Trump Tower is weeks away from topping out and is apparently over 70% sold.

Westbank Corp. has taken over a proposed rental tower site in the West End. The site, located at 1754-1772 Pendrell Street, was originally proposed for a rezoning back in 2010 for a market condo project by DTKH with some rental units. The newly revised application by Westbank includes:

• A 21 storey tower, with a maximum height of 190 ft
• 171 rental units, including 43 studios, 51 One-Bedroom, 72 Two-Bedroom, and 3 Three-Bedroom units
• A density of 6.55 FSR

Westbank has recently recieved occupancy on their other new West End rental tower, The Lauren, also designed by Henriquez.

An application has been filed for a 90 x 132 ft., C-2 zoned property at 540 Victoria Drive in the Grandview Woodlands area of East Vancouver. The proposed plan includes:

• a new 4-storey building
• 2 CRU’s on the main floor (one for a new Bosa Foods store)
• 27 rental apartment units on the 2nd to 4th floors
• A density of 2.38 FSR (1.75 residential)
• 1 level of underground parking

Cornerstone Architecture explains the rationale for the project:

“This development provides a mixed-use residential and commercial building that will stand as a legacy project for the Bosa Foods company, which has been a long term part of the community. The development is to provide a mixture of  1, 2 and 3 bedroom rental suites across the upper 3 storeys.”

A development application has been made for an RM-4 zoned site at the corner of Victoria Drive and Frances Street in the Grandview-Woodlands area. This site are was not identified for increased density in the any version of the Grandview Woodlands Community Plan. The project calls for the following:

• one three-storey and one four-storey multiple dwelling building containing a total of 15 apartment units
• a total density of 1.43 FSR or 17,006 SF (RM-4 allows 1.45 FSR)
• a total of 17 underground parking spaces

Further, the City is requesting that the site dedicate about 7’ of land along Victoria Drive for possible future reconfiguration of the street to provide dedicated bike lanes. It is noted that further assembly was not feasible.

More info can be found here: http://former.vancouver.ca/devapps/pc649victoria/index.htm

A rezoning application has been filed for a site a land assembly at 1325-1335 Draycott Road, a cul-de-sac off Lynn Valley Road just north of Lynn Valley Mall. The project by Milori Homes, consists of 35 condo units in a five storey building.

The site is currently zoned commercial C2, but is designated as Residential Level 5 & 6 in the Official Community Plan. RES5 envisions lowrise apartments up to approximately 1.75 FSR and RES6 envisions medium rise apartments up to 2.5 FSR. A blended density of 1.91 FSR has been calculated for this project based on the site area of each designation.

The units will be a mix of 2 & 3 bedrooms. A proposed CAC of $53,557 is being charged to the developer.