr0ckets

Maybe part of the reason Translink might not be so keen on the idea of a construction atop the bus loop (and also why they refused to relocate it when Ivanhoe wanted to do their Metro Tower IV there), might have to do with the fact that some of the buses that run through the loop are tethered and need that significant overhead overrun for the power lines.

And any new construction for an overhead events space (read : live loads) needing all that structural load transferred down without adding columns to the bus lanes below, would need significant transfer slabs or slab bands or considerably deep steel girders which might impact how much headroom they have left over for any tethered bus power lines.

Translink may not have a say in what happens in the air above the space above the slab that sits atop the loop, but I would bet they have some say on what happens to that slab in light of those lines.

I'm just speculating here.

But it would indeed be pretty cool if they were ever able to do that.

There was never any proposal for Metrotown IV except to say it would be the site for a tower down the road. Translink is the one that proposed moving the bus stops streetside next to the Skytrain station.

https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/proposed-metrotown-bus-move-spurs-debate-2965103

They would have kept the trolley buses in the loop and turned it into a layover spot.



https://www.bunteng.com/projects/#project-directory

[osirisboy]

Originally Posted by madog222

^I can see the tag line now "A decade in the making"


Image from Google Maps

Lol I have a feeling it won’t be built or if it is it will be your typical strip mall

[SFUVancouver]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

The developer's portfolio

https://www.fountanagroup.ca/real-estate/

Floor plans

https://naibc.ca/fountana-plaza/floor-plan/

I can’t think of another local whisky importer-exporter/iron ore trader/real estate developer that’s better prepared to bring a faux-Italianate strip mall to fruition in southern Burnaby.

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by SFUVancouver

I can’t think of another local whisky importer-exporter/iron ore trader/real estate developer that’s better prepared to bring a faux-Italianate strip mall to fruition in southern Burnaby.

To be fair it was a pub / beer store (and boxing gym according to google maps) with a big surface parking lot. If they build two levels of underground parking with three levels (retail, restaurant and office) above ground, then that's a major density improvement. The Euro details look like small cosmetic details to me.

[VancouverOfTheFuture]

i happened to go past the Lake City Bridge Studios project, wow its a big site. they have 4 cranes up, and looks like 2 levels of underground parking. its coming along for sure. i didn't get any photos.

Bridge Studios Lake City

Lake City Studios offers 21 purpose built soundstages on 18.5 acres; 20 minutes from downtown Vancouver and 40 minutes from YVR airport.

some project stats.

• 1 supercharger station
• 200 EV charging ports
• Five 50′ high sound stages ranging from 18,000 to 26,500 sf
• Ten 40′ high sound stages all approximately 17,000 sf
• Five 35′ high sound stages ranging from 8,000 to 12,000 sf
• Crew parking of 1,000 vehicles

website images

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by Klazu

6035 Wilson Avenue has been shortened by few floors and is now 50 floors. The project is knows as 6035 Solhouse.

https://bosaproperties.com/residential-portfolio/solhouse-6035

They're now advertising this in Metrotown Station.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by VancouverOfTheFuture

i happened to go past the Lake City Bridge Studios project, wow its a big site. they have 4 cranes up, and looks like 2 levels of underground parking. its coming along for sure. i didn't get any photos.

Bridge Studios Lake City

some project stats.


website images

That's a lot of projects in the pipeline (article is from 2022 so project dates might be out of date) The architects say it's opening in 2024.

The new studios will be housed on both the current Bridge Studios Boundary campus and new sites, including: Griffiths (four sound stage facilities on five acres, opening in 2023), Lake City (21 sound stages on 18 acres, opening in 2025), Marine Way (16 sound stages on 18.5 acres, opening in 2026). Currently with 13 sound stages, Boundary will add an additional sound stage by 2026.

https://bridgestudios.com/bridge-studios...sion-featured-in-the-hollywood-reporter/

Griffiths opened in June:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CtzjaabSYww/?img_index=1

Here's video of the Lake City Studios project. 7500 tons of steel being used in the construction. Seems like they currently have one tower crane on site.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/whitemud-...m_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

That's a lot of projects in the pipeline (article is from 2022 so project dates might be out of date) The architects say it's opening in 2024.

An interesting factoid from Daily Hive last year: "Burnaby is already home to over 60% of BC's purpose-built sound stages."

[Migrant_Coconut]

Makes sense, they've got most of the Burrard Peninsula's (non-ALR) empty space - much easier to reach Lake City than Aldergrove or the North Shore.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

Makes sense, they've got most of the Burrard Peninsula's (non-ALR) empty space - much easier to reach Lake City than Aldergrove or the North Shore.

And they also invested early on with Bridge Studios so all the infrastructure to support film studios is already probably located in the area.

[Migrant_Coconut]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

And they also invested early on with Bridge Studios so all the infrastructure to support film studios is already probably located in the area.

And it's not just Bridge - pretty much all of Still Creek, Big Bend and Lake City/Production is full of large studios. Hollywood North is more than living up to its name.

[VancouverOfTheFuture]

Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

And it's not just Bridge - pretty much all of Still Creek, Big Bend and Lake City/Production is full of large studios. Hollywood North is more than living up to its name.

yeah its good to see. good paying jobs are always nice to have.

though i would note that the BC government financed the first The Bridge Studios to film in the 1980s under the Social Credit. so not exactly done by business or investors.

that site is crazy to have 4 cranes on it though. quite a big site.

[Lexus]

2023-10-01

Riviera

Untitled by Lexus LX600, on Flickr

[vanman]

From VancouverMarket.ca

Canderel has submitted their rezoning application for a site they own at 3695 North Road in the Burquitlam area of Burnaby.

The 1.32 acre property is currently improved with a gas service station and an older two-storey office commercial building.

The proposal calls a 56-storey condo tower and a 43-storey non-market and market rental building, inclusive of a 10-storey commercial podium with an office component and street-fronting retail.

The rezoning would be based on the RM5s, RM5r and C3 zoning districts.

Details of the proposal include:

772 residential units;
456 condo units;
239 market rental units;
77 non-market rental units;
Building heights of 612 ft. and 504 ft.;
164,000 SF of office space, 9,000 SF of retail space;
a total density of 13.10 FAR (750,000 SF);
1,038 parking spaces.