Fresh off their successful developments at Canvas and Block 100, Onni Group has applied to the City of Vancouver to develop a new four building complex next to the new Emily Carr University of Art and Design. The development will include four buildings over a common underground parkade. There will be two live/work buildings of 13 and […]
Retail
Uniqlo in Vancouver? New Pacific Centre retail could be future home
Rumours about Japanese fast-fashion retailer Uniqlo have been swirling around the Vancouver retail scene for years, but it looks as if the much-anticipated retailer may have finally found a spot. An application has been filed to replace the glass rotunda at Pacific Centre with a new three storey retail building. If you’re wondering where this […]
Davie Street Safeway to become rental apartments
Attention shoppers! A new Safeway store is coming to Davie Street in Vancouver’s West End. Westbank is planning to redevelop the current grocery store into a two tower rental apartment development with a new Safeway store and liquor store in the podium.
The redevelopment looks similar to Westbank’s project at Granville and 70th, which also replaced an aging Safeway with a brand new store in the podium of a residential tower.
New models of Downtown Vancouver post office redevelopment
We now have a better picture of redevelopment plans for the downtown Vancouver post office, the largest heritage revitalization project in city history. Musson Cattell Mackey Architects, on behalf of Bentall Kennedy, acting for the B.C. Investment Management Corp, have submitted their detailed application to the city to rezone old post office site at 349 […]
MUJI Vancouver stores confirmed, pop up store opens January
MUJI Canada has announced the locations of their first two stores in Metro Vancouver – one on Robson Street, and another at Metrotown. Both stores will open later this year. Retail-Insider.com reported that the new stores will be significantly larger than the locations opened in Toronto. The new Robson Street store will be the company’s […]
