Inside Van - September 5, 2020

NightShift Street Ministries Charity Golf Classic

It was a beautiful day for NightShift Ministries’s 13th Annual Charity Golf Classic, on August 18th, at Redwoods Golf Course. Dozens of participants and volunteers, including New Home + Condo Guide’s own Dave Bird and Ricardo Hernandez, came out for a day of fun and generosity. NightShift provides vital outreach, counselling and education to people on the streets in Surrey and the Fraser Valley.

SFU City Conversations – The Pandemic and the City

Thirty years ago, a group of Vancouverites wrote Clouds of Change, perhaps the first civic study of global warming. It was adopted by the Vancouver City Council in June 1990 and helped shape some public policies. Then it was forgotten. But some of its creators are still around. SFU celebrated two of them on June 17th; the urbanist and former Vancouver City Councillor Gord Price and economist/entrepreneur Michael Brown. Since the response to the pandemic has been so effective and immediate, they’ve been thinking about how we might respond to climate change as a public health issue. Also speaking were two of the new generation of activists who will have to deal with the life-threatening impacts of climate change well into the future: Adriana Laurent-Seibt, the project administrator for UBC Climate Hub, and Rebecca Hamilton, a core organizer of Sustainabiliteens. To see this really interesting City Conversation, visit sfu.ca/publicsquare/city-conversations.

I Heart Port Moody Campaign Energizes Local Businesses

In June, the 50 Electronic Ave team at Panatch Group launched the “I Heart Port Moody” campaign which aimed to support local businesses, retailers and restaurants by purchasing gift cards in large amounts and doing weekly draws on social media.Each purchaser at 50 Electronic Avenue received $1,000 in gift cards, $100 to each of ten local partner businesses. These businesses include Rocky Point Kayak, Taps and Tacos, Rocky Point Ice Cream, Twin Sails Brewing, Vivio Flowers, Gabi & Jules, Yellow Dog Brewing, Pizzeria Spacca Napoli, Black Sugar Coffee, and Rosa’s Cucina. Nearly $100,000 has been put back into Port Moody businesses through the campaign’s gift cards.As the campaign is coming to a close, the next two weeks will be a grand giveaway, where two lucky winners will receive $100 gift card to 10 local businesses. Visit the 50 Electronic Avenue Facebook page to learn more.

Bosa Properties Tour of Cardero Project for UDI Vancouver Members

On Monday, August 24th, Bosa’s Jeff Skinner, SVP of Property Development, and Daryl Simpson, EVP of Marketing, took interested UDI Members on a tour of their impressive Cardero project in Coal Harbour. Designed by the award-winning Vancouver-based architecture firm Henriquez Partners Architects, the unique building was envisioned to establish a gateway into the downtown core. The slender 26-storey residential building located at the corner of Georgia and Cardero street, features distinctive screens and a collection of just 119 luxury condominiums. The tower sits atop a four-storey podium offering future retail opportunities. Topics of the tour touched on the project schedule, amenities (fitness room and lounge rooms), two- and three-bedroom unit costs and square footage, hardware choices, the different floorplans, and the Bosa homeowner handover process.

The Exciting New Plan for Richmond Centre

Shape Properties has announced that it is joining Cadillac Fairview as the residential development partner on CF Richmond Centre — the transformation of a world-class shopping centre into a world-class master-planned destination. There will be something for everyone; boutique streetfront shopping districts and tranquil public open spaces nestled amongst the lively streets and open plazas. Shape Properties will add more than 2,000 new homes within RC at CF Richmond Centre – the residences that will make the master plan complete. The plan includes: 13 towers built around the shopping centre with 2,000 timelessly designed homes; over 300,000 square feet of new shops, restaurants and services, curated by Cadillac Fairview; parks, streetscapes and outdoor plazas for events and celebrations; and Richmond’s first outdoor retail high street. The first release consists of two towers within Neighbourhood One, coming later this summer 2020.

Did you know?

Concord Pacific has bought the old St. Paul’s Hospital site in downtown Vancouver for approximately $1 billion. All the proceeds will be going towards funding the cost of building the new hospital.