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===Development=== [[File:Westminster Highway.jpg|thumb|right|upright|East-facing aerial view of Westminster Highway and Canada Line]]Richmond city planners are one year into their update of its official plan, passed in fall 2019,<ref name=Quan2019 /> for the city centre. The plan is anchored by the [[Canada Line]] and includes the development of nine transit-oriented village centres. The population of the area is expected to grow from about 40,000 to 120,000 residents. According to a senior planner for the city, the goal of the plan is to "turn the middle arm of the Fraser River into a focus instead of an edge."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/vancouver-sun/20070609/283463546884304 |title=High End Densification in Plan |work=Vancouver Sun |date=9 June 2007 |access-date=30 September 2022 |via=Press Reader |archive-date=2 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502143108/https://www.pressreader.com/canada/vancouver-sun/20070609/283463546884304 |url-status=live }}</ref> A Richmond parks manager said that for "too long residents have felt contained by the river, seen it as being to their backs. Now, they want people to face the river and embrace the waterfront."<ref name=Quan2019>{{cite news |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/b-c-suburb-with-countrys-largest-proportion-of-immigrants-unveils-cultural-harmony-strategy/wcm/77819adc-8a5b-49ac-b6a1-37155fa2fd22/amp/ |title=B.C. suburb with country's largest proportion of immigrants unveils 'cultural harmony' strategy |work=National Post |date=19 November 2019 |last=Quan |first=Douglas |access-date=30 September 2022 }}</ref> ==== Lansdowne ==== [[Lansdowne Centre]] will be undergoing redevelopment in 2025 to make way for a 50-acre master planned mixed-use community, which is estimated to take 20 years to build out.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lansdowne Centre closing in 2025 for redevelopment into 24 towers (RENDERINGS)|url=http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/lansdowne-centre-lansdowne-district-richmond-redevelopment-2025|last=Chan|first=Kenneth|publisher=Daily Hive|date=28 February 2018|access-date=2 December 2019|archive-date=4 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204094301/https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/lansdowne-centre-lansdowne-district-richmond-redevelopment-2025|url-status=live}}</ref> Within this development plan, there will be mixed housing, large public spaces with a Civic Plaza slated to be placed in the corner of Lansdowne Road and No 3 Road. The property owner, Vanprop Investment Ltd., has plans for Lansdowne to be a pedestrian-friendly area with shops and services lined within its block. ==== The Olympic Oval ==== [[File:Water Sky Garden At Richmond Olympic Oval.jpg|thumb|upright|Exterior of the Richmond Olympic Oval with [[Water Sky Garden]] sculpture by artist [[Janet Echelman]]]] Aspac Developments Ltd purchased {{convert|7.5|ha|acre|abbr=off}} of land adjacent to the Fraser River and the finished $178 million [[Richmond Olympic Oval]]. The $1 billion plan includes 16 high-density towers, up to 14 stories in height.<ref name="RN1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.richmond-news.com/issues07/052107/news/052107nn1.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926231647/http://www.richmond-news.com/issues07/052107/news/052107nn1.html|url-status=dead|title=Richmond News β Canada Line drives massive development β 8 May 2007|archivedate=26 September 2007}}</ref> The towers will be stepped toward the waterfront and will include trees and green space. Aspac's plans are for "probably the highest-end development Richmond has seen to date" said Mayor Brodie.<ref name="VS1">{{cite news |date=9 June 2007 |title=On the waterfront |work=[[Vancouver Sun]] |url=http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=377a8012-2745-420f-9541-d8dd72df27cf |access-date=15 June 2007 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108110951/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=377a8012-2745-420f-9541-d8dd72df27cf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Vancouver 2010 News article">{{Cite news|date=30 March 2007 |title=Richmond is $141 million richer thanks to 2010 Olympic Oval |url=http://vancouvergo.com/Olympics2010/2007/03/30/richmond-is-141-million-richer-thanks-to-2010-olympic-oval/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009080819/http://vancouvergo.com/Olympics2010/2007/03/30/richmond-is-141-million-richer-thanks-to-2010-olympic-oval/ |archive-date=9 October 2007 |access-date=24 August 2022 |website=vancouvergo.com}}</ref> A $2.3 million hard-surfaced path will be constructed along the river to link the project to Aberdeen Centre.