A development application has been submitted for a 12,422 SF, three lot land assembly on Nanaimo Street near Kingsway (at Galt Street) in East Vancouver. The proposal consists of a 4-storey building, including:

• 27 condo units;
• a total density of 1.97 FSR;
• a building height of 44.95 ft.;
• two levels of underground parking providing a total of 33 parking spaces having vehicular access from the lane.

The building is split level and so the elevator will have two doors.

Under the site’s existing RM-9AN 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 Matthew Cheng.

A rezoning application has been submitted to add rental apartments to an existing rental apartment property at 1552 Esquimalt Avenue in West Vancouver. Ambleside Towers is a 21-storey, 185 unit concrete highrise built in 1970 on a nearly two acre site. The plan calls for the addition of new rental units on the underutilized Western portion of the site.

The application was initially made in 2016 but put on hold as part of West Vancouver’s revised OCP process. The proposal was brought forward again in late 2018 and now seek public input.

The proposal includes the following:

• a new 17-storey rental apartment tower;
• 131 rental units (including 20 ground oriented units)
  • 16 studios, 60 one-bedrooms, 54 two-bedrooms & 1 three-bedroom unit;
• a total combined site density of 2.99 FAR;
• a total building height of 170 ft.;
• 83 new parking spaces (for a total on site of 208)

The architect for the project is Buttjes Architecture.

Strand Developments has applied to the City of Vancouver for permission to develop an 18,772 SF site at the corner of West 2nd Avenue and Alberta Street in the Olympic Village area. The site at 302 West 2nd Avenue is zoned I-1 in the Mount Pleasant Industrial Zone.

The proposal is for a 4-storey building with manufacturing uses on the ground floor and office space above. Details include:

• 18,772 SF of manufacturing space;
• 37,545 SF of office space;
• a total density of 3.0 FSR;
• a building height of 60 ft.;
• three levels of underground parking (74 stalls) having access from the lane.
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Under the site’s existing I-1 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 MCMP.

The full development application can be viewed here: https://development.vancouver.ca/pc302w2nd/index.htm

Strand acquired the site in 2015 for $11,250,000, or $200 per buildable SF based on the application.