1500 West Georgia | 133m | 43s | Bosa | Buro Ole Scheeren

[SRC Admin]

Vancouver | 1500 West Georgia

 

[bennessb]

The renderings for this project in our front page story remind me of all of those speculative shipping container highrises that have been floating around.

 

[stjames2queenwest]

This is awesome. Vancouver is lucky.

 

[Roundabout]

A 43-storey residential development adjacent to the existing office building. The proposal includes:
http://rezoning.vancouver.ca/applications/1500wgeorgia/index.htm

• 217 market residential units with 26,242 m2 (282,452 sq.ft.) of new floor area;
• a floor space ratio of 11.47 and a total floor area of 46,121 m2 (496,452 sq.ft.) across the entire site (including the existing office building);
• a restaurant at the corner of Georgia and Nicola streets; and
• seven levels of underground parking.

Photos from January 2nd:

 

[Always_Biking]

Love it!

 

[Edward Skira]

Pretty cool isn't it? @Always_Biking

 

[City Of Rain]

The thread title indicates there are 51 stories but one of the posts said it is 43, the other 8 floors must be the underground parking I guess.

 

[van.city]

This is awesome. Vancouver is lucky.

we have a tendency to complain a lot about our city

 

[Marcanadian]

The thread title indicates there are 51 stories but one of the posts said it is 43, the other 8 floors must be the underground parking I guess.

Appears to have been scaled back over view cone concerns; I've updated the thread title and database to reflect the revised height.

 

[City Of Rain]

I hate that dumb view cone thing.

 

[Gravity Wins]

Any updates about this one? Hope it's still happening.

 

[City Of Rain]

^^ Yes, its been doing the excavation at the site.

 

[Roundabout]

Doesn't look like anything is happening yet...