Onni is proposing a mixed-use development in the North Road area of Burnaby. The preliminary rezoning plan for the 3.47 acre site at 3355-3429 North Road calls for rezoning the site from CD and R2 to RM4s and C2 per the Lougheed Town Centre Plan guidelines. The proposed plan includes:

• two concrete residential towers
• an office tower at the corner of Cameron and North Road
• a total density of 3.6 FAR
• 1.3 FAR commercial density
• total residential density of 544,044 SF

The site is currently improved with a 2-storey strip mall built in the 1980’s, and a vacant lot.

The City of North Vancouver is considering a fairly major area-wide rezoning for a neighbourhood known as Moodyville, just East of Lower Lonsdale. The rezoning follows on the City’s new OCP, adopted in 2015, which included a specific policy direction to create new zones within Moodyville, a predominantly single family and duplex area which the City has targeted for new growth.

Moodyville is…“currently comprised of 306 legal lots and approximately 490 units with an estimated population of 1,000. With the land use changes outlined in the 2014 OCP in place which introduce new potential for apartment, townhouse and duplex development, this area has the long-term capacity for an additional 1,400 units (roughly 3,000 new residents) for a total build-out population of approximately 4,000.”

The six proposed new zones will create opportunities for ground-oriented and apartment development. The proposed zones are as follows:

An amenity fund contribution of $20 per net buildable square foot applies to the floor area above the existing zoning and up tot eh OCP maximum density. It is estimated that the whole plan area in question will generate approx. $25 Million in amenity contributions.

Existing Moodyville Land Assemblies

A couple of developers have already secured sizeable land assemblies in Moodyville over the last year. These include:

Seacliff Properties

• 50 residential lots in the Southeast part of Moodyville
• Average anticipated density of 1.25 FSR
• Townhouse, stacked townhouse and 4-storey apartments

Qualex Landmark

• 14 residential lots along East 3rd Street (700-800 block)
• Stacked townhouse and/or 4-storey apartments

The Moodyville Area will be hooked up to the Lonsdale Energy Corporation, a district energy system initiative by the City of North Vancouver.

A rezoning application has been filed for a 17,000 SF two-lot assembly site at 7638-7662 Cambie Street, on the east side of Cambie between West 60th and West 61st Street.

The proposal is for a 6-storey condo building that includes:

• 34 units;
• 2 studios, 4 one-bedrooms, 22 two-bedrooms and 6 three-bedrooms
• a building height of 70 ft. ;
• a total density of 2.43 FSR; and
• 71 vehicle parking spaces and 49 bicycle spaces.

The application is being considered under the Cambie Corridor Plan.

The architect, GBL, explains the design rationale: “The Cambie Street facade comprises of stacked linear interowoven layers that playfully mirror the vehicular energy and movement of the adjacent street. The long projecting balconies act as giant louvers that shield the building face from mid to late afternoon sun, while also providing some acoustic buffering depth from the busy traffic.”

Here is an update for an interesting rental apartment project at Oak and West 14th Street. The project, by Aquilini Development, involved heritage retention of an existing 14-unit apartment building known as the Santa Fe Apartments.

As part of the heritage retention, Aquilini received approval for a 10-storey, 50-unit rental apartment building in behind the current structure, with a total density of 2.8 FSR under the RM-3 zoning. The project was unique in that only 14 units existed on a 12,500 SF site.

The project was approved at public hearing in May 2014.

The concrete tower is now topped out, although completion appears to be several months away yet.

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Bogner Developments has applied to the City of Vancouver for permission to develop a 12,458 SF site on East Boulevard between West 46th and West 47th. The plans for the C-2 zoned site are for a five-storey building including:

• 21 residential units on the first through fifth floors;
• two commercial retail units on the first floor and mezzanine;
• 46 parking spaces in an underground garage;
• overall density of 3.08 FSR (38,357 SF);
• building height of 57.51 feet;
• retention and restoration of the façade of the existing 2-storey commercial building.

Existing Heritage Facade/Building

“In order to achieve the development that is proposed, City Council will be asked to consider a Heritage Revitalization Agreement (HRA), which would approve the form of development and vary the provisions of the Zoning and Development By-law in order to enable this development to proceed. This HRA, as well as the municipal designation of the existing heritage building, will secure the rehabilitation of this heritage resource, and assist in its long-term preservation.”

Rositch Hemphill is the architect for the project.

The site was acquired by Bogner in December 2013 for $5,318,756, or $139 per buildable SF based on the density in the application.