Onni has applied to the City of Vancouver for a development permit for the next portion of their Cambie Gardens project (the former Pearson Dogwood site).
The overall Cambie Gardens project recieved rezoning in 2017, and individual development applications were approved in the past year for the first phase, including Parcels A, C & E which combined comprise four buildings, 548 condos, 138 social housing units and 50 Pearson supportive units, as well as a community health centre.
Parcel D is 2.9 acres and located at the Northeastern corner of the site, at the corner of Cambie Street and West 57th Avenue. This parcel acts as the main gateway to the overall Cambie Gardens site.
Details of the proposal for Parcel D include:
- Three residential towers – two at 28 storeys & one at 24-storeys;
- 488 condo units;
- 5 studios, 228 one-bedrooms, 231 two-bedrooms & 24 three-bedrooms;
- 223 non-market rental units;
- 67 studios, 46 one-bedrooms, 66 two-bedrooms & 44 three-bedrooms;
- 30 Pearson supportive units;
- 85,019 SF of retail space;
- a significant public plaza at the Northeast corner to accomodate a potential future Canada Line Station;
- tower heights of 243 ft. & 285 ft.
- 5 levels of underground parking accessed from Paulson Street.
The application describes the design rationale: “The northern portion of the block has a single tower marking the corner of West 57th Ave. and Internal Street 2 with a mid-rise extension parallel to West 57th Ave. The northern and southern edges of the north building offer commercial spaces along West 57th Ave. and the internal public plaza. The southern block has two towers, each with a mid-rise extension. One tower sites at the southern edge of the transit plaza, serving as a landmark and reinforcing the plaza as the site gateway.”
The remaining phases comprise over one million square feet of additional market and non-market density.
The architect for Cambie Gardens is IBI Group.
