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Four massive
highrises proposed for city core
City staff has proposed that council allow four
new massive towers in the downtown core that would protrude into protected
view corridors and dramatically alter the skyline.
One of the proposed locations, near Georgia Street
and Seymour, could accommodate a 213-metre tower. That would be higher than
Vancouver’s tallest highrise, the Shangri-La, a 201-metre landmark
building that stretches 61 storeys into the sky.
Completed in 2008, Shangri-La surpassed the nearly
152-metre Wall Centre to become the tallest building in Vancouver.
In a Jan. 5 report, the city’s planning
department proposed council approve expanding the bounds of the higher
building policy in Vancouver’s Central Business District east down Georgia
Street to False Creek and south down Burrard Street to the foot of the
Burrard Bridge.
Staff also proposed allowing a 152-metre structure
or structures at Georgia Street and Beatty, a 130-metre development at the
end of Georgia and a 122-metre tower in the Burrard Street approach into the
downtown.
The new towers would cascade in height from the
central downtown to the water to remain consistent with the city’s
“domed skyline” policy, the report said.
“While this recommendation basically redraws the
boundaries of the current higher building policy it is also important to
note that there is a break from current policy in that the higher buildings
being considered would be allowed to intrude into protected view
corridors,” the report states.
The new buildings would be required to have a
“significant and recognizable new benchmark for architectural creativity
and excellence, while at the same time making a significant contribution to
the beauty and visual power of the skyline.”
The buildings would also be required to have the
highest green standards, the report said.
The report is meant to show city council the
effect of a limited number of higher buildings on the skyline and to gather
feedback before making recommendations to council.
The final heights and exact locations of the
buildings would be determined through urban design analysis.
Protecting view corridors in Vancouver’s
downtown has been hotly debated recently. City council voted to go ahead
with a 20-storey rental building in the West End on Bidwell Street that will
block a view corridor of English Bay from Denman Street. - 2010
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The physical boundaries of
Downtown Vancouver peninsula together with the high concentration of
ownership amongst just a few property owners ensure long term investment
value, which is no doubt why The Bay Parkade is now proposed as tallest
building in the city. Asians have made some astute
investments over the decades understanding that demand outstrips
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