Plan for East Broadway Safeway Site Includes Three Towers

Westbank has submitted their formal rezoning application for the Safeway site on East Broadway, just East of Commercial Drive.

The site at 1780 East Broadway totals 105,965 SF and is currently zoned C-3A, but was redesignated to allow a site-specific rezoning as part of the Grandview Woodland Community Plan.

The proposal consists of a mixed-use development with three residential towers (including strata, rental and social housing units), retail, office, a childcare facility, and a new public plaza.

Details include:

• 680 total residential units;
  • 520 condos
  • 160 rental apartments;
• a 53,000 SF Safeway store;
• 20,000 SF of additional retail space;
• 61,300 SF of office space;
• a childcare facility;
• 652 parking spaces;
• unique “hanging gardens” in the interior courtyard;
• a 20,000 SF public plaza running parallel to the SkyTrain station; and
• a total combined density of 5.87 FSR.

The application is being considered under the Grandview-Woodland Community Plan.

The full rezoning application can be viewed here: https://rezoning.vancouver.ca/applications/1780ebroadway/index.htm

The architect for the project is Perkins + Will.