The City of Vancouver has released the Policy Statement for the Heather Lands site, a 21 acre site located just West of Cambie Street, between West 33rd and West 37th. The site is jointly owned by Canada Lands Company,  the Musqueam Indian Band, Squamish Nation and Tsleil-Waututh Nation (the “MST Nations”). It was previously occupied by the RCMP, which moved to a new headquarters in Surrey in 2012. There remains a heritage building on site, the Fairmont building.

A comprehensive planning program was initiated for the site in 2016, which aligned with the recently adopted Cambie Corridor Phase 3 planning program. Several stakeholder and community consultations sessions and open houses occurred over 2017, culminating with the Policy Statement which will guide the future rezoning and redevelopment of individual parcels within the overall Heather Lands site, similar to processes for other large sites like Pearson Dogwood, Oakridge Transit Centre Site, and Langara Gardens.

An important aspect guiding the policy statement has been reconciliation with the MST Nations.

Details of the overall land use policy include:

• An overall maximum density of 2.50 FSR (2,296,000 SF);
• Approx. 2,500 residential units;
• Heights from 3 to 24-storeys;
• A minimum of 20% of units for affordable housing (approx. 530 units);
• 20% of units as ‘attainable home ownership’ (approx. 530 units);
• 20,000 – 60,000 SF of local serving retail & service uses (ie. cafe, small grocery, pharmacy, medical office);
• One acre site for potential 4-storey Conseil Scolaire Francophone school;
• Minimum 4 acres of secured park and open space (min. 2 acres public park);
• A new 69-space childcare facility;
• A cultural centre (minimum 15,000 SF);
• Potential demolition or relocation of the Fairmont building;
• New 35th Avenue connection through site;
• A new neighbourhood commercial street inside the site;
• Extension of Baillie Street and Manson Streets into the site;
• Redesign of Heather Street to accommodate new Heather Street bikeway.

The Policy Statement describes the built form: “The Heather Lands will be characterized by a variety of building forms, including lower forms and townhouses framing parks and open spaces, mid-rise buildings along the streets and some taller buildings organically located to follow the forest trail. The cultural centre and childcare facility will be prominently located on the site, anchoring the neighbourhood heart.”

The full policy report can be viewed here: http://council.vancouver.ca/20180515/documents/rr3.pdf

We are pleased to present this unique opportunity to acquire a full city block at 621-695 West 33rd Avenue. This 42,000 SF site is designated within the recently approved Cambie Corridor Phase 3 Plan for a new 4-storey mixed use development. 

Please download the brochure here: Brochure – 600 Block W 33rd Ave – E Copy

Two new tower proposal go to first reading at the City of Coquitlam next week, one in Burquitlam and one in the City Centre area of Coquitlam. The two projects are detailed below:

545 Sydney Avenue

This proposal is by Ledingham McAlister for a site in the booming Burquitlam neighbourhood along North Road. The site is 0.8 acres and is located at the Northeast corner of Westview Street and Sydney Avenue. 

The site is currently occupied by a 3-storey condo building and the plan calls for rezoning from RM-2 to a Comprehensive Development Zone (CD) based on the RM-6 Multi-Storey High Density Apartment Residential Zone in the Official Community Plan.

The plan is for a new 25-storey residential tower that includes:

• 235 total residential units;
  • 157 condos
  • 78 rental apartments;
• a total density of 5.50 FAR;
• 283 underground parking spaces.

  The site sold in January 2018 for $15,575,000.

The architect for the project is IBI Group.

1108 Westwood Street

Polygon Homes has submitted their application for this site at the southwest corner of Glen Drive and Westwood Street in the City Centre area of Coquitlam. The 1.1 acre site is mostly vacant and comprises an assembly of three lots.

The site sits adjacent a site controlled by Onni (fronting Pinetree Way), which will also be applying for a rezoning for a tower using the same architect, Chris Dikeakos. There is a master plan in place which governs the development of both sites.

The site is located within the City Centre Area Plan (CCAP), is designated City Centre Commercial in the OCP, and is located within the “Core” area of City Centre in the Transit-Oriented Development Strategy (TDS). The proposed rezoning to CD is based on the C-4 Zone which is the applicable zone in the City Centre Commercial designation in the CCAP.

The plan calls for a 40-storey residential tower that includes:

• 273 residential units:
  • 222 condo units;
  • 51 rental apartment units;
• Four retail units;
• 4 floors of office space (24,000 SF total commercial space);
• 19,813 SF of amenity space;
• A total density of 6.40 FAR;
• A total building height of 406 ft.;
• 437 underground parking spaces above and below grade (due to high water table)

We are privileged to present this rare 153′ x 100′ development site at the corner of West 41st Avenue and Maple Street in Kerrisdale. The site is zoned C-2 and allows up to 2.50 FSR density. The site not only features an excellent site size and location, but a rare park-facing lane frontage allowing unobstructed views to the North.

Please download the brochure here: Brochure – 2001-2021 West 41st Ave and contact us for further details.

Listraor has submitted a development application to the City of Vancouver for permission to develop a 4-lot land assembly on Yukon Street in the Marpole area of South Vancouver. The site sits directly across from Winona Park.

The proposal includes:

• 31 townhouse condo units;
• a total density of 1.99 FSR;
• a building height(s) of 45 feet; and
• total of 48 parking spaces and 62 bicycle spaces on site.

The application describes the design rationale:  “This proposal is to develop the property with four buildings arranged around a central courtyard/mews with thirty-one townhomes over one level of underground parking. Each building is four storeys in height with three storey townhomes stacked on top of one storey ground level townhomes. The ground level residences are accessible directly from Yukon Street and the courtyard, and the three storey residences have entries accessible from the courtyard on either side. The upper level is stepped back from the flanking street or lane and has a sloped wall with dormers aligned with the bay forms below to provide a strong visual break in the fronting building elevation. A similar formal expression is applied at the courtyard to include a raked wall with varying bay forms stepped back from a continuous brick mass.”

Under the site’s existing RM-9 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 Raymond Letkeman Architects Inc.