Richmond Review – Another trio of high-rises proposed for oval village.

City staff are recommending approval of another set of high-rises in the oval village, but the latest proposal will force some civic bureaucrats out of the neighbourhood.

Hollybridge Limited Partnership is seeking to rezone 5440 Hollybridge Way, a site across the street from the Richmond Olympic Oval whose current tenants include city staff.

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Onni Development Corp has completed the purchase of a 1.07 acre residential development site from The University of British Columbia Foundation for $15,375,000.  The property is currently zoned IC-3 and is to be developed as part of the Great Northern Way Campus.

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Vancouver’s Shannon Mews eyeing first permit.

The application for phase one of the Shannon Estate development at 57th and Granville goes before the city’s Development Permit Board July 16.

Council approved the rezoning of the Shannon Mews site almost a year ago—at 2 a.m., July 29—following three days of contentious hearings that went late into the night. Of the 179 people registered to speak, 85 were opposed, four were classified as “other,” seven were in support and 83 didn’t speak.

238 West Broadway – An eight storey, 61 unit mixed use development was recently approved by the Development Permit Board.  The project will be utilizing a density transfer from a donor site (163 West Hastings Street – the Flack Block) which will give the project a total FSR of 3.25.