Site of the proposed Marcon Coquitlam Centre redevelopment. (City of Coquitlam)
Site of the proposed Marcon Coquitlam Centre redevelopment. (Google Maps)
Up to nine towers reaching a height of as much as approximately 60 storeys are proposed for the project, which is currently in its preliminary stage of review with the City of Coquitlam. Perkins & Will is the project’s architectural design firm.
The proponents are looking to build homes for as many as 8,000 residents, including six condominium towers with about 3,000 homes for an estimated 6,000 residents, and two rental housing towers with roughly 1,000 homes for approximately 2,000 residents.
The first phase on the north side of the site comprises of both rental housing towers, including 150 units of below-market rental housing, as well as one condominium tower with about 500 homes.
Examples of DMU include the Union Pearson Express in Toronto, and the Trillium Line in Ottawa.
Union Pearson Express at Toronto Pearson International Airport. (Toronto Pearson International Airport)
Not only did the study have a direct comparison for DMU between Braid Station and Coquitlam Town Centre Station, but it considered a full-fledged line running along much of Canadian Pacific’s (CP) railway corridor along the Fraser River.
This DMU rapid transit line would start at a new interchange hub station next to the Canada Line’s Marine Drive Station, running south along Yukon Street to reach the CP rail corridor. It would then continue along the rail corridor through South Vancouver, passing through River District (East Fraserlands), and into South Burnaby and New Westminster, before reaching Coquitlam.