The fate of Cressey’s proposed development at Arbutus & 16th will likely be decided on October 22nd by Vancouver’s Development Permit Board. The Development Permit Board deferred a decision on the project to October 22nd from their previous meeting on October 9th.
See the Development Permit Staff Committee Report HERE.
See the Development submission HERE.
One of the first major rezoning hearings in a new wave of development along East Hastings Street happens tonight:
“GBL Architects, on behalf of Wall Financial, has applied to the City of Vancouver to rezone 955 East Hastings Street from M-1 (Industrial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District. The application proposes a mixed-use development including commercial and light industrial uses at street level and below, with residential in the upper floors. The form includes three mid-rise elements ranging from 10 to 12 storeys in height with a proposed density of 6.0 FSR. The residential component includes 282 market units and 70 non-market units”
View the rezoning page HERE.
Oxford Properties Group upped the ante on Friday among Toronto’s casino suitors with details of a $3-billion plus proposal for a swath of downtown real estate next to the Rogers Centre that would see black jack tables among a new hotel, residential, office space and a redeveloped Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
The group hired Foster + Partners, the architects behind Abu Dhabi’s Masdar City Development, Washington’s Smithsonian Institute and London’s Canary Wharf Underground Station, to sketch out a master plan for Oxford Place, located on 11 acres on the south side of Front Street, between Simcoe Street and Blue Jay Way.”
Click HERE for the full article.