Impressive view of Vancouver with Mt. Baker in the background:

Construction is progressing at the intersection of Marine and Cambie in Vancouver:

Photo Credit, Genauso at SSP

A development application has been filed for a 12,078 SF, RM-2 zoned site at the Northeast corner of East 44th Ave and St. George (a block West of Fraser St.) in East Vancouver. The plan includes:

• A three-storey townhouse building with 9 units
• 12,807 SF of gross floor area (1.05 FSR)
• One level of underground parking with 14 spaces

More information can be found here.

By Frances Bula

This comment is buried far down in a post on Gord Price’s blog, Pricetags, (the one about the death of residential real estate) but of course it’s attracting a lot of interest. For those who don’t know, Scot Hein ran the urban-design department inside the city’s planning division. It was a position that had been created by former planner Larry Beasley, as a way of driving home the point that planning wasn’t just about the buildings or the traffic flow or the other mechanical parts, but about how communities used space. Scot was a big part of the planning for Olympic village. The European feel of the plaza, which has become a hive of activity, is part of his work. He left earlier this year to work at UBC, a surprise to many who knew him and how dedicated he was to the city.

Scot permalink

November 10, 2014 4:28 pm

Here is what really happened speaking as the city’s Senior Urban Designer at the time the GW process was tabling built form.

We put together what we believed was a reasoned overall plan for GW towards increased residential and employment opportunity. We fully appreciated the development economics of the Safeway site …read more

Source:: Frances Bula

A development application has been submitted for a 9,600 SF site near the Southeast corner of West 4th Avenue and Alma Street. The plan calls for a 4-storey building with 22 residential units above retail. The site is currently occupied by two lowrise houses and a 3-storey mixed use building. The zoning is C-2 which generally allows for 4-storeys in height and 2.5 FSR.

The adjacent condo building on the corner is called The Locarno, and was developed in 2009 by Jericho West Developments.

The site was  listed for sale earlier this year for $9,000,000, which is equivalent to $375 per buildable SF.

Existing Alma St. Frontage