The application explains the rationale for not pursuing 12-storeys, 4.0 FSR in the TOA Rezoning Policy.
The site is located in the Tier 2 radius of the King Edward Canada Line transit station. It will allow a 12-storey building height and 4 FSR, rather than the 6-storey and 2.5 FSR guideline under the current zoning. Since there are numerous uncertainties associated with the proposed changes, this application is being submitted under the current zoning and design guidelines. However, some relaxations are being proposed.
Rezoning and special development permit applications have been submitted by Merchant House Capital to the City of New Westminster for a site at 65 1st Street on the Eastern edge of the Downtown area of New Westminster, near the Pattullo Bridge.
The 49,729 SF site is improved with an 1980’s era lowrise strata building with 61 units that was converted to rentals, called Kinnaird Place.
The site is currently zoned RM-2 which allows a density of 1.80 FSR, but under the new TOA legislation, the site can be built up to 3.0 FSR.
The proposal for the site is for two towers, 35-storeys and 30-storeys in height, and includes:
The site was acquired by Merchant House in 2021 for $22,750,000, or $45 per buildable SF based on the proposed density in the application. The site was listed an sold by Macdonald Commercial in 2021.
QuadReal has unveiled preliminary concept plans for the redevelopment of Capilano Mall in North Vancouver. The plans are being unveiled for community input before a more detailed application in 2025, including a required OCP Amendment.
The 17-acre property has been the subject of preliminary planning on and off since 2019, but got underway again in 2023.
Keltic Development has been given approval to move to first reading on a rezoning application for the Rev’s Bowling site at 5502 Lougheed Highway in the Brentwood area.
The site is located between Lougheed Highway to the north and Goring Street to the south and is designated for High Density Multiple Family Residential within the Brentwood Town Centre Development Plan.
The development proposal is for three residential towers (60-storeys, 54-storeys and 46-storeys) with common 5-storey podium that includes residential uses, live-work units, and commercial space on the ground floor, above a shared underground parkade. A two storey amenity building is proposed in the southeast corner of the site.