Richmond Review – Another trio of high-rises proposed for oval village.

City staff are recommending approval of another set of high-rises in the oval village, but the latest proposal will force some civic bureaucrats out of the neighbourhood.

Hollybridge Limited Partnership is seeking to rezone 5440 Hollybridge Way, a site across the street from the Richmond Olympic Oval whose current tenants include city staff.

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With less than 200,000 SF of new office space built since the completion of Bentall 5 in 2007, and a vacancy rate hovering below 5%, there is finally some new supply on the horizon.  Only Jameson House and the Hotel Georgia offices, both commercial strata office space in mixed-use projects have been built since that time, adding approximately 130,000 SF.

In 2014-2015, over 1,000,000 SF will be added to the downtown market with the addition of 745 Thurlow, Telus Garden and MNP Tower (1021 West Hastings).  All three are at varying stages of demolition or excavation.

Onni Development Corp has completed the purchase of a 1.07 acre residential development site from The University of British Columbia Foundation for $15,375,000.  The property is currently zoned IC-3 and is to be developed as part of the Great Northern Way Campus.

A two-storey retail building has sold at the Southwest corner of Denman and West Georgia Streets in Downtown Vancouver. The building is 9,400 sq ft and tenants include the Running Room. The purchase price was $7,360,000, equating to $780 per sq ft.

New developments spur upgrades in Vancouver’s downtown office market.