A rezoning application has been submitted by Mosaic Homes for a new development at 3015-3093 Murray Street in the Moody Centre area of Port Moody. The site is located on lands with the relatively new “Mixed Employment” OCP land use designation.

The 100,000 SF site currently vacant and being used for construction storage. This area has traditionally been an industrial area in transition. The site is in close proximity to the Moody Centre SkyTrain and West Coast Express station, though access is currently only possible via two circuitous routes, the pedestrian overpass accessed off Klahanie Drive or the Murray Street overpass, both of which are approximately one kilometre. If and when on overpass is constructed over the CPR line from the station area, the site will be between 200-300 metres from the station.

Mosaic is proposing to rezone the site from Light Industrial (M1) to allow three 6-storey mixed-use buildings located on a two-storey parkade that acts as a podium to the south abutting the CPR rail line and is wrapped with commercial retail units on the Murray Street and Electronic Avenue

Details include:

• 204 condo units;
• 102 one-bedrooms & 102 two-bedrooms;
• 17,900 SF of ground floor retail;
• a total density of 2.02 FAR;
• 301 parking spaces;
• 43,000 SF of outdoor amenity space on the parkade podium.

The application may require an OCP amendment as the intent of the Mixed-Employment designation was to include light industrial uses or second floor office space.

The architect for the project is Michael Green Architecture.

Mosaic acquired the site in 2017 for $18,300,000 or $88 per buildable SF based on the application.

A development application has been submitted for the Bethleham Lutheran Church site at the corner of East 15th and Sophia in Mount Plesant.

The 28,000 SF site is zoned RM-4.

The application seeks a 3-storey residential building clustered around a shared courtyard, containing:

• 51 units;
• a mix of garden flat studios, and 1, 2 & 3 bedroom units;
• a total density of 1.43 FSR;
• a building height of approximately 38 ft.; and
• 36 underground parking spaces, having access from the lane.

The application describes the design rationale: “The massing is primarily conceived as a series of smaller blocks that interface with 15th Avenue and Sophia Street and Tea Swamp Park, while also serving to activate the lane. A U-Shaped massing, the building responds to its corner condition, facing both 15th Avenue and Sophia Street, while also acknowledging its lane-side.“

Under the site’s existing RM-4 zoning, the application is “conditional” so it may be permitted; however, it requires the decision of the Director of Planning.

The architect for the project is Marianne Amodio + Harley Grusko Architects Inc.

Wesbild Holdings Ltd. has applied to the City of Vancouver for permission to subdivide and develop a portion of a 5.0 acre site at 8188-8232 Manitoba Street, just South of Marine Drive.

The zoning for the site is I-2 which permits a density up to 3.0 FSR for a mix of industrial and office uses.

The proposed development would sit on a 3.2 acre parcel and will include two unique 6-storey industrial/office buildings. Details include:

• 231,000 SF of industrial space on levels 1-4;
• 108,235 SF of office space on levels 5-6;
• a total density of 2.42 FSR;
• a building height of 93 ft.;
• 439 parking stalls on one level of underground parking and at grade.

To accommodate mid-floor industrial tenants, the building will feature a number of unique building elements, including:

• Increased underground parking clearance height;
• Exterior corridors on all floors & separation of freight & pedestrian traffic;
• Cross Laminated Timber construction for the office space.

The application also notes that most of the potential mid-floor industrial tenants would be conditional approval uses under the I-2 zoning and that flexibility may be required in order to make the project work.

The architect for the project is MGBA Architecture.

The full development application can be viewed here: https://development.vancouver.ca/pc8188manitoba/index.htm