The design for a proposed 32-storey office building at the corner of Granville and Cordova (currently a multi-level parking garage) have been changed in advance of an Urban Design Panel meeting next week. As we reported last year, the project is for an office tower with a density of 25.5 FSR and 380,000 sq. ft.

Here’s a look at the new design:

Photos courtest: Built Form @ SSP

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‘Modello’

Boffo Developments‘ project at 6225-6255 Cassie Avenue has now gone through the first reading stage of rezoning, and has been referred to a rezoning scheduled for May 28, 2013. The plan is for a 170-unit, 37-storey residential tower above a commercial podium with frontages on Beresford and Willingdon Avenue. The commercial component will include retail, office and a liquor primary establishment.

The project is being rezoned under the Metrotown Centre Development Plan, which allows higher density for existing RM-3 and RM-5 zoned properties.

Project stats:

• Site area: 46,166 SF
• Total density: 6.28 FAR
• Total floor area: Residential: 224,323 SF; Retail/Rest: 24,959 SF; Office: 33,600 SF
• Unit Mix: 170 units              (36 one-bedrooms, 87 two-bedrooms, 47 3-bedrooms)

Source: City of Burnaby, Boffo Developments