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[jollyburger]

Full report here:

https://calendar.tol.ca/meetings/Detail/...ngs/fd40cde9-9c2d-451b-bd61-b1ab00fbeb68

200 Street in Willoughby could add 100,000 residents

Almost 100,000 more people could live within 800 metres of 200 Street in Willoughby once the area is fully developed, according to a preliminary Township report.

At the July 15 meeting, the last of the summer, Langley Township council unanimously voted to defer considering the report on 200 Street 2040, a study on transit-oriented development along the corridor through the Willoughby neighbourhood.

The document, which outlines a potential vision for the area, suggests three "transit villages" at 72, 80, and 86 Avenues, each based around a future Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) station. They were dubbed the Gateway, the Hub, and the Commons, from north to south.

The Gateway, close to the highway interchange and with existing office buildings, would be more business- and job-oriented. In the center, the hub at 80 Avenue, where the Langley Events Centre sits, would have a focus on community and civic events. At the south, the Commons would be more residential in nature, with professional services and seniors residences. All three areas would have some residential component.

Based on the development strategy in the report, when the area is fully built-up, it could accommodate:

• 47,050 new housing units

• 98,500 new population

• 58,200 new office/industrial jobs

• 941,000 square feet of new retail floor area

Density would be concentrated around the transit hubs, with highrises of 20 storeys or more close to each of the three villages, surrounded by smaller residences closer to 12 storeys, then lowrise structures of four to six storeys on the outer edges.

[BaddieB]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

I would remove two buildings for a park. Not enough greenspace.

As for the willoughby post above, as I've said, they should work to install a Skytrain along 200 asap. Collect funds and allocate space today so it can go in by 2040. A fully elevated route in greenfield is much easier and cheaper than trying to install one once its already developed (even with the width of 200).

[officedweller]

Pic by me Sept 29th:

[seamusmcduff]

With us tentatively keeping the SSMUH legislation for the time being, does anyone have any resources for tracking Building Permits related to multiplexes across the region? It would be interesting to keep track of how many applications are being made, and what the density and designs are looking like.

I tried to find BP information for Surrey, but wasn't really able to find anything. Wondering if any other suburbs are tracking this.

[officedweller]

Spring Street
Port Moody

The site is located east of the Moody Centre SkyTrain Station north of Spring Street and east of Williams Street and consists of four lots, three of which are owned by PCI and the fourth by the Ministry of the Transportation and Infrastructure (MoTI). MoTI intends to retain ownership of this lot, with a long-term lease to PCI for use as a plaza along with four levels of below-grade parking connected to the below grade parking on the PCI owned properties.

The overall plan for the site includes:

• 865 rental units including 44 below market units;
• 67,000 SF of commercial space including a 41,000 SF grocery store;
• a total density of 6.96 FSR;
• 4,000 SF as ground level ‘artist space’;
• a new pedestrian overpass;
• a minimum of 400 parking stalls.

https://vancouvermarket.ca/2024/10/19/pl...spring-street-development-in-port-moody/


https://vancouvermarket.ca/2024/10/19/pl...spring-street-development-in-port-moody/


https://vancouvermarket.ca/2024/10/19/pl...spring-street-development-in-port-moody/


https://vancouvermarket.ca/2024/10/19/pl...spring-street-development-in-port-moody/


https://vancouvermarket.ca/2024/10/19/pl...spring-street-development-in-port-moody/

See also:

Port Moody's tallest towers would come with a grocery store, plaza and pedestrian bridge
https://www.westerninvestor.com/british-...tore-plaza-and-pedestrian-bridge-9688077

Port Moody councillor accuses colleagues of giving short shrift to tall towers
https://www.westerninvestor.com/british-...ving-short-shrift-to-tall-towers-9697542

[officedweller]

Moved to NW thread.

[officedweller]

Moved...

[hollywoodnorth]

the Aldergrove Town Centre development @ 3100 272nd Street Aldergrove, Langley seems to be nearing completion. I saw some areal pics and it looked pretty much finished.

retail leasing >> https://www.collierscanada.com/en-ca/pro...t-aldergrove-british-columbia/can2016387


is the 28 story phase still planned? https://www.langleyadvancetimes.com/news...rey-tower-and-commercial-parkade-2523461

[Migrant_Coconut]

Better late than never, I guess.

Maple Ridge planning transit-oriented development around future Bus Rapid Transit line



To better support the investments made by TransLink into one of Metro Vancouver’s first Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) lines, the City of Maple Ridge is now looking to enable higher-density, transit-oriented development, including some high-rise tower development.

TransLink is proposing to build the Langley-Haney Place BRT, running north-south between Haney Place in Maple Ridge and SkyTrain Expo Line’s future Willowbrook Station in Langley Township via Lougheed Highway, Golden Ears Bridge, and 200 Street.

