Qualex Landmark has submitted an application to rezone a site at the Northeast corner of Kingsway and Fraser Street for a new highrise rental project under the Broadway Plan.

The 18,000 SF site at 701 Kingsway is currently a strip centre built in 1987 and is zoned C-2 .

The rezoning proposal is to allow for the development of a 24-storey building that includes:

• 201 rental units;
• 41 below market rental units (20%);
• Commercial space on the ground floor and on Level 2;
• A total density of 8.50 FSR;
• A building height of 277 ft. with additional height for rooftop amenity space and mechanical appurtenances.

This application is being considered under the Broadway Plan.

The architect for the project is RWA Architecture.

The full rezoning application can be viewed here: https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/701-kingsway

Cressey Developments has submitted a development application to the City of Vancouver for the redevelopment of ‘Quilchena Gardens’, a 3.0 acre site at the corner of Arbutus and West 32nd on the Westside of Vancouver.

The site is currently improved with 1960’s era lowrise buildings and has been the subject of speculation regarding redevelopment for the last several years.

A rezoning enquiry by the previous owners contemplated a medium density redevelopment with upwards of 500 rental, condo and social housing units in buildings up to 14-storeys; however, that plan never proceed to a formal rezoning and the site was eventually sold to Cressey in 2022 for $76,000,000.

Rather than pursue a complex rezoning process for the site, Cressey has decided to pursue a development under the existing zoning from 1963, with two-storey townhouses.

Details of the proposed development include:

• Twenty 2-storey townhouse buildings;
• 102 total units;
  • 33 rentals (20 one-bedrooms, 13 two-bedrooms)
  • 69 condos (two and three-bedrooms from 1,417 SF to 2,539 SF)
• One level of underground parking, accessed from lane.

Under the site’s existing CD-1 (26) zoning, the application is “conditional” so it may be permitted. However, it is subject to approval of the Form of Development, and it requires the decision of the Development Permit Board.

The architect for the project is Formwerks Architectural.