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The executive director of an urban planning program at Simon Fraser University pointed out that the City of Vancouver and TransLink aren’t realizing the “valuable development airspace above transit hubs” by limiting the stations on the new Broadway Line to a single storey.
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Apparently the airspace above transit hubs isn’t subject to the same ‘vacancy tax’ that is pushing about 60 Vancouver businesses toward bankruptcy.
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When design drawings circulated last week for the forthcoming Broadway Subway stations, some observers were struck by what was not there: namely, a whole bunch of development in the air overhead.
Designs for most new stations on the $2.8 billion subway line appear to show single-storey structures, which seems, at first glance, like a massive missed opportunity to develop that prime real estate in a way that serves the public good, especially with badly needed non-market rental housing or child care.
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Arbutus Station will be on the northeast corner of Broadway and Arbutus streets. A bus loop will connect people headed to the University of B.C. with the 99 B-Line. An artist’s rendering of the Arbutus SkyTrain Station. Photo by City of Vancouver
South Granville Station will be on the northeast corner of Broadway and Granville streets. An artist’s rendering of the South Granville SkyTrain Station. Photo by City of Vancouver
Oak-VGH will be on the southwest corner of Broadway and Laurel streets. An artist’s rendering of the Oak-Vancouver General Hospital SkyTrain Station. Photo by City of Vancouver