For the segment of this BRT that runs within Maple Ridge, the municipal government is currently in the process of creating major updates to the Lougheed Transit Corridor Area Plan (LTCAP), which spans 3.5 sq. km — an area generally framed by Wicklund Avenue to the north, 221 Street to the east, River Road to the south, and West Street to the west, which is the border of the Maple Ridge Town Centre Area Plan.

The BRT route and its four stops along Lougheed Highway will be used as the backbone for this new transit-oriented development densification, with stops at 203 Street, 207 Street, Laity Street, and 216 Street.

Currently, the area has strip malls, low-density residential uses, and vacant lots.

BRT’s 203 Street stop would see a higher density of offices, retail/restaurant uses, and other business spaces, such as light industrial units.

The stop at 207 Street would be the highest-density area of the entire plan, where high-rise residential towers and a mix of commercial and community uses would be permitted.

Laity Street stop would see uses that complement its adjacency to Ridge Meadows Hospital, with new uses such as commercial, medical clinics, care facilities, and apartment buildings, while 216 Street stop would see its area turned into an urban village with apartment buildings and a mix of commercial and community uses.

Approximately 25 per cent of the area plan is designated for residential apartments, which also include mixed-use developments with commercial uses and/or childcare on the ground floor. Nearly half of the areas are intended for small-scale multi-unit housing or townhouses...

They're still not getting a SkyTrain ahead of UBC or Lonsdale or Oakridge or Newton.

[Tvisforme]

Canada Post has announced the first round of community mailbox conversion locations; addresses in Abbotsford (V2S, V2T), Mission (V2V) and on the North Shore (V7M, V7P, V7R, V7S, V7T, V7V, and V7W) will be part of that change. There's no indication of proposed box locations yet, and Canada Post says that "converting an address from door-to-door delivery to a community mailbox typically takes months".

Canada Post moving forward with preliminary work on multi-year transformation

CBC: Canada Post announces first 136,000 addresses to lose door-to-door delivery

Daily Hive: Canada Post shares addresses where door-to-door delivery will end in Metro Vancouver

[Tysonbrown]

Originally Posted by BaddieB

I would remove two buildings for a park. Not enough greenspace.

As for the willoughby post above, as I've said, they should work to install a Skytrain along 200 asap. Collect funds and allocate space today so it can go in by 2040. A fully elevated route in greenfield is much easier and cheaper than trying to install one once its already developed (even with the width of 200).

Looks like a potential Kowloon City.

[jollyburger]

Douglas Todd: In South Delta, at least, you can fight city hall — and stop highrises





https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columni...u-can-fight-city-hall-and-stop-highrises

[LeftCoaster]

Cool, I hope he moves there.

[osirisboy]

“Tightly packed towers” in Vancouver?! lol ok

[gaviscon]

Boomers

[jollyburger]

Don't love tall buildings but love suburban sprawl... life of a NIMBY

They have to add 3607 units by 2028

https://pub-delta.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=7848

The changes made to the three tower proposal

Housing density reduced by 57% – from 1,433 homes to about 600 units
Building height reduced by 25% – the tallest building is now 18-storeys

https://tsawwassentowncentre.ca/

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

Douglas Todd: In South Delta, at least, you can fight city hall — and stop highrises

https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columni...u-can-fight-city-hall-and-stop-highrises

I don't think I could have rolled my eyes any harder reading that. Oh sure "We believe in gentle, community-led growth" and are "open to compromise." Somehow I doubt they'd accept "new condo buildings in the eight- to 10-storey range" - not just in Tsawwassen Town Centre (where they claim it would be acceptable) but across a lot of South Delta. That's what would be needed to reach the housing targets without even more sprawl.

North Delta has a lot more density, including towers, along Scott Road - despite plenty of people being opposed. I look at what's there and what's proposed and wish some of that could have existed when I was growing up there.

Places change - not everything needs to be preserved in amber for all eternity.

[Lexus]

In this video:

1. Soleil
2. Foster and Martin
3. Miramar Village

• Video Link

Soleil:

DJI_0303 by Lexus LX 700, on Flickr

DJI_0305 by Lexus LX 700, on Flickr

Foster and Martin

DJI_0309 by Lexus LX 700, on Flickr

DJI_0310 by Lexus LX 700, on Flickr

Miramar Village

DJI_0311 by Lexus LX 700, on Flickr

All three:

DJI_0313 by Lexus LX 700, on Flickr

[SpongeG]

Nice, what event was going on in White Rock?

[osirisboy]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

Nice, what event was going on in White Rock?

That’s the local farmers market. It happens every Sunday 10-2. It’s can be very busy