Executive Group Development has applied to the City of Vancouver for permission to develop the old Edward Chapman site at 833 West Pender Street with a 13-storey hotel. This is the first hotel to be built in the downtown core since the Coast Coal Harbour Hotel completed in 2010.

The unusually small 52′ x 120′ site was acquired by Executive Group late last year for $19,000,000 ($298 per buildable SF) and had since been rumoured for the hotel development in conjunction with a portion of the adjacent Exchange Building being converted to hotel use as well.

The proposal includes the following:

• 106 hotel rooms (9 rooms per floor)
  
• Restaurant on the ground floor;
• Building height of approximately 153.7 ft;
• A total density of 10.2 FSR;
• Total floor area of 63,865 SF; and
• 9 underground valet parking spaces accessed from the lane.

The proposed building requires a variance for the number of parking stalls being provided underground.

Under the site’s existing DD 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 Studio One Architecture.

A development application has been submitted to the City of Vancouver for permission to develop a two-lot assembly in Marpole at the corner of West 62nd Avenue and Columbia Street.

The plan for the RM-9 zoned, 9,681 SF site includes a 4-storey building with:

• 26 rental apartment units
• a total density of 1.91 FSR
• 19 underground parking spaces on one level of underground

Under the site’s existing RM-9 zoning, the application is “conditional”. The site falls just a few feet short of the required 90 ft. minimum site frontage and so the proponent has appealed to the Board of Variance. There is no CAC payable in this area of the Marpole Community Plan if the project is 100% rental. If the 90 ft. minimum site frontage is enforced, the project would be limited to 1.50 FSR.

The site was assembled between 2015 and 2016 for a total of $5,568,000, or $302 per buildable SF based on the proposed development.

The architect for the project is Stuart Howard Architects.

Two more towers are planned for the Burquitlam area of Coquitlam. This application comes from Anthem for a 2 acre site in between Brookmere Park and Vancouver Golf Club at 585 Austin Avenue, East of North Road. The development would replace an existing 58-unit strata townhouse complex on the site.

The proposal requires rezoning from the existing RS-1 zone to RM-6 Multi-Storey High Density Residential to allow two highrise buildings.The site falls within the Transit-Oriented Development Strategy “Shoulder” area of Lougheed Skytrain Station.

Details include:

• 379 residential units
• 139 one-bedrooms, 285 two-bedrooms, 55 three-bedrooms
• a 23-storey tower and a 28-storey tower
• a total density of 4.0 FAR
• 22,000 SF of amenity space
• 576 parking spaces on 3.5 floors of underground parking

The architect for the project is IBI Group.

Port Living has applied to the City of Vancouver for permission to develop a four-storey, mixed-use building at 702 East Broadway, at the Southeast corner of Broadway and Fraser in the Mount Pleasant area.

Project details include:

• 35 condo units in a 4-storey woodframe building
• 20 studio units, 9 one-bedrooms and 6 two-bedrooms
• 2 retail CRU’s at ground level totaling 5,761 SF
• a total density of 3.0 FSR
• 2 levels of underground parking

Under the site’s existing C-2C 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 Studio B Architects.

The development application can be viewed in detail here: http://development.vancouver.ca/pc702ebroadway/index.htm

GWL Realty Advisors have applied to the City of Vancouver for permission to develop a 99′ x 131′ site at 1500 Robson Street (at the Southwest corner of Robson and Nicola). The plan is  for a new 21 storey market rental tower.  The proposal includes the following:

• 127 market rental apartment units;
• 33 studios, 52 one-bedrooms, 42 two and three bedrooms;
• 5,469 SF of retail on the ground floor;
• a total density of 7.70 FSR;
• a building height of 210 ft.;  and
• 84 parking stalls four levels of underground parking accessed from the lane.

The site was rezoned to the current C-5A zoning under the West End Community Plan, adopted in 2014. The application is “conditional” so it may be permitted; however, it requires the decision of the Development Permit Board.

The Development Permit Application can be viewed here: http://development.vancouver.ca/1500robson/index.htm

The architect for the project is IBI Group.