A rezoning application has been submitted by Larco for a new infill apartment building next to an existing building they own at 5455 Balsam Street, known as Fontainebleu Apartments, at the Northwest corner of Balsam and West 39th Avenue in Kerrisdale.

The proposal is to allow for the addition of a 15-storey infill residential building on the 57,599 SF site, while retaining the existing 14-storey, 88-unit building.

The proposal for the infill component includes:

• 145 market rental units;
  • 57 studios, 35 one-bedrooms & 53 two-bedrooms;
• 15th floor amenity space;
• A total new density of 1.88 FSR (total density of 3.63 FSR)
• A building height of 130 ft.;
• 58 underground vehicle parking spaces and 278 bicycle parking spaces

The application is being considered under the Secured Rental Policy.

The building massing and setbacks are based on the RM-3 zoning.

The architect for the project is Rositch Hemphill Architects.

The property was sold in 2020 for $70,000,000 by Colliers.

Hudson Pacific Properties has submitted their formal rezoning application to the City of Vancouver for permission to develop a new office tower at the Bentall Centre, a plan that was first announced earlier this year.

The project, with an address of 1025 Dunsmuir, would see a new hybrid mass timber 16-storey office tower above a one-storey podium constructed in between Bentall 3 and Bentall 4, on the Northwest corner of the site. Details include:

• A total floor area of 461,619 sq. ft.
• Office floorplates ranging from 27,700 to 30,425 SF;
• A building height of 260 ft.;
• Two levels of underground parking with 173 vehicle parking spaces & 273 bike parking spaces.

Under the site’s existing DD zoning(External link), the application is “conditional” so it may be permitted. However, it requires the decision of the Director of Planning.

The architect for the project is KPF.

Polygon has submitted a revised formal application to the City of Richmond for permission to rezone a 13.5 acre
site at Cambie Road and Sexsmith Road. An earlier application from 2020 envisioned a similar overall plan, however, a revised proposal includes more affordable housing and more public space.

The assembly acquired by Polygon in 2018 for $147 Million sits on the Eastern edge of Richmond’s City Centre Area.

The proposal for the site, entitled ‘Talisman’, which has gone through a couple of rounds of feedback and revision, in part due to request for tree retention and more rental housing, includes development of a mixed-use, mid-rise and high-rise development consisting of two woodframe lowrise buildings and six concrete highrises. The overall master plan includes:

• 1,014 condo units;
• 156 affordable (low end of market) rental units;
• 171 market rental units;
• 8,438 sq ft of commercial space fronting Capstan;
• 1.23 Million SF of total gross floor area;
• 1.34 acres of new City Park;
• 2.10 acres of public open space.

The site is to be developed in four phases, as follows:

The proposed unit mix is as follows:

The architect for the project is IBI Group.