<ref name="VS1"/> Aspac's initial plan includes constructing the development in four phases, with the first phase consisting of {{Convert|65000|m2|sqft|abbr=out}} of residential development, and {{Convert|2300|m2|sqft|abbr=out}} of ground-level commercial space. Some construction will not begin until after 2010, and will take up to 12 years to complete. The warehouses and commercial parks near the development are also slated for redevelopment.<ref name="VS1"/> ==== The John M.S. Lecky boathouse ==== The [[University of British Columbia]] constructed the John M.S. Lecky boathouse<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ubcboathouse.com/index.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070428093513/http://www.ubcboathouse.com/index.htm|url-status=dead|title=ubcboathouse.com|archivedate=28 April 2007}}</ref> along River Road. It draws crowds from rowing [[regatta]]s and [[dragon boat]] races. ==== Cambie Road pedestrian bridge ==== A possible pedestrian bridge where Cambie Road reaches the river is also being included in a future vision of the area. It would link nature trails on the north and south banks, and make Aberdeen Centre within walking distance for BCIT's aerospace campus students.<ref name="VS1"/> ==== Capstan Way ==== [[File:Richmond Apartment construction site view 201807.jpg|thumb|right|Capstan Way development in 2018]] Developer Pinnacle International is planning a 16-building development on a {{Convert|7|ha|acre|adj=on|spell=in}} property near Capstan Way and No 3 road. The mixed-use development would include over 2,100 residential units, various commercial uses, and a hotel. The [[Canada Line]] is considered critical to the project. A fifth Richmond station at Capstan Way (No. 3 Road and Capstan Way) was originally planned, but was cancelled in March 2009. This station was considered so critical to the development that the City of Richmond has received $19 million from developers for the station to be built.<ref>{{cite news |last=Shepert |first=Elana |date=12 December 2017 |title=CAPSTAN STATION: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT RICHMOND'S NEW SKY TRAIN STATION |url=https://604now.com/capstan-station-richmonds-sky-train-station |access-date=2 December 2019 |publisher=604 Now |archive-date=31 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331150406/https://604now.com/capstan-station-richmonds-sky-train-station/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[TransLink (British Columbia)|TransLink]], the Canada Line operator, has started designing this station in November 2017.<ref>{{cite news|title=TransLink to start designing Canada Line's new $28-million Capstan Way Station|url=http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/capstan-way-station-canada-line-translink-richmond-2017|last=Chan|first=Kenneth|publisher=Daily Hive|date=16 November 2017|access-date=6 October 2018|archive-date=6 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006234842/http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/capstan-way-station-canada-line-translink-richmond-2017|url-status=live}}</ref> On 2 September 2021, construction started on [[Capstan station]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Construction officially begins on Canada Line's new $52 million Capstan Station {{!}} Urbanized |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/capstan-station-canada-line-skytrain-construction-groundbreaking |access-date=24 March 2022 |website=dailyhive.com |language=en |archive-date=15 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115215249/https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/capstan-station-canada-line-skytrain-construction-groundbreaking |url-status=live }}</ref> Also included will be 100 affordable housing units, a 25-space daycare, and a {{convert|0.6|ha|acre|adj=on}} park. The developers are also proposing live-work dwellings, where shop owners would live above their ground-level operations. ==== Aberdeen Square ==== Fairchild Developments built a six-floor expansion to its Chinese-oriented shopping centre, [[Aberdeen Centre]]. The plan includes an office building and a link to the Canada Line's [[Aberdeen station (SkyTrain)|Aberdeen station]]. The new complex was completed and opened up to the public in 2014. ==== Bridgeport Station ==== The [[River Rock Casino Resort]] is located near the Canada Line [[Bridgeport station (SkyTrain)|Bridgeport station]] and has built a 12-story hotel. The casino has added an addition above the newly added six-story car park and SkyTrain Bridgeport Station. TransLink (the Canada Line owner) gave the Great Canadian Casino Corporation land worth $9.5 million, and $4.5 million in cash in return for building the park-and-ride facility. Transit users are charged $3.00 per day to use the facility (up from an initial $2.00 charge). ==== Garden City Lands ==== [[File:GardenCityLands.jpg|thumb|right|The Garden City Lands]] The {{Convert|55.2|ha|acre|adj=on}} parcel known as the Garden City Lands was leased by the federal government for decades and was formerly used as a transmitter site for program requirements of the [[Canadian Coast Guard]]. The property is bounded by Westminster Highway, Garden City Road, Alderbridge Way and No. 4 Road and has been within the Provincial Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) since 1973.<ref>{{cite web |title=Garden City Property Memorandum of Understanding |url=http://www-comm.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/pages/release/bckgrnd/2005/bg005_e.htm |publisher=Fisheries and Oceans Canada |access-date=28 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050521233219/http://www-comm.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/pages/release/bckgrnd/2005/bg005_e.htm |archive-date=May 21, 2005 |date=March 18, 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2005, the Federal Government of Canada deemed the land as "surplus" to its needs and sold the site to the Canada Lands Company, a federal Crown corporation.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Matas |first=Robert |date=10 March 2010 |title=City Garden lands value soars from $9.5m to $59m in four years |language=en-CA |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/city-garden-lands-value-soars-from-95m-to-59m-in-four-years/article1377914/ |access-date=24 August 2022 |archive-date=8 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408062941/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/city-garden-lands-value-soars-from-95m-to-59m-in-four-years/article1377914/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The City of Richmond, [[Canada Lands Company]], and the Musqueam Indian Band entered a 2005 agreement with the federal government that included the intent to remove the land from the ALR for the purposes of high-density development.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/MOU19709.pdf |title=Memorandum of Understanding |access-date=21 July 2012 |archive-date=13 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213225356/http://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/MOU19709.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In April 2008, an application to exclude the land from the [[Agricultural Land Reserve]] was made to the Agricultural Land Commission. The application was rejected on 10 February 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alc.gov.bc.ca/application_Status/38099/38099_main.htm |title=Garden City Lands application status |publisher=Agricultural Land Commission |date=13 February 2009 |access-date=21 July 2012 |archive-date=16 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216232041/http://www.alc.gov.bc.ca/application_Status/38099/38099_main.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 8 March 2010, Richmond City Council announced a deal had been approved whereby the city would purchase the entire parcel of land from the Musqueam Band and Canada Lands Company for $59.2 million.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bclocalnews.com/richmond_southdelta/richmondreview/news/86904027.html |author=Martin van den Hemel |publisher=Richmond Review |title=City to buy Garden City Lands for $60 million |access-date=11 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316222740/http://www.bclocalnews.com/richmond_southdelta/richmondreview/news/86904027.html |archive-date=16 March 2010 }}</ref> The Musqueam band has since brought a lawsuit against the City of Richmond, claiming they sold it under duress. The lawsuit remains dormant and it is the understanding of Coun. [[Harold Steves]] that the lawsuit will remain dormant unless the city wants to develop the lands into anything that is not related to ALR use.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.richmond-news.com/news/weekly-feature/bog-meets-farm-in-unique-design-for-richmond-s-garden-city-lands-1.2321971|title=Bog meets farm in unique design for Richmond's Garden City Lands|last=Wood|first=Graeme|newspaper=Richmond News|access-date=20 January 2017|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202000653/http://www.richmond-news.com/news/weekly-feature/bog-meets-farm-in-unique-design-for-richmond-s-garden-city-lands-1.2321971|url-status=live}}</ref>
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