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.

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.

Westland Homes’ proposal for a 52,532 SF Metrotown land assembly at 6450-6508 Telford Avenue will head to public hearing next week.

The subject site is within the Maywood neighbourhood of the Metrotown Downtown Plan area and is comprised of four properties: two strata buildings, a rental building and a vacant lot.

The Metrotown Downtown Plan designates the subject site for high-density multiple family residential development under the RM5s Multiple Family Residential District as a guideline.

The site will be subdivided into two legal parcels. The proposal on the northern parcel is for a 51-storey high rise building comprised of 44 levels of market strata residential uses atop a commercial podium with 6 levels of offices and one level of street fronting retail. The southern parcel is proposed to be developed with a 22-storey market and non-market rental apartment building.

Details include:

• 575 total residential units;
• 408 condos;
• 167 rental units;
• 68,409 SF of office and retail space;
• a total density of 9.13 FAR;
• building heights of 575 ft and 222 ft.;
• 1,170 parking stalls.

The architect for the project is Chris Dikeakos.

Bosa Properties, in partnership with Kingswood Properties, has submitted their rezoning application for the site they own at the Southwest corner of Alberni Street and Bidwell; half a block East of Denman Street in the West End of Vancouver.

The site is an assembly of two existing strata residential properties. The smaller strata building at 735 Bidwell was acquired in 2015 for $43,680,000.

The proposal, entitled “1700 Alberni” is to allow for the development of two residential towers (30-storey east tower and 34-storey west tower) over a five-storey mixed-used podium. The zoning would change from RM-5C to CD-1 District. The proposal includes:

• 401 condo units;
• 12 studios, 160 one-bedrooms, 199 two-bedrooms & 30 three-bedrooms;
• 14,700 SF of ground floor retail;
• a 24-space childcare facility;
• A total density of 10.88 FSR;
• Building heights of 345 ft. for the east tower and 385 ft. for the west tower;
• 499 vehicle parking spaces, 20 visitor parking spaces, 3 commercial parking spaces, 2 childcare parking spaces, and 524 bicycle parking spaces

The application is being considered under the Rezoning Policy for the West End.

The architect for the project is Heatherwick Studio, in partnership with local team IBI Group.

The full rezoning application can be viewed here: https://shapeyourcity.ca/1728-alberni-st-and-735-bidwell-st

Alabaster Homes has submitted a rezoning application for a land assembly of 8 single family residential lots at 4992-5138 Ash Street, one block West of Cambie and just North of West 35th Avenue.

This area was redesignated as part of the Cambie Corridor Phase 3 Plan in 2018 to allow condo buildings up to 4-storeys, or rental buildings up to 6-storeys (buildings fronting West 35th are permitted up to 6 storeys for condo or 8 storeys for rental). In this case, Alabaster has elected to pursue a condo development.

The proposal for this site is to allow for the development of two 4-storey buildings and one 6-storey building and includes:

• 133 condo units;
• 7 studios, 39 one-bedrooms, 59 two-bedrooms & 28 three-bedrooms;
• A total density of 2.0 FSR;
• A building height of 67 ft.;
• 185 vehicle parking spaces and 242 bicycle parking spaces.

The proposal also accomodates a City requirement to dedicate the Southern 35 ft. to allow a dedication for the extension of West 35th from Cambie to Ash Street.

The application is being considered under the Cambie Corridor Plan.

The architect for the project is GBL Architects.