City Reviewing Future of Oakridge Transit Centre Site

The City of Vancouver is proposing a program to create a Policy Statement to guide redevelopment of the Oakridge Transit Centre, a 13.8 acre site owned by Translink and located at 949 West 41st Avenue.

The Policy Statement will establish principles and objectives relating to a range of topics, including: land use, density, height, public benefits, transportation, built form and character, sustainability and development phasing. The Policy Statement will be presented for Council’s consideration at the end of the process and, if adopted, used to inform any future rezoning of the site. This work is expected to be complete by February 2015.

The property is currently zoned single family (RS-1) but has been utilized as a transit centre since August 13, 1948. TransLink has determined that the OTC site is no longer required to perform these limited functions and is considered surplus land as a result they are seeking to explore redevelopment options for the site.