Previously Approved Rental 100 Project Revised Under Moderate Income Policy
A rezoning application has been submitted for a site in Mount Pleasant that was previously approved for rezoning under Rental 100.
445 Kingsway and 2935 St. George Street, currently the Destination Hyundai dealership, received rezoning approval from City of Vancouver council in 2016 for a 109-unit rental apartment project with a new Honda dealership at grade. The rezoning was never enacted, and a new application has surfaced in its place.
The new application is being made under the City’s Moderate Income Rental Housing Pilot Program, which allows proposals up to 14-storeys on arterials. The existing 46,576 SF site is zoned C-2.
The proposal calls for two 14-storey towers above a podium, and includes:
- 215 rental units (with 20% of the residential floor area assigned to moderate income households);
- 54 studios, 86 one-bedrooms, 54 two-bedrooms & 21 three-bedrooms;
- 31,000 SF of retail and office space;
- 96,000 SF commercial car wash and vehicle storage in the underground parkade;
- a total density of 4.84 FSR (above grade);
- a building height of 150 ft.; and
- 224 underground parking stalls and 443 bike spaces (including underground vehicle storage).
The commercial car wash is intended to serve the nearby Kingsway Honda dealership and service centre located at the Stella mixed-use development at Kingsway and East 12th Avenue.
The application is being considered under the Moderate Income Rental Housing Pilot Program.
The architect for the project is Acton Ostry.