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.

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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.

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