Skyllen Pacific has submitted a development application to the City of Vancouver for permission to develop a 30,000 SF site at 1116-1140 Pendrell Street, just West of Thurlow Street in the West End. The site is immediately West of the Central Presbyterian rental tower developed in 2018.
The site is an assembly of two lots zoned RM-5B, a 43-unit strata, and a 16-unit rental lowrise. Skyllen acquired the two lots in 2018 for a combined $57,200,000.
The plan for the site includes a new 18-storey condo tower flanked by two 3-storey market rental buildings. The proposal includes the following:
- 109 condo units;
- 69 one-bedrooms, 37 two-bedrooms & 3 three-bedrooms;
- 16 market rental units;
- 4 studios, 6 one-bedrooms & 6 two-bedrooms;
- a building height of 175 ft;
- a total density of 3.03 FSR;
- four levels of underground parking having access from the lane.
The application describes the design rationale: “The tower massing is reminiscent of books standing on end of varying heights, shiftingback and forth. The rental buildings are massed as simple boxes shifting in plan and in elevation in 1,2 and 3 storeys. It is a playful massing serving a counterpart to the tower’s shifting books. Materials consist of burgundy brick masonry along the first storey and a cream coloured fibre cement horizontal siding on the upper levels. The tower is clad in the same burgundy brick masonry along the side elevations and cream coloured terracotta panels along the front and lane. The natural earth tone materials are meant to anchor the building in the proposed park setting and complement the historic houses.”
Under the site’s existing RM-5B zoning, the application is “conditional” so it may be permitted. However, it requires the decision of the Development Permit Board.
The architect for the project is W.T. Leung Architects.
