A massive new redevelopment is planned on North Shore as Capilano Mall is reimagined with more than 3,000 housing units in eleven 12-to-40-storey tower buildings. A new community centre and a 1.5-acre park are also proposed.
The proponents, QuadReal, say the Capilano Mall is over 50 years old, and it’s time to determine how the 16.5-acre site can better suit the needs of North Shore. The company says it will be ‘proactively engaging’ the residents to help inform and guide the site’s future. Below is what is being proposed as part of the ambitious plan.
QuadReal Property Group has made the following proposal as part of the Capilano Mall redevelopment:
The total site area is 16.5 acres.
There will be 11 towers in total.
The range of tower heights will vary between 12 and 40 storeys.
Open space will comprise 52.4% of the site, with 1.5 acre for public park space.
A community center of 20,000 to 30,000 square feet is proposed.
The residential area will cover approximately 2,784,000 square feet. The redevelopment will include around 3,100 homes.
Of these homes, 30% will be rental homes. Mid-market rental homes will account for 10% of the rental homes.
Retail and commercial spaces will occupy 152,000 square feet.
“At the northwest gateway along Marine Dr, we want to create a significant public space directly connected to the enhanced creek with the closure of Hamilton Ave,” the proponents say.
Along with a ‘highly visible’ community centre, QuadReal is also planning a major transit node at the site’s north end. The redevelopment also proposes a new east/west road for pedestrian, cycling, and car access while redirecting traffic through a closure of Hamilton Avenue. It’s also exploring options to connect with the existing bike network for safe cycling access to and through Capilano.
Also planned are diverse retail spaces (e.g., restaurants, breweries) and maker spaces like bakeries, artist studios, and other creative services. Non-profit office space is also being explored, with Third Street reimagined as a ‘lively high street’ with a mix of retail, restaurants and services. The company is also exploring options to continue its partnership with Walmart as a tenant. Those who are interested in learning more can visit the project website. The public engagement period is open until January 10, 2025.
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This is horrific. North Vancouver is not a place for developers and investors to use to pad their portfolios. This is where we live in harmony with Nature. This is where people come to get away from places like Metrotown and the new and ‘improved’ Oakridge. How many impoverished people would be helped by this – a mere 20% of the housing is earmarked for them. Why not build the retail space and that 20% worth of low-cost housing, and leave our lovely communities to thrive without more blights upon the land?
I am saddened by the prospect of the consequences relating to this mega project.
Is North Vancouver City and District really obliged to pursue such a negative impact to the
commu ity.
We live in a mountain environment bordered by the ocean known for our natural environment which is why people chose to live here or visit our area.
In my view this proposal is an insult to our community!
Wow! If you think the traffic is bad along Marine drive now, look out!!!!
I agree with the previous comment.
An insult.
We don’t need more highrises and horrific traffic jams. This is completely insane..
The biggest flaws in this proposal are:
-Not enough retail space to service the existing clients and the added 6000 new residents.
-Lack of transportation infrastructure.
-Lack of additional school facilities.
and the BIG one – not enough added park-space. For 6000 added residents at 8 acres per 1000 residents will require 48 acres of NEW parkland. That won’t happen. What will happen is that the existing park-spaces in the immediate and larger areas will be cannibalized (ie. overloaded). This amounts to a public subsidy of at least $150million towards this development (DCC charge of 3000 units at say $50,000 per unit).
Hi Corrie
You know your stuff.
I would say the $ 150 million is just the start. Long term the bridge over McKay creek will have to be replaced $ 30 million at least. The schools in the area now rely on portables due to over crowding, so a new school most likely on the old Lucas Centre site at at least $ 50 million. Then the community centre will be delivered as a shell so at least $ 10 million to complete. Then with the closing off of Hamilton below Marine drive major alterations will have to be made to alternate routes to handle the the extra traffic flow. Fell, Larson and Westview will have to be widened including the bridge of Mosquito Creek most likely. Not even to mention Lions Gate Hospital. We are finally get new beds , first time since 1958. This will throw us backwards in that regard.
We need to rethink this insatiable quest to develop with ever increasing density. We have finite resources (water, land) and infrastructure (roads, sewage, hospital capacity, etc.). It is not possible to accommodate an infinite number of people, so the question that must be put forward is not how many can we accommodate, it is how many should we? This is for citizens who live here to decide, not developers.
Continuous growth is not only unsustainable, it creates inherent problems. We will pay a terrible price for endless growth, and creating high-density neighbourhoods will not change the fact that perpetual population and economic growth are not solutions, rather, they are the problem itself.
Quality of life for existing residents has been steadily eroding from ever increasing density.
It’s time all North Shore municipalities insisted development take place on a much smaller scale.
Remember folks, besides this density and traffic headache, the City of North Vancouver still has planned for 23rd and Lonsdale a total of six residential structures including two towers possibly to thirty stories inviting about 2,000 more residents. This, after having poured concrete over Norseman Field for the new Rec Centre. And yes, this does provide a net loss in parks space (while adding more people). And yes, all of this development does mean that the new Harry Jerome Rec Centre, named after the world class record setting running sensation, will have no track with which to run, but I digress (forgive me).
Sorry, got off on a rant about the Rec Centre again, point being, it would seem that the negative’s from too much density are not being properly considered, water/sewer, electrical grid, parks space, green belts, rain water retention and run-off, dried-up creek beds, small business site affordability, then there is traffic, traffic and more traffic.
If, (never mind all the other new construction), if both the Cap Mall and the old Harry Jerome Centre sites, if just these two are done as suggested, the population of the City grows by about 15% (about 8,000 people).
……Think about it………
I think the DNV and CNV need to put the brakes on any new massive developments. I live in Lynn Valley and the continued building along Mountain Highway and the completed towers at Lynn Valley mall in the last few years as well as whatever will be built on the old pub site beside the Safeway is more than enough. I would like to see the end of a steady stream of concrete and dump trucks for a few years. I think traffic is quite bad enough as it is.