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The Bayshore Story


The Bayshore Gardens portion of Coal Harbour is one of the real features of Downtown Vancouver BC.  Located on the downtown peninsula’s north shore between Marathon Development’s Coal Harbour Lands (Waterfront Place & Harbour Green) and world-famous Stanley Park, “The Bayshore” as it’s known locally, provides residents and visitors with a park-like pedestrian paths and seawall access to the waterfront and marinas. Bordering The Bayshore to the south is Vancouver’s West End.

Bayshore Gardens includes some 155,000 m2 (1,618,000 sqft.) of new, predominantly residential development, distributed in ten separate buildings.

 

NEIGHBOURHOOD DATA

Gross Area: 7.5 ha (18.5 ac)

Population: 4,000 (est.)

Density (upa): 160

Housing Units: 3,000 (est.)

Planned around an existing resort hotel which has been upgraded and expanded, the development, now nearing completion, incorporates nine high rise residential buildings, a mid-rise seniors non-market project, a daycare, a major new boat marina, public parks, and waterfront walkways. The project now connects the seawall between Stanley Park and Coal Harbour, thus facilitating a significant extension of the downtown waterfront walkway and bikeway system.

Collaborators on the Bayshore Gardens development included the following:

Developers (most recent): Westbank Projects, Pinnacle International, PCI-Palladium Projects, Amacon, Grand Adex, Noel

Development Architects: VIA Architecture (formerly Baker, McGarva, Hart), Bing Thom, Hancock Bruckner, James K M Cheng, Howard Bingham Hill, IBI Group, Musson Cattell Mackey, Paul Merrick Public Realm Design: Matrix Urban Design, Don Vaughan (City Consultant)

Principal City Staff: Larry Beasley (Overview); Michael Gordon, Jeannette Hlavach (Area Planning); Ralph Segal, Jonathan Barrett (Urban Design/Development Planning)

 

The concept for Bayshore Gardens was to create a pedestrian-oriented environment in a rich garden setting. To support this concept, planning was based on a set of urban design principles:

• creating a distinctively Vancouver development that enriches the water experience;

• creating new special public places within a garden setting;

• respecting views to the water and mountains;

• enhancing Georgia Street’s ceremonial gateway character;

• responding to surrounding street patterns; and

• developing an architecture appropriate to the setting.

 

 

According to published materials on the development of Bayshore Gardens:

A key strategy to achieving these principles was a layered site design approach: the city was extended towards the water (streets and built form); the park was extended into the city (gardens extending from Stanley Park); the water was extended up towards Georgia Street (lagoons, fountains, waterfalls). The street pattern extends the north-south streets towards the waterfront, connecting with a jogged cross street (Bayshore Drive) parallel to Georgia Street.

The built form consists of both towers and terraces. Fewer townhouses than elsewhere have been included in order to preserve Georgia Street pedestrian views diagonally through to the water and Stanley Park. A series of four similar towers flanks the two-block frontage of Georgia Street, spaced well apart to maximize views through, and reinforce the city street grid rhythm, while strengthening the built form of Georgia Street as the city’s pre-eminent ceremonial route.

The tower heights step up incrementally from west to east, reinforcing the transition from park to urban city. A series of linear water lagoons extends along Georgia Street, and across the site, which, combined with the high quality streetscape treatment, have enhanced pedestrian amenity.

The 1.6 acre Marina Square has been created in the centre of the site, on top of an underground public parkade. A second 0.8 acre parkspace, Cardero Park, has been created at the waterfront street-end of Cardero Street. These spaces provide a visual foil, mediating the transition between the waterfront and this high density, high-rise precinct.

Waterfront pedestrian and bicycle access has been significantly improved, bringing this part of the waterfront into civic play. A future restaurant is to be sited within the marina, which will further enliven this part of the seawall walkway by attracting tourists, residents, and the public at large.

Bayshore Gardens took a somewhat different approach to recent urban development in Vancouver, emphasizing a distinctively landscaped garden-like environment. With final build-out approaching, the original intent of creating a forum for both public and private enjoyment has been realized.

