Marcon has submitted a development application for 2030 Barclay Street, the site of the 27-unit Rosellen Suites Hotel. The existing building on the site has been operated as a hotel, which means that the zero rate of change provisions in the area for rental accommodation does not apply. Therefore, the site can be developed as a market condominium project.The 99 x 131 foot site is located just half a block from Stanley Park.

The proposal for the redevelopment of the site is a new 10-storey concrete building that includes the following:

• 19 condo units;
• 14 two-bedrooms and 5 three-bedrooms;
• A building height of 190 ft.;
• A total density of 3.03 FSR;
• Three levels of underground parking accessed from the lane with a total 40 parking spaces.

The application describes the design rationale: “The concept is to develop a project that caters to families with all of the units in the 2,000 sf range and having 2 bedrooms and a den typically, with private outdoor spaces.

The project contains 19 residential units broken down into a number of discreet elements in order to give a more human scale and better relate to the surrounding buildings. Inspired by most of the buildings in the West End, the proposed architecture is unabashedly modern, but residential scaled windows and warm textured materials, including masonry, gives the appropriate character for this area of the city.”

Under the site’s existing RM-5B 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 SHIFT Architecture.

Qualex-Landmark  has applied to the City of Vancouver for permission to redevelop a 30,763 SF land assembly that includes the Mac’s property at 4464 Dunbar Street with a condo building. The existing site is improved with an older strip retail centre. The site is zoned C-2 which allows a density of up to 2.50 FSR.

The proposal is for a new 5-storey condo building that includes the following:

• • 48 condo units;
  • 40 two-bedrooms & 8 three-bedrooms;
  • 10,859 SF of retail space;
  • Building height of approximately 52.9 ft;
  • A total density of 2.50 FSR;
  • Two levels of underground parking accessed from the lane with a total 129 parking spaces.

The application describes the design rationale: “The site on Dunbar Street, between West 28th and 29th Avenues, slopes greatly — almost 15′ from the lowest point of the site at grade to the highest point. The proposed building’s massing carefully addresses
the site’s terrain while recognizing the height limitations. We have designed a significant
setback at the corner of Dunbar and West 29th to serve as a public plaza. We imagine one retail unit facing the plaza to be a coffee shop or similar, to take advantage of the landscaped outdoor space of the plaza. We have also dedicated a part of the plaza to a public art piece, voluntarily commissioned by the owners.”

Under the site’s existing C-2 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 IBI Group.

The full application can be viewed here: https://development.vancouver.ca/4464dunbar/index.htm

A rezoning application has been submitted for Grant Thornton Place – 333 Seymour Street, a 17-storey class A office building at the corner of Seymour and Cordova Streets. The rezoning is intended to allow upgrades at the base of the building, including:

• updated fitness amenities;
• additional office area in the podium on levels one and two; and
• additional retail and improvements to the public realm at grade.

The building sits between two active development sites – 601 West Hastings, a 25-storey office being built by PCI Group, and Bosa Waterfront Centre at 320 Granville Street, a 32-storey office tower. 

The upgrades are scheduled to begin next year.

We are pleased to announce the sale of 4361 & 4387 Cambie Street, a two-lot land assembly totaling 20,250 SF. The site is prominently located on the most desirable stretch of Cambie, at the corner of West 28th Avenue. Contact us for further details.

A development application has been submitted to the City of Vancouver for permission to develop a 41,147 SF site at the Northwest corner of Clark Drive and East 6th Avenue, directly South of VCC-Clark Station and adjacent the ‘East Van’ Cross in East Vancouver. The I-3 zoned site also borders Keith Drive, hence the project address 2102 Keith Drive.

The plan for the site is an 8-storey mass-timber office building that includes:

• 124,000 SF of office space;
• 18,370 SF floorplates;
• A total density of 3.0 FSR;
• A total building height of 117 feet;
• 141 underground parking spaces.

The application describes the design rationale: “Located at the prominent eastern gateway to the False Creek Flats area, the massing of the 2102 Keith Drive building responds to the constraints of the site; rectangular in plan, the south face of the building is angled to match the Metro Vancouver Sewer SRW. The first floor of the building has been integrated into the sloping grade of the site, creating a building that emerges from the landscape. To the north, the ground floor relates to the industrial character of the False Creek Flats area through robust materials, service access and overhead doors. To the west and south interfaces of the building, a dynamic landscape design connects to the Great Northern Way Greenway and park spaces located to the south of the site. With the building lobby prominently located at the south-west corner of the site at Keith Drive and East 6th Ave, the building engages with the streetscape through a highly-glazed first floor facade that steps to match a series of landscaped terraces that animate the public realm at street level. Above the landscape-oriented ground floor, the building is constructed with mass-timber, a contemporary update of the typology of mass-timber buildings that were historically built for commerce and industry in East Vancouver.

The structural design of the building utilizes an innovative perimeter structural system of diagonally oriented braces which are integrated into the architecture of the building to create the primary expression of the building.”

Under the site’s I-3 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 Dialog.

The site was sold in 2016 for $17,530,000, or $142 per buildable SF.