Apartment, Development

6-Storey Rental Building Planned for Kingsway

Another week, another rental apartment building rezoning application under the City of Vancouver’s Rental 100 program. This one is for a 12,300 SF site (99′ x 122′) located on the North side of Kingsway near Fraser Street. The application to for 855 Kingsway calls for a rezoning from the existing C-2 zoning to CD to permit the development of a six-storey mixed-use building. This is a concurrent rezoning and development permit application.

The proposal includes:

    • 49 secured market rental units;
    • 14 studios, 18 one-bedrooms, 12 two-bedrooms and 5 three-bedroom units
    • 4,043 SF of retail at grade;
    • A total density of 3.30 FSR;
    • A building height of 68.9 ft.; and
    • 25 underground parking spaces.

855 Kingsway855 Kingsway_1 855 Kingsway_2This application is being considered under the Secured Market Rental Housing (Rental 100) Policy.

The architect for the project is Cornerstone Architecture.

The site had sold in 2015 for $3,668,000, or approximately $91 per buildable SF.

February 28, 2017by david.taylor@colliers.com