An application for a unique 3-storey courtyard townhouse project has been made for a site at West 64th Avenue near Columbia Street in Marpole. The site is an assembly of two large and deep single family lots that were assembled in 2014. Recently rezoned to RM-9 under the Marpole Community Plan, the site is allowed to go to 4-storeys, though the applicant is proposing 24 3-storey townhouses with a courtyard and common underground parking.

The architect, Bryce Rositch of Rositch Hemphill Architects summarizes the application by saying: “We believe that this development, its smaller scale of buildings, ground orientation, predominant three storey height, the use of good materials including generous amounts of brick, outdoor patios on both sides of each townhouse plus additional balcony spaces at upper levels will be a model for future development in this area.”