 

*Reference: Vancouver Condo Developments, Coal Harbour Real Estate, Kimmins and Associates

 

 

Laurel Qiu 邱水   778.989.9656        laurel@laurelqiu.ca         www.laurelqiu.ca

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三月房市续写稳定行情

    大温地产局最新统计报告显示,2014年3月房屋销量为2641套,比去年同期增加了12.5%,比今年2月增加了4.4%。但比过去十年平均值减少17.2%。目前售挂比例为18.2%,呈现持续稳定的供需平衡市场。

    大温地区2014年3月MLS指标均价为$615,000,同比增长3.7%。其中:

  • 独立屋销量为1116套,比去年同期增加了19.6%。均价为$945,000,同期比增长5.7%。
  • 公寓销量为1106套,比去年同期增加了12.6%。均价为$375,800,同比增长3.8%。
  • 连体屋销量为419套,比去年同期减少了3%,均价为$460,100,同比增长1.3%。

2014年3月大温主要城市和地区独立屋行情

地区

均价

一个月

三个月

六个月

一年

三年

五年

大温

$945,400

1.3

2.0

2.5

4.2

8.1

37.6

温西

$2,176,300

1.5

3.5

4.1

7.4

13.7

64.2

西温

$1,933,500

1.7

0.7

4.5

6.8

20.2

55.4

南本拿比

$985,400

0.1

3.1

1.6

6.7

13.5

51.0

北温

$966,200

1.8

1.8

1.3

3.2

11.2

30.2

列治文

$954,000

2.0

1.5

2.1

1.7

-5.2

42.8

北本拿比

$940,900

1.5

3.1

-0.1

4.7

15.5

40.4

温东

$886,700

1.3

2.2

4.3

7.7

17.5

49.4

满地宝

$875,400

1.3

1.8

3.2

8.5

12.0

29.0

高贵林

$727,600

0.9

1.6

3.1

3.5

10.5

29.8

       摘译自:大温地产局统计报告REBGV March 2014 Stats

 

  作者:邱水 Laurel Qiu      地产经纪         Pruentials Chinese Connection

         778.989.9656       laurel@laurelqiu.ca     Prudential Sussex Realty   

 

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大温地产局最新统计报告显示,今年2月份房屋销量比去年同期增长了40.8%,比上月增长了43.8%。售挂比例也比上月增长了4.9%至18.9%。

买方购买欲回升是春季市场活动的正常写照。市场持续稳定平衡的同时,卖房者先获得房屋正确估价再挂牌以获取最大利益显得更为重要。

目前大温地区各类房屋指标均价为$609,100,比去年同期上涨了3.2%。

独立屋价格为$932,900,比去年同期上涨了3.5%。

公寓价格为$373,300,比去年同期上涨了3.6%。

连体屋价格为$458,300,比去年同期上涨了0.6%。

2014年2月大温主要城市和地区独立屋行情

地区

均价

一个月

三个月

六个月

一年

三年

五年

大温

$932,900

0.3

0.9

1.0

3.5

9.3

34.8

温西

$2,145,200

0.0

2.4

3.1

7.2

14.7

61.7

西温

$1,901,000

0.3

-1.4

2.1

4.8

22.7

51.6

南本拿比

$984,400

1.4

0.6

1.4

7.1

17.4

48.7

北温

$948,600

0.0

-0.8

0.1

2.6

11.2

26.3

列治文

$935,100

0.4

0.6

-1.1

0.9

-2.7

38.8

北本拿比

$927,400

0.1

1.2

-0.4

1.9

14.2

38.4

温东

$875,400

0.7

2.3

3.1

7.7

18.0

47.3

满地宝

$864,100

0.8

2.5

2.5

6.9

12.3

25.5

高贵林

$721,300

-0.4

1.6

1.6

3.3

11.8

26.4

      摘译自:大温地产局统计报告REBGV Feb 2014 Stats

    邱水 Laurel Qiu, Prudential Sussex Realty  778.989.9656   laurel@laureqiu.ca  

                   欲了解本地房地产行情或教育文化信息,请参阅“温哥华乐活网”专栏作家邱水的文章。

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