Westbank Projects has closed on the acquisition of 2220 Kingsway in Vancouver. The 2.3 acre site was purchased from Manulife Financial for $34,088,000, representing approximately $107 per buildable sq ft.

The site, currently occupied by Canadian Tire for at least another year, will likely be rezoned to accommodate a mixed-use retail/residential development under the guidelines of the Norquay Village Neighbourhood Centre Plan, which, because of the large nature of the site, will likely allow a density of 3.2 to 3.5 FSR for a residential/commercial development with towers as high as 14-storeys.

Regency Towers, an 11-storey, 112 unit building located at 706 Queens Avenue in New Westminster has been bought by a private investor for $14,975,000, representing $133,000 per unit.

The New Westminster apartment market continues to see a strong pace of transaction activity bolstered by strong fundamentals and relatively attractive prices on a per unit basis.

La Carina Apartments, a 12-storey 37-unit building located at 1937 Pendrell Street in the West End of Vancouver has sold for $13,500,000, representing $365,000 per unit.

The vendor and purchaser were both private investors.

Reliance Properties has acquired The Pemberton Building, 744 West Hastings Street in Downtown Vancouver, B.C. The building is a 65,000 sq ft, 8-storey C-Class office building built in 1912.

The purchase price was $19,000,000, representing $291 per sq ft.

Ted Mildon and Derek May of Colliers acted on behalf of the Vendor and Purchaser in the transaction.

Polygon Homes has submitted a rezoning application to the City of Burnaby to develop a 33-storey, 253 unit tower at the corner of Dow Avenue and Beresford Street adjacent Metrotown. The site is just over one acre in size, and the total density is 227,700 sq ft, representing 5.0 FAR as per the density bonus provisions in the Burnaby Zoning Bylaw by adding a new suffix (‘s’) for the RM3, RM4 and RM5 Districts. There will be no commercial component.

The proposal will go to public hearing September 20, 2011.

Source: City of Burnaby