Here is the latest construction update on one of Vancouver’s most interesting highrise developments, Vancouver House.
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A rezoning application has been submitted for a 15,177 SF, four-lot assembly mid-block site at 8444-8480 Oak Street. The proposal is for a six-storey residential building that includes:
The application is being considered under the Marpole Community Plan.
The architect for the project is AVRP Architecture.
The site sold in 2016 for $9,002,000, or $237 per buildable SF based on the application.
A 17,263 SF site at the Northeast corner of Robson Street and Cardero Street has sold to Vivagrand Developments for a purchase price of $79,500,000. The site is designated within the West End Community Plan to allow a density for a highrise, up to a total density 8.75 FSR.
The site, formerly occupied in part by Blockbuster Video, sits directly South across the lane from Westbank’s project at 1550 Alberni.
One of the current retail tenants in the property was featured today in a CBC in a story regarding skyrocketing property taxes.
