Coriolis provided market analysis inputs to town centre plans in the District of North Vancouver, including Lower Capilano, Lower Lynn, and Maplewood. Our work included forecasting demand for residential and commercial development, as well as recommending land use and density policies that will encourage redevelopment.
Coriolis was been retained as the lead consultant to prepare a sustainable economic development strategy for the City of Victoria. Building on economic forecasts that Coriolis prepared as an input to the City’s new Official Community Plan, the economic development strategy outlines an action plan for employment growth that will be fiscally, environmentally, and socially sustainable.
Coriolis assisted the town of Lacombe, Alberta with the preparation of a growth management plan, to guide future urban development to accommodate residential and commercial expansion.
Coriolis was part of the team selected by Translink to evaluate opportunities and alternatives for extensions of the regional rapid transit system in Surrey and Langley. Our role included forecasting future population, employment, and land use in the area and analyzing the urban development potential of alternative alignments and station locations.
Coriolis assisted the City of Calgary with urban development planning around future transit stations on an extension of the LRT system. At one of these stations, Coriolis helped the City package a 15 acre site for disposition via Request for Proposals.
The City of Coquitlam retained Coriolis to help develop station area plans for two of the proposed stations on a proposed transit line. When built, the new line will link neighbourhoods in Burnaby, Port Moody, and Coquitlam and will connect with Sky Train, West Coast Express, and buses.
For the City of Richmond, we drafted a strategic plan for all of the industrial lands in the Steveston area. One of the key aspects of this plan was determining the land requirements for marine related industry and for businesses that require waterfront industrial land. In addition, our work examined the requirements for general light industrial land in the community. This process included interviews with the major industrial land owners and the existing industrial businesses in Steveston.
For the City of Richmond, we analyzed the opportunity for different waterfront and upland uses in the West Bridgeport area as part of the neighbourhood planning process for this mixed use industrial and commercial waterfront area. The study included an assessment of the demand for multifamily residential, retail and service, office, hotel, light industrial, and entertainment uses in the area. Our work included interviews with the existing businesses in the area and with the major land owners.
For the Port Alberni Harbour Commission, we analyzed the potential for marina and commercial development on Commission lands. For the City of Port Alberni, we created a conceptual plan for a waterfront tourism project including restaurant, retail, pier, open space, and other uses.
For the District of Powell River, we provided market and financial analysis inputs to a land use planning process for the entire central waterfront. Our work required assessing the demand for light industrial, marine related industrial and commercial businesses, residential, retail, and hotel.