Chard Development has submitted their rezoning application for the Denny’s site at 622 SW Marine Drive in Marpole.

The proposal calls for the development of two towers at 28 and 32 storeys on top of two 6-storey podiums separated with a mid-block break. The proposal includes:

• 573 market rental units w/ 20% of floor space allocated to below-market rental;
• Market rental: 56 studios, 241 one-bedrooms, 153 two-bedrooms & 6 three-bedrooms;
• Below market: 54 studios, 21 one-bedrooms, 36 two-bedrooms & 6 three-bedrooms;
• 35% of the below-market rental floor space provided as social housing operated by the YWCA;
• A total density of 6.68 FSR;
• 16,700 SF of ground floor retail space;
• 7,100 SF of second floor daycare space;
• A building height of 335 ft.;
• 276 vehicle parking spaces and 1096 bicycle parking spaces

The proposal also includes 35% of the below market units as social housing operated by the YWCA.

The application is being considered under the Marpole Community Plan and the Ashley Mar Issues Report (February 11, 2020).

The architect for the project is MCMP Architects.

Chard acquired the site through Colliers in December 2020 for $68,138,000, or $142 per buildable SF based on the gross density in the rezoning application.

A rezoning application has been submitted for a site in Kerrisdale that was sold by our team in 2018.

The 15,310 SF site at the Northwest corner West 41st Ave and Maple Street burned down in a fire in 2017 and has sat vacant since.

The rezoning proposal calls for the development of a new 6-storey mixed-use building that includes:

• 42 market rental units;
• 6,800 SF of ground floor retail space;
• 10,000 SF of daycare space on the 2nd floor;
• 7,400 SF of co-tutor space on the 3rd floor;
• Commercial retail units at grade;
• A total density of 3.50 FSR;
• A building height of 71 ft.;
• 47 vehicle parking spaces and 65 bicycle parking spaces.

The application is being considered under the Secured Market Housing Policy (Rental 100).

The architect for the project is M Moser Associates in partnership with Gustavson Wylie Architects.

Bosa Properties, in partnership with Kingswood Properties, has submitted their rezoning application for the site they own at the Southwest corner of Alberni Street and Bidwell; half a block East of Denman Street in the West End of Vancouver.

The site is an assembly of two existing strata residential properties. The smaller strata building at 735 Bidwell was acquired in 2015 for $43,680,000.

The proposal, entitled “1700 Alberni” is to allow for the development of two residential towers (30-storey east tower and 34-storey west tower) over a five-storey mixed-used podium. The zoning would change from RM-5C to CD-1 District. The proposal includes:

• 401 condo units;
• 12 studios, 160 one-bedrooms, 199 two-bedrooms & 30 three-bedrooms;
• 14,700 SF of ground floor retail;
• a 24-space childcare facility;
• A total density of 10.88 FSR;
• Building heights of 345 ft. for the east tower and 385 ft. for the west tower;
• 499 vehicle parking spaces, 20 visitor parking spaces, 3 commercial parking spaces, 2 childcare parking spaces, and 524 bicycle parking spaces

The application is being considered under the Rezoning Policy for the West End.

The architect for the project is Heatherwick Studio, in partnership with local team IBI Group.

The full rezoning application can be viewed here: https://shapeyourcity.ca/1728-alberni-st-and-735-bidwell-st