Orr Development has applied to rezone a site at the Southwest corner of 49th and Main Street from C-2 to CD-1. The plan is calls for a rezoning of the site under the Rental 100 program to allow a 6-storey apartment building building that includes:

• 75 secured market rental units;
• retail space at grade
• a building height of 70.2 ft. from grade;
• a density of 3.60 FSR, and
• 80 underground parking spaces and 97 bicycle parking spaces

A development application has been made to the City of Vancouver for permission to redevelop a prime downtown corner. The site is located at the Northwest corner of Granville and Davie, and is most well-known as “Tsui Hang“, a popular late night Chinese restaurant. Tsui Hang is located in what was once a bank, built in the 1940s. The balance of the site contains older run-down one and two-storey commercial buildings. The developer is Deecorp. The architect is MCMP.

Preliminary plans call for a redeveloped site include a 7-storey mixed use building. The proposal includes the following:

• 94 residential units (75 one-bedrooms and 19 2-bedrooms)
• Retail on the ground floor;
• Total density of 3.85 FSR (3.5 max + 10% heritage bonus)
• Building height of 71 ft.
• Total floor area of 69,300 SF
• 47 underground parking spaces accessed from the lane