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Tag Archives: Development
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
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
11 Comments
First phase of Cloverdale’s West Village revealed!
West Village, the City-backed redevelopment project on the site of the former Cloverdale Mall, is beginning to move through the City Hall development process. The first phase of the project will feature a 5-storey building at the corner of 57 … Continue reading
Posted in Cloverdale, Development
Tagged bc, city, Cloverdale, condo, Development, legion, mall, safeway, surrey, west village
3 Comments