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Category Archives: Development
Concord’s Park Place open house [pics]
Concord Pacific is weeks away from releasing their Park Place towers to owners and investors, with 90% of the units already sold. To complete sales of the remaining 10%, the popular development company is holding an open house this weekend, … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Whalley
Tagged bc, city centre, concord, downtown, infinity, pacific, park place, surrey, towers
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Metro Vancouver Codifying Business Parks in Surrey
One of the things that I find very interesting in the new Metro Vancouver regional growth strategy is the inclusion of a regional zone called “Mixed-Employment”. This is basically code for business park. According to the new growth strategy: Mixed … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Development, South Surrey, Whalley
Tagged bc, design, Development, metro vancouver, planning, surrey
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Council misstepped keeping City Hall design private
This summer, I visited Edmonton and explored their Civic Centre to get a feel for the types of facilities they’ve built to stimulate development downtown. Their pyramid topped City Hall is an architectural wonder, one that was obviously given much … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Development, Whalley
Tagged architecture, bc, bing thom, City Hall, design, dianne watts, edmonton, kasian, surrey
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Design of commercial areas important for building a sustainable Surrey
A few weeks ago, I was at a conference at UBC. One of the speakers, Dr. Larry Franks, presented on the emergent research into communities and built form. For awhile now, we’ve known that building a variety of housing stock … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Transport
Tagged bc, design, Development, pedestrian, surrey, transit
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Why is there still crap development in Surrey?
For the last 30 years, anyone coming out of planning school has learned that building communities around people is good and building communities around cars is bad. With that in mind, I always wondered why places like Surrey still end … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Development, Guildford
Tagged Development, Guildford, planners, planning, Smart Growth, surrey, sustainable
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Surrey should be building mixed-use corridors, not high-rise buildings.
I came across an article the other day called “More low-down on tall buildings”. While it’s worth checking out the whole article, the following two sentences stood out: The proposition that tall buildings are necessary to prevent suburban sprawl is … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Transport
Tagged corridors, density, Development, downtown, expansion, pedestrian, surrey, SxD, TOD, transit, transit oriented development, transport
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What are Surrey’s most pressing issues? [poll]
With the municipal election just a few months away, politicians and interest groups will soon be presenting their visions for the future of Surrey. In the spirit of direct democracy, I thought I’d present the question to you directly: What … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Development, Election, Environment, Healthcare, Heritage, Library, Parks and Rec, Post-Secondary Institutions, School Board, Social Services, Transport
Tagged bc, democracy, election, poll, priorities, surrey, vote
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