Impressive view of Vancouver with Mt. Baker in the background:

Construction is progressing at the intersection of Marine and Cambie in Vancouver:

Photo Credit, Genauso at SSP

A development application has been filed for a 12,078 SF, RM-2 zoned site at the Northeast corner of East 44th Ave and St. George (a block West of Fraser St.) in East Vancouver. The plan includes:

• A three-storey townhouse building with 9 units
• 12,807 SF of gross floor area (1.05 FSR)
• One level of underground parking with 14 spaces

More information can be found here.

By Frances Bula

This comment is buried far down in a post on Gord Price’s blog, Pricetags, (the one about the death of residential real estate) but of course it’s attracting a lot of interest. For those who don’t know, Scot Hein ran the urban-design department inside the city’s planning division. It was a position that had been created by former planner Larry Beasley, as a way of driving home the point that planning wasn’t just about the buildings or the traffic flow or the other mechanical parts, but about how communities used space. Scot was a big part of the planning for Olympic village. The European feel of the plaza, which has become a hive of activity, is part of his work. He left earlier this year to work at UBC, a surprise to many who knew him and how dedicated he was to the city.

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November 10, 2014 4:28 pm

Here is what really happened speaking as the city’s Senior Urban Designer at the time the GW process was tabling built form.

We put together what we believed was a reasoned overall plan for GW towards increased residential and employment opportunity. We fully appreciated the development economics of the Safeway site …read more

Source:: Frances Bula

The outcome of the upcoming civic election gets more media attention in the City of Vancouver than any other municipality, and polls suggest the race for Mayor is quite close.

Which way are you leaning?

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 Some twitter activity:

Latest Insights West poll gives Robertson 46% of decided vote, Lapointe at 41% and Wong at 9%. About a quarter undecided. #vanelxn

— Keith Baldrey (@keithbaldrey) November 10, 2014

MT @Howellings: @MayorGregor pleads for @COPEVancouver‘s support, apologizes to voters in #CBC debate http://t.co/GLKF3jcdJe #vanpoli — Vancouver Courier (@VanCourierNews) November 13, 2014

Affordability is the big challenge we face: @mayorgregor at #cityvotes2014 mayoral debate hosted by @cbcearlyedition. #vanpoli

— Vision Vancouver (@VisionVancouver) November 12, 2014

Putting the community back in community consultation: the NPA will revitalize CityPlan, a neighbourhood-led plan for #Vancouver #vanpoli

— NPA Vancouver (@NPAVancouver) November 12, 2014

Meena Wong Wins CBC Debate: "We have a clear choice: affordable housing or developer profits" http://t.co/RqYUlvzCu6 #vanelxn #vanpoli

— COPE | 進步選民聯盟 (@COPEVancouver) November 12, 2014