Townline has applied to the City of Richmond for permission to rezone a 97,400 SF site on the west side of No 3 Road in Richmond. The assembly of four lots is located at the corner of Lansdowne Road, across from Lansdowne Centre. The lots are improved with older lowrise commercial buildings including the Milan Ilich Arthritis Research Centre. The site sits directly South of another large scale rezoning proposal currently in the latter stages of approval, named ‘Atmosphere‘, and directly across from the Lansdowne Canada Line Station.

The proposal calls to rezone the properties at 5591,5631,5651 and 5671 No.3 Road to “High Density Mixed Use – Lansdowne Village (City Centre)” in order to permit a high-density commercial, office and residential use development.

The proposal is for a new mixed use development comprised of a podium and tower form of development with below and above grade parking, ground level commercial, a signature 12-storey office tower and three 10-storey residential towers.

Details include:

• 365 residential units;
  • 354 condos;
  • 20 affordable housing units (low end market rental);
• 19,279 SF of retail space on the ground level;
• 77,740 SF of office space;
• a total density of 4.0 FAR;
• A 6,000 SF on-site community facility;
• Dedication for new north-south road on West side of site;
• Design, construction and transfer to the City of the area of the site designated for the Lansdowne linear park;
• 548 parking spaces (below and above grade).

The architect for the project is Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership.

Anthem Properties has submitted rezoning applications for two sites in the Metrotown area of Burnaby. If the applications are approved at Council, they will move forward to public hearing next month.

The proposals are:

6444 Willingdon Avenue & 4241 Maywood Street

The plan for this 65,486 SF site located at the comer of Willingdon Avenue and Maywood Street is a new 42-storey highrise, with townhouses fronting Maywood Street and Cassie Avenue, and a 3-storey non-market rental building. The site is in the Maywood neighbourhood and is utilizing the RM5s and RMS Multiple Family Residential Districts and Metrotown Downtown Plan as guidelines.

Details of this proposal include:

• 378 units;
  • 348 condo units;
  • 30 non-market rental units (New Vista Society);
• a total density of 5.32 FAR;
• a total tower height of 430 ft.;
• 470 underground parking spaces.

6075 Wilson Avenue

This site is located at the comer of Wilson Avenue and Central Boulevard and totals 62,641 SF. The Metrotown Downtown Plan identifies this neighbourhood as a high density neighbourhood with a garden-like setting that is defined by its relationships to Central Park, Kingsway, the BC Parkway and Patterson SkyTrain station. The rezoning policy for the site is based upon the RM5s and RM3 designations.

The proposed development plan is for a single 45-storey condo tower oriented towards the comer of Central Boulevard and Wilson Avenue with a 4-storey townhouse podium oriented towards Wilson Avenue and a 4-storey non-market rental housing component oriented towards Central Boulevard.

Details include:

• 379 units;
  • 347 condo units;
  • 32 non-market rental units;
• a total density of 5.37 FAR;
• a total tower height of 425 ft.;
• 419 underground parking spaces.

The architect for both projects is listed as GBL Architects.

A rezoning application has been submitted for a 4-lot land assembly at 1535-1557 Grant Street in the Grandview Woodland area of East Vancouver. The plan calls to rezone the 13,060 SF site from RM-4N to allow a 6-storey residential building over one level of underground praking and includes:

• • 38 secured rental housing units;
  • 22 one-bedrooms, 8 two-bedrooms & 8 three-bedrooms;
  • a total density of 2.25 FSR;
  • a building height of 63.6 ft; and
  • 23 parking spaces (including one care share).

This application is being considered under the Grandview-Woodland Community Plan.

The architect for the project is Stuart Howard Architects.