https://www.placespeak.com/topic/525-oakridge-centre-virtual-open-house
Well, by BC standards they are.
http://www.retail-insider.com/2012/10/vancouvers-oakridge-centre-to-get.html,
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2012/10/oakridge-centre-redevelopment-plans-revealed
This area has the potential to become a dense residential tower cluster with some office towers as well.
http://vancouver.ca/home-property-development/oakridge-redevelopment.aspx
This mall should have already been up to a 1,000,000 sq ft decades ago & by now at least 2,000,000 sq ft. http://www.vancouversun.com/business/commercial-real-estate/Oakridge+Centre+redevelopment+plan+sent+public+comment/6990118/story.html
However, unlike Montreal with the option to have 3, 6 & even 9 car trains, the Vancouver-Richmond line has stations that can only accommodate 3 car trains max. Although its called, the Canada Line, its hardly up to the big Canadian standard of the Toronto Subway or the Montreal Metro.
http://pricetags.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/canada-line-undersized
http://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/oakridge-rezoning-45-storey-tower
Unlike most cities, its been very difficult for many people to ever fully accept Vancouver having large scale engineering That's why the buildings, trains bridges & roads are half the size of what many cities permit.
http://pricetags.wordpress.com/2012/11/01/city-as-workout-the-oakridge-proposal
If ever the Oakridge Mall area becomes as big as Metrotown, that would certainly become a major focal point between Richmond & Downtown Vancouver.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=5908670
By now, Metrotown should have been at least half or even 75% of the size of the W. Edmonton Mall.
This area has the potential to become a dense residential tower cluster with some office towers as well.
http://vancouver.ca/home-property-development/oakridge-redevelopment.aspx
This mall should have already been up to a 1,000,000 sq ft decades ago & by now at least 2,000,000 sq ft. http://www.vancouversun.com/business/commercial-real-estate/Oakridge+Centre+redevelopment+plan+sent+public+comment/6990118/story.html
However, unlike Montreal with the option to have 3, 6 & even 9 car trains, the Vancouver-Richmond line has stations that can only accommodate 3 car trains max. Although its called, the Canada Line, its hardly up to the big Canadian standard of the Toronto Subway or the Montreal Metro.
http://pricetags.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/canada-line-undersized
http://cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/oakridge-rezoning-45-storey-tower
Unlike most cities, its been very difficult for many people to ever fully accept Vancouver having large scale engineering That's why the buildings, trains bridges & roads are half the size of what many cities permit.
http://pricetags.wordpress.com/2012/11/01/city-as-workout-the-oakridge-proposal
If ever the Oakridge Mall area becomes as big as Metrotown, that would certainly become a major focal point between Richmond & Downtown Vancouver.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=5908670
By now, Metrotown should have been at least half or even 75% of the size of the W. Edmonton Mall.
