A rezoning application has been submitted for 5168, 5180 and 5192 Sidley Street, a 24,000 SF three lot land assembly in the Royal Oak area of Burnaby.

The properties are currently zoned R5 Residential, and are proposed for
rezoning based upon the RM2 guidelines. Two of the three lots are owned by the City of Burnaby and their purchase is a prerequisite of the rezoning.

Details of the proposal, entitled ‘Ava Living’ include:

• 22 two-bedrooms stacked townhouses;
• a total density of 0.9 FAR;
• 40 underground parking spaces on one level.

The architect for the project is Wilson Chang Architect.

Matt Saunders and I are pleased to announce the sale of 708 – 796 Renfrew Street in East Vancouver.

The site comprises a full city block and with 73 units is one of the largest rental projects approved to date under the Affordable Housing Choices Interim Rezoning Policy. It was put under contract prior to the pandemic and Matt and David were able to successfully navigate an extremely challenging environment to achieve a firm deal in May 2020.

For further details on this sale and project, please contact us.

Westbank has submitted a revised rezoning application for the 2.5 acre East Broadway site, originally proposed in September 2019.

The main change to the proposal is a shift away from primarily condos, to primarily market rental units. The revision shows a decrease in the number of condos from 520 to 236, and an increase in the number of rental units, from 160 to 452 units. Details of the updated plan include:

• 452 secured rental units;
• 236 strata residential units;
• Revised tower heights from 24, 27, & 30-storeys to 25, 29, & 30 storeys;
• 63,000 SF of retail including 50,000 SF Safeway store;
• 48,000 SF of office space;
• Public plaza running parallel to the SkyTrain station;
• 486 vehicle parking spaces and 1360 bicycle parking spaces.

The application is being considered under the Grandview Woodland Community Plan(External link).

The architect for the project is Perkins + Will.