Below is a summary of current rezoning applications going before the City of Burnaby council.

2422 Alpha Avenue

The proposal for this 41,770 SF Brentwood town centre site, by Monark, was originally submitted back in September 2015 and calls for a 23-storey condo tower, that includes:

• 160 units, including 4 townhouses
• 59 one-bedrooms, 80 two-bedrooms and 21 3-bedrooms
• underground and structured parking
• total density of 3.6 FAR
• 176 parking spaces

6050 Sussex Avenue

The plan for this 2.9 acre site that includes an existing apartment building and church on the North side of Metrotown is for two towers including condos and rental apartments, under the RM5s designation in the Metrotown Centre Plan.The site is owned by Townline, and a preview of the proposal can be seen here.

Details of the proposal include:

• a 41-storey condo tower and a 31-storey rental apartment tower
• a redevelopment of the existing Burnaby West United Church
• 321 condo units
• 238 new rental apartment units
• a total density of 5.0 FAR
• retention of existing 18-storey and 15-storey apartment buildings with 254 units
• 362 underground parking spaces

3700 Hastings Street

The plan for this 10,000 SF site in the Hastings Heights area is for a 4-storey mixed-use development, including:

• 21 market rental apartment units
• 3-studios, 12 one-bedrooms, 6 two-bedrooms
• 6,278 SF of ground floor retail space
• 28 parking spaces

SOLO District Phases 3 & 4

Rezoning for Appia’s four tower SOLO District project was approved back in 2012, and since that time two towers have now been substantially sold out, with tower one having been completed, and tower 2 currently under construction.

Appia is now seeking a rezoning amendment to tweak some of the details of the remaining two towers. The design changes include:

• Phase 3 tower:
  • increase height form 39-storeys to 42-storeys
  • decrease unit count from 328 to 280
  • increase commercial area from 18,000 SF to 45,000 SF
• Phase 4 tower:
  • increase tower height from 43-storeys to 48-storeys
  • decrease unit count from 365 to 319
  • increase commercial area from 35,000 SF to 60,000 SF

The architectural design, by Chris Dikeakos, has also been amended.

Construction for The Exchange is now well above ground and becoming noticeable from street level.The construction had just reached the ground level back in December.

The 31-storey, 369,000 SF office tower is now over a year into construction, with completion slated for 2017. Aside from National Bank, there have been no major tenants announced for the building yet.

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Here is a brief overview of rezoning applications going to City of Vancouver Council next week seeking approval to move forward to the final public hearing stage. While these proposals have been posted on this site before, their potential advancement to public hearing signals an intent by each proponent to move forward with their respective projects.

101 East 2nd Avenue

This application is for the new MEC location at 2nd and Quebec. MEC will be relocating from their existing West Broadway location when their lease expires.

The plan is for a 3-storey building totaling 45,262 SF of retail space and 16,350 SF of office and fitness space. The total density is 2.04 FSR. A CAC of $11.50 per SF is being charged.

288-388 West King Edward Ave

This proposal, by Mosaic Homes, is for a 4-storey, 56-unit condo building at the Southeast corner King Edward and Yukon. The site is a 5-lot assembly being rezoned under the Cambie Corridor Plan.

The proposed density is 1.76 FSR, and the CAC is based on the fixed rate of $55 per SF of net increased density.

4085 Ash & 619-633 West King Edward

Also in the same area as the project above, Aragon is planning a development on a 3-lot assembly at the Northwest corner of King Edward and Ash Street.

The plan for the 19,150 SF site is a 4-storey condo building with a total of 31 units. The total proposed density is 1.93 FSR and the CAC is $55 per SF.

Cressey‘s plan for a rental apartment building on a site at Commercial Drive and East 18th Ave includes relocation and restoration of a heritage house. The new 6-storey building on the site will have 101 much needed rental apartments. The total density for the project is 2.70 FSR. 37% of the units will be family-oriented. There is no CAC.

420 Hawks Avenue

Atira Women’s Resource Society originally made this proposal back in November 2014 and it has been the subject of some media attention recently amid some objection by the Strathcona Residents’ Association.

The plan has been revised since the original proposal, with 21 social housing units being proposed in a 7-storey building. A unique aspect of the building is that it will be constructed out of shipping containers. There is no CAC for this project.

753 Seymour Street

GWL’s plan to redevelop the parkade it owns next to 650 West Georgia (Vancouver Centre) became public with an application back in the summer of 2013.

The plan is for a 33-storey office tower, totaling 398,942 SF of new office space above the existing 6-storey parkade structure. The parkade could also be converted into an additional 65,000 SF of office space in the future. The total density of the project is 22.96 FSR. A CAC equivalent to $5 per SF is being paid as a contribution towards childcare facilities downtown.

Cressey Development Group has acquired a 14,922 SF site at 1880 Main Street, at the Southeast corner of Main and 2nd, for $17,000,000. The triangular block, currently improved with lowrise retail buildings, is zoned IC-2. No development applications have yet been filed with the City of Vancouver.

The Airey Group has submitted a rezoning application for a site at 618 West 32nd Avenue, at 32nd and Cambie. The plan for the 9,983 SF site is to rezone from RS-1 District to a CD-1 per the Cambie Corridor Plan. The proposal, entitled “Quarry” is for a 6-storey building that includes:

• 15 residential units;
• a building height of 71 ft.;
• a total density of 2.46 FSR;
• 25,367 gross buildable SF;
• 29 vehicle parking spaces and 20 bicycle spaces.

The application describes the project as follows: