When it comes to controversial neighbourhood plans, especially in Grandview-Woodlands, Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson says the city has shifted gears to listen to the public.

“Certainly with Grandview-Woodland and Marpole, I’ve said clearly we’re not going forward with the current timeline,” Robertson said to reporters at a Wednesday launch event for the city’s online public engagement tool, Talk Vancouver.

City council is expected to decide on Sept. 25 whether to extend the community plan, along with three other community plans underway in Marpole, the West End and the Downtown Eastside.

Read more: http://metronews.ca/news/vancouver/792663/vancouver-mayor-says-grandview-woodland-plan-could-be-delayed-significantly/

Great West Life has applied to the City of Vancouver to rezone a parkade at 753 Seymour Street (next to Vancouver Centre) for an office tower.

The proposal would allow for a 32-storey building with:

• 336,186 SF of office space with ground floor retail space
• 4 levels of above grade parking and six levels of underground parking
• a total density of 15 FSR (after inclusion of the existing buildings)
• a total height of 403.5 ft

More information here: http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/planning/rezoning/applications/753seymour/index.htm