Coromandel Properties and Peterson Group have submitted two concurrent rezoning applications for sites in the Oakridge area. The rezonings contemplate two condo towers on Manson Street, and the required 30% social housing requirement to be placed on a nearby site at Ash Street and West 37th.

These applications represent the first transfer of social housing density between sites in the Cambie Corridor Plan. To date, no proposals have been made in the Oakridge Municipal Centre area with a blend of condo and social housing.

Manson Street Site

The proposal on Manson Street is for an assembly of 5 single family lots at 5392-5472 Manson St. The proposal is to allow for the development of two 18-storey condo buildings over four levels of underground parking. The proposal includes:

• 248 condo units;
  • 76 one-bedrooms, 146 two-bedrooms & 26 three-bedrooms;
• A total density of 5.6 FSR;
• A building height of 197 ft.; and
• 266 vehicle parking spaces and 567 bicycle parking spaces.

The architect for this project is IBI Group.

Ash Street Site

The proposal for the site at Ash and West 37th Avenue anticipates rezoning a 3-lot single family assembly to allow for the development of the social housing component to be transferred from the Manson site above. The rezoning at 5250-5270 Ash St and 595 W 37th Ave calls for a 6-storey building that includes:

• 77 social housing units;
• a total density of 2.97 FSR;
• A building height of 75 ft.; and
• 31 vehicle parking spaces and 162 bicycle parking spaces.

The architect for the Ash Street project is NSDA Architects.

Both applications are being considered under the Cambie Corridor Plan.

Placemaker Development has submitted an OCP Amendment, Heritage Revitalization Agreement and Development Permit application for the 2400 Block between Clarke and Spring Streets and between Kyle and Queens Streets in Port Moody.

The proposal involves: an amendment to the OCP to increase the maximum height to six storeys for those portions of the block currently limited to three storeys; approval of a Heritage Revitalization Agreement to enable the relocation of a heritage building at 2419 Clarke Street; and, issuance of a development permit for the new buildings.

This proposal includes:

• two, 6 storey, mixed use residential/commercial buildings separated by a pedestrian mews;
• 184 residential units consisting of:
  • 110 condo units
  • 60 market rental units and,
  • 14 below market rental units, including 13 live/work units;
• 24,405 SF of commercial space;
• a total density of 3.22 FSR;
• 252 vehicle parking spaces on 2 underground levels, 273 residential and commercial bicycle spaces; and
• relocation of the existing heritage building presently located at 2419 Clarke Street to the corner of Clarke Street and Queens Street Plaza to be used for commercial purposes.

The architect for the project is GBL Architects.

Enso Group has submitted a rezoning application for a 5-lot land assembly on East Broadway and Semlin, near Commercial Drive. The proposal for the 20,000 SF site at 1961-1995 E Broadway and 2465 Semlin is to allow for the development of a 6-storey mixed-use building with retail space at grade.

The application is being made under the Grandview-Woodland Community Plan.

Details include:

• 73 condo units;
  • 46 one-bedrooms, 20 two-bedrooms & 7 three-bedrooms;
• A total density of 3.0 FSR;
• A building height of 23 m (75.3 ft.); and
• 91 vehicle parking spaces and 150 bicycle parking spaces.

The architect for the project is Urban Solutions Architecture Ltd.

A full city block on the West side of Cambie Street between West 27th and West 29th has sold to Aria Pacific Development for $34,000,000 or approx. $336 per buildable SF based on an anticipated density of 2.50 FSR per the site’s 6-storey designation in the Cambie Corridor Plan.

The site had previously been assembled between 2016 and 2020 for a total of $40.8 Million by developer Amy Washington. It had been listed for sale since 2021 with a combined asking price of $39,920,000.

A development application has been submitted to the City of Vancouver for permission to develop a 4-storey mixed-use building on a 36,600 SF assembly of seven single family lots on Nanaimo Street between East 10th and East 11th Avenues.

• 72 condos;
• ground floor retail space;
• a total density of 2.5 FSR;
• A proposed height of 55 ft.;
• Two levels of underground parking, providing a total of 11 parking spaces having vehicular access from lane.

Under the site’s existing C-2 zoning, the application is “conditional” so it may be permitted. However, it requires the decision of the Director of Planning.

The architect for the project is Ekistics Architecture.