Richmond Review – Residential tower to eat up restaurants.

A flurry of residential development in Richmond’s downtown is expected to soon gobble up two more businesses.

Townline Group of Companies is proposing to build a 16-storey tower with 126 homes at 8280 and 8300 Granville Ave., near St. Albans Road. City council’s planning committee endorsed the rezoning bid Tuesday.

Each site is currently occupied by a restaurant: An Nam Restaurant at 8280 Granville Ave. and Daimasu at 8300 Granville Ave. The proposed development is strictly residential and won’t have commercial space.

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Burnaby NewsLeader – 38-storey tower planned for Nelson Avenue.

A 38-storey apartment tower with three-storey townhouses is being proposed for a site comprised of 6530 and 6550 Nelson Ave. in Burnaby’s Metrotown area.

Both parcels are currently occupied with older low-rise apartment buildings in fair condition, one built in 1968, the other in 1970, according to a city staff report.

The developer, Concord Pacific Developments Inc., also recently consolidated and rezoned the site directly to the south to allow a 35-storey high-rise condominium tower with townhouses fronting onto Nelson and Dunblane avenues.

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YVR confirms designer outlet switch; new site adjacent to Canada Line station.

Vancouver Airport has decided to move its proposed designer outlet shopping centre into the shadow of a Canada Line station.

The facility, being built in conjunction with UK-based luxury outlet firm McArthurGlen, will now be situated next to the Templeton station on Sea Island.

YVR had originally planned to build the outlet centre off Russ Baker Way, next to BCIT and were still preparing the ground at the site as recently as two months ago.

Urban farm part of Main Street project.

If approved, a 380-suite townhome development proposed for land adjacent to the Little Mountain site off Main Street will include an urban farm, daycare, rooftop gardens and fruit trees.

Vancouver realtor Al De Genova said the focus of the North East Quadrant development is “families and community.”

“I’ve worked on three projects in the past two years along the Main Street corridor so I’ve met a lot of young couples who said what they want is true family housing,” said De Genova. “They also said they can’t afford $1.2 million, but can afford $600,000.”

Peace Arch News – Morgan plan moves ahead.

A proposed commercial and office space development on a 25-acre parcel of property at 20 Avenue, just east of Highway 99 cleared an important hurdle last week, winning approval in the form of a unanimous third reading at a city public hearing (Couns. Mary Martin and Judy Villeneuve were absent, according to the city clerk’s record).

The $100 million Morgan Place Developments Ltd. project will include 25,953 sq. m (279,000 sq. ft.) of retail and restaurant uses and 9,662 sq. m (104,000 sq. ft.) of office space.

It will have 1,330 parking stalls, 676 of which will be underground.

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