Richmond Review – New proposal floated for Bayview lot.

A new development plan is being floated for a site kitty-corner to Steveston’s fishing fleet.

Once home to Towns Netting and Marine Supplies, 3531 Bayview St. could soon be the site of a three-storey mixed-use building.

3531 Bayview St

On Tuesday city council’s planning committee considered a rezoning proposal to allow for ground-floor retail and six homes over a partially in-ground parking structure.

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Richmond Review – Strip mall could give way to city’s tallest towers.

A No. 3 Road strip mall known as Time Square could become the site of Richmond’s tallest buildings.

Towers in City Centre can be built to a maximum of 47 metres (150 feet), but Townline Homes is mulling a project whose buildings would exceed that limit.

City staff are now urging council to approve a study of higher buildings—something envisioned in the new Official Community Plan. Any increase, however, requires the backing of the Vancouver Airport Authority and Transport Canada, which also must study the idea.

6560-6700 No. 3 Road

“The federal study would determine if and where an increase may occur, and the safety implications for the airport and city. If Transport Canada allows an increase, it is the city who would determine how high the increase would be,” noted Terry Crowe, the city’s manager of policy planning.

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Fairborne Homes has applied to the City of North Vancouver to rezone 117-129 West 1st Street in the Lower Lonsdale area for the construction of a 6 storey building on this site, inclusive of retail with 5 storeys of residential development above. The residential component would contain approximately 45 units, with the commercial area measuring as 6,058 SF.

The proposal includes the retention, restoration, and designation of the existing heritage BC Telephone building, which would maintain its existing commercial retail use, and be integrated into the development while still respecting the structure as its own entity.

The overall density is proposed at 2.6 FSR (as per the Lower Lonsdale OCP), with 70 underground parking stalls.

Darwin Construction has applied to the District of North Vancouver to rezone 4 single family lots at 1561-1583 Oxford Street. The proposal is for 107 rental apartment units and 2,168 sq ft of commercial floorspace in a 6 storey building over 96 parking stalls. The proposed density is 3.35 FSR, which exceeds the 2.5 FSR medium density floor space envisioned in the District’s Official Community Plan.

The site located at the south end of the Lower Lynn Town Centre adjacent to Phibbs Exchange. The Lower Lynn Area Plan is expected to be adopted later in 2013.