Cascadia Green Development has submitted a rezoning application to the City of North Vancouver for a site at the southeast corner of Lonsdale Avenue and East 26th Street, north of the Trans Canada Highway,

The site at 2540-2590 is currently improved with two older apartment buildings that contain a combined 25 units.

The OCP designates the subject site as Residential Level 5 (R5). Residential Level 5 seeks to provide quality multi-family housing with a mix of unit sizes, with a focus on creating attractive and active streets. R5 permits a maximum density of 2.6 FSR, inclusive of a 1.0 FSR bonus, and a maximum height of 6-storeys.

The rezoning proposal is for a 5-storey building and includes:

• 64 market rental units;
• 30 Studios, 16 one-bedrooms, 11 two-bedrooms, 7 three-bedrooms;
• 10% of units secured in perpetuity at 10% below CMHC market rents;
• a total density of 2.60 FAR;
• 42 vehicle parking spaces.

The architect for the project is Integra Architecture.

The site was acquired in 2019 for $9,150,000, or $208 per buildable SF based on the application.

PCI Group has submitted their rezoning application for 3609-3687 Arbutus Street, a 33,000 SF site that they acquired earlier this year. The site is located on the West side of Arbutus between West 20th and West 21st Ave.

The five-lot, full block assembly is currently zoned RS-1 but is proposed to allow for the development of two 6-storey residential buildings including:

• 116 market rental units;
• 4 studios, 66 one-bedrooms, 32 two-bedrooms & 14 three-bedrooms;
• a total density of 2.53 FSR;
• a maximum height of 73 ft.; and
• 74 underground parking stalls and 227 bicycle spaces.

The proposal describes the design rationale: “The proposed site is approximately 264 feet long and slopes over 2m down from the south to the north along Arbutus Street, and over 1.5m down towards the west at the lane. In response, and as per the City’s advice, the project has been split into two buildings, with the north building lower than the south building. The offsetting of the buildings follows the slope of the site, reduces
the height, and minimizes grade changes between the sidewalk and the ground oriented units facing the street. In addition, a courtyard space has been created between the buildings with amenity rooms located on each side.

The buildings provide further massing relief by stepping back at Levels 5 and 6 to create a four storey emphasis and to mitigate shadow impact on adjacent properties. This also provides generous terrace space for the units on Level 5. The rooftops have amenity terraces complete with planting, children’s play spaces, urban agriculture, BBQ and seating spaces. At the street and the lane, masonry portals are used to define balconies and anchor the building with elements that align with the scale of the neighbourhood.”

The architect for the project is BHA Architecture.

The application is being considered under the Affordable Housing Choices Interim Rezoning Policy.

The full rezoning application can be viewed here: https://rezoning.vancouver.ca/applications/3609-3687arbutusst/index.htm

An OCP Amendment and Rezoning Application has been submitted by Porte Communities for a site located at 1865-1895 Charles Street, on the Western part of Port Moody.

The 96,000 SF site was sold by our team in 2017.

The proposal consists of two condo buildings (appearing as 4-storey and 5-storey buildings on front elevation) that includes:

• 184 condo units;
• 79 one-bedrooms, 86 two-bedrooms & 19 three-bedrooms;
• a total density of 1.85 FAR;
• 279 underground parking spaces.

Due to the slope of the site, the rear building is technically 8-storeys and would require an OCP Amendment. The lots will be rezoned from RS-1 single family to RM-8.

The architect for the project is GBL Architects.