28-Storey Tower Proposed for Robson Street
VivaGrand Developments has applied to the City of Vancouver for permission to develop 1555 Robson Street, a site at the corner of Robson and Cardero Streets in Downtown Vancouver. The 132 x 131 ft site is located in the West End Community Plan which rezoned the property to C-6, which conditionally allows for a market residential highrise if social housing and commercial space is included.
The site sits directly south of 1550 Alberni, a 43-storey condo tower by Westbank currently under construction.
The proposal is for a 28-storey tower that includes:
- 177 residential units including 24 units of social housing;
- Retail on the ground floor;
- Office space on floors 2-3;
- Social housing on floors 2-7;
- Condos on floors 8-28;
- A total density of 9.63 FSR:
- A building height of approximately 300 ft.
Vivagrand acquired the site in October 2017 for $79,500,000 or $455 per buildable SF based on the gross floor area in the application.
The architect for the project is IBI Group.
The full development application can be viewed here: https://development.vancouver.ca/1555robson/index.htm