A rezoning application has been submitted by Three Shores Development for a mid-block site at 145-153 East 4th Street in the Lower Lonsdale area of North Vancouver.

The plan for the 17,284 SF calls to allow a new 6-storey rental apartment building. The existing site consists of two older apartment buildings totaling 20 units that will be replaced.

Details include:

• 69 market rental units;
• 7 mid-market rental units;
• 20 studios, 29 one-bedrooms, 10 two-bedrooms & 10 three-bedrooms;
• a total density of 2.57 FSR;
• 52 underground parking spaces.

The architect for the project is Integra Architecture.

The site had been listed for sale in 2019 with an asking price of $9,850,000.

A preliminary proposal has been put forward by Canderel for a site on Inglewood Avenue, just East of Taylor Way in West Vancouver.

The pre-application website can be viewed here.

The site is an assembly of five single family lots totaling 61,237 SF. The site sits adjacent Cedardale Elementary School. The current zoning is RS3 and the proposal would seek to designate the zoning based upon RM2 & RM5.

Details of the proposal include:

• 52 stacked townhouse units;
• 13 one-bedroom garden flats, 23 two-bedrooms & 16 three-bedrooms;
• a total density of 1.08 FAR;
• 126 underground parking spaces.

The pre-application website describes the design rationale:

“The homes would be designed to comply with Step 4 of the BC Energy Code, a superior level of energy efficient building.

The single entrance to the site will be off of Inglewood Avenue.  

Three-storey townhomes along Inglewood Avenue would have a strong street presence with individual front entrances and yards.  The townhomes step back at the third floor reducing the scale of the buildings along the street to fit in with the existing 1 and 2 storey single family homes.” 

The rezoning proposal is seeking consideration under West Vancouver’s current Official Community Plan, in particular with the policy (2.1.7) that supports the creation of “missing middle” housing options such as rowhouses, triplexes and other multi-family formats that create options for families and down-sizers.

The architect for the project is Integra Architecture.

A rezoning application has been submitted by Point Grey Developments for the site at 5 West 2nd Avenue, the Big City’s Autobody site at the Northwest corner of West 2nd and Ontario in the Southeast False Creek area of Vancouver.

The site has been owned by a local family since the 1960’s.

The proposal is to allow for the development of an 18-storey rental building with commercial uses at grade. The zoning would change from M-2 to CD and the project includes:

• 122 market rental units;
• 20% of the residential floor area assigned to moderate income households;
• 21 studios, 57 one-bedrooms, 36 two-bedrooms & 8 three-bedrooms;
• 4,893 SF of retail space at grade;
• A density of 7.77 FSR;
• A building height of 181 ft.;
• 53 parking spaces and 232 bicycle spaces.

The application is being considered under the Southeast False Creek Official Development Plan and the Below-Market Rental Housing Policy for Rezonings.

The architect for the project is MA+HG Architects Inc.

Intracorp has submitted a revised rezoning application for the Ashley Mar Co-op site 8460 Ash Street in the Marpole area of Vancouver.

Their original rezoning application from 2019 envisioned three towers at 15, 24, 27 storeys and included 457 rental units.

The new application proposes increased tower heights, density and more units in exchange for increased setbacks along Ash Street to allow for improved tree retention. The proposal now includes:

• Three towers at 16, 27 and 31 storeys;
• 1-for-1 replacement of the existing 54 Ashley Mar Housing Co-operative units;
• 71 additional non-market housing units;
• 524 secured market rental units;
• 1 commercial-retail unit;
• A total density of 8.21 FSR (up from 7.54 FSR)
• A max building height of 304 ft. (up from 267 ft);
• 195 vehicle parking spaces and 1,297 bicycle parking spaces.

The application is being considered under the Marpole Community Plan and the Ashley Mar Issues Report (February 11, 2020).

Hudsonmorris Projects has submitted a rezoning application for the 7-11 site at the Southeast corner of Kingsway and Joyce in East Vancouver.

The proposal, entitled “J@K” for 3304 Kingsway is to allow for the development of a new 6-storey mixed use building. The zoning for the 13,530 SF site would change from C-2 and includes:

• 79 market rental units;
• 45 studios, 5 one bedrooms & 29 two-bedrooms;
• 5,900 SF of retail space;
• a total density of 3.93 FSR;
• A building height of 74 ft.;
• 31 vehicle parking spaces and 174 bicycle parking spaces.

The application is being considered under the Secured Rental Policy.

Hudsonmorris acquired the site in July 2020 for $4,850,000 or $86 per buildable SF based on the application.

The architect for the project is Yamamoto Architecture.