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Tag Archives: Development
Bosa’s bold plan for Downtown Surrey
A couple weeks ago, two large signs were erected in Downtown Surrey near the old Brick building. The empty lots that surround it are literally across the street from the new City Hall. Fortunately, this entire northern edge of 104th … Continue reading
Holland Pointe back on table thanks to Century Group
Holland Pointe, one of Downtown Surrey’s infamous on-again, off-again mega projects is now back on. The three-tower development south of Holland Park has gone through several iterations over the years, first appearing on this blog’s radar in 2008 with a … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Whalley
Tagged century group, Development, downtown, holland pointe, king george, surrey, tower
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Failed Berezan project to re-launch as ‘King George Station’
Three years ago, Berezan Management Group, known more for its development of suburban strip malls, audaciously announced it was launching a 15 year, master planned urban community across from King George SkyTrain. Anchored by a 70-storey tower, the plan was … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Whalley
Tagged city centre, Development, downtown, king george, mixed use, pci, skytrain, station, surrey
8 Comments
Redeveloping the area around Scott Road SkyTrain station
On my last post, I talked about how certain areas in Surrey are basically codified to be single-use business parks under Metro Vancouver’s new regional land use plan. One of the areas is called South Westminster which is around Scott … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Whalley
Tagged Development, planning, skytrain, south westminster, surrey, translink, urban village
9 Comments
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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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
2 Comments
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
7 Comments