[Colwood] Capital City Centre | Condos, offices, commercial | Up to 29-storeys | Construction cancelled in Sept 2013
#41
Posted 18 December 2006 - 10:36 PM
-City of Victoria website, 2009
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Posted 18 December 2006 - 10:50 PM
#43
Posted 18 December 2006 - 11:02 PM
Article about this project I believe but its locked: Colwood reaches for the skies. Times Colonist
Colwood reaches for the skies; [Final Edition]
Times - Colonist. Victoria, B.C.: Dec 16, 2006. pg. A.14
(Copyright Times Colonist (Victoria) 2006)
The plans for the shopping plaza site will help transform the community
A proposal to redevelop the centre of Colwood has put the community on a roll.
There will be no stopping the city now that it has started thinking big.
That might seem an overstatement, but it's not. Even if the proposal goes nowhere -- and there is no sign that it will fail -- it has created so much enthusiasm that renewal is inevitable.
The $850-million project will transform the Colwood Plaza and London Drugs properties.
Plans for the London Drugs site have not been completed, but the Colwood Plaza redevelopment is impressive.
There will be eight buildings, including a 29-storey residential tower, a 12- storey hotel and three four-storey assisted-living buildings. Condominium towers next to Sooke Road would be up to 15 storeys high.
The pedestrian-friendly development would have two levels of underground parking, rooftop gardens, green buildings using solar power and wind energy and underground utilities. And it would include office and commercial development, reducing the need of people to commute to other communities for work.
The first building, the hotel, could be open for business within two years.
The plan -- which has been approved by Colwood's planning and zoning committee, and will go to council Monday -- reinforces the need for another look at Colwood's official community plan. The city is planning a joint review with Langford, which makes sense. The two communities are so closely connected that what happens in one is bound to affect the other.
And, since so much of the region's development over the next few years is bound to occur in the West Shore communities, it's important to ensure that the community plan ensures sensible, co- ordinated development.
Together, the two communities have much to offer, from prime waterfront to wilderness to high-traffic commercial space and everything in between.
They should not be seen as simply bedroom communities any more -- they can stand on their own, with services and jobs.
That would be good, because it's logical to have jobs, shopping and residences as close together as possible, saving people time and reducing the negative environmental impact.
Still, we can expect that many of Colwood's new residents will need to go to downtown Victoria or Saanich for work -- and that will only increase the strain on the already overloaded highway system. Every new development will put more vehicles on the roads during peak traffic hours.
We need to start looking at ways to ease the traffic crunch as soon as possible.
We know that Colwood is being transformed, and we know the traffic is coming. Waiting for things to get worse is no solution.
#44
Posted 18 December 2006 - 11:10 PM
Which municipality will "reach for the skies" in next weeks' T/C?
I say Metchosin. Old man Jenkins put a new attic on his bungalow and "reaches for the skies".
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#45
Posted 19 December 2006 - 12:16 AM
DND might have issues with the positioning - the closest points pass through DND, and even if there were a ROW, chances are passer-bys would get a great eyefull of the base. Now even though they do offer tours I'm sure some of the security types might feel it exposes Naden and what is a significant chunk of Maritime Forces Pacific a little too much.
The flipside is that it would be a great reminder for residents of our military-side.
#46
Posted 19 December 2006 - 12:20 AM
Also on the topic of munipalities reaching for the skies...Saanich is in the process of allowing ten to twelve story buildings now.
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Posted 19 December 2006 - 06:18 AM
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#50
Posted 19 December 2006 - 08:36 AM
As I have said before I am much more in favour of LRT in the core area where the current ridership is already high. We have some bus routes that have higher ridership than a lot of LRT lines in North America. But if the money is going to be spent going out to the West Comms than it should provide the best service not the cheapest. Going cheap is a great way to reduce ridership.
#51
Posted 19 December 2006 - 08:45 AM
We don't even have a tax base for the LRT.
Besides, the line already exists through the "original route", it just needs upgrading. I think you're way off in guestimating that costs between the "original" route and a bridge route will be similar.
Besides it doesn't matter. DND would never allow it.
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Posted 19 December 2006 - 08:48 AM
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#59
Posted 19 December 2006 - 10:02 AM
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#60
Posted 19 December 2006 - 12:05 PM
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