A prime piece of Cloverdale real estate that’s sat vacant nearly 15 years won’t be a patch of dirt much longer.

Construction on the Cloverdale Gateway project is expected to start by late February or early March, according to the building’s architect, after Surrey city council approved a final re-zoning application last month.

A two-storey office and retail building at the entrance of the historic downtown core would replace the empty lot that was once home to a gas station.

Burnaby’s PJ Lovick Architects firm spearheaded the design featuring brick columns, long wood beams and tall glass windows.

“It will be a great gateway piece,” said architect Andrea Scott, adding construction on the corner of Highway 10 and 176 Street should be finished by the year’s end.

Read more: http://www.cloverdalereporter.com/news/244016691.html

Pennyfarthing Development Corp. has made an application to rezone an assembled site at 357-391 West King Edward Avenue (one block East of Cambie) from RS-1 to CD-1  District.  The proposal is for a residential development consisting of one 4-storey building and 2-storey townhouses along the lane.

The proposal includes:

• 43 residential units;
• a maximum building height of 50.5 ft
• a total density of 1.88 FSR
• 48 underground parking spaces.

The 22,956 SF site was assembled last year for a total of $6,985,000, representing $162 per buildable SF.

Learn more: http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/planning/rezoning/applications/357-391wkingedward/index.htm

Another application for a rental apartment project has been submitted under the Rental 100 incentive program; this time in South Vancouver. The application is to rezone 7350 Fraser Street from RT-2  to CD-1 to allow a 6-storey rental building that includes:

• 96 secured market rental units
• a building height of 45.3 ft
• a density of 2.61 FSR
• 78 underground parking spaces

Learn more here: http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/planning/rezoning/applications/7350fraser/index.htm

The District of North Vancouver is in the final stages of consultation and planning regarding the Edgemont Village Centre Plan. The Plan has been in the works for several years, and finally began a process of public consultation in February 2013; partially as a result of development proposals forthcoming on the old Petro Canada site, as well as Grosvenor’s SuperValu site.

Learn more on the District’s site: http://www.dnv.org/upload/documents/Council_Agendas_Minutes/140205CW_AGN.pdf#page=1