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Monthly Archives: April 2008
Deal between City and SFU
The Mayor and the President and Vice-Chancellor of SFU signed a Memorandum of Understanding earlier this week, outlining a course of partnership between the two organizations for continued support and expansion in the next two years. The Memorandum of Understanding … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Development, Parks and Rec, Social Services, Town Centre, Whalley
Tagged bc, central city, expansion, rec centre, sfu, simon fraser, surrey, tower, university
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Earth Day at Bear Creek Park!
You’re invited to come out to Surrey’s 10th Annual Earth Day celebrations this Saturday, April 19th, from 11am to 3pm, at Bear Creek Park [map]. According to the City’s pamphlets, here’s just 10 of the many activities to look forward … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Events, Newton, Parks and Rec, Social Services, Town Centre
Tagged bc, bear creek, celebration, earth day, event, family, green timbers, slamon, surrey
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Circa 2000: “High Tech for Campbell Heights”
Found this laughable story the other day at the Surrey Archives about Campbell Heights (aka: Stokes Pit, part of the Little Campbell Watershed). Campbell Heights was the official name of the what former Mayor McCallum called the “largest industrial development … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Environment, South Surrey, Town Centre
Tagged bc, campbell heights, Development, doug mccallum, high tech, industrial, little campbell watershed, stokes pit, surrey
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106 new supportive housing units coming soon
The Province and the City of Surrey have reached a Memorandum of Understanding that will aid the fight against homelessness in BC’s second largest municipality. Premier Gordon Campbell today announced plans to create up to 172 new supportive housing units … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Newton, Social Services, Town Centre, Whalley
Tagged bc, dianne watts, gordon campbell, government, homelessness, province, social housing, surrey, ywca
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Huge City Centre Update! [pics]
The picture I found the other day that superimposed the towers under construction onto an aerial photo – well, it made me want to update it with the latest developments. So, here’s Surrey City Centre from two perspectives: Looking southeast … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Town Centre, Whalley
Tagged access, boom, central city, city centre, citypoint, condo, construction, d'cor, developments, evo, gateway, high rise, infinity, king george, office, quattro, render, sfu, sketch, sky towers, skyline, skytrain, surrey, tower, ultra, urban village
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The history of TechBC and Central City [pics]
All stories copied here are shortened versions of the originals from this PDF. This info was researched in response to the rumour that a second tower for Central City will be built in the near future. May 26, 1999 – … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Development, Parks and Rec, Town Centre, Whalley
Tagged bing thom, city centre, icbc, redevelopment, techbc, Whalley
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Future City Centre skyline mockup
I found this quick mockup drawing done by raggedy13 on the SkyscraperPage Forums. It gives a rough estimate of how the towers currently under construction in the area are going to transform Whalley forever. Going clockwise from Gateway: the CityPoint … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Town Centre, Whalley
Tagged bc, boom, building, city centre, construction, Planning and Development, skytrain, surrey, Whalley
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Gateway Office Tower Park
Phase I of this 5 phase, 600,000 sq. ft. office park is scheduled for completion in early 2010 and will represent the cutting edge in sustainable and responsible design certified to a LEED Gold standard. The varying sizes of floor … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Town Centre, Whalley
Tagged city centre, Development, gateway, intrawest, leed, office, park, skytrain, surrey, tower, urban
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Making the case for a Cloverdale Indoor Pool
Throughout the Cloverdale Farigrounds redevelopment planning process, there was a general understanding that a sorely needed rec facility would be built as part of the plan. However, the rec centre was generally felt to be the afterthought, and the City … Continue reading
Posted in Cloverdale, Development, Parks and Rec, Town Centre
Tagged Cloverdale, fairgrounds, indoor pool, planning, prc, recreation, redevelopment
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Morgan Crossing upscale urban village?
24 Hours had an article the other day about a sophisticated urban village in the heart of South Surrey called Morgan Crossing. I thought it sounded rather interesting: Think Yaletown meets Park Royal. Almost a million square feet of retail … Continue reading
Posted in Development, South Surrey, Town Centre
Tagged Development, mixed use, morgan crossing, shopping, South Surrey, urban village
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