Was this proposal ever shared here?
http://lexi.house/projects/elegance/
Thanks for the heads-up! A thread is now here: https://vibrantvicto...rcial-proposed/
The design has been changed to some degree, and further refinements are coming soon.
Posted 09 January 2018 - 10:20 AM
Was this proposal ever shared here?
http://lexi.house/projects/elegance/
Thanks for the heads-up! A thread is now here: https://vibrantvicto...rcial-proposed/
The design has been changed to some degree, and further refinements are coming soon.
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Posted 31 January 2018 - 11:50 AM
It seems everyone is concerned about housing affordability in our region until it means more density in their neighbourhood:
...Oak Bay United Church proposes 80 to 150 rental units to replace several smaller, run-down buildings on its large corner lot, while preserving the original 1914 church. But some neighbours fear the church's plan is too dense and will overwhelm the existing streetscape of mainly early 20th-century character houses...a group of critics who have launched the Concerned Citizens Network are unconvinced by what they've seen so far in neighbourhood consultation meetings...
http://www.cbc.ca/ne...4510391?cmp=rss
Every. Single. Proposal.
Posted 02 February 2018 - 10:38 AM
While riding the bus to UVic this morning, I noticed a development permit sign at the old Shell site at Shelbourne and McKenzie. I didn't catch any details. Anyone know what's going here? That area is going to look a lot different soon with the University Heights redevelopment and the new CIBC building.
Posted 03 February 2018 - 12:30 PM
While riding the bus to UVic this morning, I noticed a development permit sign at the old Shell site at Shelbourne and McKenzie. I didn't catch any details. Anyone know what's going here? That area is going to look a lot different soon with the University Heights redevelopment and the new CIBC building.
78 unit apartment, mostly studios, two commercial spaces at ground level. Elevation are here: http://www.saanich.c...dec2817elev.pdf
Posted 03 February 2018 - 12:48 PM
No room for surface parking from the looks of it. Seems like the north side has a vehicle access point next to the bus stop, which is an interesting location.
Posted 05 February 2018 - 07:39 PM
Looks good. I've been waiting for something to finally happen here. Certainly a welcome improvement over the current pit! It'll be interesting to see all of these big changes to that intersection over the next few years.
Posted 06 February 2018 - 11:10 AM
Thanks Jackerbie! The thread for this project is now here: https://vibrantvicto...oreys-proposed/
Btw, the developer is Abstract Developments' rental subsidiary, NVision.
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Posted 17 February 2018 - 11:36 AM
Edited by RFS, 17 February 2018 - 11:38 AM.
Posted 17 February 2018 - 11:40 AM
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Posted 23 February 2018 - 12:10 PM
New application at 3819 Shelbourne to convert SFHs behind the existing apartment buidling to apartments - 6 and 4 stories. According to the Shelbourne Valley Plan, this block recommends a 4 story limit. Curious to see how this plays out as the application is inconsistent with the plan.
Posted 23 February 2018 - 01:06 PM
^Tough call because if you say yes than it's open season on any SFD within a block of Shelbourne with that huge zoning uplift.
Posted 23 February 2018 - 01:09 PM
Posted 23 February 2018 - 02:15 PM
How much did existing infrastructure play into the Shelbourne Valley Plan height limits? Or are the limits more subjective around form and massing...and visual quality. For instance, does a 6 story building here put to much pressure on the existing infrastructure's future ability to "pipe the poop"?
Posted 23 February 2018 - 02:19 PM
How much did existing infrastructure play into the Shelbourne Valley Plan height limits? Or are the limits more subjective around form and massing...and visual quality. For instance, does a 6 story building here put to much pressure on the existing infrastructure's future ability to "pipe the poop"?
They are all 4 now, so maybe they should stay 4 is likely the reason, notwithstanding we can make 6-floor wood buildings now.
Posted 23 February 2018 - 02:37 PM
They are all 4 now, so maybe they should stay 4 is likely the reason, notwithstanding we can make 6-floor wood buildings now.
The existing buildings are likely 4 floors since that was the limit of wood-frame construction until quite recently. I am not convinced that previous building code limitations are a valid reason to dictate the structure of future development.
Posted 23 February 2018 - 02:45 PM
The existing buildings are likely 4 floors since that was the limit of wood-frame construction until quite recently. I am not convinced that previous building code limitations are a valid reason to dictate the structure of future development.
Shelbourne plan was only just adopted last year, so deviating from that plan already will be a tough sell for the developer.
Posted 23 February 2018 - 02:48 PM
Shelbourne plan was only just adopted last year, so deviating from that plan already will be a tough sell for the developer.
Oh I am sure it will be. I am just suggesting that faulty reasoning was likely behind recent decisions regarding height limits in the Shelbourne plan.
Posted 23 February 2018 - 05:09 PM
New application at 3819 Shelbourne to convert SFHs behind the existing apartment buidling to apartments - 6 and 4 stories. According to the Shelbourne Valley Plan, this block recommends a 4 story limit. Curious to see how this plays out as the application is inconsistent with the plan.
I could be wrong. but did this plan get proposed previously or a similar proposal on the site? I remember reading it a while back... May have been from work tho
Posted 23 February 2018 - 07:01 PM
I could be wrong. but did this plan get proposed previously or a similar proposal on the site? I remember reading it a while back... May have been from work tho
I have definitely read about this proposal at some point before.
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