824-Unit, Two Tower Project Proposed for Brentwood Site
Millenium Development has submitted a rezoning application to the City of Burnaby for a 1.3 acre site at 4141 Lougheed Highway in the Brentwood Town Centre area.
The site is located on the north side of Lougheed Highway between Madison Avenue and Gilmore Avenue and sits in the recently approved Buchanan West Master Plan subarea. The site is currently improved with an older industrial warehouse building and surface parking.
The proposed rezoning is for a two tower mixed use development utilizing the RM5s, RM5r
and C3 districts.
Details of the proposal include:
- 62-storey & 54-storey towers;
- 10-storey hotel podium;
- 824 residential units, including:
- 488 condos;
- 246 market rental units;
- 80 non-market rental units;
- 280 hotel rooms;
- a total density of 13.33 FAR;
- 794 underground parking stalls on 8 levels.
Millenium has previous experience in developing condo/hotels including the L’Hermitage building on Richards Street in Downtown Vancouver which is a 28-storey condo project with a 60-unit boutique hotel on the bottom floors.
I think adding so many 50+ story towers in the Brentwood area is a mistake. Already what is developed has obscured the view of the northshore mountains. The towers do not make neighbourhoods. People are boxed into one floor and do not get to know their neighbours. There is no place for children to play, such as a skateboard park in the building that I can see. The long shadows that these buildings will cast will reduce the amount of sunlight the shorter towers will receive. Nobody wants to be staring at a 50+ story tower in front of them. The more stories, the larger the opportunity for problems, with the water piping failing and flooding all the lower floors. Lower the heights of the towers. 24 stories is enough to allow us to see the beautiful north shore mountains. This view should not be blocked for the privileged few living on the 50th + floors.