Wesgroup has submitted their rezoning application for the ‘Balfour Block’, a unique 101,883 SF (2.3 acre) site located at West 18th Avenue and Laurel Street in the Cambie Village area, just East of Oak Street. The existing site contains 16 older duplex buildings that will be replaced.

The proposal calls for the development of a 6-storey rental building; a 6-storey condo building with a rooftop amenity and a childcare space on the ground floor and six 4-storey and two 3-storey stacked townhome buildings.

The proposal includes:

• 241 total units;
• 84 townhouses;
• 57 condo units;
• 100 secured rental units (with 25% at below-market rates);
• A total density of 2.16 FSR;
• Building heights of 37.5 ft. to 82.6 ft.;
• 334 vehicle parking spaces and 630 bicycle parking spaces.

The application is being considered under the Cambie Corridor Plan and theRezoning Policy for Large Sustainable Developments.

Wesgroup acquired the site in 2015 for $46,200,000 or $210 per buildable SF based on the application.

The architect for the project is Formwerks.

We are pleased to introduce this rare opportunity to acquire a 50 ft. lot primed for commercial development directly across from a Skytrain Station and in amongst one of Vancouver’s trendiest and most sought after neighbourhoods. The site does not require rezoning, and allows development up to 7.0 FSR. 

Please contact us for further details.

A rezoning application has been submitted by Three Shores Development for a mid-block site at 145-153 East 4th Street in the Lower Lonsdale area of North Vancouver.

The plan for the 17,284 SF calls to allow a new 6-storey rental apartment building. The existing site consists of two older apartment buildings totaling 20 units that will be replaced.

Details include:

• 69 market rental units;
• 7 mid-market rental units;
• 20 studios, 29 one-bedrooms, 10 two-bedrooms & 10 three-bedrooms;
• a total density of 2.57 FSR;
• 52 underground parking spaces.

The architect for the project is Integra Architecture.

The site had been listed for sale in 2019 with an asking price of $9,850,000.

A preliminary proposal has been put forward by Canderel for a site on Inglewood Avenue, just East of Taylor Way in West Vancouver.

The pre-application website can be viewed here.

The site is an assembly of five single family lots totaling 61,237 SF. The site sits adjacent Cedardale Elementary School. The current zoning is RS3 and the proposal would seek to designate the zoning based upon RM2 & RM5.

Details of the proposal include:

• 52 stacked townhouse units;
• 13 one-bedroom garden flats, 23 two-bedrooms & 16 three-bedrooms;
• a total density of 1.08 FAR;
• 126 underground parking spaces.

The pre-application website describes the design rationale:

“The homes would be designed to comply with Step 4 of the BC Energy Code, a superior level of energy efficient building.

The single entrance to the site will be off of Inglewood Avenue.  

Three-storey townhomes along Inglewood Avenue would have a strong street presence with individual front entrances and yards.  The townhomes step back at the third floor reducing the scale of the buildings along the street to fit in with the existing 1 and 2 storey single family homes.” 

The rezoning proposal is seeking consideration under West Vancouver’s current Official Community Plan, in particular with the policy (2.1.7) that supports the creation of “missing middle” housing options such as rowhouses, triplexes and other multi-family formats that create options for families and down-sizers.

The architect for the project is Integra Architecture.

A rezoning application has been submitted by Point Grey Developments for the site at 5 West 2nd Avenue, the Big City’s Autobody site at the Northwest corner of West 2nd and Ontario in the Southeast False Creek area of Vancouver.

The site has been owned by a local family since the 1960’s.

The proposal is to allow for the development of an 18-storey rental building with commercial uses at grade. The zoning would change from M-2 to CD and the project includes:

• 122 market rental units;
• 20% of the residential floor area assigned to moderate income households;
• 21 studios, 57 one-bedrooms, 36 two-bedrooms & 8 three-bedrooms;
• 4,893 SF of retail space at grade;
• A density of 7.77 FSR;
• A building height of 181 ft.;
• 53 parking spaces and 232 bicycle spaces.

The application is being considered under the Southeast False Creek Official Development Plan and the Below-Market Rental Housing Policy for Rezonings.

The architect for the project is MA+HG Architects Inc.