A new rezoning application has been submitted by JTA Development Consultants on behalf of Prospero International Realty Inc. and Five Mile Holdings Ltd. for a site in the Broadway Plan area. 1190 West 10th Avenue is an 18,800 SF site at the Southeast corner of West 10th and Alder in the Fairview neighbourhood.

The site is identified under the Broadway Plan in Fairview South – Area A, which allows up to 20-storeys and 6.50 FSR for new rental development. A bonus 0.3 FSR and one-storey is permitted for provision of ground floor commercial.

The site is currently improved with an older lowrise rental apartment building.

The plan for the site is a 21-storey rental tower that includes:

• 172 rental units;
• 20% of the units below market;
• 5,113 SF of retail space;
• a total density of 6.80 FSR;
• A building height of 228 ft.

This application is being considered under the Broadway Plan.

The architect for the project is Studio One Architecture.

Palmar Properties has submitted a rezoning application under the Broadway Plan for a site at West 11th and Pine Street in the Fairview/South Granville area.

The site comprises an assembly of three older lowrise walkup apartment buildings built between 1955 and 1980. Together, the site has 22 rental units currently.

The 18,750 SF site at 1665-1685 West 11th Ave is designated in the Broadway Plan subarea of Fairview South – Area A, (FSOA). The FSOA Policy Area permits tower forms up to a maximum height of 20 storeys and a maximum density of 6.5 FSR for sites with a minimum frontage of 150 ft. Minor increases in height and density can be considered for delivery of ground-level local-serving retail/service uses or childcare. The application is seeking these increases with initial staff support.

The proposal for the site is a 22-storey rental tower that includes:

• 190 rental units;
• 152 market rentals;
• 38 below market rentals (20%);
• A 25-space private childcare facility;
• A total density of 6.80 FSR;
• A building height of 248 ft.
• 44 parking stalls.

This application is being considered under the Broadway Plan.

The architect for the project is Acton Ostry.

A new rezoning application has been submitted for a site in the South Granville area of the Broadway Plan.

The 12,507 SF mid-block site is located at 1365 West 12th Avenue, on the North side of West 12th between Hemlock and Birch Streets. The site is currently improved with a 3-storey walkup apartment building with 19 units known as Shamrock Manor.

The proposal is to allow for the development of a 20-storey rental building that includes:

• 116 market rental units;
• 20% below market rental units (approximately 23 units);
• 14 studios, 34 one-bedrooms, 56 two-bedrooms & 12 three-bedrooms;
• 2,300 SF of retail space on the ground floor;
• A total density of 6.50 FSR;
• A building height of 222 ft.

This application is being considered under the Broadway Plan.

The architect for the project is Sea to Sky Architecture.

The site was acquired in February 2022 for $9,450,000 or $116 per buildable SF based on the application.

Shape Properties has submitted a rezoning application to amend the master plan for their 28-acre ‘Amazing Brentwood‘ site in the Brentwood Town Centre area of Burnaby.

The master plan for the Amazing Brentwood site was originally approved in 2013 and included 11 residential towers in addition to substantial retail and commercial space. Subsequently, five towers have been completed (or under construction), with two further towers in the application phase. The remaining density on site is now subject to the City of Burnaby’s Rental Use Zoning Policy (RUZP), adopted in 2021.

Furthermore, on November 30, 2023, the BC Legislature granted Royal Assent to Bill 47- 2023
Housing Statutes (Transit-Oriented Areas) Amendment Act 2023. Bill 47 enables the Province to mandate specific densities, size, and/or dimensions of buildings within transit-oriented areas (TOAs) based on specific distances to transit stations, and restrictions on residential off-street requirements within these
TOAs. The Amazing Brentwood site is within a 200m radius of the Skytrain Station, thereby requiring the City of Burnaby to permit a minimum 5.0 FAR density for the site.

Shape is now proposing a variety of amendments to the Master Plan to accommodate the required additional nonmarket inclusionary rental density, associated offset density and new TOA policy.

The proposed changes are summarized as follows:

• Increased tower heights up to 80-storeys at centre of site;
• An additional 4.7 Million SF of residential density (2.4M SF minimum rental);
• No additional commercial floor area (the RUZP allows 50% of comm density as rental residential);
• Addition of childcare space;
• Additional green space.

Beedie Living has submitted a rezoning and OCP Amendment application to the City of Port Moody for a 3.8 acres site in the Moody Centre area of Port Moody.

The overall plan, entitled “Spring Street” includes three condo towers at 3060-3092 Spring St. and 80-85 Electronic Avenue, just east of the Moody Centre SkyTrain station. The proposal anticipates a 6-storey non-market building targeted as a womens’ transition facility on a smaller site two blocks West at 2806 Spring Street.

Details of the combined proposal for the two sites includes:

• Three condo towers (32, 34 & 38-storeys in height);
• 1,012 residential units (inclusive of 65 non-market);
• 46,484 SF of retail & restaurant space;
• a total density of 5.26 FAR;
• a large plaza on the site referred to as the “living room”
• 1,199 parking stalls.

It is expected that the project will be built in two phases.

The architect for the project is Perkins&Will.