A development application has been submitted to the City of Vancouver to develop a new mixed-use rental apartment building on the Granville Strip. The site at 1250 Granville Street is 8,998 sq ft and is currently occupied by the National Rental Car building and parking lot.
The redevelopment plan for the site is a 9-storey passive house rental apartment building with retail on the ground floor.
The application comes following the City’s current planning work to consider allowing more rental housing on the two block stretch of Granville between Helmcken and Drake Streets. Previous policy allowed a maximum of 3.50 FSR.
Details of the proposal include:
- 61 market rental units;
- 46 one-bedrooms & 15 two-bedroom units;
- 2,425 sq ft of ground floor retail space;
- a total density of 4.54 FSR;
- a building height of 95 ft.;
- shared rooftop amenity space;
- 22 parking stalls on one level of underground parking having vehicular access from the lane.
Under the site’s existing DD-K3 zoning, the application is “conditional” so it may be permitted. However, it requires the decision of the Development Permit Board.
The architect for the project is Lang Wilson Practice in Architecture Culture.
