After holding preliminary open houses late last year to unveil the First Baptist Church redevelopment to the public and the media, Westbank has now submitted their formal rezoning application for the Bing Thom designed project at 969 Burrard St. & 1019-1045 Nelson Street. The specific details of the project have now been finalized for rezoning application purposes.

Major details of the proposal includes:

• • restoration of First Baptist Church;
  • new church ancillary spaces, including a 37-space child daycare, a gymnasium, a counselling centre and offices;
  • a new 8-storey building containing 66 social housing units, owned by the church;
  • a new 56-storey tower containing 294 market strata residential units;
  • a combined total new floor area of 559,925 SF.
  •  a total density of 10.79 FSR;
  • 497 underground vehicle parking spaces.

This rezoning application is being considered under the Rezoning Policy for the West End and the West End Community Plan.

As the building sits at an elevation of 167 ft above sea level, it will appear as one of the tallest buildings on the Downtown skyline, only slightly shorter than Shangri-la and Trump Tower.

Further detail on the rezoning application can be found here: http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/planning/rezoning/applications/969burrard/index.htm

A rezoning application has been filed for an 11,066 SF site at the Southwest corner of Cambie and King Edward; a site that had been orphaned from the adjacent development by Dava Development, “Parc 26” now under construction and nearly sold out. The proposed plan for 512 West King Edward Avenue is for a 6-storey residential building that includes:

• 50 secured market rental units;
• a building height of 67.75 ft
• a density of 3.0 FSR;
• 37 vehicle parking spaces and 71 bicycle spaces.

The application is being considered under the Cambie Corridor Plan and the Secured Market Rental Housing Policy.

The architect for the project is Arno Matis Architecture.

Here is a construction update on Serracan Properties‘ latest office building project at the southeast corner of Seymour St. and West Pender St. in Downtown Vancouver.

510 Seymour will be 82,000 square feet and 10-storeys tall. Upon completion, the majority of the building will be occupied by Adler University and shoes.com.

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