RBI Group has submitted a rezoning application to the City of Surrey for a 14,360 SF site on the south side of 97A Avenue, between 136A Street and 137 Street, in the Medical District of the City Centre Plan.

The site is designated Downtown in the Official Community Plan (OCP) and Employment in the City Centre Plan, and is zoned Neighbourhood Commercial Zone (C-5) and Urban Residential Zone (R3).

The proposal for the site is a 44-storey hotel and rental tower that includes:

• 266 hotel rooms;
• 180 rental units;
• a total density of 18.9 FAR;
• a building height of 479 ft.;
• 142 parking stalls.

The architect for the project is Group 161/DF Architecture.

Kevington Building Corp. has submitted a rezoning application for the Chevron site at 3150 Edgemont Boulevard in the Edgemont Village area of North Vancouver.

The 12,000 SF site was acquired by Kevington for $5,900,000 as part of a portfolio of gas stations sold by Parkland Corporation, through Colliers, in 2024.

The preliminary plan for the site includes a 4-storey building with:

• 33 residential units;
• 6,400 SF of commercial space;
• an underground parkade with 39 stalls.
• a total density of 3.29 FAR.

Forum Asset Management has submitted a preliminary for a large-scale, multi-phase student housing project on the Eastern border of Burnaby, at the bottom of the hill below SFU.

The 3.7 acre site is an assembly of 16 single family lots on the East side of Rathburn Drive at Broadway. It is designated in the Burnaby 2050 Official Community Plan Draft as Mid Rise Apartment 1, which supports mid-rise residential apartment buildings of up to 12 storeys.

The preliminary proposal for the site calls for four terraced buildings, up to 16-storeys, and includes:

• 950 student housing units
• 450 market rental units
• Two phases

The architect for the project is Gensler.

Cressey has submitted a rezoning application for a site at the Northwest corner of Commercial Drive and East Pender Street in the Grandview Woodlands area of East Vancouver for a new residential development. The project is a partnership with the Kettle Society.

The 25,000 SF site is currently zoned MC-1 Industrial and is occupied by two older lowrise commercial buildings.

The proposal is for a 22-storey rental tower and 6-storey social housing lowrise and includes:

• 239 market rental units;
• 41 social housing units;
• a new drop in centre for Kettle Society (currently at 1725 Venables)
• a total density of 7.90 FSR.

The application is being considered under the Grandview-Woodland Community Plan.

The architect for the project is DYS Architecture.

GWL has submitted their formal rezoning application for 1220 Station Street, following a formal announcement earlier this year that they were pivoting from the previously approved office building proposal. GWL acquired the site from Rize Alliance.

The current proposal is two rental towers, 36 & 28-storeys, as well as retail, office, and residential uses in an an 8-storey podium. Overall, the proposal includes:

• 470 units with 20% of the floor area for below-market rental units;
• a total density of 11.1 FSR;
• A building height of 287 ft. and 360 ft.

This application is being considered under the False Creek Flats Plan and the Transit-Oriented Areas Rezoning Policy.

The architect for the project is MCM.

The full application can be viewed here: https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/1220-station-st