Highrises will bring a different kind of Kelowna
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- With the Brooklyn tower nearly sold out Bernard, the next phase, Bertram Block, will be up for pre-sales in the spring. The Mission Group's Luke Turri is feeling good about his company's investment, but he likes what other builders are doing as well, and what it all means for the future of the downtown.
I work a block away . The area sucks. No way would I spend 800 grand on a shoebox apt. .
It is about U.N. Agenda 21/30 being implented everywhere. See Rosa Koire on youtube talk about Agenda 21/30.
The quality of life Kelowna is gone overpopulated I watch them destroy Kelowna a real shitshow now
In this “New Normal” way of life, the premise of occupying a dense space is not as appealing as it once was. The desire to have a yard with ability to grow food or entertain small groups of close family and friends will have much greater demand going forward.
People have always want MORE space and a yard but sadly Kelowna has become another CITY yet it doesn't even have 500.000 people that would qualify it as one. Around 200.000 is the real number.
The city planning sucks the major said no more new subdivisions in Kelowna this will only drive up existing houses true free standing properties with a yard and let's be honest MOST people still prefer lots of square footage and a yard they can call their own to entertain family and friends vs living in a tiny box in the sky.
But this will be a distant dream for most as we move forward.
With high tech taking over as the number 1 economy now in K town what I see is another San Francisco in the making ugg...
Most people looking for a house in K town will be forced to look elsewhere that is the sad truth.
@@Littleblaza I don't really know what to think of this. Isn't this the only way to grow a city? to make buildings and grow a tech industry? I'm not saying it's right, I'm just posing a question because I can't really make up my mind whether it's something good or not (I would definitely prefer if Kelowna keeps its historical uniqueness, but I don't really see an alternative where the city grows and it keeps being the same culturally-wise, only the typical city with buildings, IT, and the likes).
I agree but there are many moving to Canada with no interest in becoming Canadian. some are already grandparents and have no intentions of learning English or celebrate our holidays. That's not my Canada
@@Littleblaza forien investment is the worse thing that can happen anywhere when it comes to housing.
City is not equipped for all that traffic and all is build cheap...this is not a town for millions of people to live in add tourists to mix
There is nothing to do in Kelowna... one hour and you seen it all...
Already too many people owning property that don’t even live there. This is another opportunity for laundering money in real estate in the leading country in money laundering through real estate.
Kelowna has officially lost its small town charm and lustre. I moved there in 1979 (from Kamloops) when it had all the elements that attracted so many Canadians to move there and start a new life. Progress is a love/hate dichotomy that when pushed to the limit (as is the case with having so many hi-rises in the Kelowna downtown core) it ends up having a more negative appeal because now it’s no longer a “quiet and peaceful” getaway for many. For those younger generations who have never experienced the “small town charm” that many of us have, they won’t be able to make an educated comparison to what I consider to be better times in Kelowna pre 21st Century. In 10 years, Kelowna will have the same appeal as Yaletown or Brentwood in the GVA. Kinda sad really..
Been to Brentwood and I was shock to see so many outsiders in one area. But when you have people living over each other in the hundreds and not one can enjoy the peace of playing in your own yard.
225,000.00 for 30 feet by 10 feet. Good lord what's next. Bubble trouble ka-Boom. ❤️❤️🌎🌎❤️❤️
312 square feet lol no thanks
Is KelownaNow owned by the City of Kelowna? This whole video seems like just an advertisement for the Kelowna City Planners. Just need to add some cheer leaders with Pom Poms.
Thanks for the question, Question Mark! We are by no means affiliated or associated with the City of Kelowna.
I wish they were - it’s embarrassing to see something special one-sided and softball. It’s like a little infomercial for the developer. I remember when a young Kent Molgat was actually a pretty good reporter. His decline into marketing schill is a good analogy for the entire city.
The more that you are going to have Towers towering over the city the more you are going to have problems with growth. Look at it this way . For every family you will need a car to park it and a Park for the kids to play . But every Tower needs to offer low-cost housing on every 5th floor and a day-care on the 4th floor for all units. At the expense of the HOA and the three levels of government.
They're building high density high rises for the purpose of not having to use your car and to instead walk to some of your destinations. Urban planners are trying to move away from a mainly car dominated city and making urban areas more walkable and transitioning them to be more friendlier of other modes of transportation.
@@Kingofspaids that sounds interesting, but you can't have an independent city in each tower, because we have that in Montreal where most towers above the metro station are connected. In Burnaby , the condos provide nothing to the tenants but square footage. My son lives in a tower and it's where they live and that's not living.we housing for young families and yes we need to be in walking distance to everything but you can't have everything in walking distance. But public transportation is the trick but it has to be FREE They want people to take public transportation but want to make a lot of money and given the choices between Cars and public transportation well they both cost a lot of money. They're even wanting people to buy electric car Chargers and the cars but to pay 3 or 4 times the price. Every builder and owner of this towers must supply affordable housing for young families only but to also provide more than square footage. They need to provide free daycare on the 4th floor and low cost housing on every 5th floor at 500$ per month. For society to work something's have to be cheaper or free. Look at the SKY TRAIN in Burnaby BC where no one is driving the trains so just imagine if the sky train was free I'm sure most people would not be driving their own cars. They have something like that in Montreal where people live walking distance to many stores and what happens is the people become lazy because everything that they might need is down stairs off of the streets.
Can you imagine a 30 floor condo with the 4th as a daycare but even better is if they built unites for families where there's a place for the kids to be kids. Kids actually need a back yard but if they can't have a back yard then they need a complete floor for playing. Maybe the third floor where parents can take their kids where they can play 24/7 7 days of the week and all year round.
After watching towers crumble faster than going up.
Thanks but no thanks.
I personally dislike the way Kelowna is becoming with all the towers. I rather see nature than towers.
Why is everyone saying this is a bad idea? Did something happen in the past that mirrors this current situation?
Its because the people that complain on these sort of videos bought into the idea that Kelowna will always be what it was 10 or 20 years ago. Of course people want to move and live here just like they did; its a great region. Large corporations want to open up locations here for competitive reasons like affordable commercial space and access to a growing population of skilled students graduating from UBCO and OC. The city has expanded outwards near its capacity; need for higher density living is an absolute must at this point due to demand. The people here that continue to complain just hate being inconvenienced by matters that barely concern them.
A lot of people don’t realize this - But there’s been a historic reason why Kelowna had so few high rises (really for many years until the 90’s there were two Buildings in all of Kelowna (not near the lake) which were around 10 stories! That’s it. I lived in Kelowna for 43 years and my family for about 100… so people who lived there until recently used to no high rises. That wasn’t due to lack of population or business - many smaller cities had high-rises, it was because there were strict no high-rise regulations which had always been enforced in Kelowna until now. So that’s probably a big reason why you see many people upset as the city caves in to the high-rise developments.