Here is an update on one of Downtown Vancouver’s most prominent projects: Trump Tower. The building topped out last summer, and the exterior work is now nearing completion. By all accounts, the residential pre-sales have done well, with only a couple of penthouse units remaining unsold.
Occupancy is expected this summer.
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The Vancouver Masonic Centre has submitted a rezoning application for their property at 1495 W 8th Avenue (between Granville Street and Hemlock Street). The plan the 23,983 SF site is to rezone from the current C-3A to a CD zone to permit a new four-storey building on West 7th Ave., connected to an 18-storey secured rental residential building on 8th Ave. The proposal includes:
Here is a construction update on an interesting infill project in Chinatown that was approved under the Rental 100 program in 2013. 245 East Georgia St. is a 9-storey apartment being built on a 25-foot lot. As described on Gair Williamson Architect’s website:
“The design is for 40 studio apartments ranging in size from 320 to 360 square feet and a commercial unit at the ground level. All units have floor to ceiling glazing with either juliet windows or a balcony, there is also a communal roof deck providing opportunities for urban agriculture.”
There will also be retail on the ground floor.
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http://www.gwarchitects.ca/245-east-georgia-street/q9o9orelcnkzsotggn08ksgz4aniul
The site was sold by Colliers in 2012 for $1,150,000.
Colliers has completed the sale of 1745 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver; a 55,550 SF C-3A zoned property in the South Granville area. The property has been acquired by Delta Land Development.
A development application has been filed for a 49.5′ x 122′ RM-4 zoned site at 944 East 8th Avenue, between St. Catherines and Windsor Streets near Vancouver Community College. Details of the proposal include:
The existing property is a 3-storey walkup apartment with 6 units that sold to the current owner for $1,250,000.
The developer is seeking relaxations on height and parking in order to build rental units.
