A development application has been submitted for a land assembly in Mount Pleasant. The plan is for a new 3-storey condo building while preserving and restoring the existing 4-unit building at 547 East 16th Avenue that was built in 1912. The site is 15,117 SF, and is zoned RM-4. Details include:
A rare 50′ x 125′ RM-4 zoned single family lot in the South Granville area is being planned for a 4-storey, 5-unit condo building utilizing a courtyard rowhouse scheme. The owners (a numbered company) of the lot at 815 West 15th Avenue (near Willow Street) are seeking development permit approval for:
A description in the application: “The intent is to provide for ground-oriented housing with greater access to light and air, per dwelling unit, than would otherwise be provided for in a four-storey multi-family building. The inner courtyard offers additional privacy with the majority of windows oriented toward the inner 20′ wide courtyard. Many windows also face the street/lane. This massing and siting approach inherently requires a relaxation of setback requirements, which are intended to produce a “lozenge-shaped” apartment building.”
The lot was purchased in July 2014 for $2,480,000, or $273 per buildable SF.
Listraor, a local development company that specializes in townhouses, is planning their third development near Oak and 41st, in between two other townhouse project already approved earlier this year.
Currently zoned RS-1, the lots in question total 14,392 and are being proposed for rezoning to townhouse under the Oakridge Langara Policy Statement. Details include:
The site sits between two other Listraor projects that have already been approved. To the North is a 12-unit townhouse project, and to the South – a 19-unit townhouse project.
Tianco Group has applied to rezone a 26,579 SF site at 526-548 West King Edward Avenue from RS-1 to CD-1 under the guidelines of the Cambie Corridor Plan. The proposal is for a 6-storey residential building and five townhouses along the lane, including:
The site is an assembly of three single family lots that were assembled and sold in 2011.
More details on the rezoning application can be found here.
A preliminary design concept has been released for Bosa Properties’ site at 1500 West Georgia. While still in the early stages and not yet submitted as a formal application, the development plan looks promising and certainly different. The property currently has an office building and the Eastern portion of the site can be redeveloped with a new residential tower. Details on the project from the architect, Ole Scheeren:
“Architect Ole Scheeren has unveiled his first solo project outside of Asia – a Vancouver skyscraper that will feature a series of offset apartments protruding from the facade in a cluster of irregularly stacked glass boxes (+ slideshow).”