A new rezoning application has been submitted for a site in the South Granville area of the Broadway Plan.

The 12,507 SF mid-block site is located at 1365 West 12th Avenue, on the North side of West 12th between Hemlock and Birch Streets. The site is currently improved with a 3-storey walkup apartment building with 19 units known as Shamrock Manor.

The proposal is to allow for the development of a 20-storey rental building that includes:

• 116 market rental units;
• 20% below market rental units (approximately 23 units);
• 14 studios, 34 one-bedrooms, 56 two-bedrooms & 12 three-bedrooms;
• 2,300 SF of retail space on the ground floor;
• A total density of 6.50 FSR;
• A building height of 222 ft.

This application is being considered under the Broadway Plan.

The architect for the project is Sea to Sky Architecture.

The site was acquired in February 2022 for $9,450,000 or $116 per buildable SF based on the application.

Sightline Properties has submitted a rezoning application for a site in the South Granville area for a new rental residential project.

The site at 1726 West 11th Avenue is 31,250 SF and located at the corner of 11th Avenue and Pine Street.

The proposal is to allow for the development of 20-storey and 19-storey rental towers over a four-storey podium and includes:

• 283 rental units;
• 20% of the floor area secured for below market rental units (approximately 57 units);
• retail space on the ground floor;
• A density of 6.80 FSR;
• A building height of 208 ft.
• 216 undeground parking stalls.

This application is being considered under the Broadway Plan.

The architect for the project is Ciccozzi Architecture.

Pattison Developments has submitted a rezoning application for the former Husky Gas Station at West 3rd and Forbes in the Lower Lonsdale area of North Vancouver.

The 15,000 SF triangular shaped site at 351 West 3rd Street is located at the south-east corner of West 3rd Street and Forbes Avenue. In the current OCP, the site is designated Residential Level 5 which allows a maximum density of 2.60 FSR (including 1.0 bonus FSR), and a maximum height of 6-storeys.

The proposal for the site is a 6-storey market rental building that includes:

• 53 rental units
  • 5 studios, 36 one-bedrooms, 6 two-bedrooms & 6 three-bedrooms;
• 6 of the units will be mid market rental units;
• a total density of 2.60 FSR;
• 28 underground parking spaces.

The architect for the project is MGBA.

The site was acquired by Pattison in March 2021 for $7,075,000 or $181 per buildable SF based on the application.

The rezoning may be one of the first in Metro Vancouver to proceed without a public hearing based on the recent Provincial amendments to Section 464 of the Local Government Act. The amendments require municipalities not to hold a public hearing if an OCP is in place for the subject site; the bylaw is
consistent with the OCP; the development is residential.