An “iconic landmark project” has been put forward by Pinnacle International for a 6.2 acre site in the Lougheed Town Centre area of Burnaby. Based on the preliminary design details, including towers up to 82-storeys in height outlined in the preliminary rezoning application, the towers may become the tallest in B.C..

The site, located at 9858 Gatineau Place has an enviable location directly next to the Skytrain Station and just South of Shape Properties’ 72-acre ‘City of Lougheed‘ / Lougheed Mall site, with its first phase now under construction. A master plan was created for both sites in 2016; however, the Gatineau Place site was subsequently sold to Pinnacle in February 2018 for $220,000,000. The site is currently improved with surface parking lots and a residential sales centre.

Preliminary details for the proposed project include:

• Three residential towers (82-storeys, 67-storeys & 62-storeys);
• up to 1.9 Million SF of market residential (11.91 FAR);
• 20% rental housing (2.16 FAR);
• estimated 430,000 SF of office, retail & hotel uses;
• relocation of Gatineau Place to align with the new north-south Grand Promenade road;
• new covered transit plaza adjacent to the SkyTrain station and bus loop;
• a new pedestrian bridge over Austin Road to connect the covered transit plaza and subject site with the Lougheed Mall site to the north.

The application describes the design rationale: “The ground level for each tower will be animated with retail uses that will activate the public realm and integrate with the transit plaza. The second level will include retail components in each building together with a hotel lobby in the “East Tower” and an office lobby in the “West Tower”. The tower podiums will share common thematic elements and will be interconnected with sky bridges allowing pedestrian movement between buildings and a connection to the Lougheed Mall Precinct.

The three towers will vary in height, with the largest (East Tower) reaching 82 levels comprised of retail, hotel and residential uses. The West Tower will feature retail, office and residential components within 67 levels, while the “South Tower” will be 62 levels in height and will include retail and residential uses. The design is inspired by nature with the three buildings metaphorically representing an ensemble of flowers expressed through appropriate massing and architectural articulation.”

No renderings have been released publicly yet, and there is no word yet on design architects.

Anthem Properties has submitted rezoning and development permit applications for a stacked townhouse project on a 75,681 SF site in Burquitlam. The site is located on Ducklow Street.

The site is an assembly of seven single family lots that are designated as townhouse in the Burquitlam-Lougheed Neighbourhood Plan (BLNP).

The plan for the site includes:

• Seven stacked townhouse buildings;
• 69 units;
  • 16 one-bedrooms, 2 two-bedrooms & 51 three-bedrooms;
• a total density of 1.15 FAR;
• two levels of underground parking with 136 spaces;
• $207,502 in voluntary CACs.

The architect for the project is Integra Architecture.

Anthem assembled the site in 2018 for $21,115,000, or $242 per buildable SF based on the application.

Strand Development has submitted a rezoning application for a 20,164 SF site that it owns at Main Street and East 32nd Avenue in Vancouver. The site at 4745-4795 Main Street is currently a surface parking lot that is zoned C-2 which allows up to 4-storeys, while the rezoning anticipates a 6-storey rental building including:

• 89 market rental units;
  • 16 studios, 42 one-bedrooms, 25 two-bedrooms & 6 three-bedrooms;
• 12,432 SF of retail space;
• a density of 3.67 FSR;
• a maximum height of 72 ft.; and
• 80 underground parking stalls and 156 bike spaces.

The application is being considered under the Secured Market Rental Housing (Rental 100) Policy.

The application describes the design rationale: ” The proposed massing along Main Street is comprised of three components including a six storey corner element on the southeast corner of the site, a centralized four storey street wall characterized by a rhythm of repeating balconies, and a five storey book end. By providing different massing components characterized by differing widths and heights, the building reads as three distinct but related components, thereby reducing the overall scale of the building as viewed from the street frontage. “

The site was acquired in December 2018 for $19,243,000, or $251 per buildable SF based on the application.

The architect for the project is Yamamoto Architecture.