Westbank Projects, in partnership with Ivanhoe Cambridge have applied to the City of Vancouver to rezone Oakridge Centre to develop a 45-storey mixed-use development consisting of 1,430,000 SF of retail, 425,000 SF of office space, 45,000 SF of amenity space, and 2,700,000 SF of residential, with a total density of 3.54 FSR. The proposal includes 2,818 units with a maximum height of 412 ft., and 6,694 parking spaces. Henriquez Partners is the Architect for the project.

The proposed rezoning has been in the works since 2007 when the Oakridge Policy Statement was adopted. More recently, Westbank has been brought on and a planning program was developed in 2012 to help guide the rezoning process.

Model View looking East

More information can be found HERE.

Richmond Review – Towers, not sausages, eyed for Grimms site.

A longtime sausage factory in the heart of City Centre will be flattened and three residential towers will rise from the rubble, if council approves a new development plan.

Council gave first reading to a rezoning proposal Monday that would allow 237 homes and 4,370 square feet of commercial space on the site of Grimms Fine Foods.

Read more: http://www.richmondreview.com/news/176041481.html

Reliance Properties is well underway on the construction of 564 Beatty located adjacent at the intersection of Beatty and Dunsmuir Streets.  The project will be a great blend of old and new and will include:

> Over 50,000 square feet of floor space with approximately 5,700 square foot floor plates

> Retail on the main and plaza level floors with parking off the alley and office on the top 6 floors

> A 9.23 FSR with completion scheduled for early 2014

Burnaby NewsLeader – Townhouses proposed for Hastings, Sardis.

Almost five years after the rezoning process started a townhouse project for North Burnaby is set to go to public hearing.

In November 2007, the developer first proposed a 17-unit stacked townhouse project at 5161 and 5191 Hastings St., at the northwest corner of Hastings and Springer Avenue. The properties are currently home to an older four-plex and an older single-family home, according to a city staff report, and both are designated for medium-density apartment projects in city plans.

Read more: http://www.burnabynewsleader.com/news/175861301.html

Condo approval reignites city rental debate.

There’s a new seven-seven storey mixed-use condo building coming to the Lower Lonsdale neighbourhood.

City of North Vancouver council moved ahead with rezoning 127 and 133 East Third St. Monday night after a public hearing that saw mostly positive comments from nearby business owners, and residents.

Once completed, the building by Kamcon Construction, will house four commercial storefronts at street level, 18 market rental housing units and 43 condos, ranging from bachelors under 400 square feet, to two-bedroom units.