601 Beach Crescent | 171.59m | 55s | Pinnacle | GBL Architects

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The City of Vancouver has received an application on September 24, 2018 from GBL Architects Ltd. to rezone the site to a new Comprehensive Development (CD-1) District to permit the development of a 54-storey mixed-use building which includes:

• 303 market residential units and 152 social housing units;
• a floor space ratio (FSR) of 7.23;
• 2,094 sq. m (22,543 sq. ft.) of commercial space at grade;
• a floor area of 41,755 sq. m (449,444 sq. ft.);
• a building height of 163 m (535 ft.); and
• 442 underground parking spaces and 970 bicycle spaces.

The application is being considered under the Higher Buildings Policy.

 

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Landscape plans.

 

[City Of Rain]

Love it, these two new towers will look like the two towers in the movie "Lord of the Ring".

 

[Gravity Wins]

I can't wait to see this standing next to Vancouver House. With all these cool new proposals, we're slowly getting rid of our reputation for boring buildings. Downtown Van is going to look awesome in 5 years time!

 

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I can't wait to see this standing next to Vancouver House. With all these cool new proposals, we're slowly getting rid of our reputation for boring buildings. Downtown Van is going to look awesome in 5 years time!

I know! I hope it gets approved as is.

 

[City Of Rain]

I love the water like wavy exterior design, really futuristic.

 

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I love the water like wavy exterior design, really futuristic.

According to the design rationale, they were inspired by movement. Love it either way.

 

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From tonight's open house:

 

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The site:

 

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Not much change since the last update.

IMG_3650 by Hung Lam, on Flickr

IMG_3660 by Hung Lam, on Flickr

IMG_3663 by Hung Lam, on Flickr

IMG_3661 by Hung Lam, on Flickr

 

[Roundabout]

We'll probably have to wait a while; it hasn't been approved for rezoning yet.

 

[City Of Rain]

Im sure it will be approved. I can hardly wait for them to start digging.

 

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Updated stats and renderings:

Revised Application (Oct 22, 2019)

• 303 market residential units and 152 social housing units;
• a floor space ratio (FSR) of 7.95;
• 2,028 sq. m (21.828sq. ft.) of commercial space at grade;
• a floor area of 48,423 sq. m (521,225 sq. ft.);
• a building height of 163 m (535 ft.); and
• 455 parking spaces and 970 bicycle spaces.

Key changes from the last submission (Received September 24, 2018) include:

• Podium height along Beach Crescent reduced to 6-storeys
• Additional parking spaces
• Podium set further back from Beach Crescent to both minimize shading of May and Lorne Brown Park and view impacts to neighboring properties
• Podium set further back from the Granville Bridge Deck to improve livability residential units and amenity space
• Shifting of podium mass to reduce shading of outdoor amenity space