More rezoning applications head to Burnaby City Council next week. Below is a brief summary of some of the larger projects planned which, this week, includes only Metrotown highrise sites (of which there are many!):

6525 Telford Avenue

This 48,553 SF site, owned by Intracorp, is located just south of Beresford in Metrotown and is improved with an older walkup apartment building. Now designated RM5s in the Metrotown Plan, the site is slated for a highrise tower at 5.0 FAR, which will be Intracorp’s ninth tower in Metrotown.

6556-6596 Marlborough Avenue

This 36,361 SF site assembly of five lots is located at the northeast corner of Marlborough Avenue and Grimmer on the East side of Metrotown. The application, by Accorde Properties, proposes a residential highrise with townhouses under the RM4s designation at 3.60 FAR.

5852 Patterson Avenue

This is a 20,000 SF site located mid-block on Patterson between Kingsway and Central Boulevard. The site is in the “Central Park East” neighbourhood of the Metrotown Plan and has an RM5s designation. The plan includes 31 rental units in addition to market condo units. The total density is 4.7 FAR. The developer is Artillery Developments, with development consulting by Brook Pooni. A variance is required as the site is under the 24,000 SF minimum site area in the Metrotown Plan.

5895 Barker Avenue

Yet another Metrotown highrise application!  The fourth highrise tower rezoning application for Metrotown is 5895 Barker Avenue by Concord Pacific. The 46,285 SF site is located at the southwest corner of Baker Avenue and Olive Avenue and is designated under the RM5s high density residential guidelines which allow up to a density of 5.00 FAR (in this case 4.99 FAR). The site is also occupied by an older 3-storey walkup apartment building. The tower will be in the range of 30-40 storeys. 

Intracorp has submitted a rezoning application for a 32,438 SF site in Metrotown at 6438-6468 McKay and 6443-6467 Silver Avenue. The proposal is for a 32-storey residential tower under the RM4s designation provided in the Metrotown Downtown Plan. Details include:

• 298-units;
• 84 studios, 88 one-bedrooms, 94 two-bedrooms and 32 three-bedrooms;
• a total density of 3.6 FAR;
• a building height of 322 ft.;
• 333 underground parking spaces.

The proposal also includes an expansion of Maywood Park to Maywood Street through a density transfer approach that involves Intracorp’s acquisition of the 27,442 SF park site at 4305-4325 Maywood Street).

A rezoning and development application has been submitted for a 26,122 SF site located at 810 Agnes Street in Downtown New Westminster. The site is designated Mixed Use High Density in the New Westminster Official Community Plan and is located one block from a Skytrain station.

The plan calls for a new 29-storey residential tower that includes:

• 222 residential units;
• 125 one-bedrooms, 72 two-bedrooms and 25 three-bedrooms;
• a total density of 7.2 FSR;
• a tower height of 280 feet;
• 270 underground parking stalls;
• 3,350 SF of indoor community space;
• construction of a new park at 824 Agnes Street

The architect for the project is Hapa Collaborative.