SKA Property Inc. has submitted a rezoning application under Rental 100  for a 7,712 SF site at the corner of Main and 51st Avenue in the Punjabi Market neighbourhood. The site is currently home to an older 3-storey building that is vacant.

The plan for the site at 6679 Main Street is to rezone from the existing C-2 zoning to allow a 6-storey mixed use building with commercial space at grade, including:

• 28 rental apartment units;
• 2 studios, 13 one bedrooms, 9 two bedrooms and 4 three-bedrooms;
• 3,071 SF of ground floor retail space;
• a total density of 3.62 FSR;
• a building height of 70 ft.; and
• 28 vehicle parking spaces.

The application notes that the developer’s team are East Indian and intend on using the ground floor for their family business: a vegetarian grocery store.

The application is being considered under the Secured Market Rental Housing (R100) Policy.

The architect for the project is F. Adab Architects Inc.

A rezoning application has been submitted for the Gabriola Mansion property at 1523 Davie Street in Vancouver’s West End. The 26,000 SF property, principally occupied by one of the West End’s most notorious heritage buildings, was sold last year for $6.72 Million.

The application includes the preservation and restoration of the Gabriola Mansion building through conversion to rental apartments.

Further details include:

• the conversion of the mansion into 16 market rental units;
• 4 new infill 3-storey rental townhouses to be developed in the northeast corner of the property;
• 4 three-bedrooms, 5 two-bedrooms, 7 one-bedrooms and 4 studios
• an increase in FSR from 0.35 to 0.89; and
• no increase in height from the existing CD-1 (248).

The architect for the project is Ankenman Marchand.

Belaire Apartments Ltd., the owners of an existing 3-storey lowrise apartment building in North Vancouver, are planning a replacement of the building with a new, larger rental apartment building.

The subject site is located in the Central Lonsdale neighbourhood at the south west corner of Chesterfield Avenue and 16th Street. The site currently contains a 13-unit rental apartment building. The 10,400 SF site is located in an area of mainly three storey apartment buildings, with most of them built in the late 1960’s to mid – 1970’s, and are a mix of rental and strata dwellings.

The proposal is for a new 5-storey rental apartment building that includes:

• 34 apartment units
• 18 one-bedrooms, 13 two-bedrooms and 3 three-bedrooms
• a total density of 2.50 FSR
• 17 underground parking stalls
• 51 bicycle stalls

The OCP land use designation of the site is Residential Level 5, which allows for a medium density multi-family up to a maximum density of 1.6 FSR, with the potential of a 1.0 FSR bonus density to be granted at Council’s discretion. The applicant is requesting a bonus be granted to 2.50 FSR with all the proposed units being rental and secured through a rental Housing Agreement.

The architect for the project is Gateway Architecture.