145-Units of Affordable Housing Coming to Main & 7th

Catalyst Community Developments Society has submitted their application to rezone 2221 Main Street, a prominent 34,885 SF site on the West side of Main Street between 6th and 7th. The site is currently zoned IC-2 but the Mount Pleasant Community Plan allows rezoning of sites along Main to higher density.

This is the first project built under the City’s Vancouver Affordable Housing Agency (VAHA), and was first announced at a press conference on the site last summer.

The proposal for this first affordable housing project under VAHA is a 9-storey mixed-use building that includes:

• 145 affordable housing units;
• 28 studios, 45 one-bedrooms, 42 two-bedrooms & 30 three-bedrooms
• A total density of 3.30 FSR
• 9,928 SF of ground floor retail space
• A building height of 98 feet
• 192 underground parking spaces on 4 levels;
• 12,000 SF of public plaza area on the 7th Ave corner

The architect for the project is Rositch Hemphill Architects.