A development application has been submitted by Rendition Developments to the City of Vancouver for permission to develop a 99′ x 122′ site at 224 West 8th Avenue in the Mount Pleasant area. The site is currently improved with an old two-storey office building.

This area has seen a slew of applications since the I-1 zone was changed in 2013 to permit more general office use to a density of 3.0 FSR.

The plan for this site is for a 4-storey, mixed-use building consisting of:

• Manufacturing uses on the first storey and mezzanine above;
• General Office uses on the second through fourth storeys;
• a total density of 3.0 FSR;
• a total building size of 36,258 SF;
• two levels of underground parking, providing 51 parking spaces

Under the site’s existing I-1 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 Mallen Gowing Berzins Architecture.

The site was acquired by Rendition in February 2017 for $9,500,000 or $262 per buildable SF.

Rejoyce Investment Corp. has submitted a rezoning application to rezone a single 38 x 112 ft. commercial lot at 4459 Rupert Street, between East 28th and East 29th Avenue. The building is to be called “The Monad on Rupert Street”, modeled after a similar 5-unit building constructed in Kits in 2010. 

The existing zoning of the 4,270 SF site is C-1 (Commercial), and the plan is to redevelop  site with  a 4-storey mixed-use building. This is a concurrent rezoning and development permit application.

The proposal includes:

• 14 rental apartment units;
• Four studios, 5 one-bedrooms & 5 two-bedrooms;
• 2,424 SF of retail space;
• A total density of 2.40 FSR;
• A building height of 49 ft.; and
• 9 parking spaces and 30 bicycle parking spaces.

2nd Floor Plan

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

The architect for the project is Lang Wilson Practice in Architecture Culture (LWPAC).

The much anticipated rezoning application has been formally submitted to the City of Vancouver for the Brickhouse site at the corner of Main and Union on the Southern edge of Chinatown. The rezoning had been displayed in late last year and into this year at public open houses.  

The plan for the site at 728-796 Main Street is to rezone from the existing HA-1A District to a CD-1 to allow for a 15-storey mixed-use development that includes:

• commercial space on the ground level and mezzanine;
• 19 social housing units, located on mezzanine and second levels, to replace existing Single Room Accommodation (SRA) units on site (social housing to be owned by the City);
• a building height of 150 ft.;
• a density of 8.12 FSR;
• 99 market residential units from levels 3 to 15; and
• four levels of underground parking

The application is made under the Rezoning Policy for Chinatown South (HA-1A).

The architect for the project is Studio One Architecture.

A second major rezoning application has been submitted in Grandview-Woodland, just weeks after 149 units were announced earlier this month at Victoria & 11th.

Jameson Development Corp. has submitted an application to rezone a 15,738 SF site on the North side of Broadway just West of commercial at 1619-1651 East Broadway. The rezoning will be from the existing RM-4N zone to CD-1 to permit the development of a 10-storey mixed-use building.

The proposal includes:

• 93 total units (47 market rental units and 46 market strata units);
• 5,245 SF of ground floor retail space;
• A total density of 4.00 FSR;
• A height of approximately 32.3 m (105.8 ft.);
• 75 underground parking spaces; and
• 117 bicycle parking spaces.

This application is being considered under the Grandview-Woodland Community Plan. The rezoning policy allows for ‘mixed-tenure’ whereby 50% strata is allowed if the other 50% of the units are secured rental.

The architect for the project is IBI Group.

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