Sightline Properties has submitted the first rezoning application under the City of Vancouver’s TOA Rezoning Policy, adopted by City Council in June 2024 following the Provincial TOA legislation.

The 50,013 SF site at 520-590 West 29th Avenue is a full city block land assembly between Cambie and Ash Street. The site was previously approved in 2022 as a 46-unit townhouse project under the RM-8A zoning under the Cambie Corridor Plan.

As the site is located 500 metres from the King Edward Canada Line Station and under the TOA Rezoning Policy, will allow up to 3.0 FSR (80% market rental, 20% below market rental).

The proposal envisions two 6-storey woodframe rental buildings, with townhouses on the lane. It includes:

• 230 rental units (20% below-market);
• a total density of 3.0 FSR;
• A building height of 69 ft.;
• an 1,800 SF gym on the parkade level with natural light from clerestory windows;
• a single level of underground parking.

The massing and project setbacks are based off of the City’s existing RR-2C District Schedule.

The application is being considered under the Transit-Oriented Areas Rezoning Policy.

The architect for the project is Yamamoto Architecture.

The formal rezoning application for PCI‘s Spring Street application has been released. The preliminary application for the 2.9 acre site was submitted in 2023 and has now been revised for full submission following the TOA legislation.

The site is located east of the Moody Centre SkyTrain Station north of Spring Street and east of Williams Street and consists of four lots, three of which are owned by PCI and the fourth by the Ministry of the Transportation and Infrastructure (MoTI). MoTI intends to retain ownership of this lot, with a long-term lease to PCI for use as a plaza along with four levels of below-grade parking connected to the below grade parking on the PCI owned properties.

The overall plan for the site includes:

• 865 rental units including 44 below market units;
• 67,000 SF of commercial space including a 41,000 SF grocery store;
• a total density of 6.96 FSR;
• 4,000 SF as ground level ‘artist space’;
• a new pedestrian overpass;
• a minimum of 400 parking stalls.

The architect for the project is Perkins + Will.

Polygon has completed on the acquisition of a 0.71 acre site comprising the surface parking lot at Regent College, adjacent the UBC campus on Wesbrook Mall and University Boulevard.

The completion follows the University Endownment Land’s recent approval of a rezoning of the site to allow an 18-storey, 4.0 FAR residential building that includes 108 condos and 49 affordable rental units above ground floor retail.

The sale price for the site was $28,697,000, equating to $234 per buildable SF based on the gross buildable area in the approved application.

Oxford Properties has submitted their rezoning application for 11 East 4th Avenue, a 24,185 SF site at the northeast corner of East 4th and Ontario Street in Mount Pleasant.

The proposal for the site is to allow for the development of a 8-storey mixed-use industrial building and includes:

• 78,000 SF of office/lab space;
• 78,000 SF of industrial space;
• 6,800 SF of ground floor retail space;
• a total density of 6.70 FSR; and
• A building height of 146 ft.

This application is being considered under the Broadway Plan.

The site was acquired by Oxford in 2021 for $30,500,000, or $187 per buildable SF based on the application.

The architect for the project is Chernoff Thompson Architects.

The full rezoning application can be viewed here: https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/11-15-e-4-ave

Strand has submitted a new rezoning application for their site at 360 West 2nd Avenue, which was previously approved for rezoning in 2021 for a 7-storey for lease industrial and office project, branded ‘Three Sixty‘.

Office market conditions and the subsequent adoption of the Broadway Plan have led to design changes incorporating extra height, density and residential rental units, and removal of most of the proposed office space.

The new proposal anticipates a 19-storey mixed-use building that includes:

• 203 rental units;
• 33,319 SF of industrial space;
• 16,424 SF of office space;
• a total density of 11.81 FSR;
• A building height of 211 ft.

This application is being considered under the Broadway Plan. The application requires Official Development Plan (ODP) and Regional Growth Strategy (RGS) amendments.

The architect for the project is Yamamoto Architecture.

The full rezoning application can be viewed here: https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/302-360-w-2-ave