Shape Properties unveiled more details about its ambitious plans November 12 for its Brentwood Mall site in Burnaby, part of a Brentwood Town Centre master plan that received civic approval in September
The phased approach for the mixed-use retail, office and multiple family redevelopment of the Brentwood mall site is expected to span about 20 years.
The plans include turning Brentwood mall's huge parking lot in front of a SkyTrain entrance into a central plaza, which "seamlessly engages and connects transit passengers, pedestrians and cyclists along Lougheed Highway and Willingdon Avenue to the Brentwood SkyTrain station, commercial retail and restaurant services and future office and residential uses on site," according to Shape.
The master concept plan includes two highrise apartment towers, but a separate rezoning application was filed for each one. The tower proposed for the corner of Halifax Street and Willingdon Avenue will go to a public hearing in 2014. The second tower proposed at the corner of Alpha Avenue and Lougheed Highway will follow.
Business in Vancouver reported in September that Shape Properties is also in the nascent stages of building a similar mini-city on the parking lot surrounding its Lougheed Town Centre development.
