A development permit application has been submitted for 179 Main Street, located directly North of the Fire Station at Main and Powell. The zoning for the site is DEOD and the plan is for a 9-storey residential building including the following:

• A total area of 35,828 SF
• A density of 3.98 FSR
• Ground floor retail
• 9 social housing units
• 47 market rental units

More information: http://former.vancouver.ca/devapps/179main/index.htm

The Central Presbyterian Church in partnership with Bosa Properties has applied to rezone 1155 Thurlow Street from RM-5B  to CD-1 to allow development of a 22-storey mixed-use building including market and non-market rental housing, retail space, a church and a preschool.  The proposal, which precedes the recently adopted West End Community Plan includes:

• proposed density of 9.45 FSR
• proposed floor area of 163,365 SF
• the proposed height of 206.3 ft
• 168 market rental housing units
• 45 non-market rental housing units; and
• 133 parking stalls

The application was made under the Policy on Consideration of Rezoning Applications and Heritage Revitalisations Agreement During Community Planning Processes and the Mayor’s Task Force on Housing Affordability.

Learn more here: http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/planning/rezoning/applications/1155thurlow/index.htm

A public hearing on a residential towers proposal with arts amenities for South Surrey could take place as soon as Feb. 3, if the project passes first and second readings in January.

That’s the target date, according to Shawna Nickel, marketing director for Cotter Architects Inc., designer of the multi-purpose project proposed for co-developers the Reifel Cooke Group and the Surrey City Development Corporation.

The target date for first and second readings of the project is Jan. 13. If both readings are passed, the project would be able to proceed to public hearing on Feb. 3.

The two-tower proposal – which, in addition to around 328 residential units, would provide building shells for both a 350-seat theatre/performing arts centre and contemporary arts cafe and gallery – would be located at the corner of 152 Street and 19 Avenue.

Read more: http://www.peacearchnews.com/news/236475391.html

An application by Staburn Property Group for a site at 101-149 Lonsdale Avenue was moved forward at City of North Vancouver Council.

The rezoning application seeks to rezone the 101-149 Lonsdale Avenue lots from their existing LL-2 Lower Lonsdale zoning to a site-specific zone to permit a six-storey mixed-use building containing 69 residential units, 10,825 SF of commercial office space, and 12,589 SF of retail space at grade.

The application further proposes dedicating the “Beasley Block” (also known as the “McDowell Block”), at the south end of the site, as a Municipal Heritage Site. The project includes five non-market residential units proposed to be owned and operated by the Vancouver Resource Society. The development includes a mix of unit sizes and types, with three junior 1-bedroom units, 36 1-bedroom units, 27 2-bedroom units and three 3-bedroom units. The net density is 3.5 FAR.