178 Units Proposed for Burquitlam Site

Purewest Properties has submitted a rezoning and development
permit application to the City of Coquitlam for a 1.5 acre site on Rochester Avenue in the Burquitlam area.

The site is an assembly of 8 single family lots located on both Rochester and Madore Avenues, west of Guilby Street in the Medium Density Apartment Residential in the Burquitlam Lougheed Neighbourhood Plan (BLNP). There are approximately 500 lowrise units in various stages of development within a block of the site.

Plans for the site include a ‘C-Shape’ 7-storey building (viewed as 6-storeys from all frontages except interior) with:

• 178 condo units;
• 90 one-bedrooms, 68 two-bedrooms & 20 three-bedrooms;
• $417,000 in voluntary CAC payment;
• a total density of 2.30 FAR;
• 248 underground parking spaces.

The architect for the project is Ciccozzi Architecture.

Purwest assembled the site in 2018 for $25,400,000 or $153 per buildable SF based on the application.