Rize Alliance has submitted a rezoning application to the City of Coquitlam for a 1.78 acre site at the corner of Elmwood and Westley in the Oakdale area within the Burquitlam-Lougheed Neighbourhood Plan.

The site is an assembly of 11 single family lots that are designated High Density Apartment Residential in the OCP. It is located 500 metres from the Burquitlam Skytrain Station.

The plan for the site is to develop a 38-storey condo tower, a six-storey condo building, and two six-storey purpose-built rental buildings. Overall details include:

• 567 total residential units;
• 404 condos;
• 141 market rental units;
• 22 below-market rental units;
• a total density of 5.50 FSR;
• $12.1M in density bonus;
• $2.1M in Payment in-Lieu for Parking Reductions;
• $521, 000 in voluntary Community Amenity Contributions (CACs);
• 543 parking spaces with 458 EV parking spaces; and
• 30, 516 SF of common amenity space.

The architect for the project is GBL Architects.

Strand Development has submitted a new rezoning application for a site they own at the corner of Burnaby and Thurlow Street in the West End.

The 17,286 SF site at 1068-1080 Burnaby Street was originally envisioned as a 30-storey luxury condo & social housing project at 9.01 FSR, and was approved for rezoning in 2018, though the zoning was never enacted.

More recent planning policy adopted by the City in 2022 allows for more flexibility in the delivery of rental housing in this subarea.

The new application is for a 34-storey residential building and includes:

• 287 market rental units;
• 10% residential floor area for social housing (approximately 24 units);
• 6,600 SF floorplates;
• A total density of 12.25 FSR;
• A building height of 295 ft; and
• 125 vehicle parking spaces and 515 bicycle parking spaces.

This application is being considered under the Criteria for 100% Secured Rental and Below-Market Housing as an Alternative to Inclusionary Social Housing in the Burrard Corridor of the West End Community Plan.

The architect for the project is BOP Architects.

Third Space has submitted a rezoning application for a site at 1926-1978 East Broadway, at the corner of Victoria Street in East Vancouver. The triangular site includes two single family lots and a former gas station lot that was decommissioned in the early 2000’s and has been used as a community garden in recent years.

The 20,600 SF site is currently zoned C-1 but is located within the Grandview Woodland Community Plan which allows for rezoning up to 6-storeys.

The proposal for the site includes:

• 77 rental units (26 units at below-market rates);
• 6,300 SF of ground floor retail space;
• A total density of 3.0 FSR;
• A building height of 73 ft.; and
• 88 vehicle parking spaces and 150 bicycle parking spaces.

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

The architect for the project is Yamamoto Architecture.